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Estimation of Nonparametric Conditional Moment Models with Possibly Nonsmooth Moments

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Xiaohong Chen () (Cowles Foundation, Yale University)
Demian Pouzo (Dept. of Economics, New York University)
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This paper studies nonparametric estimation of conditional moment models in which the residual functions could be nonsmooth with respect to the unknown functions of endogenous variables. It is a problem of nonparametric nonlinear instrumental variables (IV) estimation, and a difficult nonlinear ill-posed inverse problem with an unknown operator. We first propose a penalized sieve minimum distance (SMD) estimator of the unknown functions that are iden­tified via the conditional moment models. We then establish its consistency and convergence rate (in strong metric), allowing for possibly non-compact function parameter spaces, possibly non-compact finite or infinite dimensional sieves with flexible lower semicompact or convex penalty, or finite dimensional linear sieves without penalty. Under relatively low-level sufficient conditions, and for both mildly and severely ill-posed problems, we show that the convergence rates for the nonlinear ill-posed inverse problems coincide with the known minimax optimal rates for the nonparametric mean IV regression. We illustrate the theory by two important ap­plications: root-n asymptotic normality of the plug-in penalized SMD estimator of a weighted average derivative of a nonparametric nonlinear IV regression, and the convergence rate of a nonparametric additive quantile IV regression. We also present a simulation study and an empirical estimation of a system of nonparametric quantile IV Engel curves.

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Paper provided by Cowles Foundation, Yale University in its series Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers with number 1650.

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Date of creation: Apr 2008
Date of revision: Oct 2008
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Keywords: Nonsmooth residuals; Nonlinear ill-posed inverse; Penalized sieve minimum distance; Modulus of continuity; Average derivative of a nonparametric nonlinear IV regression; Non-parametric additive quantile IV regression;

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C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Estimation
C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods
D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis

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