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Inference on Two-Component Mixtures under Tail Restrictions

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  • Koen Jochmans

    (ECON - Département d'économie (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Marc Henry

    (Penn State - Pennsylvania State University - Penn State System)

  • Bernard Salanié

    (Columbia University [New York])

Abstract

Many econometric models can be analyzed as finite mixtures. We focus on two-component mixtures, and we show that they are nonparametrically point identified by a combination of an exclusion restriction and tail restrictions. Our identification analysis suggests simple closed-form estimators of the component distributions and mixing proportions, as well as a specification test. We derive their asymptotic properties using results on tail empirical processes and we present a simulation study that documents their finite-sample performance.

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  • Koen Jochmans & Marc Henry & Bernard Salanié, 2017. "Inference on Two-Component Mixtures under Tail Restrictions," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03945858, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:spmain:hal-03945858
    DOI: 10.1017/S0266466616000098
    Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal-sciencespo.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03945858
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