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Simulation-based Tests that Can Use Any Number of Simulations

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Jeff Racine () (McMaster University)
James G. MacKinnon () (Queen's University)

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Abstract

Conventional procedures for Monte Carlo and bootstrap tests require that B, the number of simulations, satisfy a specific relationship with the level of the test. Otherwise, a test that would instead be exact will either overreject or underreject for finite B. We present expressions for the rejection frequencies associated with existing procedures and propose a new procedure that yields exact Monte Carlo tests for any positive value of B. This procedure, which can also be used for bootstrap tests, is likely to be most useful when simulation is expensive.

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Paper provided by Queen's University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 1027.

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Date of creation: Oct 2004
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Keywords: resampling Monte Carlo test bootstrap test percentiles simulation

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C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Hypothesis Testing
C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods

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  1. Russell Davidson & James G. MacKinnon, 2001. "Bootstrap Tests: How Many Bootstraps?," Working Papers 1036, Queen's University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  1. James G. MacKinnon, 2006. "Bootstrap Methods in Econometrics," Working Papers 1028, Queen's University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. James G. MacKinnon, 2007. "Bootstrap Hypothesis Testing," Working Papers 1127, Queen's University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  3. Jeff Racine & James G. MacKinnon, 2006. "Inference via kernel smoothing of bootstrap P values," Working Papers 1054, Queen's University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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