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On Finite Sample Properties of Alternative Estimators of Coefficients in a Structural Equation with Many Instruments

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  • T. W. Anderson

    (Department of Statistics and Department of Economics, Stanford University)

  • Naoto Kunitomo

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo)

  • Yukitoshi Matsushita

    (Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo)

Abstract

We compare four different estimation methods for the coefficients of a linear structural equation with instrumental variables. As the classical methods we consider the limited information maximum likelihood (LIML) estimator and the two-stage least squares (TSLS) estimator, and as the semi-parametric estimation methods we consider the maximum empirical likelihood (MEL) estimator and the generalized method of moments (GMM) (or the estimating equation) estimator. Tables and figures of the distribution functions of four estimators are given for enough values of the parameters to cover most linear models of interest and we include some heteroscedastic cases and nonlinear cases. We have found that the LIML estimator has good performance in terms of the bounded loss functions and probabilities when the number of instruments is large, that is, the micro-econometric models with "many instruments" in the terminology of recent econometric literature.

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Paper provided by CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo in its series CIRJE F-Series with number CIRJE-F-577.

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Length: 34 pages
Date of creation: Jul 2008
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Handle: RePEc:tky:fseres:2008cf577

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  1. Kunitomo, Naoto & Matsushita, Yukitoshi, 2009. "Asymptotic expansions and higher order properties of semi-parametric estimators in a system of simultaneous equations," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 100(8), pages 1727-1751, September.
  2. Naoto Kunitomo & Yukitoshi Matsushita, 2008. "Improving the Rank-Adjusted Anderson-Rubin Test with Many Instruments and Persistent Heteroscedasticity," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-588, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
  3. Mieno, Taro & Brozovic, Nicholas, 2012. "Unraveling deterrence effects of regulatory activities under Clean Water Act," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124612, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  4. T. W. Anderson & Naoto Kunitomo & Yukitoshi Matsushita, 2009. "The Limited Information Maximum Likelihood Estimator as an Angle," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-619, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.

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