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Empirical Evidence Concerning the Finite Sample Performance of EL-Type Structural Equation Estimation and Inference Methods

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  • Mittelhammer, Ronald C.
  • Judge, George G.
  • Schoenberg, Ron

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This paper presents empirical evidence concerning the finite sample performance of conventional and generalized empirical likelihood-type estimators that utilize instruments in the context of linear structural models characterized by endogenous explanatory variables. There are suggestions in the literature that traditional and non-traditional asymptotically efficient estimators based on moment equations may, for the relatively small sample sizes usually encountered in econometric practice, have relatively large biases and/or variances and provide an inadequate basis for estimation and inference. Given this uncertainty we use a range of data sampling processes and Monte Carlo sampling procedures to accumulate finite sample empirical evidence concerning these questions for a family of generalized empirical likelihood-type estimators in comparison to conventional 2SLS and GMM estimators. Solutions to EL-type empirical moment-constrained optimization problems present formidable numerical challenges. We identify effective optimization algorithms for meeting these challenges.

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  • Mittelhammer, Ronald C. & Judge, George G. & Schoenberg, Ron, 2003. "Empirical Evidence Concerning the Finite Sample Performance of EL-Type Structural Equation Estimation and Inference Methods," CUDARE Working Papers 25090, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.25090
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    3. Marian Grendar & George Judge, 2008. "Large-Deviations Theory and Empirical Estimator Choice," Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(4-6), pages 513-525.
    4. Miller, Douglas J. & Mittelhammer, Ronald C. & Judge, George G., 2004. "Entropy-Based Estimation And Inference In Binary Response Models Under Endogeneity," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 20319, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
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    8. Lauren Bin Dong, 2004. "The Behrens-Fisher Problem: An Empirical Likelihood Ratio Approach," Econometrics Working Papers 0404, Department of Economics, University of Victoria.
    9. Judge, George G. & Mittelhammer, Ron C, 2004. "Estimating the Link Function in Multinomial Response Models under Endogeneity and Quadratic Loss," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt4422n50w, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
    10. Susanne M. Schennach, 2007. "Point estimation with exponentially tilted empirical likelihood," Papers 0708.1874, arXiv.org.
    11. T. W. Anderson & Naoto Kunitomo & Yukitoshi Matsushita, 2008. "On Finite Sample Properties of Alternative Estimators of Coefficients in a Structural Equation with Many Instruments," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-577, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    12. Umut Oguzoglu & Thanasis Stengos, 2011. "Can Dynamic Panel Data Explain the Finance-Growth Link? An Empirical Likelihood Approach," Review of Economic Analysis, Digital Initiatives at the University of Waterloo Library, vol. 3(2), pages 129-148, October.
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