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Robustness for dummies

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  • Vincenzo Verardi

    (University of Namur, Belgium)

  • Marjorie Gassner

    (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

  • Darwin Ugarte

    (University of Namur, Belgium)

Abstract

In the robust statistics literature, a wide variety of models has been developed to cope with outliers in a rather large number of scenarios. Nevertheless, a recurrent problem for the empirical implementation of these estimators is that optimization algorithms generally do not perform well when dummy variables are present. What we propose in this paper is a simple solution to this involving the replacement of the subsampling step of the maximization procedures by a projection-based method. This allows us to propose robust estimators involving categorical variables, be they explanatory or dependent. Some Monte Carlo simulations are presented to illustrate the good behavior of the method.

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  • Vincenzo Verardi & Marjorie Gassner & Darwin Ugarte, 2012. "Robustness for dummies," United Kingdom Stata Users' Group Meetings 2012 09, Stata Users Group.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:usug12:09
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    1. Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza & Luis Castro Peñarrieta & Darwin Ugarte Ontiveros, 2021. "Outliers in Semi-Parametric Estimation of Treatment Effects," Econometrics, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-32, April.
    2. Darwin Ugarte Ontiveros & Ruth Marcela Aparicio de Guzmán, 2020. "Técnicas Robustas y No Robustas para Identificar Outliers en el Análisis de Regresión," Investigación & Desarrollo, Universidad Privada Boliviana, vol. 20(2), pages 41-56.

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