Smooth Minimum Distance Estimation and Testing in Conditional Moment Restrictions Models: Uniform in Bandwidth Theory
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Abstract
We propose a new class of estimators for models defined by conditional moment re-strictions. Our generic estimator minimizes a distance criterion based on kernel smooth-ing. We develop a theory that focuses on uniformity in bandwidth. We establish a n-asymptotic representation of our estimator as a process depending on the bandwidth within a wide range including fixed bandwidths and that applies to misspecified models. We also study an efficient version of our estimator. We develop inference procedures based on a distance metric statistic for testing restrictions on parameters and we pro-pose a new bootstrap technique. Our new methods apply to non-smooth problems, are simple to implement, and perform well in small samples.
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