Publications

The cemmap working paper series publishes papers expanding the frontiers of knowledge in microdata methods and practice. Martin Weidner is the editor of the working paper series.

Inference under Covariate-Adaptive Randomization

This paper studies inference for the average treatment eff ect in randomized controlled trials with covariate-adaptive… Continue reading.

Federico A. Bugni, Ivan A. Canay, Azeem M. Shaikh
May 2016

CWP21/16

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Inference under covariate-adaptive randomization
Federico A. Bugni, Ivan A. Canay, Azeem M. Shaikh
August 2015 | CWP45/15
The value of private schools: evidence from Pakistan

Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for diff erentiated products in… Continue reading.

Pedro Carneiro, Jishnu Das, Hugo Reis
May 2016

CWP22/16

Estimation of a Multiplicative Covariance Structure

We consider a Kronecker product structure for large covariance matrices, which has the feature that the… Continue reading.

Christian M. Hafner, Oliver Linton, Haihan Tang
May 2016

CWP23/16

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Estimation of a multiplicative covariance structure in the large dimensional case
Christian M. Hafner, Oliver Linton, Haihan Tang
November 2016 | CWP52/16
A critical value function approach, with an application to persistent time-series

Researchers often rely on the t-statistic to make inference on parameters in statistical models. It is… Continue reading.

Marcelo Moreira, Rafael Mourão, Humberto Moreira
June 2016

CWP24/16

Optimal two-sided tests for instrumental variables regression with heteroskedastic and autocorrelated errors

This paper considers two-sided tests for the parameter of an endogenous variable in an instrumental variable… Continue reading.

Humberto Moreira, Marcelo Moreira
June 2016

CWP25/16

Partial independence in nonseparable models

We analyze identication of nonseparable models under three kinds of exogeneity assumptions weaker than full statistical… Continue reading.

Matthew Masten, Alexandre Poirier
June 2016

CWP26/16

Nonparametric analysis of random utility models

This paper develops and implements a nonparametric test of Random Utility Models. The motivating application is… Continue reading.

Yuichi Kitamura, Jörg Stoye
June 2016

CWP27/16

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Nonparametric analysis of random utility models
Jorg Stoye, Yuichi Kitamura
December 2017 | CWP56/17

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Nonparametric analysis of random utility models: testing
Yuichi Kitamura, Jörg Stoye
August 2013 | CWP36/13
MCMC confidence sets for identified sets

In complicated/nonlinear parametric models, it is generally hard to determine whether the model parameters are (globally)… Continue reading.

Xiaohong Chen, Timothy M. Christensen, Keith O'Hara, Elie Tamer
July 2016

CWP28/16

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Monte Carlo confidence sets for identified sets
Xiaohong Chen, Timothy M. Christensen, Elie Tamer
October 2017 | CWP43/17
Nonparametric estimation and inference under shape restrictions

Economic theory often provides shape restrictions on functions of interest in applications, such as monotonicity, convexity,… Continue reading.

Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
July 2016

CWP29/16

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Nonparametric estimation and inference under shape restrictions
Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
October 2015 | CWP67/15
A simple parametric model selection test

We propose a simple model selection test for choosing among two parametric likelihoods which can be… Continue reading.

Susanne M. Schennach, Daniel Wilhelm
August 2016

CWP30/16

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A simple parametric model selection test
Susanne M. Schennach, Daniel Wilhelm
March 2014 | CWP10/14
Locally robust semiparametric estimation

This paper shows how to construct locally robust semiparametric GMM estimators, meaning equivalently moment conditions have… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Juan Carlos Escanciano, Hidehiko Ichimura, Whitney K. Newey
August 2016

CWP31/16

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Locally robust semiparametric estimation
Victor Chernozhukov, Juan Carlos Escanciano, Hidehiko Ichimura, Whitney K. Newey, James M. Robins
April 2018 | CWP30/18
Fixed-effect regressions on network data

This paper studies inference on fixed eff ects in a linear regression model estimated from network… Continue reading.

Koen Jochmans, Martin Weidner
August 2016

CWP32/16

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Fixed-effect regressions on network data
Koen Jochmans, Martin Weidner
May 2017 | CWP26/17
Approximate permutation tests and induced order statistics in the regression discontinuity design

In the regression discontinuity design, it is common practice to asses the credibility of the design… Continue reading.

Ivan A. Canay, Vishal Kamat
August 2016

CWP33/16

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A quantile correlated random coefficients panel data model

We propose a generalization of the linear quantile regression model to accommodate possibilities afforded by panel… Continue reading.

Bryan S. Graham, Jinyong Hahn, Alexandre Poirier, James L. Powell
August 2016

CWP34/16

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Quantile regression with panel data
Bryan S. Graham, Jinyong Hahn, Alexandre Poirier, James L. Powell
March 2015 | CWP12/15
Generic inference on quantile and quantile effect functions for discrete outcomes

This paper provides a method to construct simultaneous confidence bands for quantile and quantile eff ect… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Blaise Melly, Kaspar Wüthrich
August 2016

CWP35/16

Valid post-selection and post-regularization inference: An elementary, general approach

Here we present an expository, general analysis of valid post-selection or post-regularization inference about a low-dimensional… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Christian Hansen, Martin Spindler
August 2016

CWP36/16

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Valid post-selection and post-regularization inference: An elementary, general approach
Victor Chernozhukov, Christian Hansen, Martin Spindler
August 2015 | CWP
hdm: High-Dimensional Metrics

In this article the package High-dimensional Metrics (hdm) is introduced. It is a collection of statistical… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Christian Hansen, Martin Spindler
August 2016

CWP37/16

Empirical and multiplier bootstraps for suprema of empirical processes of increasing complexity, and related Gaussian couplings

We derive strong approximations to the supremum of the non-centered empirical process indexed by a possibly… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Denis Chetverikov, Kengo Kato
August 2016

CWP38/16

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Central limit theorems and bootstrap in high dimensions

In this paper, we derive central limit and bootstrap theorems for probabilities that centered high-dimensional vector… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Denis Chetverikov, Kengo Kato
August 2016

CWP39/16

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Central limit theorems and bootstrap in high dimensions
Victor Chernozhukov, Denis Chetverikov, Kengo Kato
December 2014 | CWP49/14
Comparison and anti-concentration bounds for maxima of Gaussian random vectors

Slepian and Sudakov-Fernique type inequalities, which compare expectations of maxima of Gaussian random vectors under certain… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Denis Chetverikov, Kengo Kato
August 2016

CWP40/16

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Comparison and anti-concentration bounds for maxima of Gaussian random vectors
Victor Chernozhukov, Denis Chetverikov, Kengo Kato
June 2015 | CWP

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Comparison and anti-concentration bounds for maxima of Gaussian random vectors
Victor Chernozhukov, Denis Chetverikov, Kengo Kato
December 2013 | CWP71/13