This seminar will be delivered by Han Hong (Stanford). The paper being presented is titled ‘Bayesian Indirect Inference and the ABC of GMM‘ which is authored by Michael Creel, Dennis Kristensen, Jitit Gao and Han Hong.
Abstract
In this paper we propose and study local linear and polynomial based estimators for implementing ABC style computation of indirect inference and GMM estimators. This method makes use of nonparametric regression in the computation of GMM and Indirect Inference models. We provide formal conditions under which frequentist inference is asymptotically valid and demonstrate the validity of the estimated posterior quantiles for confidence interval construction. We also show that in this setting, local linear kernel regression methods have theoretical advantages over local constant kernel methods that are also reflected in finite sample simulation results. Our results also apply to both exactly and over identified models. These estimators do not need to rely on numerical optimization or Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations. They provide an effective complement to the classical M-estimators and to MCMC methods, and can be applied to both likelihood based models and method of moment based models.