International Fellows

Whitney K. Newey

MIT

Professor of Economics, Massachussets Institute of Technology

Selected Publications

A reduced bias GMM-like estimator with reduced estimator dispersion

2SLS is by far the most-used estimator for the simultaneous equation problem. However, it is now […]

Jerry Hausman, Randall Lewis, Konrad Menzel, Whitney K. Newey
14 September 2007 | CWP24/07
Instrumental variable estimation with heteroskedasticity and many instruments

It is common practice in econometrics to correct for heteroskedasticity.This paper corrects instrumental variables estimators with […]

Jerry Hausman, Whitney K. Newey, Tiemen M. Woutersen, John Chao, Norman Swanson
1 September 2007 | CWP22/07

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Instrumental variable estimation with heteroskedasticity and many instruments
Jerry Hausman, Whitney K. Newey, Tiemen M. Woutersen, John Chao, Norman Swanson
25 July 2012 | Journal Article
Instrumental variables estimation with flexible distribution

Instrumental variables are often associated with low estimator precision. This paper explores efficiency gains which might […]

Christian Hansen, James B. McDonald, Whitney K. Newey
20 August 2007 | CWP21/07

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Instrumental variables estimation with flexible distribution
Christian Hansen, James B. McDonald, Whitney K. Newey
1 January 2010 | Journal Article
Estimation with many instrumental variables

Using many valid instrumental variables has the potential to improve efficiencybut makes the usual inference procedures […]

Christian Hansen, Jerry Hausman, Whitney K. Newey
29 September 2006 | CWP19/06

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Estimation with many instrumental variables
Christian Hansen, Jerry Hausman, Whitney K. Newey
3 October 2008 | Journal Article
GMM with many weak moment conditions

Using many moment conditions can improve efficiency but makes the usual GMM inferences inaccurate. Two step […]

Whitney K. Newey, Frank Windmeijer
6 December 2005 | CWP18/05

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Generalized method of moments with many weak moment conditions
Whitney K. Newey, Frank Windmeijer
31 May 2010 | Journal Article
Asymptotic bias for GMM and GEL estimators with estimated nuisance parameters

This papers studies and compares the asymptotic bias of GMM and generalized empirical likelihood (GEL) estimators […]

Whitney K. Newey, Joaquim J. S. Ramalho Ramalho, Richard Smith
1 December 2003 | CWP05/03

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Asymptotic bias for GMM and GEL estimators with estimated nuisance parameters
Whitney K. Newey, Joaquim J. S. Ramalho Ramalho, Richard Smith
1 October 2005 | Journal Article
Jackknife and analytical bias reduction for nonlinear panel models

Fixed effects estimators of panel models can be severely biased because of the well-known incidental parameters […]

Jinyong Hahn, Whitney K. Newey
1 October 2003 | CWP17/03

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Jackknife and analytical bias reduction for nonlinear panel models
Jinyong Hahn, Whitney K. Newey
1 July 2004 | Journal Article
Higher order properties of GMM and generalised empirical likelihood estimators

In an effort to improve the small sample properties of generalized method of moments(GMM) estimators, a […]

Whitney K. Newey, Richard Smith
1 June 2003 | CWP04/03

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Higher order properties of GMM and generalised empirical likelihood estimators
Whitney K. Newey, Richard Smith
1 January 2004 | Journal Article