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.

Optimal Data Collection for Randomized Control Trials

In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment effect estimator and the power… Continue reading.

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
May 2019

CWP21/19

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Optimal data collection for randomized control trials
Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
October 2017 | CWP45/17
A Note on Specification Testing in Some Structural Regression Models

There exists a useful framework for jointly implementing Durbin-Wu-Hausman exogeneity and Sargan-Hansen overidentication tests, as a… Continue reading.

Walter Beckert
May 2019

CWP22/19

Non-asymptotic inference in a class of optimization problems

This paper describes a method for carrying out non-asymptotic inference on partially identified parameters that are… Continue reading.

Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
May 2019

CWP23/19

Estimation Under Ambiguity

To perform Bayesian analysis of a partially identified structural model, two distinct approaches exist: standard Bayesian… Continue reading.

Raffaella Giacomini, Toru Kitagawa, Harald Uhlig
May 2019

CWP24/19

Econometrics with Partial Identification

Econometrics has traditionally revolved around point identication. Much effort has been devoted to finding the weakest… Continue reading.

Francesca Molinari
May 2019

CWP25/19

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Microeconometrics with Partial Identification
Francesca Molinari
May 2020 | CWP15/20
Confidence Intervals for Projections of Partially Identified Parameters

We propose a bootstrap-based calibrated projection procedure to build confidence intervals for single components and for… Continue reading.

Hiroaki Kaido, Francesca Molinari, Jorg Stoye
June 2019

CWP26/19

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Confidence intervals for projections of partially identified parameters
Hiroaki Kaido, Francesca Molinari, Jorg Stoye
November 2017 | CWP49/17
Single market non-parametric identification of multi-attribute hedonic equilibrium models

This paper derives conditions under which preferences and technology are nonparametrically identified in hedonic equilibrium models,… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Alfred Galichon, Marc Henry, Brendan Pass
June 2019

CWP27/19

Subvector inference in PI models with many moment inequalities

This paper considers inference for a function of a parameter vector in a partially identified model… Continue reading.

Alexandre Belloni, Federico A. Bugni, Victor Chernozhukov
June 2019

CWP28/19

Uniform inference in high-dimensional Gaussian graphical models

Graphical models have become a very popular tool for representing dependencies within a large set of… Continue reading.

Sven Klaassen, Jannis Kück, Martin Spindler, Victor Chernozhukov
June 2019

CWP29/19

Valid simultaneous inference in high-dimensional settings (with the HDM package for R)

Due to the increasing availability of high-dimensional empirical applications in many research disciplines, valid simultaneous inference… Continue reading.

Philipp Bach, Victor Chernozhukov, Martin Spindler
June 2019

CWP30/19

Inference for heterogeneous effects using low-rank estimations

We study a panel data model with general heterogeneous effects, where slopes are allowed to be… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Christian Hansen, Yuan Liao, Yinchu Zhu
June 2019

CWP31/19

Inference on average treatment effects in aggregate panel data settings

This paper studies inference on treatment effects in aggregate panel data settings with a single treated… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Kaspar Wüthrich, Yinchu Zhu
June 2019

CWP32/19

Mastering Panel Metrics: Causal Impact of Democracy on Growth

The relationship between democracy and economic growth is of long standing interest. We revisit the panel… Continue reading.

Shuowen Chen, Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val
June 2019

CWP33/19

Semi-Parametric Efficient Policy Learning with Continuous Actions

We consider off-policy evaluation and optimization with continuous action spaces. We focus on observational data where… Continue reading.

Mert Demirer, Vasilis Syrgkanis, Greg Lewis, Victor Chernozhukov
June 2019

CWP34/19

Identification and estimation of dynamic structural models with unobserved choices

This paper develops identification and estimation methods for dynamic structural models when agents’ actions are unobserved… Continue reading.

Yingyao Hu, Yi Xin
June 2019

CWP35/19

Sensitivity of Estimation Precision to Moments with an Application to a Model of Joint Retirement Planning of Couples

This paper introduces measures for how each moment contributes to the precision of the parameter estimates… Continue reading.

Bo E. Honoré, Áureo de Paula, Thomas Høgholm Jørgensen
July 2019

CWP36/19

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The Informativeness of Estimation Moments
Bo E. Honoré, Áureo de Paula, Thomas Høgholm Jørgensen
January 2020 | CWP3/20
Heterogeneous Choice Sets and Preferences

We propose a robust method of discrete choice analysis when agents’ choice sets are unobserved. Our… Continue reading.

Levon Barseghyan, Maura Coughlin, Francesca Molinari, Joshua C. Teitelbaum
July 2019

CWP37/19

Robust Bayesian Inference in Proxy SVARs

We develop methods for robust Bayesian inference in structural vector autoregressions (SVARs) where the impulse responses… Continue reading.

Raffaella Giacomini, Toru Kitagawa, Matthew Read
July 2019

CWP38/19

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Robust Bayesian inference in proxy SVARs
Raffaella Giacomini, Toru Kitagawa, Matthew Read
April 2020 | CWP13/20
Kernel density estimation for undirected dyadic data

We study nonparametric estimation of density functions for undirected dyadic random variables (i.e., random variables defined… Continue reading.

Bryan S. Graham, Fengshi Niu, James L. Powell
August 2019

CWP39/19

The Wild Bootstrap with a Small Number of Large Clusters

This paper studies the properties of the wild bootstrap-based test proposed in Cameron et al. (2008)… Continue reading.

Ivan A. Canay, Andres Santos, Azeem M. Shaikh
August 2019

CWP40/19

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The wild bootstrap with a “small” number of “large” clusters
Ivan A. Canay, Andres Santos, Azeem M. Shaikh
April 2018 | CWP27/18