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.

Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin

This paper develops methods for evaluating marginal policy changes. We characterize how the effects of marginal… Continue reading.

Pedro Carneiro, James Heckman, Edward Vytlacil
July 2009

CWP21/09

Identifying distributional characteristics in random coefficients panel data models

We study the identification of panel models with linear individual-specific coefficients, when T is fixed. We… Continue reading.

Manuel Arellano, Stéphane Bonhomme
August 2009

CWP22/09

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Single equation endogenous binary reponse models

This paper studies single equation models for binary outcomes incorporating instrumental variable restrictions. The models are… Continue reading.

Andrew Chesher
August 2009

CWP23/09

Underidentification?

We develop methods for testing the hypothesis that an econometric model is underidentified and inferring the… Continue reading.

Manuel Arellano, Lars Peter Hansen, Enrique Sentana
September 2009

CWP24/09

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Underidentification?
Manuel Arellano, Lars Peter Hansen, Enrique Sentana
October 2012 | CWP
Treatment effect estimation with covariate measurement error

This paper investigates the effect that covariate measurement error has on a conventional treatment effect analysis… Continue reading.

Erich Battistin, Andrew Chesher
September 2009

CWP25/09

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Treatment effect estimation with covariate measurement error
Erich Battistin, Andrew Chesher
February 2014 | CWP
Set identification via quantile restrictions in short panels

This paper studies the identifying power of conditional quantile restrictions in short panels with fixed effects…. Continue reading.

Adam Rosen
September 2009

CWP26/09

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Sharp identification regions in models with convex predictions: games, individual choice, and incomplete data

We provide a tractable characterization of the sharp identification region of the parameters θ in a… Continue reading.

Arie Beresteanu, Ilya Molchanov, Francesca Molinari
October 2009

CWP27/09

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Sharp identification regions in models with convex moment predictions
Arie Beresteanu, Ilya Molchanov, Francesca Molinari
September 2010 | CWP25/10
Semiparametric efficiency bound for models of sequential moment restrictions containing unknown functions

This paper computes the semiparametric efficiency bound for finite dimensional parameters identified by models of sequential… Continue reading.

Chunrong Ai, Xiaohong Chen
October 2009

CWP28/09

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Quantile and average effects in nonseparable panel models

This paper gives identification and estimation results for quantile and average effects in nonseparable panel models,… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Whitney K. Newey
October 2009

CWP29/09

Identification region of the potential outcome distributions under instrument independence

This paper examines identification power of the instrument exogeneity assumption in the treatment effect model. We… Continue reading.

Toru Kitagawa
October 2009

CWP30/09

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Nonparametric identification in asymmetric second-price auctions: a new approach

This paper proposes an approach to proving nonparametric identification for distributions of bidders’ values in asymmetric… Continue reading.

Tatiana V. Komarova
November 2009

CWP31/09

How many consumers are rational?

Rationality places strong restrictions on individual consumer behavior. This paper is concerned with assessing the validity… Continue reading.

Stefan Hoderlein
November 2009

CWP32/09

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How many consumers are rational?
Stefan Hoderlein
October 2011 | CWP
Nonparametric identification in nonseparable panel data models with generalized fixed effects

This paper is concerned with extending the familiar notion of fixed effects to nonlinear setups with… Continue reading.

Stefan Hoderlein, Halbert White
December 2009

CWP33/09

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Endogenous semiparametric binary choice models with heteroscedasticity

In this paper we consider endogenous regressors in the binary choice model under a weak median… Continue reading.

Stefan Hoderlein
December 2009

CWP34/09

Well-posedness of measurement error models for self-reported data

It is widely admitted that the inverse problem of estimating the distribution of a latent variable… Continue reading.

Yonghong An, Yingyao Hu
December 2009

CWP35/09

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Nonparametric tests of conditional treatment effects

We develop a general class of nonparametric tests for treatment effects conditional on covariates. We consider… Continue reading.

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Yoon-Jae Whang
December 2009

CWP36/09

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IV models of ordered choice

This paper studies single equation instrumental variable models of ordered choice in which explanatory variables may… Continue reading.

Andrew Chesher, Konrad Smolinski
December 2009

CWP37/09

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IV models of ordered choice
Andrew Chesher, Konrad Smolinski
January 2012 | CWP