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.

Individual heterogeneity, nonlinear budget sets and taxable income

Many studies have estimated the effect of taxes on taxable income. To account for nonlinear taxes… Continue reading.

Soren Blomquist, Anil Kumar, Che-Yuan Liang, Whitney K. Newey
May 2015

CWP21/15

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Individual heterogeneity, nonlinear budget sets, and taxable income
Soren Blomquist, Anil Kumar, Che-Yuan Liang, Whitney K. Newey
May 2014 | CWP21/14
Counterfactual worlds

We study a generalization of the treatment effect model in which an observed discrete classifier indicates… Continue reading.

Andrew Chesher, Adam Rosen
June 2015

CWP22/15

Income effects and the welfare consequences of tax in differentiated product oligopoly

Random utility models are widely used to study consumer choice. The vast majority of applications make… Continue reading.

Rachel Griffith, Lars Nesheim, Martin O'Connell
June 2015

CWP23/15

Nonparametric stochastic discount factor decomposition

We introduce econometric methods to perform estimation and inference on the permanent and transitory components of… Continue reading.

Timothy M. Christensen
June 2015

CWP24/15

Random coefficients on endogenous variables in simultaneous equations models

This paper considers a classical linear simultaneous equations model with random coefficients on the endogenous variables…. Continue reading.

Matthew Masten
June 2015

CWP25/15

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Breaking the curse of dimensionality in conditional moment inequalities for discrete choice models

This paper studies inference of preference parameters in semiparametric discrete choice models when these parameters are… Continue reading.

Le-Yu Chen, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
June 2015

CWP26/15

Approximate permutation tests and induced order statistics in the regression discontinuity design

This paper proposes an asymptotically valid permutation test for a testable implication of the identification assumption… Continue reading.

Ivan A. Canay, Vishal Kamat
June 2015

CWP27/15

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Please call me John: name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930

The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century… Continue reading.

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Hugo Reis
June 2015

CWP28/15

Identification of preferences in network formation games

This paper provides a framework for identifying preferences in a large network under the assumption of… Continue reading.

Áureo de Paula, Seth Richards-Shubik, Elie Tamer
June 2015

CWP29/15

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Identifying preferences in networks with bounded degree
Áureo de Paula, Seth Richards-Shubik, Elie Tamer
December 2016 | CWP54/16
Identification of the distribution of valuations in an incomplete model of English auctions

An incomplete model of English auctions with symmetric independent private values, similar to the one studied… Continue reading.

Andrew Chesher, Adam Rosen
June 2015

CWP30/15

A weak instrument F-test in linear IV models with multiple endogenous variables

We consider testing for weak instruments in a model with multiple endogenous variables. Unlike Stock and… Continue reading.

Eleanor Sanderson, Frank Windmeijer
June 2015

CWP31/15

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A weak instrument F-test in linear IV models with multiple endogenous variables
Eleanor Sanderson, Frank Windmeijer
February 2016 | CWP

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A weak instrument F-test in linear IV models with multiple endogenous variables
Eleanor Sanderson, Frank Windmeijer
November 2013 | CWP58/13
Optimal sup-norm rates, adaptivity and inference in nonparametric instrumental variables estimation

This paper makes several contributions to the literature on the important yet difficult problem of estimating… Continue reading.

Xiaohong Chen, Timothy M. Christensen
June 2015

CWP32/15

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Optimal uniform convergence rates for sieve nonparametric instrumental variables regression
Xiaohong Chen, Timothy M. Christensen
November 2013 | CWP56/13
The triangular model with random coefficients

The triangular model is a very popular way to capture endogeneity. In this model, an outcome… Continue reading.

Stefan Hoderlein, Hajo Holzmann, Alexander Meister
June 2015

CWP33/15

Identification and estimation of nonparametric panel data regressions with measurement error

This paper provides a constructive argument for identification of nonparametric panel data models with measurement error… Continue reading.

Daniel Wilhelm
July 2015

CWP34/15

Variable selection and estimation in high-dimensional models

Models with high-dimensional covariates arise frequently in economics and other fields. Often, only a few covariates… Continue reading.

Joel L. Horowitz
July 2015

CWP35/15

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Alternative asymptotics and the partially linear model with many regressors

Many empirical studies estimate the structural effect of some variable on an outcome of interest while… Continue reading.

Matias Cattaneo, Michael Jansson, Whitney K. Newey
July 2015

CWP36/15

Treatment effects with many covariates and heteroskedasticity

The linear regression model is widely used in empirical work in Economics. Researchers often include many… Continue reading.

Matias Cattaneo, Michael Jansson, Whitney K. Newey
July 2015

CWP37/15

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Inference in linear regression models with many covariates and heteroskedasticity
Matias Cattaneo, Michael Jansson, Whitney K. Newey
January 2017 | CWP03/17
A discrete model for bootstrap iteration

In an attempt to free bootstrap theory from the shackles of asymptotic considerations, this paper studies… Continue reading.

Russell Davidson
July 2015

CWP38/15

Nonparametric instrumental variable estimation under monotonicity

The ill-posedness of the inverse problem of recovering a regression function in a nonparametric instrumental variable… Continue reading.

Denis Chetverikov, Daniel Wilhelm
July 2015

CWP39/15

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Nonparametric instrumental variable estimation under monotonicity
Denis Chetverikov, Daniel Wilhelm
September 2016 | CWP48/16
Nonlinear panel data estimation via quantile regressions

We introduce a class of quantile regression estimators for short panels. Our framework covers static and… Continue reading.

Manuel Arellano, Stéphane Bonhomme
July 2015

CWP40/15

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Nonlinear panel data estimation via quantile regressions
Manuel Arellano, Stéphane Bonhomme
June 2016 | CWP