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.

Confidence bands for coefficients in high dimensional linear models with error-in-variables

We study high-dimensional linear models with error-in-variables. Such models are motivated by various applications in econometrics,… Continue reading.

Alexandre Belloni, Victor Chernozhukov, Abhishek Kaul
May 2017

CWP22/17

Generic inference on quantile and quantile effect functions for discrete outcomes

This paper provides a method to construct simultaneous confidence bands for quantile and quantile effect functions… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Blaise Melly, Kaspar Wüthrich
May 2017

CWP23/17

Who should be treated? Empirical welfare maximization methods for treatment choice

One of the main objectives of empirical analysis of experiments and quasi-experiments is to inform policy… Continue reading.

Toru Kitagawa, Aleksey Tetenov
May 2017

CWP24/17

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Inference under covariate-adaptive randomization

This paper studies inference for the average treatment effect in randomized controlled trials with covariate-adaptive randomization…. Continue reading.

Federico A. Bugni, Ivan A. Canay, Azeem M. Shaikh
May 2017

CWP25/17

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Inference under covariate-adaptive randomization
Federico A. Bugni, Ivan A. Canay, Azeem M. Shaikh
August 2015 | CWP45/15
Fixed-effect regressions on network data

This paper studies inference on fixed effects in a linear regression model estimated from network data…. Continue reading.

Koen Jochmans, Martin Weidner
May 2017

CWP26/17

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Fixed-effect regressions on network data
Koen Jochmans, Martin Weidner
July 2018 | CWP44/18

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Fixed-effect regressions on network data
Koen Jochmans, Martin Weidner
August 2016 | CWP32/16
Incomplete English auction models with heterogeneity

This paper studies identification and estimation of the distribution of bidder valuations in an incomplete model… Continue reading.

Andrew Chesher, Adam Rosen
May 2017

CWP27/17

Double/debiased machine learning for treatment and structural parameters

We revisit the classic semiparametric problem of inference on a low dimensional parameter θ0 in the… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Denis Chetverikov, Mert Demirer, Esther Duflo, Christian Hansen, Whitney K. Newey, James Robins
June 2017

CWP28/17

Quantreg.nonpar: an R package for performing nonparametric series quantile regression

The R package quantreg.nonpar implements nonparametric quantile regression methods to estimate and make inference on partially… Continue reading.

Michael Lipsitz, Alexandre Belloni, Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val
June 2017

CWP29/17

Semiparametric efficient empirical higher order influence function estimators

Robins et al. (2008, 2016b) applied the theory of higher order infuence functions (HOIFs) to derive… Continue reading.

Rajarshi Mukherjee, Whitney K. Newey, James Robins
June 2017

CWP30/17

Binarization for panel models with fixed effects

In nonlinear panel models with fixed effects and fixed-T, the incidental parameter problem poses identification difficulties… Continue reading.

Irene Botosaru, Chris Muris
June 2017

CWP31/17

Information redundancy neglect versus overconfidence: a social learning experiment

We study social learning in a continuous action space experiment. Subjects, acting in sequence, state their… Continue reading.

Marco Angrisani, Antonio Guarino, Philippe Jehiel, Toru Kitagawa
June 2017

CWP32/17

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Information redundancy neglect versus overconfidence: a social learning experiment
Marco Angrisani, Antonio Guarino, Philippe Jehiel, Toru Kitagawa
November 2018 | CWP63/18
Nonseparable multinomial choice models in cross-section and panel data

Multinomial choice models are fundamental for empirical modeling of economic choices among discrete alternatives. We analyze… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Whitney K. Newey
June 2017

CWP33/17

Inference under covariate-adaptive randomization with multiple treatments

This paper studies inference in randomized controlled trials with covariate-adaptive randomization when there are multiple treatments…. Continue reading.

Federico A. Bugni, Ivan A. Canay, Azeem M. Shaikh
August 2017

CWP34/17

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Inference under covariate-adaptive randomization with multiple treatments
Federico A. Bugni, Ivan A. Canay, Azeem M. Shaikh
January 2019 | CWP04/19
Identifying preferences in networks with bounded degree

This paper provides a framework for identifying preferences in a large network where links are pairwise… Continue reading.

Áureo de Paula, Seth Richards-Shubik, Elie Tamer
August 2017

CWP35/17

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Identifying preferences in networks with bounded degree
Áureo de Paula, Seth Richards-Shubik, Elie Tamer
December 2016 | CWP54/16
Quantile regression 40 years on

Since Quetelet’s work in the 19th century social science has iconified “the average man”, that hypothetical… Continue reading.

Roger Koenker
August 2017

CWP36/17

Rebayes: an R package for empirical bayes mixture methods

Models of unobserved heterogeneity, or frailty as it is commonly known in survival analysis, can often… Continue reading.

Jiaying Gu, Roger Koenker
August 2017

CWP37/17

Bayesian deconvolution: an R vinaigrette

Nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation of general mixture models pioneered by the work of Kiefer and Wolfowitz… Continue reading.

Roger Koenker
August 2017

CWP38/17

Testing for homogeneity in mixture models

Statistical models of unobserved heterogeneity are typically formalized as mixtures of simple parametric models and interest… Continue reading.

Jiaying Gu, Roger Koenker, Stanislav Volgushev
August 2017

CWP39/17

The bunching estimator cannot identify the taxable income elasticity

Saez (2010) introduced an influential estimator that has become known as the bunching estimator. Using this… Continue reading.

Soren Blomquist, Whitney K. Newey
October 2017

CWP40/17

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On Bunching and Identification of the Taxable Income Elasticity
Soren Blomquist, Anil Kumar, Che-Yuan Liang
October 2019 | CWP53/19
Cross-fitting and fast remainder rates for semiparametric estimation

There are many interesting and widely used estimators of a functional with finite semi-parametric variance bound… Continue reading.

Whitney K. Newey, James M. Robins
October 2017

CWP41/17