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.

Generalized Instrumental Variable Models, Methods, and Applications

This chapter sets out the extension of the scope of the classical IV model to cases… Continue reading.

Andrew Chesher, Adam Rosen
August 2019

CWP41/19

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Generalized instrumental variable models, methods, and applications
Andrew Chesher, Adam Rosen
July 2018 | CWP43/18
Decentralization estimators for instrumental variable quantile regression models

The instrumental variable quantile regression (IVQR) model (Chernozhukov and Hansen, 2005) is a popular tool for… Continue reading.

Hiroaki Kaido, Kaspar Wüthrich
August 2019

CWP42/19

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Decentralization estimators for instrumental variable quantile regression models
Hiroaki Kaido, Kaspar Wüthrich
December 2018 | CWP72/18
Posterior average effects

Economists are often interested in estimating averages with respect to distributions of unobservables. Examples are moments… Continue reading.

Stéphane Bonhomme, Martin Weidner
September 2019

CWP43/19

Inference on a distribution from noisy draws

We consider a situation where the distribution of a random variable is being estimated by the… Continue reading.

Koen Jochmans, Martin Weidner
September 2019

CWP44/19

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Inference on a distribution from noisy draws
Koen Jochmans, Martin Weidner
February 2018 | CWP14/18
Sparse demand systems: corners and complements

We propose a demand model where consumers simultaneously choose a few different goods from a large… Continue reading.

Arthur Lewbel, Lars Nesheim
September 2019

CWP45/19

Independent nonlinear component analysis

The idea of summarizing the information contained in a large number of variables by a small… Continue reading.

Florian Gunsilius, Susanne M. Schennach
September 2019

CWP46/19

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A nonlinear principal component decomposition
Florian Gunsilius, Susanne M. Schennach
March 2017 | CWP16/17
Testing for the presence of measurement error in Stata

In this paper, we describe how to test for the presence of measurement error in explanatory… Continue reading.

Young Jun Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
September 2019

CWP47/19

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Testing for the presence of measurement error in Stata
Young Jun Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
August 2018 | CWP51/18
Testing for the presence of measurement error

This paper proposes a simple nonparametric test of the hypothesis of no measurement error in explanatory… Continue reading.

Daniel Wilhelm
September 2019

CWP48/19

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Testing for the presence of measurement error
Daniel Wilhelm
July 2018 | CWP45/18
An adaptive test of stochastic monotonicity

We propose a new nonparametric test of stochastic monotonicity which adapts to the unknown smoothness of… Continue reading.

Denis Chetverikov, Daniel Wilhelm, Dongwoo Kim
October 2019

CWP49/19

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An Adaptive Test of Stochastic Monotonicity
Denis Chetverikov, Daniel Wilhelm, Dongwoo Kim
May 2020 | CWP17/20

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An adaptive test of stochastic monotonicity
Denis Chetverikov, Daniel Wilhelm, Dongwoo Kim
April 2018 | CWP24/18
Using penalized likelihood to select parameters in a random coefficients multinomial logit model

The multinomial logit model with random coefficients is widely used in applied research. This paper is… Continue reading.

Joel L. Horowitz, Lars Nesheim
October 2019

CWP50/19

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Inference after estimation of breaks

In an important class of econometric problems, researchers select a target parameter by maximizing the Euclidean… Continue reading.

Isaiah Andrews, Toru Kitagawa, Adam McCloskey
October 2019

CWP51/19

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Inference after Estimation of Breaks
Isaiah Andrews, Toru Kitagawa, Adam McCloskey
July 2020 | CWP34/20
Identification of a class of index models: A topological approach

We establish nonparametric identification in a class of so-called index models using a novel approach that… Continue reading.

Mogens Fosgerau, Dennis Kristensen
October 2019

CWP52/19

On Bunching and Identification of the Taxable Income Elasticity

The taxable income elasticity is a key parameter for predicting the effect of tax reform or… Continue reading.

Soren Blomquist, Anil Kumar, Che-Yuan Liang
October 2019

CWP53/19

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The bunching estimator cannot identify the taxable income elasticity
Soren Blomquist, Whitney K. Newey
October 2017 | CWP40/17
Double debiased machine learning nonparametric inference with continuous treatments

We propose a nonparametric inference method for causal effects of continuous treatment variables, under unconfoundedness and… Continue reading.

Kyle Colangelo, Ying-Ying Lee
October 2019

CWP54/19

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Identifying network ties from panel data: theory and an application to tax competition

We present results on the identification of social networks from observational panel data that contains no… Continue reading.

Áureo de Paula, Imran Rasul, Pedro CL Souza
October 2019

CWP55/19

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Recovering social networks from panel data: identification, simulations and an application
Áureo de Paula, Imran Rasul, Pedro CL Souza
October 2018 | CWP58/18
Censored quantile regression survival models with a cure proportion

A new quantile regression model for survival data is proposed that permits a positive proportion of… Continue reading.

Naveen Narisetty, Roger Koenker
October 2019

CWP56/19

The ignorant monopolist redux

The classical problem of the monopolist faced with an unknown demand curve is considered in a… Continue reading.

Roger Koenker
October 2019

CWP57/19

Knowledge spillovers and patent citations: trends in geographic localization, 1976-2015

This paper examines the trends in geographic localization of knowledge spillovers via patent citations, extracting multiple… Continue reading.

Hyuk-Soo Kwon, Jihong Lee, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Ryungha Oh
October 2019

CWP58/19

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Knowledge spillovers and patent citations: trends in geographic localization, 1976-2015
Hyuk-Soo Kwon, Jihong Lee, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Ryungha Oh
December 2017 | CWP55/17
Demand analysis with many prices

From its inception, demand estimation has faced the problem of “many prices.” While some aggregation across… Continue reading.

Victor Chernozhukov, Jerry Hausman, Whitney K. Newey
October 2019

CWP59/19

Quasi-maximum likelihood and the kernel block bootstrap for nonlinear dynamic models

This paper applies a novel bootstrap method, the kernel block bootstrap, to quasi-maximum likelihood estimation of… Continue reading.

Paulo Parente, Richard J. Smith
October 2019

CWP60/19