Inference on distribution functions under measurement error

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Journal: Journal of Econometrics
Year: 2020
Volume: 215
Issue: 1
Pages: 131-164

Authors (4)

Adusumilli, Karun (not in RePEc) Kurisu, Daisuke (not in RePEc) Otsu, Taisuke (not in RePEc) Whang, Yoon-Jae (Seoul National University)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper is concerned with inference on the cumulative distribution function (cdf) FX∗ in the classical measurement error model X=X∗+ϵ. We consider the case where the density of the measurement error ϵ is unknown and estimated by repeated measurements, and show validity of a bootstrap approximation for the distribution of the deviation in the sup-norm between the deconvolution cdf estimator and FX∗. We allow the density of ϵ to be ordinary or super smooth. We also provide several theoretical results on the bootstrap and asymptotic Gumbel approximations of the sup-norm deviation for the case where the density of ϵ is known. Our approximation results are applicable to various contexts, such as confidence bands for FX∗ and its quantiles, and for performing various cdf-based tests such as goodness-of-fit tests for parametric models of X∗, two sample homogeneity tests, and tests for stochastic dominance. Simulation and real data examples illustrate satisfactory performance of the proposed methods.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:econom:v:215:y:2020:i:1:p:131-164
Journal Field
Econometrics
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-29