Testing overidentifying restrictions with many instruments and heteroskedasticity

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Econometrics
Year: 2014
Volume: 178
Issue: P1
Pages: 15-21

Score contribution per author:

0.804 = (α=2.01 / 5 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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

Abstract

This paper gives a test of overidentifying restrictions that is robust to many instruments and heteroskedasticity. It is based on a jackknife version of the overidentifying test statistic. Correct asymptotic critical values are derived for this statistic when the number of instruments grows large, at a rate up to the sample size. It is also shown that the test is valid when the number of instruments is fixed and there is homoskedasticity. This test improves on recently proposed tests by allowing for heteroskedasticity and by avoiding assumptions on the instrument projection matrix. This paper finds in Monte Carlo studies that the test is more accurate and less sensitive to the number of instruments than the Hausman–Sargan or GMM tests of overidentifying restrictions.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:econom:v:178:y:2014:i:p1:p:15-21
Journal Field
Econometrics
Author Count
5
Added to Database
2026-01-25