The second edition of this acclaimed graduate text provides a unified treatment of two methods used in contemporary econometric research, cross section and data panel methods. By focusing on assumptions that can be given behavioral content, the book maintains an appropriate level of rigor while emphasizing intuitive thinking. The analysis covers both linear and nonlinear models, including models with dynamics and/or individual heterogeneity. In addition to general estimation frameworks (particular methods of moments and maximum likelihood), specific linear and nonlinear methods are covered in detail, including probit and logit models and their multivariate, Tobit models, models for count data, censored and missing data schemes, causal (or treatment) effects, and duration analysis. Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data was the first graduate econometrics text to focus on microeconomic data structures, allowing assumptions to be separated into population and sampling assumptions. This second edition has been substantially updated and revised. Improvements include a broader class of models for missing data problems; more detailed treatment of cluster problems, an important topic for empirical researchers; expanded discussion of "generalized instrumental variables" (GIV) estimation; new coverage (based on the author's own recent research) of inverse probability weighting; a more complete framework for estimating treatment effects with panel data, and a firmly established link between econometric approaches to nonlinear panel data and the "generalized estimating equation" literature popular in statistics and other fields. New attention is given to explaining when particular econometric methods can be applied; the goal is not only to tell readers what does work, but why certain "obvious" procedures do not. The numerous included exercises, both theoretical and computer-based, allow the reader to extend methods covered in the text and discover new insights.

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Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data

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计量经济分析 = Econometric analysis

We will review some of the major results in random graphs and some of the more challenging open problems. We will cover algorithmic and structural questions. We will touch on newer models, including those related to the WWW.

Random graphs

Preface Part I. Regression Smoothing: 1. Introduction 2. Basic idea of smoothing 3. Smoothing techniques Part II. The Kernel Method: 4. How close is the smooth to the true curve? 5. Choosing the smoothing parameter 6. Data sets with outliers 7. Smoothing with correlated data 8. Looking for special features (qualitative smoothing) 9. Incorporating parametric components and alternatives Part III. Smoothing in High Dimensions: 10. Investigating multiple regression by additive models Appendices References List of symbols and notation.

Applied Nonparametric Regression

In general, there will be visible differences between a parametric and a nonparametric curve estimate. It is therefore quite natural to compare these in order to decide whether the parametric model could be justified. An asymptotic quantification is the distribution of the integrated squared difference between these curves. We show that the standard way of bootstrapping this statistic fails. We use and analyse a different form of bootstrapping for this task. We call this method the wild bootstrap and apply it to fitting Engel curves in expenditure data analysis.

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Comparing Nonparametric Versus Parametric Regression Fits

I Descriptive Techniques: Comparison of Batches.- II Multivariate Random Variables: A Short Excursion into Matrix Algebra Moving to Higher Dimensions Multivariate Distributions Theory of the Multinormal Theory of Estimation Hypothesis Testing.- III Multivariate Techniques: Decomposition of Data Matrices by Factors Principal Components Analysis Factor Analysis Cluster Analysis Discriminant Analysis.- Correspondence Analysis.- Canonical Correlation Analysis.- Multidimensional Scaling.- Conjoint Measurement Analysis.- Application in Finance.- Computationally Intensive Techniques.- A: Symbols and Notations.- B: Data.- Bibliography.- Index.

Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Introduction.- Histogram.- Nonparametric Density Estimation.- Nonparametric Regression.- Semiparametric and Generalized Regression Models.- Single Index Models.- Generalized Partial Linear Models.- Additive Models and Marginal Effects.- Generalized Additive Models.

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Nonparametric and Semiparametric Models

Single-index models generalize linear regression. They have applications to a variety of fields, such as discrete choice analysis in econometrics and dose response models in biometrics, where high-dimensional regression models are often employed. Single-index models are similar to the first step of projection pursuit regression, a dimension-reduction method. In both cases the orientation vector can be estimated root-n consistently, even if the unknown univariate function (or nonparametric link function) is assumed to come from a large smoothness class. However, as we show in the present paper, the similarities end there. In particular, the amount of smoothing necessary for root-n consistent orientation estimation is very different in the two cases. We suggest a simple, empirical rule for selecting the bandwidth appropriate to single-index models. This rule is studied in a small simulation study and an application in binary response models.

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Wolfgang Karl Härdle

Papers

Applied Nonparametric Regression

Comparing Nonparametric Versus Parametric Regression Fits

Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Nonparametric and Semiparametric Models

Optimal Smoothing in Single-index Models