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II: Core Methods

II: Core Methods

pp. 63-64

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, University of California, Davis, , Indiana University, Bloomington
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Summary

Part 2 presents the core estimation methods – least squares, maximum likelihood and method of moments – and associated methods of inference for nonlinear regression models that are central in microeconometrics. The material also includes modern topics such as quantile regression, sequential estimation, empirical likelihood, semiparametric and nonparametric regression, and statistical inference based on the bootstrap. In general the discussion is at a level intended to provide enough background and detail to enable the practitioner to read and comprehend articles in the leading econometrics journals and, where needed, subsequent chapters of this book. We presume prior familiarity with linear regression analysis.

The essential estimation theory is presented in three chapters. Chapter 4 begins with the linear regression model. It then covers at an introductory level quantile regression, which models distributional features other than the conditional mean. It provides a lengthy expository treatment of instrumental variables estimation, a major method of causal inference. Chapter 5 presents the most commonly-used estimation methods for nonlinear models, beginning with the topic of m-estimation, before specialization to maximum likelihood and nonlinear least squares regression. Chapter 6 provides a comprehensive treatment of generalized method of moments, which is a quite general estimation framework that is applicable for linear and nonlinear models in single-equation and multi-equation settings. The chapter emphasizes the special case of instrumental variables estimation.

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