Bootstrap inference for fixed effect models
The maximum likelihood estimator of nonlinear panel data models with fixed effects is asymptotically biased under rectangular-array asymptotics. The literature has devoted substantial effort to devising methods to correct the maximum-likelihood estimator for its bias as a means to salvage standard inferential procedures. We show that the (recursive, parametric) bootstrap replicates the distribution of the (uncorrected) maximum-likelihood estimator in large samples. This justifies the use of confidence sets constructed via conventional bootstrap methods. No adjustment for the presence of bias needs to be made.
Date: 10 February 2023, 14:15
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room A or https://zoom.us/j/93054414699?pwd=NEFiL2ZNc0t5N3ZIUTE2VEh5OXhZUT09
Speaker: Ayden Higgins (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Economics
Part of: Nuffield Econometrics Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Emma Heritage