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Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation of Structural Quantile Effects

Published inEconometrica, vol. 80, no. 4, p. 1533-1562
Publication date2012
Abstract

We study the asymptotic distribution of Tikhonov regularized estimation of quantile structural effects implied by a nonseparable model. The nonparametric instrumental variable estimator is based on a minimum distance principle. We show that the min- imum distance problem without regularization is locally ill-posed, and we consider penalization by the norms of the parameter and its derivatives. We derive pointwise asymptotic normality and develop a consistent estimator of the asymptotic variance. We study the small sample properties via simulation results and provide an empirical illustration of estimation of nonlinear pricing curves for telecommunications services in the United States.

Keywords
  • Nonparametric quantile regression
  • Instrumental variable
  • Ill-posed inverse problems
  • Tikhonov regularization
  • Nonlinear pricing curve
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SCAILLET, Olivier, GAGILARDINI, Patrick. Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation of Structural Quantile Effects. In: Econometrica, 2012, vol. 80, n° 4, p. 1533–1562. doi: 10.3982/ECTA7937
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