Optimal bandwidth selection for local linear estimation of discontinuity in density

Hugo Jales, Jun Ma and Zhengfei Yu

Economics Letters, 2017, vol. 153, issue C, 23-27

Abstract: We derive an optimal bandwidth selection rule for estimating a function of two one-sided limits of the probability density function at two cut-off points by the local linear estimation method. Our rule follows Arai and Ichimura (2015, AI, hereafter)’s principle and selects two bandwidths simultaneously, one for each cut-off point. Simulation results are presented. We also illustrate the usefulness of the method in an empirical application.

Keywords: Bandwidth selection; Density discontinuity; Local linear estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.01.024

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