LM Tests of Spatial Dependence Based on Bootstrap Critical Values

Zhenlin Yang ()
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Zhenlin Yang: School of Economics, Singapore Management University

No 03-2013, Working Papers from Singapore Management University, School of Economics

Abstract: To test the existence of spatial dependence in an econometric model, a convenient test is the Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test. However, evidence shows that, infinite samples, the LM test referring to asymptotic critical values may suffer from the problems of size distortion and low power, which become worse with a denser spatial weight matrix. In this paper, residual-based bootstrap methods are introduced for asymptotically refined approximations to the finite sample critical values of the LM statistics. Conditions for their validity are clearly laid out and formal justifications are given in general, and in details under several popular spatial LM tests using Edgeworth expansions. Monte Carlo results show that when the conditions are not fully met, bootstrap may lead to unstable critical values that change significantly with the alternative, whereas when all conditions are met, bootstrap critical values are very stable, approximate much better the finite sample critical values than those based on asymptotics, and lead to significantly improved size and power. The methods are further demonstrated using more general spatial LM tests, in connection with local misspecification and unknown heteroskedasticity.

Keywords: Asymptotic refinements; Bootstrap; Edgeworth expansion; LM Tests; Spatial dependence; Size; Power; Local misspecification; heteroskedasticity; Wild bootstrap. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 C15 C18 C21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ecm, nep-geo, nep-sea and nep-ure
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