Optimal Rates of Convergence of Parameter Estimators in the Binary Response Model with Weak Distributional Assumptions

Joel L. Horowitz

Econometric Theory, 1993, vol. 9, issue 01, pages 1-18

Abstract: The smoothed maximum score estimator of the coefficient vector of a binary response model is consistent and, after centering and suitable normalization, asymptotically normally distributed under weak assumptions [5]. Its rate of convergence in probability is N 2 is an integer whose value depends on the strength of certain smoothness assumptions. This rate of convergence is faster than that of the maximum score estimator of Manski [11,12], which converges at the rate N h/(2h+1) is the fastest achievable rate of convergence of an estimator of the coefficient vector of a binary response model. Thus, the smoothed maximum score estimator has the fastest possible rate of convergence. The rate of convergence is defined in a minimax sense so as to exclude superefficient estimators.

Date: 1993
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