Predictor relevance and extramarital affairs

QI Li and Jeffrey Scott Racine ()
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QI Li: Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, USA, Postal: Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, USA

Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, vol. 19, issue 4, pages 533-535

Abstract: We revisit Fair's (1978) 'theory of extramarital affairs' using robust nonparametric methods developed for the analysis of categorical data. We find evidence suggesting that the number of years married is not a relevant predictor of the propensity to engage in extramarital affairs having controlled for other factors. This finding runs counter to the prevailing wisdom gleaned from misspecified parametric models. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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