Consistent Moment Selection Procedures for Generalized Method of Moments Estimation

Donald Andrews ()

Econometrica, 1999, vol. 67, issue 3, 543-564

Abstract: This paper considers a generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation problem in which one has a vector of moment conditions, some of which are correct and some incorrect. The paper introduces several procedures for consistently selecting the correct moment conditions. Application of the results of the paper to instrumental variables estimation problems yields consistent procedures for selecting instrumental variables. The paper specifies moment selection criteria that are GMM analogues of the widely used BIC and AIC model selection criteria. (The latter is not consistent.) The paper also considers downward and upward testing procedures.

Date: 1999
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