One-step smoothing splines instrumental regression

Jad Beyhum, Elia Lapenta and Pascal Lavergne

The Econometrics Journal, 2025, vol. 28, issue 2, 176-197

Abstract: SummaryWe extend nonparametric regression smoothing splines to a context where there is endogeneity and instrumental variables are available. Unlike popular existing estimators, the resulting estimator is one step and relies on a unique regularisation parameter. We derive rates of the convergence for the estimator and its first derivative, which are uniform in the support of the endogenous variable. We also address the issue of imposing monotonicity in estimation and extend the approach to a partly linear model. Simulations confirm the good performances of our estimator compared to two-step procedures. Our method yields economically sensible results when used to estimate Engel curves.

Keywords: Instrumental variables; nonparametric estimation; smoothing splines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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