A Heteroscedasticity-Robust Overidentifying Restriction Test with High-Dimensional Covariates

Qingliang Fan, Zijian Guo and Ziwei Mei

Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2025, vol. 43, issue 2, 413-422

Abstract: This article proposes an overidentifying restriction test for high-dimensional linear instrumental variable models. The novelty of the proposed test is that it allows the number of covariates and instruments to be larger than the sample size. The test is scale-invariant and robust to heteroscedastic errors. To construct the final test statistic, we first introduce a test based on the maximum norm of multiple parameters that could be high-dimensional. The theoretical power based on the maximum norm is higher than that in the modified Cragg-Donald test, the only existing test allowing for large-dimensional covariates. Second, following the principle of power enhancement, we introduce the power-enhanced test, with an asymptotically zero component used to enhance the power to detect some extreme alternatives with many locally invalid instruments. Finally, an empirical example of the trade and economic growth nexus demonstrates the usefulness of the proposed test.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2024.2388654

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