Finite sample properties of an HPT estimator when each individual regression coefficient is estimated in a misspecified linear regression model

Haifeng Xu

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2016, vol. 45, issue 2, 506-519

Abstract: In this paper, assuming that there exist omitted variables in the specified model, we analytically derive the exact formula for the mean squared error (MSE) of a heterogeneous pre-test (HPT) estimator whose components are the ordinary least squares (OLS) and feasible ridge regression (FRR) estimators. Since we cannot examine the MSE performance analytically, we execute numerical evaluations to investigate small sample properties of the HPT estimator, and compare the MSE performance of the HPT estimator with those of the FRR estimator and the usual OLS estimator. Our numerical results show that (1) the HPT estimator is more efficient when the model misspecification is severe; (2) the HPT estimator with the optimal critical value obtained under the correctly specified model can be safely used even when there exist omitted variables in the specified model.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2013.830750

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