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Testing Monotonicity in Unobservables with Panel Data

Liangjun Su (sulj@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn), Stefan Hoderlein and Halbert White

No 892, Boston College Working Papers in Economics from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: Monotonicity in a scalar unobservable is a crucial identifying assumption for an important class of nonparametric structural models accommodating unobserved heterogeneity. Tests for this monotonicity have previously been unavailable. This paper proposes and analyzes tests for scalar monotonicity using panel data for structures with and without time-varying unobservables, either partially or fully nonseparable between observables and unobservables. Our nonparametric tests are computationally straightforward, have well behaved limiting distributions under the null, are consistent against pre- cisely specified alternatives, and have standard local power properties. We provide straightforward bootstrap methods for inference. Some Monte Carlo experiments show that, for empirically relevant sample sizes, these reasonably control the level of the test, and that our tests have useful power. We apply our tests to study asset returns and demand for ready-to-eat cereals.

Keywords: monotonicity; nonparametric; nonseparable; specification test; unobserved heterogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 C14 C33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04-15, Revised 2016-02-01
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