Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Estimators of Structural Quantile Effects

Victor Chernozhukov, Patrick Gagliardini () and Olivier Scaillet

No 08-03, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series from Swiss Finance Institute

Abstract: We study the asymptotic distribution of Tikhonov Regularized estimation of quantile structural effects implied by a nonseparable model. The nonparametric instrumental variable estimator is based on a minimum distance principle. We show that the minimum distance problem without regularization is locally ill-posed, and consider penalization by the norms of the parameter and its derivatives. We derive pointwise asymptotic normality and develop a consistent estimator of the asymptotic variance. We study the small sample properties via simulation results, and provide an empirical illustration to estimation of nonlinear pricing curves for telecommunications services in the U.S.

Keywords: Nonparametric Quantile Regression; Instrumental Variable; Ill-Posed Inverse Problems; Tikhonov Regularization; Nonlinear Pricing Curve. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C14 D12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 93 pages
Date: 2008-12, Revised 2009-08
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