Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Jul, 1984, Volume 52, Issue 4

Local Asymptotic Specification Error Analysis

https://doi.org/0012-9682(198407)52:4<873:LASEA>2.0.CO;2-1
p. 873-886

Gary R. Skoog, Nicholas M. Kiefer

An approximation to the inconsistency introduced by imposing an incorrect restriction on a parametric model is given. The approximation can be applied to estimators generated by optimizing any objective function satisfying certain regularity conditions. Examples given include analysis of misspecification in discrete choice and time-series models estimated by maximum likelihood, and in a nonlinear regression model.


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