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Valid Wald Inference with Many Weak Instruments

Author:
Luther Yap
Keyword:
Economics, Econometrics, Econometrics (econ.EM)
journal:
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date:
2023-11-27 00:00:00
Abstract
This paper proposes three novel test procedures that yield valid inference in an environment with many weak instrumental variables (MWIV). It is observed that the t statistic of the jackknife instrumental variable estimator (JIVE) has an asymptotic distribution that is identical to the two-stage-least squares (TSLS) t statistic in the just-identified environment. Consequently, test procedures that were valid for TSLS t are also valid for the JIVE t. Two such procedures, i.e., VtF and conditional Wald, are adapted directly. By exploiting a feature of MWIV environments, a third, more powerful, one-sided VtF-based test procedure can be obtained.
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