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    Inference on a distribution from noisy draws

    Working Paper

    We consider a situation where the distribution of a random variable is being estimated by the empirical distribution of noisy measurements of that variable.

    7 December 2021

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    Posterior average effects

    Working Paper

    Economists are often interested in estimating averages with respect to distributions of unobservables, such as moments of individual fixed-effects, or average partial effects in discrete choice models.

    10 September 2021

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    Bias and consistency in three-way gravity models

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    We study the incidental parameter problem for the “three-way” Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimator recently recommended for identifying the effects of trade policies and in other panel data gravity settings.

    8 March 2021

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    Low-rank approximations of nonseparable panel models

    Working Paper

    We provide estimation methods for panel nonseparable models based on low-rank factor structure approximations. The factor structures are estimated by matrix-completion methods to deal with the computational challenges of principal component analysis in the presence of missing data.

    23 October 2020

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    Posterior average effects

    Working Paper

    Economists are often interested in estimating averages with respect to distributions of unobservables. Examples are moments of individual fixed-effects, average partial effects in discrete choice models, and counterfactual simulations in structural models.

    9 October 2020

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    Network and Panel Quantile Effects Via Distribution Regression

    Working Paper

    This paper provides a method to construct simultaneous confidence bands for quantile functions and quantile effects in nonlinear network and panel models with unobserved two-way effects, strictly exogenous covariates, and possibly discrete outcome variables.

    15 June 2020

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    Bias and Consistency in Three-way Gravity Models

    Working Paper

    We study the incidental parameter problem in "three-way" Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood "PPML" gravity models recently recommended for identifying the effects of trade policies.

    7 January 2020

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    Fixed‐Effect Regressions on Network Data

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    This paper considers inference on fixed effects in a linear regression model estimated from network data. An important special case of our setup is the two‐way regression model. This is a workhorse technique in the analysis of matched data sets, such as employer–employee or student–teacher panel data.

    30 September 2019

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    Posterior average effects

    Working Paper

    Economists are often interested in estimating averages with respect to distributions of unobservables. Examples are moments of individual fixed-effects, average effects in discrete choice models, or counterfactual simulations in structural models.

    13 September 2019

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    Inference on a distribution from noisy draws

    Working Paper

    We consider a situation where the distribution of a random variable is being estimated by the empirical distribution of noisy measurements of that variable.

    13 September 2019

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    Nonlinear factor models for network and panel data

    Working Paper

    Factor structures or interactive effects are convenient devices to incorporate latent variables in panel data models. We consider fixed effect estimation of nonlinear panel single-index models with factor structures in the unobservables, which include logit, probit, ordered probit and Poisson speci cations.

    11 April 2019