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Indirect inference in spatial autoregression

Indirect inference in spatial autoregression
Indirect inference in spatial autoregression
Ordinary least squares (OLS) is well-known to produce an inconsistent estimator of the spatial parameter in pure spatial autoregression (SAR). This paper explores the potential of indirect inference to correct the inconsistency of OLS. Under broad conditions, it is shown that indirect inference (II) based on OLS produces consistent and asymptotically normal estimates in pure SAR regression. The II estimator is robust to departures from normal disturbances and is computationally straightforward compared with pseudo Gaussian maximum likelihood (PML). Monte Carlo experiments based on various specifications of the weighting matrix confirm that the indirect inference estimator displays little bias even in very small samples and gives overall performance that is comparable to the Gaussian PML.
bias, binding function, inconsistency, indirect inference, spatial autoregression
1418
University of Southampton
Kyriacou, Maria
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Phillips, Peter C.B.
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Rossi, Francesca
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Kyriacou, Maria
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Phillips, Peter C.B.
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Rossi, Francesca
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Kyriacou, Maria, Phillips, Peter C.B. and Rossi, Francesca (2014) Indirect inference in spatial autoregression (Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 1418) Southampton, GB. University of Southampton 49pp.

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Abstract

Ordinary least squares (OLS) is well-known to produce an inconsistent estimator of the spatial parameter in pure spatial autoregression (SAR). This paper explores the potential of indirect inference to correct the inconsistency of OLS. Under broad conditions, it is shown that indirect inference (II) based on OLS produces consistent and asymptotically normal estimates in pure SAR regression. The II estimator is robust to departures from normal disturbances and is computationally straightforward compared with pseudo Gaussian maximum likelihood (PML). Monte Carlo experiments based on various specifications of the weighting matrix confirm that the indirect inference estimator displays little bias even in very small samples and gives overall performance that is comparable to the Gaussian PML.

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Published date: 22 September 2014
Keywords: bias, binding function, inconsistency, indirect inference, spatial autoregression
Organisations: Economics

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Local EPrints ID: 374156
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/374156
PURE UUID: 03b77939-0229-482f-b45a-beefbf0b09fe
ORCID for Maria Kyriacou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7996-2015
ORCID for Peter C.B. Phillips: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2341-0451

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Date deposited: 09 Feb 2015 16:53
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 19:03

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Author: Maria Kyriacou ORCID iD
Author: Francesca Rossi

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