Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion Restrictions
The validity of instrumental variables (IV) regression models depends crucially on fundamentally untestable exclusion restrictions. Typically exclusion restrictions are assumed to hold exactly in the relevant population, yet in many empirical appli...
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okr-10986-66932021-04-23T14:02:32Z Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion Restrictions Kraay, Aart ABSOLUTE VALUE BAYESIAN ANALYSIS BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE CAUSATION CONFIDENCE INTERVALS CONSUMERS CONTROL VARIABLES CORRELATIONS COUNTRY DUMMIES COVARIANCE DEGREES OF FREEDOM DEPENDENT VARIABLE DISTRIBUTIONAL ASSUMPTIONS DUMMY VARIABLE ECONOMETRIC THEORY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EQUATIONS ERROR ERROR TERM ERROR TERMS EXCLUSION EXPERIMENTAL DATA FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FITTED VALUES GAMMA DISTRIBUTION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INFLATION INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES ESTIMATOR INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES REGRESSION INTERNATIONAL BANK LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION LINEAR FUNCTION LINEAR REGRESSION LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL MACROECONOMICS MATRIX MORTALITY NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 0 HYPOTHESIS PER CAPITA INCOMES PRECISION PROBABILITY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROPERTY RIGHTS RANDOM VARIABLE RANDOM VARIABLES REGRESSION MODEL ROBUSTNESS CHECKS SAMPLE MEAN SAMPLE SIZE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SLOPE COEFFICIENT SLOPE COEFFICIENTS STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS TEST STATISTICS TRADE EQUATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE POLICY TRADE SHARE UNCERTAINTY UNKNOWN PARAMETER VALIDITY VARIABLE ESTIMATION VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX The validity of instrumental variables (IV) regression models depends crucially on fundamentally untestable exclusion restrictions. Typically exclusion restrictions are assumed to hold exactly in the relevant population, yet in many empirical applications there are reasonable prior grounds to doubt their literal truth. In this paper I show how to incorporate prior uncertainty about the validity of the exclusion restriction into linear IV models, and explore the consequences for inference. In particular I provide a mapping from prior uncertainty about the exclusion restriction into increased uncertainty about parameters of interest. Moderate prior uncertainty about exclusion restrictions can lead to a substantial loss of precision in estimates of structural parameters. This loss of precision is relatively more important in situations where IV estimates appear to be more precise, for example in larger samples or with stronger instruments. The author illustrates these points using several prominent recent empirical papers that use linear IV models. 2012-05-30T19:27:15Z 2012-05-30T19:27:15Z 2008-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9473668/instrumental-variables-regressions-honestly-uncertain-exclusion-restrictions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6693 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4632 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ABSOLUTE VALUE BAYESIAN ANALYSIS BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE CAUSATION CONFIDENCE INTERVALS CONSUMERS CONTROL VARIABLES CORRELATIONS COUNTRY DUMMIES COVARIANCE DEGREES OF FREEDOM DEPENDENT VARIABLE DISTRIBUTIONAL ASSUMPTIONS DUMMY VARIABLE ECONOMETRIC THEORY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EQUATIONS ERROR ERROR TERM ERROR TERMS EXCLUSION EXPERIMENTAL DATA FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FITTED VALUES GAMMA DISTRIBUTION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INFLATION INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES ESTIMATOR INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES REGRESSION INTERNATIONAL BANK LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION LINEAR FUNCTION LINEAR REGRESSION LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL MACROECONOMICS MATRIX MORTALITY NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 0 HYPOTHESIS PER CAPITA INCOMES PRECISION PROBABILITY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROPERTY RIGHTS RANDOM VARIABLE RANDOM VARIABLES REGRESSION MODEL ROBUSTNESS CHECKS SAMPLE MEAN SAMPLE SIZE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SLOPE COEFFICIENT SLOPE COEFFICIENTS STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS TEST STATISTICS TRADE EQUATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE POLICY TRADE SHARE UNCERTAINTY UNKNOWN PARAMETER VALIDITY VARIABLE ESTIMATION VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX |
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ABSOLUTE VALUE BAYESIAN ANALYSIS BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE CAUSATION CONFIDENCE INTERVALS CONSUMERS CONTROL VARIABLES CORRELATIONS COUNTRY DUMMIES COVARIANCE DEGREES OF FREEDOM DEPENDENT VARIABLE DISTRIBUTIONAL ASSUMPTIONS DUMMY VARIABLE ECONOMETRIC THEORY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENDOGENOUS VARIABLE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EQUATIONS ERROR ERROR TERM ERROR TERMS EXCLUSION EXPERIMENTAL DATA FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FITTED VALUES GAMMA DISTRIBUTION GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INFLATION INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES ESTIMATOR INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES REGRESSION INTERNATIONAL BANK LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION LINEAR FUNCTION LINEAR REGRESSION LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL MACROECONOMICS MATRIX MORTALITY NORMAL DISTRIBUTION 0 HYPOTHESIS PER CAPITA INCOMES PRECISION PROBABILITY PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PROPERTY RIGHTS RANDOM VARIABLE RANDOM VARIABLES REGRESSION MODEL ROBUSTNESS CHECKS SAMPLE MEAN SAMPLE SIZE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SLOPE COEFFICIENT SLOPE COEFFICIENTS STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS TEST STATISTICS TRADE EQUATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE POLICY TRADE SHARE UNCERTAINTY UNKNOWN PARAMETER VALIDITY VARIABLE ESTIMATION VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX Kraay, Aart Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion Restrictions |
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The validity of instrumental variables
(IV) regression models depends crucially on fundamentally
untestable exclusion restrictions. Typically exclusion
restrictions are assumed to hold exactly in the relevant
population, yet in many empirical applications there are
reasonable prior grounds to doubt their literal truth. In
this paper I show how to incorporate prior uncertainty about
the validity of the exclusion restriction into linear IV
models, and explore the consequences for inference. In
particular I provide a mapping from prior uncertainty about
the exclusion restriction into increased uncertainty about
parameters of interest. Moderate prior uncertainty about
exclusion restrictions can lead to a substantial loss of
precision in estimates of structural parameters. This loss
of precision is relatively more important in situations
where IV estimates appear to be more precise, for example in
larger samples or with stronger instruments. The author
illustrates these points using several prominent recent
empirical papers that use linear IV models. |
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Kraay, Aart |
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Kraay, Aart |
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Kraay, Aart |
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Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion Restrictions |
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Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion Restrictions |
title_full |
Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion Restrictions |
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Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion Restrictions |
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Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion Restrictions |
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instrumental variables regressions with honestly uncertain exclusion restrictions |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9473668/instrumental-variables-regressions-honestly-uncertain-exclusion-restrictions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6693 |
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