We provide easy to verify sufficient conditions for the consistency and asymptotic normality of a class of semiparametric optimization estimators where the criterion function does not obey standard smoothness conditions and simultaneously depends on some nonparametric estimators that can themselves depend on the parameters to be estimated. Our results extend existing theories such as those of Pakes and Pollard (1989), Andrews (1994a. We also show that bootstrap provides asymptotically correct confidence regions for the finite dimensional parameters. We apply our results to two examples: a 'hit rate' and a partially linear median regression with some endogenous regressors.
This article extends the scope of empirical likelihood methodology in three
directions: to allow for plug-in estimates of nuisance parameters in estimating
equations, slower than $\sqrt{n}$-rates of convergence, and settings in which
there are a relatively large number of estimating equations compared to the
sample size. Calibrating empirical likelihood confidence regions with plug-in
is sometimes intractable due to the complexity of the asymptotics, so we
introduce a bootstrap approximation that can be used in such situations. We
provide a range of examples from survival analysis and nonparametric statistics
to illustrate the main results.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-AOS555 the Annals of
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
Consider a heteroscedastic regression model Y 5 m(X ) 1 ó(X )å, where the functions m and ó are``smooth'', and å is independent of X. An estimator of the distribution of å based on non-parametric regression residuals is proposed and its weak convergence is obtained. Applications to prediction intervals and goodness-of-®t tests are discussed.
We provide easy to verify sufficient conditions for the consistency and asymptotic normality of a class of semiparametric optimization estimators where the criterion function does not obey standard smoothness conditions and simultaneously depends on some nonparametric estimators that can themselves depend on the parameters to be estimated. Our results extend existing theories like those of Pakes and Pollard (1989), Andrews (1994a and Newey (1994). We also show that bootstrap provides asymptotically correct confidence regions for the finite dimensional parameters. We apply our results to two examples: a 'hit rate' and a partially linear median regression with some endogenous regressors.
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