The validity of instruments revisited

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-266

  Berkowitz, Daniel ^a   Caner, Mehmet ^b   Fang, Ying ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BerryEsseen bound; Finite sample of random variables; Near exogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANDERSONS; BERRYESSEEN BOUND; BLOCK SIZES; CRITICAL VALUE; FINITE SAMPLES; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; NEAR-EXOGENEITY; ORTHOGONALITY CONDITIONS; RESAMPLING; RESAMPLING TECHNIQUE;

SAMPLING;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 80955141565     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2011.09.038     Document Type: Article

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