1. Department of Mathematics , Southeast University , Nanjing , 210096 , People's Republic of China jglin@seu.edu.cn;3. Suzhou Institute for Scientific and Technology Information , Suzhou , 215002 , People's Republic of China
Abstract:
It is important to detect the variance heterogeneity in regression models. Heteroscedasticity tests have been well studied in parametric and nonparametric regression models. This paper presents a consistent test for heteroscedasticity for nonlinear semi-parametric regression models with nonparametric variance function based on the kernel method. The properties of the test are investigated through Monte Carlo simulations. The test methods are illustrated with a real example.