Nonparametric estimation of regression models with mixed discrete and continuous covariates by the K-nn method |
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Authors: | Carl Green Yu Yvette Zhang |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics, Texas A&2. M University, College Station, Texas, USA;3. Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A& |
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Abstract: | In this article we consider the problem of estimating a nonparametric conditional mean function with mixed discrete and continuous covariates by the nonparametric k-nearest-neighbor (k-nn) method. We derive the asymptotic normality result of the proposed estimator and use Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate its finite sample performance. We also provide an illustrative empirical example of our method. |
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Keywords: | Discrete covariates nonparametric smoothing |
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