A partially adaptive estimator for the censored regression model based on a mixture of normal distributions |
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Authors: | Steven B Caudill |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and Business, Rhodes College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN, 38112-1690, USA
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Abstract: | The goal of this paper is to introduce a partially adaptive estimator for the censored regression model based on an error
structure described by a mixture of two normal distributions. The model we introduce is easily estimated by maximum likelihood
using an EM algorithm adapted from the work of Bartolucci and Scaccia (Comput Stat Data Anal 48:821–834, 2005). A Monte Carlo study is conducted to compare the small sample properties of this estimator to the performance of some common
alternative estimators of censored regression models including the usual tobit model, the CLAD estimator of Powell (J Econom
25:303–325, 1984), and the STLS estimator of Powell (Econometrica 54:1435–1460, 1986). In terms of RMSE, our partially adaptive estimator performed well. The partially adaptive estimator is applied to data
on wife’s hours worked from Mroz (1987). In this application we find support for the partially adaptive estimator over the usual tobit model. |
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