Partially linear models and polynomial spline approximations for the analysis of unbalanced panel data |
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Authors: | Jinhong You Xian Zhou |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Statistics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China;2. Department of Actuarial Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we study the estimation of the unbalanced panel data partially linear models with a one-way error components structure. A weighted semiparametric least squares estimator (WSLSE) is developed using polynomial spline approximation and least squares. We show that the WSLSE is asymptotically more efficient than the corresponding unweighted estimator for both parametric and nonparametric components of the model. This is a significant improvement over previous results in the literature which showed that the simply weighting technique can only improve the estimation of the parametric component. The asymptotic normalities of the proposed WSLSE are also established. |
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Keywords: | primary 62H12 secondary 62G08, 62J05 |
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