1. Department of Economics , University of Guelph , Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada;2. Department of Math. &3. Stat. , University of Guelph , Guelph, Ontaio N1G 2W1, Canada
Abstract:
In the context of the partially linear semiparametric model examined by Robinson (1988), we show that root-n-consisten estimation results established using kernel and series methods can also be obtained by using k-nearest-neighbor (k-nn) method.