
Summary: In this paper, we propose an instrumental variable approach to constructing confidence sets (CS's) for the true parameter in models defined by conditional moment inequalities/equalities. We show that by properly choosing instrument functions, one can transform conditional moment inequalities/equalities into unconditional ones without losing identification power. Based on the unconditional moment inequalities/equalities, we construct CS's by inverting Cramér-von Mises-type or Kolmogorov-Smirnov-type tests. Critical values are obtained using generalized moment selection (GMS) procedures. We show that the proposed CS's have correct uniform asymptotic coverage probabilities. New methods are required to establish these results because an infinite-dimensional nuisance parameter affects the asymptotic distributions. We show that the tests considered are consistent against all fixed alternatives and typically have power against \(n^{-1/2}\)-local alternatives to some, but not all, sequences of distributions in the null hypothesis. Monte Carlo simulations for five different models show that the methods perform well in finite samples.
conditional moment inequalities, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Asymptotic size, Asymptotic power, Conditional moment inequalities, Confidence set, Cramer-von Mises, Generalized moment selection, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Moment inequalities, Asymptotic size, asymptotic power, conditional moment inequalities, confidence set, Cramer-von Mises, generalized moment selection, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, moment inequalities, moment inequalities, asymptotic size, asymptotic power, Nonparametric tolerance and confidence regions, Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference, generalized moment selection, Cramér-von Mises, confidence set, Nonparametric hypothesis testing, jel: jel:C12, jel: jel:C15
conditional moment inequalities, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Asymptotic size, Asymptotic power, Conditional moment inequalities, Confidence set, Cramer-von Mises, Generalized moment selection, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Moment inequalities, Asymptotic size, asymptotic power, conditional moment inequalities, confidence set, Cramer-von Mises, generalized moment selection, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, moment inequalities, moment inequalities, asymptotic size, asymptotic power, Nonparametric tolerance and confidence regions, Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference, generalized moment selection, Cramér-von Mises, confidence set, Nonparametric hypothesis testing, jel: jel:C12, jel: jel:C15
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