
doi: 10.2307/2951771
The conventional way to estimate a distribution function is to assume it belongs to a class parameterized by a finite-dimensional vector and then estimate the unknown parameter vector. In many cases, e.g., regression models, part of the assumption is of the form: a given function of the data and of the parameter vector has a zero mean. We consider estimating distribution functions using only assumptions of this type (moment restrictions). We do not assume that the distribution function belongs to a finite-dimensional parametric class. The motivation for this exercise is that moment restrictions are often implied by theory (a good example is asset pricing models), but distributional assumptions typically are not.
generalized method of moments estimator, Nonparametric estimation, moment restrictions, Applications of statistics to economics
generalized method of moments estimator, Nonparametric estimation, moment restrictions, Applications of statistics to economics
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