Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76246 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 0904
Publisher: 
University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
This article investigates power and size of some tests for exogeneity of a binary explanatory variable in count models by conducting extensive Monte Carlo simulations. The tests under consideration are Hausman contrast tests as well as univariate Wald tests, including a new test of notably easy implementation. Performance of the tests is explored under misspecification of the underlying model and under different conditions regarding the instruments. The results indicate that often the tests that are simpler to estimate outperform tests that are more demanding. This is especially the case for the new test.
Subjects: 
endogeneity
Poisson
dummy variable
testing
JEL: 
C12
C25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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