Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/79437 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 00-10
Publisher: 
University of California, Department of Economics, Davis, CA
Abstract: 
This paper develops and compares specification tests for parametric duration models estimated with censored data. The tests are based on generalized residuals (the integrated hazard), which is exponentially distributed if the model is correctly specified. I present several conditional moment tests based on the generalized residuals: a raw moments test, a test based on Laguerre polynomials, and a Lagrange multiplier (LM) test. The LM test extends LancasterĂ¢??s (1985) test by allowing an arbitrarily precise approximation of the likelihood under the alternative. The raw moments test implemented via an auxiliary regression is examined using both asymptotic and bootstrap critical values. Monte Carlo evidence indicates that no one test dominates the others in all situations in terms of size, power, and ease of use. When the data are not censored, the Laguerre test appears to be the best choice. When there is censoring in the data, the Laguerre test is still at least as powerful as the other tests, but the raw moment test may be more convenient to perform. For the convenience of the practitioner the explicit forms of the tests for exponential and Weibull duration models are presented.
Subjects: 
right censoring
type I censoring
duration analysis
exponential distribution
Weibull distribution
specification test
power curve
bootstrap bias
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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