Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/230413 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Cardiff Economics Working Papers No. E2018/7
Publisher: 
Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff
Abstract: 
Indirect inference testing can be carried out with a variety of auxiliary models. Asymptotically these different models make no difference. However, the small sample properties can differ. We explore small sample power and estimation bias both with different variable combinations and descriptive models (Vector Auto Regressions, Impulse Response Functions or Moments) in the auxiliary model. We find that both power and bias are similar when the number of variables used is the same. Raising the number of variables lowers the bias but may also raise the power unacceptably because it lowers the chances of finding a tractable model to pass the test.
Subjects: 
Indirect Inference
DGSE model
Auxiliary Models
Simulated Moments Method
Impulse Response Functions
VAR
Moments
power
bias
JEL: 
C12
C32
C52
E1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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