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Erscheinungsjahr: 
26
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
cemmap working paper No. CWP01/26
Verlag: 
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap), The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Zusammenfassung: 
We approximate the finite-sample distribution of impulse response function (IRF) estimators that are just-identified with a weak instrument using the conventional local-to-zero asymptotic framework. Since the distribution lacks a mean, we assess bias using the mode and conclude that researchers prioritizing robustness against weak instrument bias should favor vector autoregressions (VARs) over local projections (LPs). Existing testing procedures are ill-suited for assessing weak instrument bias in IRF estimates, and we propose a novel simple test based on the usual firststage F-statistic. We investigate instrument strength in several applications from the literature, and discuss to what extent structural parameters must be restricted ex-ante to reject meaningful bias due to weak identification.
Schlagwörter: 
Local Projections
Vector Autoregressions
Instrumental Variables
Weak Instruments
Impulse Responses
Dynamic Causal Effects
JEL: 
C32
C36
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