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Threshold Regression with Nonparametric Sample Splitting

Yoonseok Lee, Yulong Wang

arXiv 30 May 2019 · Econometrics · publishedJournal of Econometrics (2022) · 12 citations (OpenAlex)

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Abstract

This paper develops a threshold regression model where an unknown relationship between two variables nonparametrically determines the threshold. We allow the observations to be cross-sectionally dependent so that the model can be applied to determine an unknown spatial border for sample splitting over a random field. We derive the uniform rate of convergence and the nonstandard limiting distribution of the nonparametric threshold estimator. We also obtain the root-n consistency and the asymptotic normality of the regression coefficient estimator. Our model has broad empirical relevance as illustrated by estimating the tipping point in social segregation problems as a function of demographic characteristics; and determining metropolitan area boundaries using nighttime light intensity collected from satellite imagery. We find that the new empirical results are substantially different from those in the existing studies.

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2Hansen (2000) Sample Splitting and Threshold Estimation0.91613577%
3Card, Mas, and Rothstein (2008) Tipping and the Dynamics of Segregation0.87482100%
4Bai (1997) Estimation of a Change Point in Multiple Regressions0.84333100%
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7Conley (1999) GMM Estimation with Cross Sectional Dependence0.81142100%
8Dingel, Miscio, and Davis (2019) Cities, Lights, and Skills in Developing Economics0.81142100%
9Bai and Perron (1998) Estimating and Testing Linear Models with Multiple Structural Changes0.73732100%
10Bolthausen (1982) On the Central Limit Theorem for Stationary Mixing Random Fields0.6936250%

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1Uniform Inference in High-Dimensional Threshold Regression Models0.40511