EconBase
← All papers

A Bayesian Perspective on the Maximum Score Problem

Christopher D. Walker

arXiv 22 Oct 2024 · Econometrics

arXiv:2410.17153 · PDF · DOI · OpenAlex · Extracted main text

Abstract

This paper presents a Bayesian inference framework for a linear index threshold-crossing binary choice model that satisfies a median independence restriction. The key idea is that the model is observationally equivalent to a probit model with nonparametric heteroskedasticity. Consequently, Gibbs sampling techniques from Albert and Chib (1993) and Chib and Greenberg (2013) lead to a computationally attractive Bayesian inference procedure in which a Gaussian process forms a conditionally conjugate prior for the natural logarithm of the skedastic function.

Citation extraction

23
references
55
in-text mentions
23
distinct cited
0
self-citations
7,085
main-text words

appendix boundary found by appendix_command · 95% of the source is main text. Read the extracted text to check this.

Most heavily cited references

The works this paper leans on most, across its whole bibliography — not restricted to papers in our corpus. Ranked by composite intensity, which combines how often a work is mentioned, how many sections mention it, and how much of that falls in the main text rather than the appendix.

ReferenceIntensityMentionsSectionsMain text
1J. H. Albert and S. Chib (1993) Bayesian analysis of binary and polychotomous response data1.00064100%
2C. F. Manski (1988) Identification of binary response models1.00063100%
3S. Chib and E. Greenberg (2013) On conditional variance estimation in nonparametric regression0.92844100%
4J. L. Horowitz (1992) A smoothed maximum score estimator for the binary response model0.87462100%
5S. Khan (2013) Distribution free estimation of heteroskedastic binary response models using probit/logit criterion functions0.81142100%
6C. F. Manski (1985) Semiparametric analysis of discrete response: Asymptotic properties of the maximum score estimator0.81142100%
7C. F. Manski (1975) Maximum score estimation of the stochastic utility model of choice0.73732100%
8C. E. Rasmussen and C. K. Williams (2006) Gaussian processes for machine learning, volume 20.73732100%
9Y. Omori, S. Chib, N. Shephard, and J. Nakajima (2007) Stochastic volatility with leverage: Fast and efficient likelihood inference0.58531100%
10S. J. Jun, J. Pinkse, and Y. Wan (2015) Classical laplace estimation for n3-consistent estimators: Improved convergence rates and rate-adaptive inference0.51121100%

Showing the top 10 of 23 scored citations.

Cited by, within the corpus

arXiv econ.EM papers that cite this one, ranked by how heavily they lean on it.

Citing paperIntensityMentionsSections
1Binary Classification with the Maximum Score Model and Linear Programming0.40511