Model Equivalence Tests in a Parametric Framework

Abstract

In empirical research, one commonly aims to obtain evidence in favor of re- strictions on parameters, appearing as an economic hypothesis, a consequence of economic theory, or an econometric modeling assumption. I propose a new theoret- ical framework based on the Kullback-Leibler information to assess the approximate validity of multivariate restrictions in parametric models. I construct tests that are locally asymptotically maximin and locally asymptotically uniformly most powerful invariant. The tests are applied to three different empirical problems.

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Replaces

Pascal Lavergne, “Model Equivalence Tests in a Parametric Framework”, TSE Working Paper, n. 13-379, February 2013.

Reference

Pascal Lavergne, “Model Equivalence Tests in a Parametric Framework”, Journal of Econometrics, vol. 178, n. 3, January 2014, pp. 414–425.