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Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Simple tests for exogeneity of a binary explanatory variable in count data regression models
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Kevin E Staub
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name Working paper series / Socioeconomic Institute
Number No. 904
Date 2009
Abstract Text This article investigates power and size of some tests for exogeneity of a binary explanatory variable in count models by conducting extensive Monte Carlo simulations. The tests under consideration are Hausman contrast tests as well as univariate Wald tests, including a new test of notably easy implementation. Performance of the tests is explored under misspecification of the underlying model and under different conditions regarding the instruments. The results indicate that often the tests that are simpler to estimate outperform tests that are more demanding. This is especially the case for the new test.
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