Arbeitspapier

Ill-posed inverse problems in economics

A parameter of an econometric model is identified if there is a one-to-one or many-to-one mapping from the population distribution of the available data to the parameter. Often, this mapping is obtained by inverting a mapping from the parameter to the population distribution. If the inverse mapping is discontinuous, then estimation of the parameter usually presents an ill-posed inverse problem. Such problems arise in many settings in economics and other fields where the parameter of interest is a function. This paper explains how ill-posedness arises and why it causes problems for estimation. The need to modify or regularize the identifying mapping is explained, and methods for regularization and estimation are discussed. Methods for forming confidence intervals and testing hypotheses are summarized. It is shown that a hypothesis test can be more precise in a certain sense than an estimator. An empirical example illustrates estimation in an ill-posed setting in economics.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: cemmap working paper ; No. CWP37/13

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
regularization
nonparametric estimation
density estimation
deconvolution
nonparametric instrumental variables
Fredholm equation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Horowitz, Joel
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap)
(wo)
London
(wann)
2013

DOI
doi:10.1920/wp.cem.2013.3713
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

Datenpartner

Dieses Objekt wird bereitgestellt von:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.

Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Horowitz, Joel
  • Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap)

Entstanden

  • 2013

Ähnliche Objekte (12)