Improved Methods of Inference in Econometrics.

Abstract

Introduction. The Inferential and Decision Framework. The Measure of Performance. Some Alternative Statistical Models, Estimators and Tests. Inequality Estimation and Hypothesis Testing. Inequality Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of the Location Parameter of a Normal Random Variable. General Linear Statistical Model and a Single Linear Inequality Constraint. Inequality Restricted Estimation of Two or More Location Parameters: The Orthonormal Case. An Inequality Restricted Stein Rule Estimator. Hypothesis Testing for Two or More Inequalities: The Orthogonal Case. Inequality Restricted Estimation: General Design and Restriction Matrices. Inequality Hypothesis Testing: General Case. Some Sampling Results for the Stein Family of Estimators. Assessing the Precision of Stein's Estimator. Some Evaluations of the Sampling Performance of the Limited Translation and New Stein Estimators. Estimation Under Non-Normal Errors and Quadratic Loss. Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in the Case of Possible Heteroskedasticity. Subject Index.