Testing Endogeneity with High Dimensional Covariates∗
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چکیده
Modern, high dimensional data has renewed investigation on instrumental variables (IV) analysis, primary focusing on estimation of the included endogenous variable under sparsity and little attention towards specification tests. This paper studies in high dimensions the Durbin-Wu-Hausman (DWH) test, a popular specification test for endogeneity in IV regression. We show, surprisingly, that the DWH test maintains its size in high dimensions, but at an expense in power. We propose a new test that remedies this issue and has better power than the DWH test. Simulation studies reveal that our test achieves near-oracle performance to detect endogeneity. JEL classification: C12; C36
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