A Simple Test for Identification in GMM under Conditional Moment Restrictions

Abstract

This chapter proposes a simple, fairly general, test for global identification of unconditional moment restrictions implied from point-identified conditional moment restrictions. The test is a Hausman-type test based on the Hausdorff distance between an estimator that is consistent even under global identification failure of the unconditional moment restrictions, and an estimator of the identified set of the unconditional moment restrictions. The proposed test has a χ2 limiting distribution and is also able to detect weak identification. Some Monte Carlo experiments show that the proposed test has competitive finite sample properties already for moderate sample sizes.

Citation

Bravo, F., Carlos Escanciano, J. and Otsu, T. (2012), "A Simple Test for Identification in GMM under Conditional Moment Restrictions", Baltagi, B.H., Carter Hill, R., Newey, W.K. and White, H.L. (Ed.) Essays in Honor of Jerry Hausman (Advances in Econometrics, Vol. 29), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 455-477. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0731-9053(2012)0000029020