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Testing linearity against threshold effects: uniform inference in quantile regression

Galvao Jr, A. F., Kato, K., Montes-Rojas, G. & Olmo, J. (2014). Testing linearity against threshold effects: uniform inference in quantile regression. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 66(2), pp. 413-439. doi: 10.1007/s10463-013-0418-9

Abstract

This paper develops a uniform test of linearity against threshold effects in the quantile regression framework. The test is based on the supremum of the Wald process over the space of quantile and threshold parameters. We establish the limiting null distribution of the test statistic for stationary weakly dependent processes, and propose a simulation method to approximate the critical values. The proposed simulation method makes the test easy to implement. Monte Carlo experiments show that the proposed test has good size and reasonable power against non-linear threshold models.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10463-013-0418-9
Publisher Keywords: Linearity test, Quantile regression, Threshold model
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Departments: School of Policy & Global Affairs > Economics
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