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A bootstrap test for single index models 

Authors: Wolfgang Haumlrdle a;  Enno Mammen b; Isabel Proenca c
Affiliations:   a Humboldt- Universitaumlt zu Berlin, Germany
b Ruprecht-Karls- Universitaumlt Heidelberg, Germany
c cUniversidade Teacutecnica de Lisboa, Lisbon
DOI: 10.1080/02331880108802746
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
Published in: journal Statistics, Volume 35, Issue 4 2001 , pages 427 - 451
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Abstract

Single index models are frequently used in econometrics and biometrics. Logit and Probit models arc special cases with fixed link functions. In this paper we consider a bootstrap specification test that detects nonparametric deviations of the link function. The bootstrap is used with the aim to rind a more accurate distribution under the null than the normal approximation. We prove that the statistic and its bootstrapped version have the same asymptotic distribution. In a simulation study we show that the bootstrap is able to capture the negative bias and the skewness of the test statistic. It yields better approximations to the true critical values and consequently it has a more accurate level than the normal approximation.
Keywords: Bootstrap; Kernel estimate; Single index model; Specification test
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