Valid Inference in Partially Unstable GMM Models
37 Pages Posted: 1 Apr 2007 Last revised: 30 Dec 2009
Abstract
The paper considers time series GMM models where a subset of the parameters are time varying. We focus on an empirically relevant case with moderately large instabilities, which are well approximated by a local asymptotic embedding that does not allow the instability to be detected with certainty, even in the limit. We show that for many forms of the instability and a large class of GMM models, usual GMM inference on the subset of stable parameters is asymptotically unaffected by the partial instability. In the empirical analysis of presumably stable parameters - such as structural parameters in Euler conditions - one can thus ignore moderate instabilities in other parts of the model and still obtain approximately correct inference.
Keywords: Structural Breaks, Parameter Stability Test, Contiguity, Euler Condition
JEL Classification: C32
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