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| Juan carlos Escanciano and David Jacho-chavez |
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| ''Uniform in Bandwidth Consistency of Smooth Varying Coefficient Estimators'' |
| ( 2009, Vol. 29 No.3 ) |
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| We prove the strong consistency, uniformly in the bandwidth, of the smooth varying coefficient conditional least squares estimator. Our results justify data-driven choices of bandwidths, such as Silverman's rule-of thumb, or standard cross-validation, that are usually implemented by most practitioners. |
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| Keywords: Kernel estimators, empirical processes, varying coefficient models |
JEL: C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General
C2 - Single Equation Models; Single Variables: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Jul 09 2009 | | Manuscript Accepted : Aug 07 2009 |
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