Abstract
The aim of this note is to provide a general framework for the analysis of the robustness properties of a broad class of two-stage models. We derive the influence function, the change-of-variance function, and the asymptotic variance of a general two-stage M-estimator, and provide their interpretations. We illustrate our results in the case of the two-stage maximum likelihood estimator and the two-stage least squares estimator.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 726-732 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Statistics and Probability Letters |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Asymptotic variance
- Bounded influence function
- Change-of-variance function
- M-estimator
- Two-stage least squares
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty