Simulation Based Inference In Econometrics Methods And Applications

Simulation-based Inference in Econometrics

This substantial volume has two principal objectives. First it provides an overview of the statistical foundations of Simulation-based inference. This includes the summary and synthesis of the many concepts and results extant in the theoretical literature, the different classes of problems and estimators, the asymptotic properties of these estimators, as well as descriptions of the different simulators in use. Second, the volume provides empirical and operational examples of SBI methods. Often what is missing, even in existing applied papers, are operational issues. Which simulator works best for which problem and why? This volume will explicitly address the important numerical and computational issues in SBI which are not covered comprehensively in the existing literature. Examples of such issues are: comparisons with existing tractable methods, number of replications needed for robust results, choice of instruments, simulation noise and bias as well as efficiency loss in practice.

Simulation based inference in econometric

Simulation-based Econometric Methods

High speed computing has enabled a new generation of statistical econometrics to become available. The simulation of problems that previously were too unwieldy to solve because of large integrals is now possible.