Asymptotic theory for clustered samples

We provide a complete asymptotic distribution theory for clustered data with a large number of independent groups, generalizing the classic laws of large numbers, uniform laws, central limit theory, and clustered covariance matrix estimation. Our theory allows for clustered observations with heterog...

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Main Authors: Hansen, B.E (Author), Lee, S. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
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520 3 |a We provide a complete asymptotic distribution theory for clustered data with a large number of independent groups, generalizing the classic laws of large numbers, uniform laws, central limit theory, and clustered covariance matrix estimation. Our theory allows for clustered observations with heterogeneous and unbounded cluster sizes. Our conditions cleanly nest the classical results for i.n.i.d. observations, in the sense that our conditions specialize to the classical conditions under independent sampling. We use this theory to develop a full asymptotic distribution theory for estimation based on linear least-squares, 2SLS, nonlinear MLE, and nonlinear GMM. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. 
650 0 4 |a Asymptotic analysis 
650 0 4 |a Asymptotic distribution theories 
650 0 4 |a Asymptotic theories 
650 0 4 |a Central limit theory 
650 0 4 |a Classical conditions 
650 0 4 |a Cluster sizes 
650 0 4 |a Clustered datum 
650 0 4 |a Covariance matrix 
650 0 4 |a Covariance matrix estimation 
650 0 4 |a Linear least squares 
700 1 |a Hansen, B.E.  |e author 
700 1 |a Lee, S.  |e author 
773 |t Journal of Econometrics