The optimal size of a preliminary test for linear restrictions when estimating the regression scale parameter

DOI10.1016/0165-1765(91)90237-FzbMath0742.62064MaRDI QIDQ1184947

Offer Lieberman, Judith A. Giles

Publication date: 28 June 1992

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

regression error variance; choice of critical value; mini-max risk regret criterion; pre-test of exact linear restrictions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62J05: Linear regression; mixed models

62F10: Point estimation

Related Items

Preliminary-test estimation of the regression scale parameter when the loss function is asymmetric, Estimating the error variance after a pre-test for an inequality restriction on the coefficients

Uses Software

• AS 155

Cites Work

• Optimal levels of significance of a pre-test in estimating the disturbance variance after the pre-test for a linear hypothesis on coefficients in a linear regression
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• Pre-testing for linear restrictions in a regression model with spherically symmetric disturbances
• Algorithm AS 155: The Distribution of a Linear Combination of χ 2 Random Variables
• On the Use of a Regret Function to Set Significance Points in Prior Tests of Estimation
• Optimal Critical Values for Pre-Testing in Regression