Description/Abstract
This paper develops a threshold regression model where an unknown relationship between two variables nonparametrically determines the threshold. We allow the observations to be crosssectionally dependent so that the model can be applied to determine an unknown spatial border for sample splitting over a random field. We derive the uniform rate of convergence and the nonstandard limiting distribution of the nonparametric threshold estimator. We also obtain the root-n consistency and the asymptotic normality of the regression coefficient estimator. Our model has broad empirical relevance as illustrated by estimating the tipping point in social segregation problems as a function of demographic characteristics; and determining metropolitan area boundaries using nighttime light intensity collected from satellite imagery. We find that the new empirical results are substantially different from the existing studies
Document Type
Working Paper
Date
1-2020
Keywords
Sample Splitting, Threshold, Nonparametric, Random Field, Tipping Point, Metropolitan Area Boundary
Language
English
Series
Working Papers Series
Acknowledgements
We thank Bo Honoré, Sokbae Lee, Yuan Liao, Myung Seo, Ping Yu, and participants at numerous seminar/conference presentations for very helpful comments. Financial supports from the ApplebyMosher grant and the CUSE grant are highly appreciated.
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Economics | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
ISSN
1525-3066
Recommended Citation
Lee, Yoonseok and Wang, Yulong, "Nonparametric Sample Splitting" (2020). Center for Policy Research. 254.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/254
Source
Local input
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Additional Information
Working paper no. 222