This paper gives a solution to the problem of estimating coefficients of index models, through the estimation of the density-weighted average derivative of a general regression function. A normalized version of the density-weighted average derivative can be estimated by certain linear instrumental variables coefficients. The estimators, based on sample analogies of the product moment representation of the average derivative, are constructed using nonparametric kernel estimators of the density of the regressors. Consistent estimators of the asymptotic variance-covariance matrices of the estimators are given, and a limited Monte Carlo simulation is used to study the practical performance of the procedures. Copyright 1989 by The Econometric Society.
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Volume (Year): 57 (1989) Issue (Month): 6 (November) Pages: 1403-30 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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