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Nonparametric Estimation of the Marginal Effect in Fixed-Effect Panel Data Models

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  • Aman Ullah

    (Department of Economics, University of California Riverside)

  • Yoonseok Lee

    (Syracuse University)

  • Debasri Mukherjee

    (Western Michigan University)

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This paper considers multivariate local linear least squares estimation of panel data models when fixed effects present. One step estimation of the local marginal effect is of the main interest. A within-group type nonparametric estimator is developed, where the fixed effects are eliminated by subtracting individual-specific locally weighted time average (i.e., using the local within transformation). It is shown that the local-within-transformation-based estimator satisfies the standard properties of the local linear estimator. In comparison, the nonparametric estimators based on the conventional (i.e., global) within transformation or first difference result in biased estimators, where the bias does not degenerate even with large samples. The new estimator is used to examine the nonlinear relationship between income and nitrogen-oxide level (i.e., the environmental Kuznets curve) based on the U.S. state-level panel data.

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  • Aman Ullah & Yoonseok Lee & Debasri Mukherjee, 2018. "Nonparametric Estimation of the Marginal Effect in Fixed-Effect Panel Data Models," Working Papers 201901, University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics.
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    Nonparametric estimation; panel data; fixed effects; multivariate; local linear least squares; local within transformation; environmental Kuznets curve.;
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    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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