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On Approximating The Distributions Of Goodness-Of-Fit Test Statistics Based On The Empirical Distribution Function: The Case Of Unknown Parameters

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  • MARCO CAPASSO

    (Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, and Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • LUCIA ALESSI

    (European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany;
    Laboratory of Economics and Management, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy)

  • MATTEO BARIGOZZI

    (Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany;
    Laboratory of Economics and Management, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy)

  • GIORGIO FAGIOLO

    (Laboratory of Economics and Management Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa, Italy)

Abstract

This paper discusses some problems possibly arising when approximating via Monte-Carlo simulations the distributions of goodness-of-fit test statistics based on the empirical distribution function. We argue that failing to re-estimate unknown parameters on each simulated Monte-Carlo sample — and thus avoiding to employ this information to build the test statistic — may lead to wrong, overly-conservative. Furthermore, we present some simple examples suggesting that the impact of this possible mistake may turn out to be dramatic and does not vanish as the sample size increases.

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  • Marco Capasso & Lucia Alessi & Matteo Barigozzi & Giorgio Fagiolo, 2009. "On Approximating The Distributions Of Goodness-Of-Fit Test Statistics Based On The Empirical Distribution Function: The Case Of Unknown Parameters," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 12(02), pages 157-167.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:12:y:2009:i:02:n:s0219525909002131
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525909002131
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