Abstract
Abstract
This study provides an econometric methodology to test a linear structural relationship among economic variables. We propose the so-called distance-difference (DD) test and show that it has omnibus power against arbitrary nonlinear structural relationships. If the DD-test rejects the linear model hypothesis, a sequential testing procedure assisted by the DD-test can consistently estimate the degree of a polynomial function that arbitrarily approximates the nonlinear structural equation. Using extensive Monte Carlo simulations, we confirm the DD-test’s finite sample properties and compare its performance with the sequential testing procedure assisted by the J-test and moment selection criteria. Finally, through investigation, we empirically illustrate the relationship between the value-added and its production factors using firm-level data from the United States. We demonstrate that the production function has exhibited a factor-biased technological change instead of Hicks-neutral technology presumed by the Cobb–Douglas production function.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Economics and Econometrics,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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