当总体有限时回归系数的方差

The variance of regression coefficients when the population is finite

Journal of Econometrics · 2024
被引 0
人大 AABS 4

中文导读

研究了有限总体校正对回归估计量方差的影响,发现抽样比例决定了方差的上界,忽略校正会得到保守估计。

Abstract

Recent work has returned attention to the role of finite-population corrections in empirical settings. It is well established that if the only source of variation arises from the sampling design, then the asymptotic variance of regression estimators must include the proportion of the finite population that is sampled. If there is, in addition, a random shock to each element of the finite population, then it is commonly observed that the resulting super-population renders the finite-population correction moot. We explore this setting and find that this common observation does not fully capture the richness of the result. The fraction of the finite population that is sampled defines bounds on the variance of regression estimators. Ignoring the finite-population correction yields the upper bound, which can be quite conservative.

有限总体校正回归系数方差抽样比例超总体模型