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Testing the assumptions behind importance sampling
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Abstract Importance sampling is used in many areas of modern econometrics to approximate unsolvable integrals. Its reliable use requires the sampler to possess a variance, for this guarantees a square root speed of convergence and asymptotic normality of the estimator of the integral. However, this assumptio... view more
Importance sampling is used in many areas of modern econometrics to approximate unsolvable integrals. Its reliable use requires the sampler to possess a variance, for this guarantees a square root speed of convergence and asymptotic normality of the estimator of the integral. However, this assumption is seldom checked. In this paper we use extreme value theory to empirically assess the appropriateness of this assumption. Our main application is the stochastic volatility model, where importance sampling is commonly used for maximum likelihood estimation of the parameters of the model.... view less
Keywords
simulation
Classification
Economic Statistics, Econometrics, Business Informatics
Free Keywords
Extreme value theory; Importance sampling; Stochastic volatility
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 2-11
Journal
Journal of Econometrics, 149 (2009) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.10.002
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)