Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
11-2015
Abstract
A new Bayesian test statistic is proposed to test a point null hypothesis based on a quadratic loss. The proposed test statistic may be regarded as the Bayesian version of the Lagrange multiplier test. Its asymptotic distribution is obtained based on a set of regular conditions and follows a chi-squared distribution when the null hypothesis is correct. The new statistic has several important advantages that make it appealing in practical applications. First, it is well-defined under improper prior distributions. Second, it avoids Jeffrey-Lindley's paradox. Third, it always takes a non-negative value and is relatively easy to compute, even for models with latent variables. Fourth, its numerical standard error is relatively easy to obtain. Finally, it is asymptotically pivotal and its threshold values can be obtained from the chi-squared distribution. The method is illustrated using some real examples in economics and finance.
Keywords
Bayes factor, Decision theory, EM algorithm, Lagrange multiplier, Markov chain Monte Carlo, Latent variable models
Discipline
Econometrics
Research Areas
Econometrics
Publication
Journal of Econometrics
Volume
189
Issue
1
First Page
54
Last Page
69
ISSN
0304-4076
Identifier
10.1016/j.jeconom.2015.06.021
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
LI, Yong; LIU, Xiaobin; and Jun YU.
A Bayesian Chi-squared test for hypothesis testing. (2015). Journal of Econometrics. 189, (1), 54-69.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1862
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2015.06.021