Model Selection Methods for Social Interaction and Spatial Models
- 2026-10-05 (Mon.), 10:30 AM
- Auditorium, B1F, Institute of Statistical Science；The tea reception will be held at 10:10.
- Online live streaming through Microsoft Teams will be available.
- Prof. Hon Ho Kwok
- Department of Economics, National Taiwan University
Abstract
In this project, we not only develop model selection (MS) methods for social interaction models, but also revisit Manski's (1993) fundamental problem of identifying different social effects. We argue that MS is particularly important in applying social interaction models by proving three theorems about model uncertainty (formal statements will be provided).
Based on the misspecification resistant information criteria (MRIC) by Hsu et al. (2018, 2019), we develop predictive-efficient MS criteria, for finite sets of parametric, potentially misspecified, and non-nested social interaction and spatial models. We develop consistent nonlinear least squares and novel penalty estimators under general covariance or network structures. Whether the true model is included, the MRIC are asymptotically efficient, are consistent, and satisfy a parsimony principle (formal statements will be provided). From this principle, we derive a empirical modeling strategy under which the most parsimonious prediction-error-minimizing model is selected with probability approaching 1.
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