An Introduction to the Advanced Theory and Practice of Nonparametric Econometrics

Jeffrey S. Racine is Professor in the Department of Economics and Professor in the Graduate Program in Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University, Ontario. He holds the Senator William McMaster Chair in Econometrics and is a Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics. He is co-author of Nonparametric Econometrics: Theory and Practice (2007). He has published extensively in his field and has co-authored the R packages np and crs that are available on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN).

• Part I. Probability Functions, Probability Density Functions, and their Cumulative Counterparts: 1. Discrete probability and cumulative probability functions; 2. Continuous density and cumulative distribution functions; 3. Mixed-data probability density and cumulative distribution functions; 4. Conditional probability density and cumulative distribution functions; Part II. Conditional Moment Functions and Related Statistical Objects: 5. Conditional moment functions; 6. Conditional mean function estimation; 7. Conditional mean function estimation with endogenous predictors; 8. Semiparametric conditional mean function estimation; 9. Conditional variance function estimation; Part III. Appendices: A. Large and small orders of magnitude and probability; B. R, RStudio, TeX and Git; C. Computational considerations; D. R Markdown for assignments; E. Practicum.

'This book will be valuable to economists wishing to learn nonparametric methods, and to practitioners needing the details of implementation. Applied economists will find this an excellent and practical reference guide.' Bruce E. Hansen, University of Wisconsin, Madison