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Convergence Rates of GMM Estimators with Nonsmooth Moments under Misspecification

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Publication date05/2025
Place of PublicationLancaster
PublisherLancaster University, Department of Economics
<mark>Original language</mark>English

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NameEconomics Working Papers Series

Abstract

The asymptotic behavior of GMM estimators depends critically on whether the underlying moment condition model is correctly specified. Hong and Li (2023, Econometric Theory) showed that GMM estimators with nonsmooth (non-directionally differentiable) moment functions are at best n^(1/3)-consistent under misspecification. Through simulations, we verify the slower convergence rate of GMM estimators in such cases. For the two-step GMM estimator with an estimated weight matrix, our results align with theory. However, for the one-step GMM estimator with the identity weight matrix, the convergence rate remains √n, even under severe misspecification.