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SMPLSplit_het: Testing for sample splitting

Description

A function for testing sample split given subsampled data.

Usage

SMPLSplit_het(data,dep,indep,th,trim_per,rep,plot)

Value

fstat

LM-test for no threshold.

pvalue

bootstrap P-Value.

Arguments

data

the data in either data.frame or matrix

dep

the name of dependent variable.

indep

the name(s) of independent variable(s).

th

the name of threshold variable.

trim_per

trimmed percentage.

rep

number of bootstrap repetition.

plot

=1, plot; =0, do not plot.

Details

This code tests for the presence of threshold. It generalizes the simple code of Dr. Hansen, allowing Heteroskedastic Errors (White Corrected).

References

Hanse B. E. (2000) Sample Splitting and Threshold Estimation. Econometrica, 68, 575-603.