Replication data for: The Wald test of common factors in spatial model specification search strategies
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| Title: | Replication data for: The Wald test of common factors in spatial model specification search strategies |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Creator: |
Juhl, Sebastian  ORCID: 0000-0002-7123-5398
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| Divisions: | Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > SFB 884 Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences- CDSS (Social Sciences) |
| DDC Classification: |
320 Political science |
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| Abstract: | Distinguishing substantively meaningful spillover effects from correlated residuals is of great importance in cross-sectional studies. Both forms of spatial dependence not only hold different implications for the choice of an unbiased estimator but also for the validity of inferences. To guide model specification, different empirical strategies involve the estimation of an unrestricted spatial Durbin model and subsequently use the Wald test to scrutinize the non-linear restriction of common factors implied by pure error dependence. However, the Wald test's sensitivity to algebraically equivalent formulations of the null hypothesis receives scant attention in the context of cross-sectional analyses. This article shows analytically that the non-invariance of the Wald test to such reparameterizations stems from the application of a Taylor series expansion to approximate the restriction's sampling distribution. While asymptotically valid, Monte Carlo simulations reveal that alternative formulations of the common factor restriction frequently produce conflicting conclusions in finite samples. An empirical example illustrates the substantive implications of this problem. Consequently, researchers should either base inferences on bootstrap critical values for the Wald statistic or use the likelihood ratio test which is invariant to such reparameterizations when deciding on the model specification that adequately reflects the spatial process generating the data. (English) |
| External Identifier for Data: | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CY7YWE |
| URL: | https://madata.bib.uni-mannheim.de/672/ |
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| Access (Controlled): | Only Metadata |
| License (Controlled): | No license information available, not specified, or non-standard license |
| Related Publication(s) in MADOC: | Juhl, Sebastian (2021), The Wald test of common factors in spatial model specification search strategies |
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| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2026 14:27 |
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| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2026 14:27 |
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