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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fiscal Competition Among Jurisdictions: Evidence and Methodology

Abstract

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The proposed GMM versions of the Wald, the Likelihood ratio and the Lagrange multiplier test statistics for spatial lag dependence are based on the GMM estimator suggested by Kelejian and Robinson (1993), and on the work of Newey and West (1987). The tests are asymptotically distributed as chi-squared random variables. Monte Carlo Experiments indicate that, in small samples, the LM and LR tests have good power, but considerable empirical size distortions, while the Wald has good empirical size and power.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Economics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Saavedra, Luz Amparo
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Brueckner, Jan K.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9912364
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85639

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Saavedra, Luz Amparo. Fiscal Competition Among Jurisdictions: Evidence and Methodology. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85639