Estimation and inference for varying coefficient partially nonlinear models

In this paper, we extend the varying coefficient partially linear model to the varying coefficient partially nonlinear model in which the linear part of the varying coefficient partially linear model is replaced by a nonlinear function of the covariates. A profile nonlinear least squares estimation procedure for the parameter vector and the coefficient function vector of the varying coefficient partially nonlinear model is proposed and the asymptotic properties of the resulting estimators are established. We further propose a generalized likelihood ratio (GLR) test to check whether or not the varying coefficients in the model are constant. The asymptotic null distribution of the GLR statistic is derived and a residual-based bootstrap procedure is also suggested to derive the p-value of the GLR test. Some simulations are conducted to assess the performance of the proposed estimating and testing procedures and the results show that both the procedures perform well in finite samples. Furthermore, a real data example is given to demonstrate the application of the proposed model and its estimating and testing procedures.

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