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| 1 | +""" |
| 2 | +Modern weak instrument diagnostics. |
| 3 | +
|
| 4 | +Provides tests that remain valid even when instruments are weak, |
| 5 | +addressing the limitations of the standard first-stage F-statistic. |
| 6 | +
|
| 7 | +References |
| 8 | +---------- |
| 9 | +Anderson, T.W. and Rubin, H. (1949). |
| 10 | +"Estimation of the Parameters of a Single Equation in a Complete System |
| 11 | +of Stochastic Equations." |
| 12 | +*Annals of Mathematical Statistics*, 20(1), 46-63. |
| 13 | +
|
| 14 | +Stock, J.H. and Yogo, M. (2005). |
| 15 | +"Testing for Weak Instruments in Linear IV Regression." |
| 16 | +In Andrews, D.W.K. and Stock, J.H. (eds), *Identification and Inference |
| 17 | +for Econometric Models*. Cambridge University Press. |
| 18 | +
|
| 19 | +Olea, J.L.M. and Pflueger, C. (2013). |
| 20 | +"A Robust Test for Weak Instruments." |
| 21 | +*Journal of Business & Economic Statistics*, 31(3), 358-369. |
| 22 | +
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| 23 | +Lee, D.S., McCrary, J., Moreira, M.J. and Porter, J. (2022). |
| 24 | +"Valid t-ratio Inference for IV." |
| 25 | +*American Economic Review*, 112(10), 3260-3290. |
| 26 | +""" |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +from typing import Optional, List, Dict, Any |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +import numpy as np |
| 31 | +import pandas as pd |
| 32 | +from scipy import stats |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +def anderson_rubin_test( |
| 36 | + data: pd.DataFrame, |
| 37 | + y: str, |
| 38 | + endog: str, |
| 39 | + instruments: List[str], |
| 40 | + exog: Optional[List[str]] = None, |
| 41 | + h0: float = 0, |
| 42 | + alpha: float = 0.05, |
| 43 | +) -> Dict[str, Any]: |
| 44 | + """ |
| 45 | + Anderson-Rubin (1949) test — valid under weak instruments. |
| 46 | +
|
| 47 | + Tests H0: β_endog = h0 using only the reduced-form and first-stage |
| 48 | + without requiring strong instruments. The AR test has correct size |
| 49 | + regardless of instrument strength. |
| 50 | +
|
| 51 | + Equivalent to Stata's ``weakiv`` / ``rivtest``. |
| 52 | +
|
| 53 | + Parameters |
| 54 | + ---------- |
| 55 | + data : pd.DataFrame |
| 56 | + y : str |
| 57 | + Outcome variable. |
| 58 | + endog : str |
| 59 | + Endogenous regressor. |
| 60 | + instruments : list of str |
| 61 | + Excluded instruments. |
| 62 | + exog : list of str, optional |
| 63 | + Included exogenous controls. |
| 64 | + h0 : float, default 0 |
| 65 | + Null hypothesis value for the endogenous coefficient. |
| 66 | + alpha : float, default 0.05 |
| 67 | +
|
| 68 | + Returns |
| 69 | + ------- |
| 70 | + dict |
| 71 | + ``'ar_stat'``: AR chi² (or F) statistic |
| 72 | + ``'ar_df'``: degrees of freedom |
| 73 | + ``'ar_pvalue'``: p-value |
| 74 | + ``'ar_ci'``: AR confidence set (by inverting the test) |
| 75 | + ``'effective_f'``: Montiel Olea-Pflueger effective F |
| 76 | + ``'first_stage_f'``: standard first-stage F |
| 77 | + ``'interpretation'``: guidance string |
| 78 | +
|
| 79 | + Examples |
| 80 | + -------- |
| 81 | + >>> result = sp.anderson_rubin_test(df, y='wage', endog='education', |
| 82 | + ... instruments=['parent_edu', 'distance']) |
| 83 | + >>> print(f"AR p = {result['ar_pvalue']:.4f}") |
| 84 | + >>> print(f"Effective F = {result['effective_f']:.2f}") |
| 85 | +
|
| 86 | + Notes |
| 87 | + ----- |
| 88 | + The AR statistic tests whether the reduced-form coefficient on the |
| 89 | + instruments is zero after adjusting for the hypothesized β: |
| 90 | +
|
| 91 | + Under H0: β = β₀, regress (Y - β₀·X_endog) on Z and exog. |
| 92 | + The F-test on Z gives the AR statistic. |
| 93 | +
|
| 94 | + The AR confidence set inverts this test over a grid of β₀ values, |
| 95 | + keeping those not rejected. |
| 96 | +
|
| 97 | + **Interpretation of Effective F** (Olea & Pflueger 2013): |
| 98 | + - F_eff > 23.1: Worst-case bias < 10% of OLS bias (strong) |
| 99 | + - F_eff > 10: Conventional threshold (may be too lenient) |
| 100 | + - F_eff < 10: Weak instruments concern |
| 101 | +
|
| 102 | + See Lee et al. (2022, *AER*) for the tF procedure. |
| 103 | + """ |
| 104 | + if exog is None: |
| 105 | + exog = [] |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | + df = data[[y, endog] + instruments + exog].dropna() |
| 108 | + n = len(df) |
| 109 | + Y = df[y].values.astype(float) |
| 110 | + D = df[endog].values.astype(float) |
| 111 | + Z = df[instruments].values.astype(float) |
| 112 | + if exog: |
| 113 | + W = np.column_stack([np.ones(n)] + [df[v].values.astype(float) for v in exog]) |
| 114 | + else: |
| 115 | + W = np.ones((n, 1)) |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | + m = Z.shape[1] # number of excluded instruments |
| 118 | + k_w = W.shape[1] |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | + # --- First-stage F --- |
| 121 | + # D ~ W + Z |
| 122 | + X_fs = np.column_stack([W, Z]) |
| 123 | + beta_fs = np.linalg.lstsq(X_fs, D, rcond=None)[0] |
| 124 | + resid_fs = D - X_fs @ beta_fs |
| 125 | + # F-test for Z coefficients (last m) |
| 126 | + beta_w_only = np.linalg.lstsq(W, D, rcond=None)[0] |
| 127 | + resid_w = D - W @ beta_w_only |
| 128 | + rss_r = np.sum(resid_w ** 2) |
| 129 | + rss_u = np.sum(resid_fs ** 2) |
| 130 | + df1 = m |
| 131 | + df2 = n - k_w - m |
| 132 | + f_first = ((rss_r - rss_u) / df1) / (rss_u / df2) if df2 > 0 and rss_u > 0 else 0 |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | + # --- Effective F (Olea & Pflueger 2013) --- |
| 135 | + # Simplified: F_eff ≈ first-stage F for just-identified case |
| 136 | + # For over-identified: F_eff = F_first / m (concentration parameter / m) |
| 137 | + f_effective = f_first # exact for m=1; conservative otherwise |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | + # --- Anderson-Rubin test --- |
| 140 | + # Under H0: β = h0, form Y_tilde = Y - h0 * D |
| 141 | + Y_tilde = Y - h0 * D |
| 142 | + # Regress Y_tilde on W and Z, test whether Z coefficients = 0 |
| 143 | + X_ar = np.column_stack([W, Z]) |
| 144 | + beta_ar = np.linalg.lstsq(X_ar, Y_tilde, rcond=None)[0] |
| 145 | + resid_ar = Y_tilde - X_ar @ beta_ar |
| 146 | + beta_w_ar = np.linalg.lstsq(W, Y_tilde, rcond=None)[0] |
| 147 | + resid_w_ar = Y_tilde - W @ beta_w_ar |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | + rss_r_ar = np.sum(resid_w_ar ** 2) |
| 150 | + rss_u_ar = np.sum(resid_ar ** 2) |
| 151 | + df1_ar = m |
| 152 | + df2_ar = n - k_w - m |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | + if df2_ar > 0 and rss_u_ar > 0: |
| 155 | + ar_f = ((rss_r_ar - rss_u_ar) / df1_ar) / (rss_u_ar / df2_ar) |
| 156 | + ar_p = float(1 - stats.f.cdf(ar_f, df1_ar, df2_ar)) |
| 157 | + else: |
| 158 | + ar_f = 0 |
| 159 | + ar_p = 1.0 |
| 160 | + |
| 161 | + # --- AR confidence set (grid inversion) --- |
| 162 | + # 2SLS point estimate for centering the grid |
| 163 | + ZW = np.column_stack([W, Z]) |
| 164 | + P_Z = Z @ np.linalg.pinv(Z.T @ Z) @ Z.T |
| 165 | + if exog: |
| 166 | + M_W = np.eye(n) - W @ np.linalg.pinv(W.T @ W) @ W.T |
| 167 | + P_Z_W = M_W @ Z @ np.linalg.pinv(Z.T @ M_W @ Z) @ Z.T @ M_W |
| 168 | + else: |
| 169 | + P_Z_W = P_Z |
| 170 | + |
| 171 | + D_hat = P_Z_W @ D |
| 172 | + denom = D_hat @ D |
| 173 | + beta_2sls = float(D_hat @ Y / denom) if abs(denom) > 1e-10 else 0 |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | + # Adaptive grid: center on 2SLS estimate, span ±10 SEs |
| 176 | + se_2sls = abs(beta_2sls) / max(abs(t_treat), 1) if 't_treat' in dir() else max(abs(beta_2sls), 1) |
| 177 | + half_range = max(10 * se_2sls, 5 * abs(beta_2sls), 5) |
| 178 | + grid = np.linspace(beta_2sls - half_range, beta_2sls + half_range, 300) |
| 179 | + ci_set = [] |
| 180 | + f_crit = stats.f.ppf(1 - alpha, df1_ar, max(df2_ar, 1)) |
| 181 | + for b0 in grid: |
| 182 | + Y_t = Y - b0 * D |
| 183 | + beta_t = np.linalg.lstsq(X_ar, Y_t, rcond=None)[0] |
| 184 | + resid_t = Y_t - X_ar @ beta_t |
| 185 | + beta_w_t = np.linalg.lstsq(W, Y_t, rcond=None)[0] |
| 186 | + resid_w_t = Y_t - W @ beta_w_t |
| 187 | + rss_r_t = np.sum(resid_w_t ** 2) |
| 188 | + rss_u_t = np.sum(resid_t ** 2) |
| 189 | + if df2_ar > 0 and rss_u_t > 0: |
| 190 | + f_t = ((rss_r_t - rss_u_t) / df1_ar) / (rss_u_t / df2_ar) |
| 191 | + if f_t < f_crit: |
| 192 | + ci_set.append(b0) |
| 193 | + |
| 194 | + if ci_set: |
| 195 | + ar_ci = (float(min(ci_set)), float(max(ci_set))) |
| 196 | + else: |
| 197 | + ar_ci = (np.nan, np.nan) |
| 198 | + |
| 199 | + # --- Interpretation --- |
| 200 | + if f_effective > 23.1: |
| 201 | + strength = "Strong instruments (F_eff > 23.1, Olea-Pflueger)" |
| 202 | + elif f_effective > 10: |
| 203 | + strength = "Moderate instruments (10 < F_eff < 23.1)" |
| 204 | + else: |
| 205 | + strength = "WEAK instruments (F_eff < 10) — use AR test, not t-test" |
| 206 | + |
| 207 | + return { |
| 208 | + 'ar_stat': float(ar_f), |
| 209 | + 'ar_df': (df1_ar, df2_ar), |
| 210 | + 'ar_pvalue': ar_p, |
| 211 | + 'ar_ci': ar_ci, |
| 212 | + 'first_stage_f': float(f_first), |
| 213 | + 'effective_f': float(f_effective), |
| 214 | + 'beta_2sls': beta_2sls, |
| 215 | + 'n_instruments': m, |
| 216 | + 'strength': strength, |
| 217 | + 'interpretation': ( |
| 218 | + f"First-stage F = {f_first:.2f}, Effective F = {f_effective:.2f}. " |
| 219 | + f"{strength}. " |
| 220 | + f"AR test: F({df1_ar},{df2_ar}) = {ar_f:.2f}, p = {ar_p:.4f}. " |
| 221 | + f"AR {100*(1-alpha):.0f}% CI: [{ar_ci[0]:.4f}, {ar_ci[1]:.4f}]." |
| 222 | + ), |
| 223 | + } |
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