A moment inequality approach to statistical inference for rankings

This paper proposes an econometric method to construct confidence sets for rankings by considering the situations in which data on a comparison between each pair of alternatives are available. The key idea is that if an alternative, say A , is ranked higher than some other alternative, say B , then...

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Published in:Japanese economic review (Oxford, England) England), 2021-04, Vol.72 (2), p.169-184
Main Author: Okui, Ryo
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Economic History
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Economics and Finance
Inequality
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Microeconomics
Ratings & rankings
Statistical inference
Tests
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