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A Simple Spatial Dependence Test Robust To Local and Distributional Misspecifications

id: 2233 Date: 20140630 Times:
Magazines   124 (2014) 203–206
AuthorYing Fang, Sung Y. Park, Jinfeng Zhang
ContentIn this paper, we derive a class of modified score tests robust to local and distributional misspecifications for testing spatial error autocorrelation and spatial lag dependence. The proposed tests are general enough to include several popular tests for the spatial dependence as special cases. Moreover, we show that the popular test statistics proposed by Burridge (1980) and Anselin et al. (1996) are robust to distributional misspecification although they are derived under normality assumption.
JEL-CodesC12, C21, R10
KeywordsSpatial dependence; Score test; Robust test; Distribution misspecification; Local misspecification
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