Multiway Cluster Robust Double/Debiased Machine Learning

This paper investigates double/debiased machine learning (DML) under multiway clustered sampling environments. We propose a novel multiway cross fitting algorithm and a multiway DML estimator based on this algorithm. We also develop a multiway cluster robust standard error formula. Simulations indic...

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Main Authors: Harold D. Chiang (10224154), Kengo Kato (4923499), Yukun Ma (7511675), Yuya Sasaki (5081789)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: 2021
Subjects:
C10
C13
C14
DML
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14153707.v1
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Summary:This paper investigates double/debiased machine learning (DML) under multiway clustered sampling environments. We propose a novel multiway cross fitting algorithm and a multiway DML estimator based on this algorithm. We also develop a multiway cluster robust standard error formula. Simulations indicate that the proposed procedure has favorable finite sample performance. Applying the proposed method to market share data for demand analysis, we obtain larger two-way cluster robust standard errors for the price coefficient than non-robust ones in the demand model.