Belloni, Alexandre; Chernozhukov, Victor; Hansen, Christian
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011-02-25)
In this note, we propose the use of sparse methods (e.g., LASSO, Post-LASSO, p LASSO, and Post-p LASSO) to form first-stage predictions and estimate optimal instruments in linear instrumental variables (IV) models with ...