Abstract

In parameter determination for the heteroskedastic probit model, both in simulated data and in actual data, we observe a failure of traditional local search methods to converge consistently to a single parameter vector, in contrast to the typical situation for the regular probit model. We identify features of the heteroskedastic probit log likelihood function that we argue tend to lead to this failure, and suggest ways to amend the local search methods to remedy the problem.

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