Research Staff

Sokbae (Simon) Lee

Columbia University and IFS

Sokbae is a Professor of Economics at Columbia University. His research focuses on theoretical and applied econometrics.

Selected Publications

Testing for a general class of functional inequalities

In this paper, we propose a general method for testing inequality restrictions on nonparametric functions. Our […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Kyungchui (Kevin) Song, Yoon-Jae Whang
6 March 2014 | CWP09/14
Implementing intersection bounds in Stata

We present the clrbound, clr2bound, clr3bound and clrtest commands for estimation and inference developed by Chernozhukov […]

Victor Chernozhukov, Wooyoung Kim, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
16 August 2013 | CWP38/13

Latest version

Implementing intersection bounds in Stata
Victor Chernozhukov, Wooyoung Kim, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
28 May 2014 | CWP25/14
Do institutions affect social preferences? Evidence from divided Korea

The Cold War division of Korea, regarded as a natural experiment in institutional change, provides a […]

Kyunghui Choi, Syngjoo Choi, Byung-Yeon Kim, Jungmin Lee, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
1 August 2013 | CWP35/13
Maximum score estimation of preference parameters for a binary choice model under uncertainty

This paper develops maximum score estimation of preference parameters in the binary choice model under uncertainty […]

Le-Yu Chen, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Myung Jae Sung
23 April 2013 | CWP14/13

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Maximum score estimation with nonparametrically generated regressors
Le-Yu Chen, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Myung Jae Sung
28 May 2014 | CWP27/14
Local identification of nonparametric and semiparametric models

In parametric models a sufficient condition for local identification is that the vector of moment is […]

Xiaohong Chen, Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Whitney K. Newey
14 November 2012 | CWP37/12

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Local identification of nonparametric and semiparametric models
Xiaohong Chen, Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Whitney K. Newey
1 March 2014 | Journal Article

Previous version

Local identification of nonparametric and semiparametric models
Xiaohong Chen, Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Whitney K. Newey
23 May 2011 | CWP17/11
Intersection bounds: estimation and inference

We develop a practical and novel method for inference on intersection bounds, namely bounds defined by […]

Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
17 October 2012 | CWP33/12

Latest version

Intersection bounds: estimation and inference
Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
1 March 2013 | Journal Article

Previous version

Intersection bounds: estimation and inference
Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
4 November 2011 | CWP34/11
Intersection bounds: estimation and inference

We develop a practical and novel method for inference on intersection bounds, namely bounds defined by […]

Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
4 November 2011 | CWP34/11

Latest version

Intersection bounds: estimation and inference
Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
17 October 2012 | CWP33/12

Previous version

Intersection Bounds: estimation and inference
Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
28 July 2009 | CWP19/09
Is distance dying at last? Falling home bias in fixed effects models of patent citations

We examine the “home bias” of knowledge spillovers (the idea that knowledge spreads more slowly over […]

Rachel Griffith, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, John Van Reenen
24 May 2011 | CWP18/11
Local identification of nonparametric and semiparametric models

In parametric models a sufficient condition for local identification is that the vector of moment conditions […]

Xiaohong Chen, Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Whitney K. Newey
23 May 2011 | CWP17/11

Latest version

Local identification of nonparametric and semiparametric models
Xiaohong Chen, Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Whitney K. Newey
14 November 2012 | CWP37/12
Testing functional inequalities

This paper develops tests for inequality constraints of nonparametric regression functions. The test statistics involve a […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Kyungchui (Kevin) Song, Yoon-Jae Whang
22 February 2011 | CWP12/11

Latest version

Testing functional inequalities
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Song, Kyungchul, Yoon-Jae Whang
31 January 2013 | Journal Article