Violation of Distributional Assumptions in Latent Interaction Models
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serval:BIB_DAACD2AB1899
Type
Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
Collection
Publications
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Title
Violation of Distributional Assumptions in Latent Interaction Models
Title of the conference
Academy of Management Proceedings
ISSN
0065-0668
2151-6561
2151-6561
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/2020
Volume
2020
Number
1
Pages
18911
Language
english
Abstract
Violating the distributional assumptions of latent interaction models can lead to biased estimates and invalid inference. However, no statistical procedure is readily available to verify whether these assumptions hold. We develop several specification tests contrasting consistent latent interaction estimators—which are robust to violations of distributional assumptions (i.e., Extended Unconstrained Indicator Approach and Model-Implied Instrumental Variables method)—to an efficient estimator (i.e., Latent Moderated Structural Equations), which is inconsistent under non-normally distributed linear latent variables. We compare these estimators under a variety of conditions. The robust Hausman test we propose works well in identifying misspecifications due to violations of distributional assumptions of the latent variables. Moreover, our results indicate that the Latent Moderated Structural Equations method is severely bias under non-ideal conditions. Thus, it should not be used as the default approach and its results should always be compared to consistent estimators that are robust to distributional assumptions.
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