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- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Examples and Applications
- Preface
- Part I: The Linear Regression Model
- CHAPTER 1 Econometrics
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 The Paradigm of Econometrics
- 1.3 The Practice of Econometrics
- 1.4 Microeconometrics and Macroeconometrics
- 1.5 Econometric Modeling
- 1.6 Plan of the Book
- 1.7 Preliminaries
- 1.7.1 Numerical Examples
- 1.7.2 Software and Replication
- 1.7.3 Notational Conventions
- CHAPTER 2 The Linear Regression Model
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The Linear Regression Model
- 2.3 Assumptions of the Linear Regression Model
- 2.3.1 Linearity of the Regression Model
- 2.3.2 Full Rank
- 2.3.3 Regression
- 2.3.4 Homoscedastic and Nonautocorrelated Disturbances
- 2.3.5 Data Generating Process for the Regressors
- 2.3.6 Normality
- 2.3.7 Independence and Exogeneity
- 2.4 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 3 Least Squares Regression
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Least Squares Regression
- 3.2.1 The Least Squares Coefficient Vector
- 3.2.2 Application: An Investment Equation
- 3.2.3 Algebraic Aspects of the Least Squares Solution
- 3.2.4 Projection
- 3.3 Partitioned Regression and Partial Regression
- 3.4 Partial Regression and Partial Correlation Coefficients
- 3.5 Goodness of Fit and the Analysis of Variance
- 3.5.1 The Adjusted R-Squared and a Measure of Fit
- 3.5.2 R-Squared and the Constant Term in the Model
- 3.5.3 Comparing Models
- 3.6 Linearly Transformed Regression
- 3.7 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 4 Estimating the Regression Model by Least Squares
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Motivating Least Squares
- 4.2.1 Population Orthogonality Conditions
- 4.2.2 Minimum Mean Squared Error Predictor
- 4.2.3 Minimum Variance Linear Unbiased Estimation
- 4.3 Statistical Properties of the Least Squares Estimator
- 4.3.1 Unbiased Estimation
- 4.3.2 Omitted Variable Bias
- 4.3.3 Inclusion of Irrelevant Variables
- 4.3.4 Variance of the Least Squares Estimator
- 4.3.5 The Gauss–Markov Theorem
- 4.3.6 The Normality Assumption
- 4.4 Asymptotic Properties of the Least Squares Estimator
- 4.4.1 Consistency of the Least Squares Estimator of ß
- 4.4.2 The Estimator of Asy. Var[b]
- 4.4.3 Asymptotic Normality of the Least Squares Estimator
- 4.4.4 Asymptotic Efficiency
- 4.4.5 Linear Projections
- 4.5 Robust Estimation and Inference
- 4.5.1 Consistency of the Least Squares Estimator
- 4.5.2 A Heteroscedasticity Robust Covariance Matrix for Least Squares
- 4.5.3 Robustness to Clustering
- 4.5.4 Bootstrapped Standard Errors with Clustered Data
- 4.6 Asymptotic Distribution of a Function of b: The Delta Method
- 4.7 Interval Estimation
- 4.7.1 Forming a Confidence Interval for a Coefficient
- 4.7.2 Confidence Interval for a Linear Combination of Coefficients: the Oaxaca Decomposition
- 4.8 Prediction and Forecasting
- 4.8.1 Prediction Intervals
- 4.8.2 Predicting y when the Regression Model Describes Log y
- 4.8.3 Prediction Interval for y when the Regression Model Describes Log y
- 4.8.4 Forecasting
- 4.9 Data Problems
- 4.9.1 Multicollinearity
- 4.9.2 Principal Components
- 4.9.3 Missing Values and Data Imputation
- 4.9.4 Measurement Error
- 4.9.5 Outliers and Influential Observations
- 4.10 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 5 Hypothesis Tests and Model Selection
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Hypothesis Testing Methodology
- 5.2.1 Restrictions and Hypotheses
- 5.2.2 Nested Models
- 5.2.3 Testing Procedures
- 5.2.4 Size, Power, and Consistency of a Test
- 5.2.5 A Methodological Dilemma: Bayesian Versus Classical Testing
- 5.3 Three Approaches to Testing Hypotheses
- 5.3.1 Wald Tests Based on the Distance Measure
- 5.3.1.a Testing a Hypothesis About a Coefficient
- 5.3.1.b The F Statistic
- 5.3.2 Tests Based on the Fit of the Regression
- 5.3.2.a The Restricted Least Squares Estimator
- 5.3.2.b The Loss of Fit from Restricted Least Squares
- 5.3.2.c Testing the Significance of the Regression
- 5.3.2.d Solving Out the Restrictions and a Caution about R2
- 5.3.3 Lagrange Multiplier Tests
- 5.4 Large-Sample Tests and Robust Inference
- 5.5 Testing Nonlinear Restrictions
- 5.6 Choosing Between Nonnested Models
- 5.6.1 Testing Nonnested Hypotheses
- 5.6.2 An Encompassing Model
- 5.6.3 Comprehensive Approach—The J Test
- 5.7 A Specification Test
- 5.8 Model Building—A General to Simple Strategy
- 5.8.1 Model Selection Criteria
- 5.8.2 Model Selection
- 5.8.3 Classical Model Selection
- 5.8.4 Bayesian Model Averaging
- 5.9 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 6 Functional Form, Difference in Differences, and Structural Change
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Using Binary Variables
- 6.2.1 Binary Variables in Regression
- 6.2.2 Several Categories
- 6.2.3 Modeling Individual Heterogeneity
- 6.2.4 Sets of Categories
- 6.2.5 Threshold Effects and Categorical Variables
- 6.2.6 Transition Tables
- 6.3 Difference in Differences Regression
- 6.3.1 Treatment Effects
- 6.3.2 Examining the Effects of Discrete Policy Changes
- 6.4 Using Regression Kinks and Discontinuities to Analyze Social Policy
- 6.4.1 Regression Kinked Design
- 6.4.2 Regression Discontinuity Design
- 6.5 Nonlinearity in the Variables
- 6.5.1 Functional Forms
- 6.5.2 Interaction Effects
- 6.5.3 Identifying Nonlinearity
- 6.5.4 Intrinsically Linear Models
- 6.6 Structural Break and Parameter Variation
- 6.6.1 Different Parameter Vectors
- 6.6.2 Robust Tests of Structural Break with Unequal Variances
- 6.6.3 Pooling Regressions
- 6.7 Summary And Conclusions
- CHAPTER 7 Nonlinear, Semiparametric, and Nonparametric Regression Models
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Nonlinear Regression Models
- 7.2.1 Assumptions of the Nonlinear Regression Model
- 7.2.2 The Nonlinear Least Squares Estimator
- 7.2.3 Large-Sample Properties of the Nonlinear Least Squares Estimator
- 7.2.4 Robust Covariance Matrix Estimation
- 7.2.5 Hypothesis Testing and Parametric Restrictions
- 7.2.6 Applications
- 7.2.7 Loglinear Models
- 7.2.8 Computing the Nonlinear Least Squares Estimator
- 7.3 Median and Quantile Regression
- 7.3.1 Least Absolute Deviations Estimation
- 7.3.2 Quantile Regression Models
- 7.4 Partially Linear Regression
- 7.5 Nonparametric Regression
- 7.6 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 8 Endogeneity and Instrumental Variable Estimation
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Assumptions of the Extended Model
- 8.3 Instrumental Variables Estimation
- 8.3.1 Least Squares
- 8.3.2 The Instrumental Variables Estimator
- 8.3.3 Estimating the Asymptotic Covariance Matrix
- 8.3.4 Motivating the Instrumental Variables Estimator
- 8.4 Two-Stage Least Squares, Control Functions, and Limited Information Maximum Likelihood
- 8.4.1 Two-Stage Least Squares
- 8.4.2 A Control Function Approach
- 8.4.3 Limited Information Maximum Likelihood
- 8.5 Endogenous Dummy Variables: Estimating Treatment Effects
- 8.5.1 Regression Analysis of Treatment Effects
- 8.5.2 Instrumental Variables
- 8.5.3 A Control Function Estimator
- 8.5.4 Propensity Score Matching
- 8.6 Hypothesis Tests
- 8.6.1 Testing Restrictions
- 8.6.2 Specification Tests
- 8.6.3 Testing for Endogeneity: The Hausman and Wu Specification Tests
- 8.6.4 A Test for Overidentification
- 8.7 Weak Instruments and LIML
- 8.8 Measurement Error
- 8.8.1 Least Squares Attenuation
- 8.8.2 Instrumental Variables Estimation
- 8.8.3 Proxy Variables
- 8.9 Nonlinear Instrumental Variables Estimation
- 8.10 Natural Experiments and the Search for Causal Effects
- 8.11 Summary and Conclusions
- Part II: Generalized Regression Model and Equation Systems
- CHAPTER 9 The Generalized Regression Model and Heteroscedasticity
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Robust Least Squares Estimation and Inference
- 9.3 Properties of Least Squares and Instrumental Variables
- 9.3.1 Finite-Sample Properties of Least Squares
- 9.3.2 Asymptotic Properties of Least Squares
- 9.3.3 Heteroscedasticity and Var[b|X]
- 9.3.4 Instrumental Variable Estimation
- 9.4 Efficient Estimation by Generalized Least Squares
- 9.4.1 Generalized Least Squares (GLS)
- 9.4.2 Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS)
- 9.5 Heteroscedasticity and Weighted Least Squares
- 9.5.1 Weighted Least Squares
- 9.5.2 Weighted Least Squares with Known Ω
- 9.5.3 Estimation When Ω Contains Unknown Parameters
- 9.6 Testing for Heteroscedasticity
- 9.6.1 White’s General Test
- 9.6.2 The Lagrange Multiplier Test
- 9.7 Two Applications
- 9.7.1 Multiplicative Heteroscedasticity
- 9.7.2 Groupwise Heteroscedasticity
- 9.8 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 10 Systems of Regression Equations
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 The Seemingly Unrelated Regressions Model
- 10.2.1 Ordinary Least Squares And Robust Inference
- 10.2.2 Generalized Least Squares
- 10.2.3 Feasible Generalized Least Squares
- 10.2.4 Testing Hypotheses
- 10.2.5 The Pooled Model
- 10.3 Systems of Demand Equations: Singular Systems
- 10.3.1 Cobb–Douglas Cost Function
- 10.3.2 Flexible Functional Forms: The Translog Cost Function
- 10.4 Simultaneous Equations Models
- 10.4.1 Systems of Equations
- 10.4.2 A General Notation for Linear Simultaneous Equations Models
- 10.4.3 The Identification Problem
- 10.4.4 Single Equation Estimation and Inference
- 10.4.5 System Methods of Estimation
- 10.5 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 11 Models for Panel Data
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Panel Data Modeling
- 11.2.1 General Modeling Framework for Analyzing Panel Data
- 11.2.2 Model Structures
- 11.2.3 Extensions
- 11.2.4 Balanced and Unbalanced Panels
- 11.2.5 Attrition and Unbalanced Panels
- 11.2.6 Well-Behaved Panel Data
- 11.3 The Pooled Regression Model
- 11.3.1 Least Squares Estimation of the Pooled Model
- 11.3.2 Robust Covariance Matrix Estimation and Bootstrapping
- 11.3.3 Clustering and Stratification
- 11.3.4 Robust Estimation Using Group Means
- 11.3.5 Estimation with First Differences
- 11.3.6 The Within and Between-Groups Estimators
- 11.4 The Fixed Effects Model
- 11.4.1 Least Squares Estimation
- 11.4.2 A Robust Covariance Matrix for bLSDV
- 11.4.3 Testing the Significance of the Group Effects
- 11.4.4 Fixed Time and Group Effects
- 11.4.5 Reinterpreting the Within Estimator: Instrumental Variables and Control Functions
- 11.4.6 Parameter Heterogeneity
- 11.5 Random Effects
- 11.5.1 Least Squares Estimation
- 11.5.2 Generalized Least Squares
- 11.5.3 Feasible Generalized Least Squares Estimation of the Random Effects Model when Σ is Unknown
- 11.5.4 Robust Inference and Feasible Generalized Least Squares
- 11.5.5 Testing for Random Effects
- 11.5.6 Hausman’s Specification Test for the Random Effects Model
- 11.5.7 Extending the Unobserved Effects Model: Mundlak’s Approach
- 11.5.8 Extending the Random and Fixed Effects Models: Chamberlain’s Approach
- 11.6 Nonspherical Disturbances and Robust Covariance Matrix Estimation
- 11.6.1 Heteroscedasticity in the Random Effects Model
- 11.6.2 Autocorrelation in Panel Data Models
- 11.7 Spatial Autocorrelation
- 11.8 Endogeneity
- 11.8.1 Instrumental Variable Estimation
- 11.8.2 Hausman and Taylor’s Instrumental Variables Estimator
- 11.8.3 Consistent Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data Models: Anderson and Hsiao’s Iv Estimator
- 11.8.4 Efficient Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data Models: The Arellano/Bond Estimators
- 11.8.5 Nonstationary Data and Panel Data Models
- 11.9 Nonlinear Regression with Panel Data
- 11.9.1 A Robust Covariance Matrix for Nonlinear Least Squares
- 11.9.2 Fixed Effects in Nonlinear Regression Models
- 11.9.3 Random Effects
- 11.10 Parameter Heterogeneity
- 11.10.1 A Random Coefficients Model
- 11.10.2 A Hierarchical Linear Model
- 11.10.3 Parameter Heterogeneity and Dynamic Panel Data Models
- 11.11 Summary and Conclusions
- Part III: Estimation Methodology
- CHAPTER 12 Estimation Frameworks in Econometrics
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Parametric Estimation and Inference
- 12.2.1 Classical Likelihood-Based Estimation
- 12.2.2 Modeling Joint Distributions with Copula Functions
- 12.3 Semiparametric Estimation
- 12.3.1 Gmm Estimation in Econometrics
- 12.3.2 Maximum Empirical Likelihood Estimation
- 12.3.3 Least Absolute Deviations Estimation and Quantile Regression
- 12.3.4 Kernel Density Methods
- 12.3.5 Comparing Parametric and Semiparametric Analyses
- 12.4 Nonparametric Estimation
- 12.4.1 Kernel Density Estimation
- 12.5 Properties of Estimators
- 12.5.1 Statistical Properties of Estimators
- 12.5.2 Extremum Estimators
- 12.5.3 Assumptions for Asymptotic Properties of Extremum Estimators
- 12.5.4 Asymptotic Properties of Estimators
- 12.5.5 Testing Hypotheses
- 12.6 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 13 Minimum Distance Estimation and the Generalized Method of Moments
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Consistent Estimation: The Method of Moments
- 13.2.1 Random Sampling and Estimating the Parameters of Distributions
- 13.2.2 Asymptotic Properties of the Method of Moments Estimator
- 13.2.3 Summary—The Method of Moments
- 13.3 Minimum Distance Estimation
- 13.4 The Generalized Method of Moments (Gmm) Estimator
- 13.4.1 Estimation Based on Orthogonality Conditions
- 13.4.2 Generalizing the Method of Moments
- 13.4.3 Properties of the Gmm Estimator
- 13.5 Testing Hypotheses in the Gmm Framework
- 13.5.1 Testing the Validity of the Moment Restrictions
- 13.5.2 Gmm Wald Counterparts to the WALD, LM, and LR Tests
- 13.6 Gmm Estimation of Econometric Models
- 13.6.1 Single-Equation Linear Models
- 13.6.2 Single-Equation Nonlinear Models
- 13.6.3 Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations
- 13.6.4 Gmm Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data Models
- 13.7 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 14 Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 The Likelihood Function and Identification of the Parameters
- 14.3 Efficient Estimation: The Principle of Maximum Likelihood
- 14.4 Properties of Maximum Likelihood Estimators
- 14.4.1 Regularity Conditions
- 14.4.2 Properties of Regular Densities
- 14.4.3 The Likelihood Equation
- 14.4.4 The Information Matrix Equality
- 14.4.5 Asymptotic Properties of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator
- 14.4.5.a Consistency
- 14.4.5.b Asymptotic Normality
- 14.4.5.c Asymptotic Efficiency
- 14.4.5.d Invariance
- 14.4.5.e Conclusion
- 14.4.6 Estimating the Asymptotic Variance of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator
- 14.5 Conditional Likelihoods and Econometric Models
- 14.6 Hypothesis and Specification Tests and Fit Measures
- 14.6.1 The Likelihood Ratio Test
- 14.6.2 The Wald Test
- 14.6.3 The Lagrange Multiplier Test
- 14.6.4 An Application of the Likelihood-Based Test Procedures
- 14.6.5 Comparing Models and Computing Model Fit
- 14.6.6 Vuong’s Test and the Kullback–Leibler Information Criterion
- 14.7 Two-Step Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 14.8 Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Robust Asymptotic Covariance Matrices
- 14.8.1 A Robust Covariance Matrix Estimator for the MLE
- 14.8.2 Cluster Estimators
- 14.9 Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Linear Regression Models
- 14.9.1 Linear Regression Model with Normally Distributed Disturbances
- 14.9.2 Some Linear Models with Nonnormal Disturbances
- 14.9.3 Hypothesis Tests for Regression Models
- 14.10 The Generalized Regression Model
- 14.10.1 GLS With Known Ω
- 14.10.2 Iterated Feasible GLS With Estimated Ω
- 14.10.3 Multiplicative Heteroscedasticity
- 14.10.4 The Method of Scoring
- 14.11 Nonlinear Regression Models and Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 14.11.1 Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 14.11.2 Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 14.12 Systems of Regression Equations
- 14.12.1 The Pooled Model
- 14.12.2 The SUR Model
- 14.13 Simultaneous Equations Models
- 14.14 Panel Data Applications
- 14.14.1 ML Estimation of the Linear Random Effects Model
- 14.14.2 Nested Random Effects
- 14.14.3 Clustering Over More than One Level
- 14.14.4 Random Effects in Nonlinear Models: Mle Using Quadrature
- 14.14.5 Fixed Effects in Nonlinear Models: The Incidental Parameters Problem
- 14.15 Latent Class and Finite Mixture Models
- 14.15.1 A Finite Mixture Model
- 14.15.2 Modeling the Class Probabilities
- 14.15.3 Latent Class Regression Models
- 14.15.4 Predicting Class Membership and ßi
- 14.15.5 Determining the Number of Classes
- 14.15.6 A Panel Data Application
- 14.15.7 A Semiparametric Random Effects Model
- 14.16 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 15 Simulation-Based Estimation and Inference and Random Parameter Models
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Random Number Generation
- 15.2.1 Generating Pseudo-Random Numbers
- 15.2.2 Sampling from a Standard Uniform Population
- 15.2.3 Sampling from Continuous Distributions
- 15.2.4 Sampling from a Multivariate Normal Population
- 15.2.5 Sampling from Discrete Populations
- 15.3 Simulation-Based Statistical Inference: The Method of Krinsky and Robb
- 15.4 Bootstrapping Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals
- 15.4.1 Types of Bootstraps
- 15.4.2 Bias Reduction with Bootstrap Estimators
- 15.4.3 Bootstrapping Confidence Intervals
- 15.4.4 Bootstrapping with Panel Data: The Block Bootstrap
- 15.5 Monte Carlo Studies
- 15.5.1 A Monte Carlo Study: Behavior of a Test Statistic
- 15.5.2 A Monte Carlo Study: The Incidental Parameters Problem
- 15.6 Simulation-Based Estimation
- 15.6.1 Random Effects in a Nonlinear Model
- 15.6.2 Monte Carlo Integration
- 15.6.2a Halton Sequences and Random Draws for Simulation-Based Integration
- 15.6.2.b Computing Multivariate Normal Probabilities Using the GHK Simulator
- 15.6.3 Simulation-Based Estimation of Random Effects Models
- 15.7 A Random Parameters Linear Regression Model
- 15.8 Hierarchical Linear Models
- 15.9 Nonlinear Random Parameter Models
- 15.10 Individual Parameter Estimates
- 15.11 Mixed Models and Latent Class Models
- 15.12 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 16 Bayesian Estimation and Inference
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Bayes’ Theorem and the Posterior Density
- 16.3 Bayesian Analysis of the Classical Regression Model
- 16.3.1 Analysis with a Noninformative Prior
- 16.3.2 Estimation with an Informative Prior Density
- 16.4 Bayesian Inference
- 16.4.1 Point Estimation
- 16.4.2 Interval Estimation
- 16.4.3 Hypothesis Testing
- 16.4.4 Large-Sample Results
- 16.5 Posterior Distributions and the Gibbs Sampler
- 16.6 Application: Binomial Probit Model
- 16.7 Panel Data Application: Individual Effects Models
- 16.8 Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of a Random Parameters Model
- 16.9 Summary and Conclusions
- Part IV: Cross Sections, Panel Data, and Microeconometrics
- CHAPTER 17 Binary Outcomes and Discrete Choices
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Models for Binary Outcomes
- 17.2.1 Random Utility
- 17.2.2 The Latent Regression Model
- 17.2.3 Functional Form and Probability
- 17.2.4 Partial Effects in Binary Choice Models
- 17.2.5 Odds Ratios in Logit Models
- 17.2.6 The Linear Probability Model
- 17.3 Estimation and Inference for Binary Choice Models
- 17.3.1 Robust Covariance Matrix Estimation
- 17.3.2 Hypothesis Tests
- 17.3.3 Inference for Partial Effects
- 17.3.3.a The Delta Method
- 17.3.3.b An Adjustment to the Delta Method
- 17.3.3.c The Method of Krinsky and Robb
- 17.3.3.d Bootstrapping
- 17.3.4 Interaction Effects
- 17.4 Measuring Goodness of Fit for Binary Choice Models
- 17.4.1 Fit Measures Based on the Fitting Criterion
- 17.4.2 Fit Measures Based on Predicted Values
- 17.4.3 Summary of Fit Measures
- 17.5 Specification Analysis
- 17.5.1 Omitted Variables
- 17.5.2 Heteroscedasticity
- 17.5.3 Distributional Assumptions
- 17.5.4 Choice-Based Sampling
- 17.6 Treatment Effects and Endogenous Variables in Binary Choice Models
- 17.6.1 Endogenous Treatment Effect
- 17.6.2 Endogenous Continuous Variable
- 17.6.2.a IV and GMM Estimation
- 17.6.2.b Partial ML Estimation
- 17.6.2.c Full Information Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 17.6.2.d Residual Inclusion and Control Functions
- 17.6.2.e A Control Function Estimator
- 17.6.3 Endogenous Sampling
- 17.7 Panel Data Models
- 17.7.1 The Pooled Estimator
- 17.7.2 Random Effects
- 17.7.3 Fixed Effects
- 17.7.3.a A Conditional Fixed Effects Estimator
- 17.7.3.b Mundlak’s Approach, Variable Addition, and Bias Reduction
- 17.7.4 Dynamic Binary Choice Models
- 17.7.5 A Semiparametric Model for Individual Heterogeneity
- 17.7.6 Modeling Parameter Heterogeneity
- 17.7.7 Nonresponse, Attrition, and Inverse Probability Weighting
- 17.8 Spatial Binary Choice Models
- 17.9 The Bivariate Probit Model
- 17.9.1 Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 17.9.2 Testing for Zero Correlation
- 17.9.3 Partial Effects
- 17.9.4 A Panel Data Model for Bivariate Binary Response
- 17.9.5 A Recursive Bivariate Probit Model
- 17.10 A Multivariate Probit Model
- 17.11 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 18 Multinomial Choices and Event Counts
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Models for Unordered Multiple Choices
- 18.2.1 Random Utility Basis of the Multinomial Logit Model
- 18.2.2 The Multinomial Logit Model
- 18.2.3 The Conditional Logit Model
- 18.2.4 The Independence from Irrelevant Alternatives Assumption
- 18.2.5 Alternative Choice Models
- 18.2.5.a Heteroscedastic Extreme Value Model
- 18.2.5.b Multinomial Probit Model
- 18.2.5.c The Nested Logit Model
- 18.2.6 Modeling Heterogeneity
- 18.2.6.a The Mixed Logit Model
- 18.2.6.b A Generalized Mixed Logit Model
- 18.2.6.c Latent Classes
- 18.2.6.d Attribute Nonattendance
- 18.2.7 Estimating Willingness to Pay
- 18.2.8 Panel Data and Stated Choice Experiments
- 18.2.8.a The Mixed Logit Model
- 18.2.8.b Random Effects and the Nested Logit Model
- 18.2.8.c A Fixed Effects Multinomial Logit Model
- 18.2.9 Aggregate Market Share Data—The Blp Random Parameters Model
- 18.3 Random Utility Models for Ordered Choices
- 18.3.1 The Ordered Probit Model
- 18.3.2.A Specification Test for the Ordered Choice Model
- 18.3.3 Bivariate Ordered Probit Models
- 18.3.4 Panel Data Applications
- 18.3.4.a Ordered Probit Models with Fixed Effects
- 18.3.4.b Ordered Probit Models with Random Effects
- 18.3.5 Extensions of the Ordered Probit Model
- 18.3.5.a Threshold Models—Generalized Ordered Choice Models
- 18.3.5.b Thresholds and Heterogeneity—Anchoring Vignettes
- 18.4 Models for Counts of Events
- 18.4.1 The Poisson Regression Model
- 18.4.2 Measuring Goodness of Fit
- 18.4.3 Testing for Overdispersion
- 18.4.4 Heterogeneity and the Negative Binomial Regression Model
- 18.4.5 Functional Forms for Count Data Models
- 18.4.6 Truncation and Censoring in Models for Counts
- 18.4.7 Panel Data Models
- 18.4.7.a Robust Covariance Matrices for Pooled Estimators
- 18.4.7.b Fixed Effects
- 18.4.7.c Random Effects
- 18.4.8 Two-Part Models: Zero-Inflation and Hurdle Models
- 18.4.9 Endogenous Variables and Endogenous Participation
- 18.5 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 19 Limited Dependent Variables–Truncation, Censoring, and Sample Selection
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Truncation
- 19.2.1 Truncated Distributions
- 19.2.2 Moments of Truncated Distributions
- 19.2.3 The Truncated Regression Model
- 19.2.4 The Stochastic Frontier Model
- 19.3 Censored Data
- 19.3.1 The Censored Normal Distribution
- 19.3.2 The Censored Regression (Tobit) Model
- 19.3.3 Estimation
- 19.3.4 Two-Part Models and Corner Solutions
- 19.3.5 Specification Issues
- 19.3.5.a Endogenous Right-Hand-Side Variables
- 19.3.5.b Heteroscedasticity
- 19.3.5.c Nonnormality
- 19.3.6 Panel Data Applications
- 19.4 Sample Selection and Incidental Truncation
- 19.4.1 Incidental Truncation in a Bivariate Distribution
- 19.4.2 Regression in a Model of Selection
- 19.4.3 Two-Step and Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 19.4.4 Sample Selection in Nonlinear Models
- 19.4.5 Panel Data Applications of Sample Selection Models
- 19.4.5.a Common Effects in Sample Selection Models
- 19.4.5.b Attrition
- 19.5 Models for Duration
- 19.5.1 Models for Duration Data
- 19.5.2 Duration Data
- 19.5.3 A Regression-Like Approach: Parametric Models of Duration
- 19.5.3.a Theoretical Background
- 19.5.3.b Models of the Hazard Function
- 19.5.3.c Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 19.5.3.d Exogenous Variables
- 19.5.3.e Heterogeneity
- 19.5.4 Nonparametric and Semiparametric Approaches
- 19.6 Summary and Conclusions
- Part V: Time Series and Macroeconometrics
- CHAPTER 20 Serial Correlation
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 The Analysis of TimeSeries Data
- 20.3 Disturbance Processes
- 20.3.1 Characteristics of Disturbance Processes
- 20.3.2 Ar(1) Disturbances
- 20.4 Some Asymptotic Results for Analyzing Time-Series Data
- 20.4.1 Convergence of Moments—The Ergodic Theorem
- 20.4.2 Convergence to Normality—A Central Limit Theorem
- 20.5 Least Squares Estimation
- 20.5.1 Asymptotic Properties of Least Squares
- 20.5.2 Estimating the Variance of the Least Squares Estimator
- 20.6 GMM Estimation
- 20.7 Testing for Autocorrelation
- 20.7.1 Lagrange Multiplier Test
- 20.7.2 Box And Pierce’s Test and Ljung’s Refinement
- 20.7.3 The Durbin–Watson Test
- 20.7.4 Testing in the Presence of a Lagged Dependent Variable
- 20.7.5 Summary of Testing Procedures
- 20.8 Efficient Estimation when is Known
- 20.9 Estimation when is Unknown
- 20.9.1 AR(1) Disturbances
- 20.9.2 Application: Estimation of a Model with Autocorrelation
- 20.9.3 Estimation with a Lagged Dependent Variable
- 20.10 Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity
- 20.10.1 The Arch(1) Model
- 20.10.2 ARCH(q), ARCH-In-Mean, and Generalized ARCH Models
- 20.10.3 Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Garch Model
- 20.10.4 Testing for GARCH Effects
- 20.10.5 Pseudo–Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- 20.11 Summary and Conclusions
- CHAPTER 21 Nonstationary Data
- 21.1 Introduction
- 21.2 Nonstationary Processes and Unit Roots
- 21.2.1 The Lag and Difference Operators
- 21.2.2 Integrated Processes and Differencing
- 21.2.3 Random Walks, Trends, and Spurious Regressions
- 21.2.4 Tests for Unit Roots in Economic Data
- 21.2.5 The Dickey–Fuller Tests
- 21.2.6 The Kpss Test of Stationarity
- 21.3 Cointegration
- 21.3.1 Common Trends
- 21.3.2 Error Correction and Var Representations
- 21.3.3 Testing for Cointegration
- 21.3.4 Estimating Cointegration Relationships
- 21.3.5 Application: German Money Demand
- 21.3.5.a Cointegration Analysis and a Long-Run Theoretical Model
- 21.3.5.b Testing for Model Instability
- 21.4 Nonstationary Panel Data
- 21.5 Summary and Conclusions
- References
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Part VI Online Appendices
- Appendix A Matrix Algebra
- A.1 Terminology
- A.2 Algebraic Manipulation of Matrices
- A.2.1 Equality of Matrices
- A.2.2 Transposition
- A.2.3 Vectorization
- A.2.4 Matrix Addition
- A.2.5 Vector Multiplication
- A.2.6 A Notation for Rows and Columns of a Matrix
- A.2.7 Matrix Multiplication and Scalar Multiplication
- A.2.8 Sums of Values
- A.2.9 A Useful Idempotent Matrix
- A.3 Geometry of Matrices
- A.3.1 Vector Spaces
- A.3.2 Linear Combinations of Vectors and Basis Vectors
- A.3.3 Linear Dependence
- A.3.4 Subspaces
- A.3.5 Rank of a Matrix
- A.3.6 Determinant of a Matrix
- A.3.7 A Least Squares Problem
- A.4 Solution of a System of Linear Equations
- A.4.1 Systems of Linear Equations
- A.4.2 Inverse Matrices
- A.4.3 Nonhomogeneous Systems of Equations
- A.4.4 Solving the Least Squares Problem
- A.5 Partitioned Matrices
- A.5.1 Addition and Multiplication of Partitioned Matrices
- A.5.2 Determinants of Partitioned Matrices
- A.5.3 Inverses of Partitioned Matrices
- A.5.4 Deviations From Means
- A.5.5 Kronecker Products
- A.6 Characteristic Roots And Vectors
- A.6.1 The Characteristic Equation
- A.6.2 Characteristic Vectors
- A.6.3 General Results for Characteristic Roots And Vectors
- A.6.4 Diagonalization and Spectral Decomposition of a Matrix
- A.6.5 Rank of a Matrix
- A.6.6 Condition Number of a Matrix
- A.6.7 Trace of a Matrix
- A.6.8 Determinant of a Matrix
- A.6.9 Powers of a Matrix
- A.6.10 Idempotent Matrices
- A.6.11 Factoring a Matrix: The Cholesky Decomposition
- A.6.12 Singular Value Decomposition
- A.6.13 QR Decomposition
- A.6.14 The Generalized Inverse of a Matrix
- A.7 Quadratic Forms And Definite Matrices
- A.7.1 Nonnegative Definite Matrices
- A.7.2 Idempotent Quadratic Forms
- A.7.3 Comparing Matrices
- A.8 Calculus And Matrix Algebra
- A.8.1 Differentiation and the Taylor Series
- A.8.2 Optimization
- A.8.3 Constrained Optimization
- A.8.4 Transformations
- Appendix B Probability and Distribution Theory
- B.1 Introduction
- B.2 Random Variables
- B.2.1 Probability Distributions
- B.2.2 Cumulative Distribution Function
- B.3 Expectations of a Random Variable
- B.4 Some Specific Probability Distributions
- B.4.1 The Normal and Skew Normal Distributions
- B.4.2 The Chi-Squared, T, and F Distributions
- B.4.3 Distributions with Large Degrees of Freedom
- B.4.4 Size Distributions: The Lognormal Distribution
- B.4.5 The Gamma and Exponential Distributions
- B.4.6 The Beta Distribution
- B.4.7 The Logistic Distribution
- B.4.8 The Wishart Distribution
- B.4.9 Discrete Random Variables
- B.5 The Distribution of a Function of a Random Variable
- B.6 Representations of a Probability Distribution
- B.7 Joint Distributions
- B.7.1 Marginal Distributions
- B.7.2 Expectations in a Joint Distribution
- B.7.3 Covariance and Correlation
- B.7.4 Distribution of a Function of Bivariate Random Variables
- B.8 Conditioning in a Bivariate Distribution
- B.8.1 Regression: The Conditional Mean
- B.8.2 Conditional Variance
- B.8.3 Relationships among Marginal and Conditional Moments
- B.8.4 The Analysis of Variance
- B.8.5 Linear Projection
- B.9 The Bivariate Normal Distribution
- B.10 Multivariate Distributions
- B.10.1 Moments
- B.10.2 Sets of Linear Functions
- B.10.3 Nonlinear Functions: The Delta Method
- B.11 The Multivariate Normal Distribution
- B.11.1 Marginal and Conditional Normal Distributions
- B.11.2 The Classical Normal Linear Regression Model
- B.11.3 Linear Functions of a Normal Vector
- B.11.4 Quadratic Forms in a Standard Normal Vector
- B.11.5 The F Distribution
- B.11.6 A Full Rank Quadratic Form
- B.11.7 Independence of a Linear and a Quadratic Form
- Appendix C Estimation and Inference
- C.1 Introduction
- C.2 Samples and Random Sampling
- C.3 Descriptive Statistics
- C.4 Statistics as Estimators—Sampling Distributions
- C.5 Point Estimation of Parameters
- C.5.1 Estimation in a Finite Sample
- C.5.2 Efficient Unbiased Estimation
- C.6 Interval Estimation
- C.7 Hypothesis Testing
- C.7.1 Classical Testing Procedures
- C.7.2 Tests Based on Confidence Intervals
- C.7.3 Specification Tests
- Appendix D Large-Sample Distribution Theory
- D.1 Introduction
- D.2 Large-Sample Distribution Theory
- D.2.1 Convergence in Probability
- D.2.2 Other forms of Convergence and Laws of Large Numbers
- D.2.3 Convergence of Functions
- D.2.4 Convergence to a Random Variable
- D.2.5 Convergence in Distribution: Limiting Distributions
- D.2.6 Central Limit Theorems
- D.2.7 The Delta Method
- D.3 Asymptotic Distributions
- D.3.1 Asymptotic Distribution of a Nonlinear Function
- D.3.2 Asymptotic Expectations
- D.4 Sequences and the Order of a Sequence
- Appendix E Computation and Optimization
- E.1 Introduction
- E.2 Computation in Econometrics
- E.2.1 Computing Integrals
- E.2.2 The Standard Normal Cumulative Distribution Function
- E.2.3 The Gamma and Related Functions
- E.2.4 Approximating Integrals by Quadrature
- E.3 Optimization
- E.3.1 Algorithms
- E.3.2 Computing Derivatives
- E.3.3 Gradient Methods
- E.3.4 Aspects of Maximum Likelihood Estimation
- E.3.5 Optimization with Constraints
- E.3.6 Some Practical Considerations
- E.3.7 The EM Algorithm
- E.4 Examples
- E.4.1 Function of one Parameter
- E.4.2 Function of two Parameters: The Gamma Distribution
- E.4.3 A Concentrated Log-Likelihood Function
- Appendix F Data Sets Used in Applications




