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Author: | Blundell, R. Bond, S. |
Title: | Initial conditions and moment restrictions in dynamic panel data models. |
Journal: | Journal of Econometrics
1998 : NOV, VOL. 87:1, p. 115-143 |
Index terms: | NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUE |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Estimation of the dynamic error components model is considered using two alternative linear estimators that are designed to improve the properties of the standard first-differenced GMM estimator. Both estimators require restrictions on the initial conditions process. Asymptotic efficiency comparisons and Monte Carlo simulations for the simple AR(1) model demonstrate the dramatic improvement in performace of the proposed estimators compared to the usual first-differenced GMM estimator, and compared to non-linear GMM. The importance of these results is illustrated in an application to the estimation of a labour demand model using company panel data. |
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