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Econometric Analysis, 6th Edition

Author: William H. Greene
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
ISBN-10: 0-13-513245-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-513245-6
Pages: 1,178; hardcover
Price: $139.00
 
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William Greene’s Econometric Analysis has served as the standard reference for econometrics among economists, political scientists, and other social scientists for nearly two decades, and the newly released sixth edition is certain to carry on that tradition. The book’s abundance of examples and Greene’s emphasis on how to put econometric theory to practical use make the book valuable not just to graduate students taking their first course in econometrics but also to students and professionals who engage in empirical research.

As with most econometrics texts, Greene’s Econometric Analysis begins by introducing the linear regression model. Part I of the book, consisting of seven chapters, covers the properties of the least-squares estimator, inference and prediction, and tests for functional form and specification. Part II of the book generalizes the linear regression model to allow for heteroskedasticity; then, with the generalized least-squares estimator already discussed in the context of nonspherical disturbances, presents the fixed- and random-effects panel-data models as straightforward extensions of least-squares analysis. A chapter also discusses systems of regression equations, another application of GLS. Stata’s nl and nlsur commands make fitting nonlinear models as easy as fitting linear models, and it is refreshing to see nonlinear models introduced relatively early in Econometric Analysis. Part III discusses instrumental variables and simultaneous equations. The chapter on instrumental variables has been updated to include highlights of the recent research on weak instruments, and it includes a lucid discussion of dynamic panel-data models.

Part I lays out an estimation principle (least-squares analysis), and parts II and III show how that methodology can be applied to a wide variety of applications. Having a firm grasp of a general estimation framework makes learning new applications much easier, and this style of teaching continues through the rest of the book.

Aside from least squares, maximum likelihood, generalized methods of moments, and, increasingly, simulation-based and Bayesian estimation frameworks represent the four most commonly used techniques in econometrics; and in part IV, a chapter is devoted to each of these. Each chapter strikes a good balance between theoretical rigor and applications illustrating their use. Many newer discrete-choice models require evaluation of multivariate normal probabilities; thus, chapter 17 includes a detailed discussion of the GHK simulator.

Part V is devoted to time-series techniques, including estimation in the presence of serial correlation, models with lagged variables including vector autoregressions, stochastic processes and ARIMA models, and nonstationarity, unit roots, and cointegration. The chapters in part V frequently make use of the results obtained in part IV on estimation

Econometric Analysis has long been recognized for its extensive coverage of limited dependent variable models, and part VI of the sixth edition continues in that tradition. Binomial, multinomial, and ordered outcomes for both cross-sectional and panel data are covered in one chapter. Two chapters are devoted to truncation, censoring, and sample selection, as well as count and duration models.


Table of contents

Examples and Applications
Preface
Part I: The Linear Regression Model
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Econometrics
1.2 Econometric Modeling
1.3 Methodology
1.4 The Practice of Econometrics
1.5 Plan of the Book
Chapter 2: The Classical Multiple Linear Regression Model
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Linear Regression Model
2.3 Assumptions of the Classical Linear Regression Model
2.3.1 Linearity of the Regression Model
2.3.2 Full Rank
2.3.3 Regression
2.3.4 Spherical Disturbances
2.3.5 Data Generating Process for the Regressors
2.3.6 Normality
2.4 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 3: Least Squares
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 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 4: Statistical Properties of the Least Squares Estimator
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Motivating Least Squares
4.2.1 The Population Orthogonality Conditions
4.2.2 Minimum Mean Squared Error Predictor
4.2.3 Minimum Variance Linear Unbiased Estimation
4.3 Unbiased Estimation
4.4 The Variance of the Least Squares Estimator and the Gauss–Markov Theorem
4.5 The Implications of Stochastic Regressors
4.6 Estimating the Variance of the Least Squares Estimator
4.7 The Normality Assumption and Basic Statistical Interference
4.7.1 Testing a Hypothesis about a Coefficient
4.7.2 Confidence Intervals for Parameters
4.7.3 Confidence Interval for a Linear Combination of Coefficients: The Oaxaca Decomposition
4.7.4 Testing the Significance of the Regression
4.7.5 Marginal Distributions of the Test Statistics
4.8 Finite-Sample Properties of the Least Squares Estimator
4.8.1 Multicollinearity
4.8.2 Missing Observations
4.9 Large Sample Properties of the Least Squares Estimator
4.9.1 Consistency of the Least Squares Estimator
4.9.2 Asymptotic Normality of the Least Squares Estimator
4.9.3 Consistency of s2 and the Estimator of Asy. Var[b]
4.9.4 Asymptotic Distribution of a Function of b: The Delta Method and the Method of Krinsky and Robb
4.9.5 Asymptotic Efficiency
4.9.6 More General Data Generating Processes
4.10 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 5: Interference and Prediction
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Restrictions and Nested Models
5.3 Two Approaches to Testing Hypotheses
5.3.1 The F Statistic and the Least Squares Discrepancy
5.3.2 The Restricted Least Squares Estimator
5.3.3 The Loss of Fit from Restricted Least Squares
5.4 Nonnormal Disturbances and Large Sample Tests
5.5 Testing Nonlinear Restrictions
5.6 Prediction
5.7 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 6: Functional Form 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 Several Groupings
6.2.4 Threshold Effects and Categorical Variables
6.2.5 Spline Regression
6.3 Nonlinearity in the Variables
6.3.1 Functional Forms
6.3.2 Identifying Nonlinearity
6.3.3 Intrinsic Linearity and Identification
6.4 Modeling and Testing for a Structural Break
6.4.1 Different Parameter Vectors
6.4.2 Insufficient Observations
6.4.3 Change in a Subset of Coefficients
6.4.4 Tests of a Structural Break with Unequal Variances
6.4.5 Predictive Test
6.5 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 7: Specification Analysis and Model Selection
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Specification Analysis and Model Building
7.2.1 Bias Caused by Omission of Relevant Variables
7.2.2 Pretest Estimation
7.2.3 Inclusion of Irrelevant Variables
7.2.4 Model Building—A General to Simple Strategy
7.3 Choosing Between Nonnested Models
7.3.1 Testing Nonnested Hypotheses
7.3.2 An Encompassing Model
7.3.3 Comprehensive Approach—The J Test
7.3.4 Vuon’s Test and the Kullback–Leibler Information Criterion
7.4 Model Selection Criteria
7.5 Model Selection
7.5.1 Classical Models Selection
7.5.2 Bayesian Model Averaging
7.6 Summary and Conclusions
Part II: The Generalized Regression Model
Chapter 8: The Generalized Regression Model and Heteroscedasticity
8.1 Introduction 8.2 Least Squares Estimation
8.2.1 Finite-Sample Properties of Ordinary Least Squares
8.2.2 Asymptotic Properties of Least Squares
8.2.3 Robust Estimation of Asymptotic Covariance Matrices
8.3 Efficient Estimation by Generalized Least Squares
8.4 Heteroscedasticity
8.4.1 Ordinary Least Squares Estimation
8.4.2 Inefficiency of Least Squares
8.4.3 The Estimated Covariance Matrix
8.4.4 Estimation the Appropriate Covariance Matrix for Ordinary Least Squares
8.5 Testing for Heteroscedasticity
8.5.1 White’s General Test
8.5.2 The Breusch–Pagan/Godfrey LM Test
8.6 Weighted Least Squares When Omega is known
8.7 Estimation When Omega Contains Unknown Parameters
8.8 Applications
8.8.1 Multiplicative Heteroscedasticity
8.8.2 Group-wise Heteroscedasticity
8.9 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 9: Models for Panel Data
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Panel Data Models
9.2.1 General Modeling Framework for Analyzing Panel Data
9.2.2 Model Structures
9.2.3 Extensions
9.2.4 Balanced and Unbalanced Panels
9.3 The Pooled Regression Model
9.3.1 Least Squares Estimation of the Pooled Model
9.3.2 Robust Covariance Matrix Estimation
9.3.3 Clustering and Stratification
9.3.4 Robust Estimation Using Group Means
9.3.5 Estimation with First Differences
9.3.6 The Within- and Between-Groups Estimators
9.4 The Fixed Effects Model
9.4.1 Least Squares Estimation
9.4.2 Small T Asymptotics
9.4.4 Testing the Significance of the Group Effects
9.4.4 Fixed Time and Group Effects
9.5 Random Effects
9.5.1 Generalized Least Squares
9.5.2 Feasible Generalized Least Squares When Sigma is Unknown
9.5.3 Testing for Random Effects
9.5.4 Hausman’s Specification Test for the Random Effects Model
9.5.5 Extending the Unobserved Effects Model: Mundlak’s Approach
9.6 Nonspherical Disturbances and Robust Covariance Estimation
9.6.1 Robust Estimation of the Fixed Effects Model
9.6.2 Heteroscedasticity in the Random Effects Model
9.6.3 Autocorrelation in Panel Data Models
9.7 Extensions of the Random Effects Model
9.7.1 Nested Random Effects
9.7.2 Spatial Autocorrelation
9.8 Parameter Heterogeneity
9.8.1 The Random Coefficients Model
9.8.2 Random Parameters and Simulation-Based Estimation
9.8.3 Two-Step Estimation of Panel Data Models
9.8.4 Hierarchical Linear Models
9.8.5 Parameter Heterogeneity and Dynamic Panel Data Models
9.8.6 Nonstationary Data and Panel Data Models
9.9 Consistent Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data Models
9.10 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 10: Systems of Regression Equations
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Seemingly Unrelated Regressions Model
10.2.1 Generalized Least Squares
10.2.2 Seemingly Unrelated Regressions with Identical Regressors
10.2.3 Feasible Generalized Least Squares
10.2.4 Testing Hypotheses
10.2.5 Heteroscedasticity
10.2.6 Autocorrelation
10.2.7 A Specification Test for the Sur Model
10.2.8 The Pooled Model
10.3 Panel Data Applications
10.3.1 Random Effects Sur Models
10.3.2 The Random and Fixed Effects Models
10.4 Systems of Demand Equations: Singular Systems
10.4.1 Cobb–Douglas Cost Function (Example 6.3 Continued)
10.4.2 Flexible Functional Forms: The Translog Cost Function
10.5 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 11: Nonlinear Regressions and Nonlinear Least Squares
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Nonlinear Regression Models
11.2.1 Assumptions of the Nonlinear Regression Model
11.2.2 The Orthogonality Condition and The Sum of Squares
11.2.3 The Linearized Regression
11.2.4 Large Sample Properties of the Nonlinear Least Squares Estimator
11.2.5 Computing the Nonlinear Least Squares Estimator
11.3 Applications
11.3.1 A Nonlinear Consumption Function
11.3.2 The Box–Cox Transformation
11.4 Hypothesis Testing and Parametric Restrictions
11.4.1 Significance Tests for Restrictions: F and Wald Statistics
11.4.2 Tests Based on the LM Statistic
11.5 Nonlinear Systems of Equations
11.6 Two-Step Nonlinear Least Squares Estimation
11.7 Panel Data Applications
11.7.1 A Robust Convergence Matrix for Nonlinear Least Squares
11.7.2 Fixed Effects
11.7.3 Random Effects
11.8 Summary and Conclusions
Part III: Instrumental Variables and Simultaneous Equations Model
Chapter 12 Nonlinear Regressions and Nonlinear Least Squares
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Assumptions of the Model
12.3 Estimation
12.3.1 Ordinary Least Squares
12.3.2 The Instrumental Variables Estimator
12.3.3 Two-Stage Least Squares
12.4 The Hausman and Wu Specification Tests and an Application to Instrumental Variable Estimation
12.5 Measurement Error
12.5.1 Least Squares Attenuation
12.5.2 Instrumental Variables Estimation
12.5.3 Proxy Variables
12.6 Estimation of the Generalized Regression Model
12.7 Nonlinear Instrumental Variables Estimation
12.8 Panel Data Applications
12.8.1 Instrumental Variables Estimation of the Random Effects Model—The Hausman and Taylor Estimator
12.8.2 Dynamic Panel Data Models—The Anderson/Hsiao and Arellano/Bond Estimators
12.9 Weak Instruments
12.10 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 13: Simultaneous Equations Models
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Fundamental Issues in Simultaneous Equations Models
13.2.1 Illustrative Systems of Equations
13.2.2 Endogeneity and Causality
13.2.3 A General Notation for Linear Simultaneous Equations Models
13.3 The Problem of Identification
13.3.1 The Rank and Order Conditions for Identification
13.3.2 Identification through Other Nonsample Information
13.3 The Problem of Identification
13.4 Method Estimation
13.5 Single Equation: Limited Information Estimation Methods
13.5.1 Ordinary Least Squares
13.5.2 Estimation by Instrumental Variables
13.5.3 Two-Stage Least Squares
13.5.4 Limited Information Maximum Likelihood and the K Class of Estimators
13.5.5 Testing in the Presence of Weak Instruments
13.5.6 Two-Stage Least Squares in Models That Are Nonlinear in Variables
13.6 System Methods of Estimation
13.6.1 Three-Stage Least Squares
13.6.2 Full Information Maximum Likelihood
13.7 Comparison of Methods—Klein’s Model I
13.8 Specification Tests
13.9 Properties of Dynamic Models
13.9.1 Dynamic Models and Their Multipliers
13.9.2 Stability
13.9.3 Adjustment to Equilibrium
13.10 Summary and Conclusions
Part IV Estimation Methodology
Chapter 14: Estimation Frameworks in Econometrics
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Parametric Estimation and Inference
14.2.1 Classical Likelihood-Based Estimation
14.2.2 Modeling Joint Distributions with Copula Functions
14.3 Semiparametric Estimation
14.3.1 GMM Estimation in Econometrics
14.3.2 Least Absolute Deviations Estimation
14.3.3 Partially Linear Regression
14.3.4 Kernel Density Methods
14.3.5 Comparing Parametric and Semiparametric Analyses
14.4 Nonparametric Equations
14.4.1 Kernel Density Estimation
14.4.2 Nonparametric Regression
14.5 Properties of Estimators
14.5.1 Statistical Properties of Estimators
14.5.2 Extremum Estimators
14.5.3 Assumptions for Asymptotic Properties of Extremum Estimators
14.5.4 Asymptotic Properties of Estimators
14.5.5 Testing Hypotheses
14.6 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 15: Minimum Distance Estimation and the Generalized Method of Moments
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Consistent Estimation: The Method of Moments
15.2.1 Random Sampling and Estimating the Parameters of Distributions
15.2.2 Asymptotic Properties of the Method of Moments Estimator
15.2.3 Summary–The Method of Moments
15.3 Minimum Distance Estimation
15.4 The Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) Estimator
15.4.1 Estimation Based on Orthogonality Conditions
15.4.2 Generalizing the Method of Moments
15.4.3 Properties of the GMM Estimator
15.5 Testing Hypotheses in the GMM Framework
15.5.1 Testing the Validity of the Moment Restrictions
15.5.2 GMM Counterparts to the WALD, LM, and LR Tests
15.6 GMM Estimation of Econometric Models
15.6.1 Single-Equation Linear Models
15.6.2 Single-Equation Nonlinear Models
15.6.3 Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models
15.6.4 Simultaneous Equations Models with Heteroscedasticity
15.6.5 GMM Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data Models
15.7 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 16: Maximum Likelihood Estimation
16.1 Introduction
16.2 The Likelihood Function and Identification of the Parameters
16.3 Efficient Estimation: The Principle of Maximum Likelihood
16.4 Properties of Maximum Likelihood Estimators
16.4.1 Regularity Conditions
16.4.2 Properties of Regular Densities
16.4.3 The Likelihood Equation
16.4.4 The Information Matrix Equality
16.4.5 Asymptotic Properties of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator
16.4.5.a Consistency
16.4.5.b Asymptotic Normality
16.4.5.c Asymptotic Efficiency
16.4.5.d Invariance
16.4.5.e Conclusion
16.4.6 Estimating the Asymptotic Variance of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator
16.5 Conditional Likelihoods, Econometric Models, and the GMM Estimator
16.6 Hypothesis and Specification Tests and Fit Measures
16.6.1 The Likelihood Ratio Test
16.6.2 The Wald Test
16.6.3 The Lagrange Multiplier Test
16.6.4 An Application of the Likelihood-Based Test Procedures
16.6.5 Comparing Models and Computing Model Fit
16.7 Two-Step Maximum Likelihood Estimation
16.8 Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Robust Asymptotic Covariance Matrices
16.8.1 Maximum Likelihood and GMM Estimation
16.8.2 Maximum Likelihood and M Estimation
16.8.3 Sandwich Estimators
16.8.4 Cluster Estimators
16.9 Applications of Maximum Likelihood Estimation
16.9.1 The Normal Linear Regression Model
16.9.2 The Wald Test
16.9.2.a Multiplicative Heteroscedasticity
16.9.2.b Autocorrelation
16.9.3 Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models
16.9.3.a The Pooled Model
16.9.3.b The SUR Model
16.9.3.c Exclusion Restrictions
16.9.4 Simultaneous Equations Models
16.9.5 Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Nonlinear Regression Models
16.9.5.a Nonnormal Disturbances—The Stochastic Frontier Model
16.9.5.b ML Estimation of a Geometric Regression Model for Count Data
16.9.6 Panel Data Applications
16.9.6.a ML Estimation of the Linear Random Effects
16.9.6.b Random Effects in Nonlinear Models: MLE using Quadrature
16.9.6.c Fixed Effects in Nonlinear Models: Full MLE
16.9.7 Latent Class and Finite Mixture Models
16.9.7.a A Finite Mixture Model
16.9.7.b Measured and Unmeasured Heterogeneity
16.9.7.c Predicting Class Membership
16.9.7.d A Conditional Latent Class Model
16.9.7.e Determining the Number of Classes
16.9.7.f A Panel Data Application
16.10 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 17: Simulation-Based Estimation and Inference
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Random Number Generation
17.2.1 Generating Pseudo-Random Numbers
17.2.2 Sampling from a Standard Uniform Population
17.2.3 Sampling from Continuous Distributions
17.2.4 Sampling from a Multivariate Normal Population
17.2.5 Sampling from a Discrete Population
17.3 Monte Carlo Integration
17.3.1 Halton Sequences and Random Draws for Simulation-Based Integration
17.3.2 Importance Sampling
17.3.3 Computing Multivariate Normal Probabilities Using the GHK Estimator
17.4 Monte Carlo Studies
17.4.1 A Monte Carlo Study: Behavior of a Test Statistic
17.4.2 A Monte Carlo Study: The Incidental Parameters Problem
17.5 Simulation-Based Estimation
17.5.1 Maximum Simulated Likelihood Estimation of Random Parameters Models
17.5.2 The Method of Simulated Moments
17.6 Bootstrapping
17.7 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 18 Bayesian Estimation and Inference
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Bayes Theorem and the Posterior Density
18.3 Bayesian Analysis of the Classical Regression Model
18.3.1 Analysis with a Noninformative Prior
18.3.2 Estimation with an Informative Prior Density
18.4 Bayesian Inference
18.4.1 Point Estimation
18.4.2 Interval Estimation
18.4.3 Hypothesis Testing
18.4.4 Large Sample Results
18.5 Posterior Distributions and the Gibbs Sampler
18.6 Application: Binomial Probit Model
18.7 Panel Data Application: Individual Effects Model
18.8 Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of a Random Parameters Model
18.9 Summary and Conclusions
Part V Time Series and Macroeconometrics
Chapter 19 Serial Correlation
19.1 Introduction
19.2 The Analysis of Time-Series Data
19.3 Disturbance Processes
19.3.1 Characteristics of Disturbance Processes
19.3.2 AR(1) Disturbances
19.4 Some Asymptotic Results for Analyzing Time-Series Data
19.4.1 Convergence of Moments—The Ergodic Theorem
19.4.2 Convergence to Normality—A Central Limit Theorem
19.5 Least Squares Estimation
19.5.1 Asymptotic Properties of Least Squares
19.5.2 Estimating the Variance of the Least Squares Estimator
19.6 GMM Estimation
19.7 Testing for Autocorrelation
19.7.1 Lagrange Multiplier Test
19.7.2 Box and Pierce’s Test and Ljung’s Refinement
19.7.3 The Durbin–Watson Test
19.7.4 Testing in the Presence of a Lagged Dependent Variable
19.7.5 Summary of Testing Procedures
19.8 Efficient Estimation When Omega is Known
19.9 Estimation When Omega is Unknown
19.9.1 AR(1) Disturbances
19.9.2 Application: Estimation of a Model with Autocorrelation
19.9.3 Estimation with a Lagged Dependent Variable
19.10 Autocorrelation in Panel Data
19.11 Common Factors
19.12 Forecasting in the Presence of Autocorrelation
19.13 Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity
19.13.1 The ARCH(1) Model
19.13.2 ARCH(q), ARCH-in-Mean, and Generalized ARCH Models
19.13.3 Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Garch Model
19.13 4 Testing for Garch Effects
19.13.5 Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood Estimation
19.14 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 20 Models with Lagged Variables
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Dynamic Regression Models
20.2.1 Lagged Effects in a Dynamic Model
20.2.2 The Lag and Difference Operators
20.2.3 Specification Search for the Lag Length
20.3 Simple Distributed Lag Models
20.4 Autoregressive Distributed Lag Models
20.4.1 Estimation of the ARDL Model
20.4.2 Computation of the Lag Weights in the ARDL Model
20.4.3 Stability of a Dynamic Equation
20.4.4 Forecasting
20.5 Methodological Issues in the Analysis of Dynamic Models
20.5.1 An Error Correction Model
20.5.2 Autocorrelation
20.5.3 Specification Analysis
20.6 Vector Autoregressions
20.6.1 Model Forms
20.6.2 Estimation
20.6.3 Testing Procedures
20.6.4 Exogeneity
20.6.5 Testing for Granger Causality
20.6.6 Impulse Response Functions
20.6.7 Structural VARS
20.6.8 Application: Policy Analysis with a VAR
20.6.8.a A VAR Model of the Macroeconomic Variables
20.6.8.b The Sacrifice Ratio
20.6.8.c Identification and Estimation of a Structural VAR Model
20.6.8.d Inference
20.6.8.e Empirical Results
20.6.9 VARs in Microeconometrics
20.7 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 21 Time-Series Models
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Stationary Stochastic Processes
21.2.1 Autoregressive Moving-Average Processes
21.2.2 Stationarity and Invertibility
21.2.3 Autocorrelations of a Stationary Stochastic Process
21.2.4 Partial Autocorrelations of a Stationary Stochastic Process
21.2.5 Modeling Univariate Time Series
21.2.6 Estimation of the Parameters of a Univariate Time Series
21.3 The Frequency Domain
21.3.1 Theoretical Results
21.3.2 Empirical Counterparts
21.4 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 22 Nonstationary Data
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Nonstationary Processes and Unit Roots
22.2.1 Integrated Processes and Differencing
22.2.2 Random Walks, Trends, and Spurious Regressions
22.2.3 Tests for Unit Roots in Economic Data
22.2.4 The Dicky–Fuller Tests
22.2.5 The KPSS Test of Stationarity
22.3 Cointegration
22.3.1 Common Trends
22.3.2 Error Correlation and VAR Representations
22.3.3 Testing for Cointegration
22.3.4 Estimating Cointegration Relationships
22.3.5 Application: German Money Demand
22.3.5.a Cointegration Analysis and Long-Run Theoretical Model
22.3.5.b Testing for Model Instability
22.4 Nonstationary Panel Data
22.5 Summary and Conclusions
Part VI Cross Sections, Panel Data, and Microeconometrics
Chapter 23 Models for Discrete Choice
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Discrete Choice Models
23.3 Models for Binary Choice
23.3.1 The Regression Approach
23.3.2 Latent Regression—Index Function Models
23.3.3 Random Utility Models
23.4 Estimation and Inference in Binary Choice Models
23.4.1 Robust Covariance Matrix Estimation
23.4.2 Marginal Effects and Average Partial Effects
23.4.3 Hypothesis Tests
23.4.4 Specification Tests for Binary Choice Models
23.4.4.a Omitted Variables
23.4.4.b Heteroscedasticity
23.4.5 Measuring Goodness of FIT
23.4.6 Choice-Based Sampling
23.4.7 Dynamic Binary Choice Models
23.5 Binary Choice Models for panel data
23.5.1 Random Effects Models
23.5.2 Fixed Effects Models
23.5.3 Modeling Heterogeneity
23.5.4 Parameter Heterogeneity
23.6 Semiparametric Analysis
23.6.1 Semiparametric Estimation
23.6.2 A Kernel Estimator for a Nonparametric Regression Function
23.7 Endogenous Right-Hand-Side Variables in Binary Choice Models
23.8 Bivariate Probit Models
23.8.1 Maximum Likelihood Estimation
23.8.2 Testing for Zero Correlation
23.8.3 Marginal Effects
23.8.4 Recursive Bivariate Probit Models
23.9 A Multivariate Probit Model
23.10 Analysis of Ordered Choices
23.10.1 The Ordered Probit Model
23.10.2 Bivariate Ordered Probit Models
23.10.3 Panel Data Applications
23.10.3.a Ordered Probit Models with Fixed Effects
23.10.3.b Ordered Probit Models with Random Effects
23.11 Models for Unordered Multiple Choices
23.11.1 The Multinomial Logit Model
23.11.2 The Conditional Logit Model
23.11.3 The Independence from Irrelevant Alternatives Assumption
23.11.4 Nested Logit Models
23.11.5 The Multinomial Probit Model
23.11.6 The Mixed Logit Model
23.11.7 Application: Conditional Logit Model for Travel Mode Choice
23.11.8 Panel Data and Stated Choice Experiments
23.12 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 24 Truncation, Censoring, and Sample Selection
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Truncation
24.2.1 Truncated Distributions
24.2.2 Moments of Truncated Distributions
24.2.3 The Truncated Regression Model
24.3 Censored Data
24.3.1 The Censored Normal Distribution
24.3.2 The Censored Regression (Tobit) Model
24.3.3 Estimation
24.3.4 Some Issues in Specification
24.3.4.a Heteroscedasticity
24.3.4.b Misspecification of Prob[y*<0]
24.3.4.c Corner Solutions
24.3.4.d Nonnormality
24.4 Panel Data Applications
24.5 Sample Selection
24.5.1 Incidental Truncation in a Bivariate Distribution
24.5.2 Regression in a Model of Selection
24.5.3 Estimation
24.5.4 Regression Analysis of Treatment Effects
24.5.5 The Nonnormality Assumption
24.5.6 Estimating the Effect of Treatment on the Treated
24.5.7 Sample Selection in Nonlinear Models
24.5.8 Panel Data Applications of Sample Selection Models
24.5.8.a Common Effects in Sample Selection Models
24.5.8.b Attrition
24.6 Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 25 Models for Event Counts and Duration
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Models for Counts of Events
25.2.1 Measuring Goodness of FIT
25.2.2 Testing for Overdispersion
25.2.3 Heterogeneity and the Negative Binomial Regression Model
25.2.4 Functional Forms for Count Data Models
25.3 Panel Data Models
25.3.1 Robust Covariance Matrices
25.3.2 Fixed Effects
25.3.3 Random Effects
25.4 Hurdle and Zero-Altered Poisson Models
25.5 Censoring and Truncation in Models for Counts
25.5.1 Censoring and Truncation in the Poisson Model
25.5.2 Application: Censoring in the Tobit and Poisson Regression Models
25.6 Models for Duration Data
25.6.1 Duration Data
25.6.2 A Regression-Like Approach: Parametric Models of Duration
25.6.2.a Theoretical Background
25.6.2.b Models of the Hazard Approach
25.6.2.c Maximum Likelihood Estimation
25.6.2.d Exogenous Variables
25.6.2.e Heterogeneity
25.6.3 Nonparametric and Semiparametric Approaches
25.7 Summary and Conclusions
Part VII 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 Matrix Addition
A.2.4 Vector Multiplication
A.2.5 A Notation for Rows and Columns of a Matrix
A.2.6 Matrix Multiplication and Scalar Multiplication
A.2.7 Sums of Values
A.2.8 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 Problems
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 Quadratic Forms
A.6.11 Factoring a Matrix
A.6.12 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 Optimizations
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 Distribution
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.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
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 Hypotheses 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 Models
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
Appendix G Statistical Tables
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