Hi,
I am very new to statalist, and hope someone has any insight on two
issues related to xtabond:
(a) using select lags as instruments, and
(b) using lags vs differenced lags as instruments.
To a): I am using xtabond to run a dynamic panel data model. I want
to use lags of Y as instruments. But I want to choose myself which
lags to use as instruments. The code maxldep(#) in the xtabond
statement would allow me to choose the maximum number of lags to use
as instruments. Suppose, though, that I want to use
y(i t-3) as instrument but not y(i t-2) or y(i t-1). Specifying
maxldep(3) would, however, force me to use as instruments all three
lags, no?
To b): Besides, when I use maxldep(3), is it using as instruments
the lags or the differenced lags?? Because, as I understand it,
xtabond automatically first-differences all the variables in the
model (except for those included in diffvars( )).
Any thoughts??
Thanks,
Tewodaj
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Tewodaj Mogues
Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wisconsin - Madison
427 Lorch St. #317, Taylor Hall
Madison, WI 53706
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