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Re: st: ARMA(1,1) with Multiple Panels
Many thanks for this extremely helpful suggestion!
Regarding the conditional ML estimator for -arima- models, Alexander Gelber
<[email protected]> goes on to ask,
> When you say that the "conditional estimator is conditional on
> simple rules for starting the process at the beginning of the
> sample," what simple rules or assumptions, in particular, are you
> referring to? I have had trouble finding the answer using Stata
> help.
Primarily that e_t=0 and u_t=0 in first periods before they can be estimated
from the data, see [TS] arima and the associated references for details.
-- Vince
[email protected]
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