Jennifer Alix-Garcia <[email protected]> asked about the
resampling scheme used by -vce(bootstrap)- when used with -xt- commands:
> It isn't clear to me what kind of sampling method the vce(bootstrap)
> command uses when you specify it as an option for xtreg with fixed
> effects with a panel. Does it use a "block bootstrap" method, i.e.,
> drawing strings of time series from within the i() variable? If so, how
> long of a block does it draw? If not, how is it dealing with serial
> correlation? Thanks in advance for your insights. Best, Jennifer
Austin Nichols <[email protected]> replied that the panels are resampled
just like clusters:
> I don't have a manual handy, but I believe the approach is to sample
> panels (thus, strings of time series corresponding to the whole panel,
> in your parlance) with replacement, much as the cluster option on
> -bootstrap- does. Also note
> (from update 06oct2006)
> 1. areg with option vce(bootstrap) or vce(jackknife) resampled
> observations instead of the groups identified by the absorb()
> variable. This has been fixed.
Jennifer then wrote in that she tried using the -bootstrap- prefix command
with the -cluster()- option but got different results:
> Hmmm...I did try bootstrapping it using the bootstrap cluster() option
> and got somewhat different results, which was on reason why I was
> wondering about the sampling used for vce(bootstrap). I will try to get
> my hands on a manual and figure out if it specifies the sampling
> strategy. Thanks for your help.
Jennifer likely didn't use the -idcluster()- option for her comparison with
the -vce(bootstrap)- results. For example,
. webuse nlswork
. xtreg ln_w grade age*, i(idcode) fe vce(bootstrap, seed(1234))
is equivalent to
. bootstrap, seed(1234) cluster(idcode) idcluster(newid) :
xtreg ln_w grade age*, i(newid) fe
(the above being one line, but broken up here for aesthetics)
Notice that -bootstrap- generates the resampled datasets by clustering on
-idcode-. The -idcluster()- option causes the -newid- variable to be
generated (for each new bootstrap sample dataset), whose values identify the
resampled clusters uniquely; and -xtreg- uses these resampled panels
via the -i(newid)- option.
--Jeff
[email protected]
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