Hello,
I had earlier sent the message below to statalist. However, a few
minutes ago, it struck me that the equations I have may not be a
"simultaneous equation model" at all. This is based partly on Kit
Baum's message on http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2004-03/
msg01120.html.
In our model (given below), none of the endogeneous variables affect
each other at that time. All the variables on the right-hand sides of
all equations are either exogneous of lagged-endogeneous (i.e., pre-
determined).
Therefore, it would seem that simple panel regressions, rather than
simultaneous models, would be appropriate. Am I missing something?
Thanks, and best wishes,
Rajiv
On Feb 23, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Rajiv Sabherwal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A PhD student and I are trying to test a model containing
> simultaneous equations such as the following:
>
> y1(t) = a1 + b11*y1(t-1) + b12*y2(t-1) +b13*y3(t-1) + b14*y4(t-1) +
> b15*y5(t-1) + b16*x1 + b17*x2
> y2(t) = a2 + b21*y2(t-1) + b23*y3(t-1) + b24*y4(t-1) + b25*y5(t-1)
> + b26*x1 + b27*x2
> y3(t) = a3 + b31*x3 + b32*x4 +b33*x5
> y4(t) = a4 + b41*x6 + b42*x7
> y5(t) = a5 + b51*x8 + b52*x9
>
> We have panel data, with 5000 units observed at 50 periods each,
> and some time-invariant exogeneous variables characterizing each
> unit. None of the exogeneous variables vary over time, but all the
> endogeneous variables do.
>
> We believe random effects would be appropriate as we also need to
> study the effects of the time-invariant exogeneous variables. We
> are contemplating using reg3 (I couldn't find an appropriate xt
> command, as xtivreg and xtivreg2 seem to be for a single
> endogeneous variable). Would reg3 be appropriate for this
> situation? Also, how would we identify the panel variable in reg3?
>
> I have searched the internet and Stata discussion lists, but could
> not find an answer. I did find the following paper, which uses
> reg3, but with fixed effects and no time-invariant exogeneous
> variables.
>
> Why Firms Want to Organize Efficiently and What Keeps Them from
> Doing so: Inappropriate Governance, Performance, and Adaptation in
> a Deregulated Industry, Jack A. Nickerson; Brian S. Silverman,
> Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 3. (Sep., 2003), pp.
> 433-465.
>
> Please advise. Thanks a lot, and best wishes,
>
> Rajiv
>
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> University of Missouri Curators Professor
> CCB 206, College of Business Administration
> University of Missouri, St. Louis
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>
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