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Re: st: using xtabond and xtabond2
On Jul 28, 2007, at 6:56 PM, natalie chan wrote:
Maybe this is a question more about econometrics than about Stata but
I can't find anywhere more appropriate to ask this question. Thanks in
advance.
I am doing regressions on economic growth equations with a panel data
of 20 years for 48 countries. I wanted to use dynamic panel approach
with xtabond or xtabond2, however, the Arellano-Bond methods are
specified for data with small T and large N. On the other hand, I
have seen some researchers using Arellano-Bond methods on growth
models, including Bond himself. Could anyone give me some advice on
this? Thanks a lot.
I would like to expand Natalie's question: I have an application of
dynamic panel data in which T/N is nearly 3, with N = 50. In David
Roodman's excellent discussion of -xtabond2- [1], he writes, "If T is
large, dynamic panel bias becomes insignificant, and a more
straightforward fixed effects estimator works." (p. 42) However, I
have never been able to find a discussion of how "large" of a T is
"large enough" in the literature (which I interpret is part of
Natalie's question). In the only textbook reference I have found,
Baltagi (2005) [2] writes, "FE, GMM, and LIML exhibit a bias term in
their asymptotic distributions; the biases are of the order 1/T, 1/N,
and 1/(2N-T), respectively." (p. 153)
Would it be reasonable, therefore, to conclude that in Natalie's
case (T/N < 1/2), GMM (i.e. AB-type estimators) or LIML would be
preferred, whereas in my case (T/N > 2.5), FE would be preferred? (I
realize that this claim is based on asymptotic arguments, and that
the N & T discussed here are probably too small. Any information
about the small-sample properties of these estimators in a dynamic
panel context would be appreciated as well.)
I also recognize that this question is at least as much about
statistics (econometrics) as about Stata, and I appreciate any help
or suggestions.
[1] <http://repec.org/nasug2006/howtodoxtabond2.cgdev.pdf>
[2] <http://www.stata.com/bookstore/eapd.html>
-- Mike
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