Thanks, Steven.
The paper you recommended is helpful, but as you said,
it assumes N>>T as opposed to T>N. Are there any
other approaches, parametric or otherwise, that lend
themselves to cross-sectional time series analysis
when there are lots of time periods, but not too many
clusters? Thanks. Lloyd.
--- steven proud <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Much of the panel data literature assumes a large
> cross sectional aspect, and a short time period
> (i.e. N>>T)
>
> Now, if you wish to see the effect of various
> covariates, you may want to use a random effects
> model, although this is only consistent under very
> strict assumptions.
>
> A possible other solution is using the arrellano
> bond difference gmm, or a system gmm method of
> estimation....
>
> DYNAMIC PANEL DATA MODELS:
> A GUIDE TO MICRO DATA METHODS AND PRACTICE
> Stephen Bond
> THE INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES
> DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, UCL
>
> has a good description of said models.
>
>
> > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:42:02 -0800
> > From: [email protected]
> > Subject: st: alternatives to fixed effects for
> panel data
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> > Hello. My data structure presents what must be a
> > common problem.
> >
> > I have quarterly outcomes data on 15 units. The
> panel
> > is unbalanced. The average number of observations
> per
> > unit is about 20. But, just about all of the
> > explanatory variables that I have are
> time-constant.
> > So, at the moment, I am doing something like...
> >
> > - xtreg DEPVAR LINEARTREND INDEPVAR1 INDEPVAR2
> > INDEPVAR1xLINEARTREND
> >
> > I think a fixed-effects specification--xtreg,
> fe--is
> > called for, but it, of course, precludes my
> analysis
> > of the variables I care about. This seems like it
> > must come up a lot in situations in which one has
> a
> > small number of units/clusters, but each with a
> > reasonable (.e., more than one) number of
> observations
> > within.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest an alternative, perhaps non- or
> > semi-parametric way to address change over time in
> > these data?
> >
> > Thank you! Lloyd.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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