Sara,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> sara borelli
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 6:34 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: st: RE: cragg-donal test for weak instruments
> with heteroskedasticity
>
> I am trying to install ivreg2 and ranktest in stata10, but I
> have some difficulties
>
> after typing
> ssc install ivreg2
> ssc install ranktest
> I get the following message:
> file c:\ado\plus\next.trk already exists
>
> and I am not able to install them (even using the repalce
> option)...It seems that ivreg2 is already installed but when
> I try to use it stata10 does not recognize it...any suggestions?
How about using the -replace- option?
ssc install ivreg2, replace
ssc install ranktest, replace
And maybe you have multiple versions installed? Try
which ivreg2, all
--Mark
>
> thanks a lot
> Sara
>
>
>
> --- Ven 25/7/08, Schaffer, Mark E <[email protected]> ha scritto:
>
> > Da: Schaffer, Mark E <[email protected]>
> > Oggetto: RE: st: RE: cragg-donal test for weak instruments with
> > heteroskedasticity
> > A: [email protected]
> > Data: Venerd� 25 luglio 2008, 18:31
> > Sara,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > Behalf Of
> > > sara borelli
> > > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 4:58 PM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: R: st: RE: cragg-donal test for weak
> > instruments
> > > with heteroskedasticity
> > >
> > > Dear Professor Shaffer,
> > >
> > > I am sorry to ask you further,and such a long
> > question, but I
> > > want to be sure that I understand correctly. Thus,
> > from my
> > > understanding, I have two options:
> > >
> > > Either I run ivreg2 and get the The K-P statitsics,
> > and then
> > > compare it to the tabulated values of Staiger and
> Stock(2002), Or I
> > > explicitly estimate the reduced
> > forms for
> > > the two endogenous variables, compute the F-tests for
> > the
> > > excluded instruments in each reduced form and compare
> > those
> > > to 10. Is this correct?
> >
> > Not quite. Either you compare the K-P statistic (which is
> > heteroskedasticity robust) to the Stock-Yogo (not
> > Staiger-Stock) tabulated values for the C-D statistic, as
> you suggest,
> > or you compare K-P to the the Staiger-Stock value of 10.
> >
> > Separate first-stage regressions do not provide an adequate test of
> > identification - see Baum et al (2003) for an explanation (full
> > reference details in -ivreg2- help).
> >
> > A third possibility is to test for heteroskedasticity (see
> > -ivhettest-) and hope you don't have it. If you don't,
> then you can
> > use the C-D stat with S-Y critical values.
> >
> > > Since both options are not going to give me the
> > "perfect"
> > > answer, I wanted to do it in both ways, and see what
> > happens,
> > > but after installing ivreg2 and ranktest, I am not
> > able to
> > > get the first stage K-P statistics or the cragg donald
> >
> > > statistics. After running
> > > ivreg2 y x (y1 y2=z1 z2), ffirst robust Stata reports
> only the first
> > > stage F (which is not
> > even
> > > robust) and the shea statistics, nothing more.
> > > Is it possible that this happens because I do not have
> > the
> > > appropriate stata version to obtain K-P or Cragg
> > Donald? I am
> > > currently using Stata 8. I have also access to Stata
> > 10, but
> > > there ivreg2 does not work, and it seems that K-P is a
> >
> > > special feature of ivreg2 and not of ivregress. Is
> > this what
> > > is going on?
> >
> > Not quite. -ivreg2- certainly runs under Stata 10, but you need to
> > make sure you install the latest version, and also
> > -ranktest- (which is the command that calculates the K-P
> statistic).
> > You are right that the K-P statistic is not supported by official
> > Stata -ivregress-.
> >
> > -ranktest- requires Stata 9 or better, which is why your Stata 8
> > version won't report the K-P statistic.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mark
> >
> > > Thank you very much for your help
> > > Sara
> > >
> > > --- Ven 25/7/08, Schaffer, Mark E
> > <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> > >
> > > > Da: Schaffer, Mark E
> > <[email protected]>
> > > > Oggetto: st: RE: cragg-donal test for weak
> > instruments with
> > > > heteroskedasticity
> > > > A: [email protected]
> > > > Data: Venerd� 25 luglio 2008, 15:28 Sara,
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > >
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > > > Behalf Of
> > > > > sara borelli
> > > > > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 1:57 PM
> > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > Subject: st: cragg-donal test for weak
> > instruments
> > > > with
> > > > > heteroskedasticity
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear All,
> > > > >
> > > > > I a estimating the following model:
> > > > >
> > > > > Y= aX + bY1 + cY2 + u
> > > > > I am using standard errors robust and
> > clustered at the
> > > >
> > > > > neighborhood level;
> > > > >
> > > > > X = vector of eogenous regressors Y1, Y2 are endogenous
> > > > > Z1 Z2 excluded instruments
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to test weather my IVs are non-weak.
> > I know
> > > > that in
> > > > > the case of a single endogenous variable I
> > should use
> > > > the
> > > > > "rule of thumb" that the first
> > stage
> > > > F-statistic >10 (Steiger
> > > > > and Stock 1997).
> > > > > But Stock and Yogo (2002) say to use the
> > Cragg -Donald
> > > >
> > > > > Statistics in presence of multiple
> > endogenous
> > > > regressors. I
> > > > > know this statistics is not valid under
> > > > heteroskedasticity. I
> > > > > would like to know if there is a way to
> > compute a
> > > > robust
> > > > > analog of the Cragg-Donal statistics in
> > Stata
> > > >
> > > > The Cragg-Donald statistic is a test statistic
> > for the rank of a
> > > > matrix.
> > > > Anderson (1951) derived an earlier and similar
> > test based
> > > on canonical
> > > > correlations.
> > > >
> > > > -ivreg2-, downloadable from ssc-ideas in the
> > usual way, reports a
> > > > generalization of these to the case of
> > heteroskedastic and/or
> > > > autocorrelated errors, due to Kleibergen and
> > Paap. The K-P stat
> > > > reduces to C-D and Anderson tests in the iid
> > case.
> > > >
> > > > The K-P stat is implemented in Stata by
> > -ranktest-, so
> > > you'll need to
> > > > install this as well.
> > > >
> > > > > and in case if
> > > > > it would still be valid to compare it to the
> > tabulated
> > > > values
> > > > > of Stock and Yogo(2002). Alternatively,
> > would be wrong
> > > > to
> > > > > simply refer to the old "rule of
> > tumb" that
> > > > the F-statistics
> > > > > should be at least 10, even in presence of
> > multiple endogenous
> > > > > variables?
> > > >
> > > > As far as I know, critical values have not been
> > tabulated
> > > for non-iid
> > > > case (and it would be hard to, since the form of
> > > > heteroskedasticity/autocorrelation will make a
> > difference
> > > to how they
> > > > perform).
> > > >
> > > > Either of your suggestions seems sensible to me.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Mark (coauthor of -ivreg2- and -ranktest-)
> > > >
> > > > Prof. Mark E. Schaffer
> > > > Department of Economics
> > > > School of Management & Languages
> > > > Heriot-Watt University
> > > > Edinburgh EH14 4AS UK
> > > > 44-131-451-3494 direct
> > > > 44-131-451-3296 fax
> > > > http://ideas.repec.org/e/psc51.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for any help
> > > > > Sara Borelli
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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