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Re: RE: st: Valid instrument test for exactly identified regression
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Re: RE: st: Valid instrument test for exactly identified regression
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Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:56 +0000
Hi, thanks for the discussion.
I understand Hansen J cannot be used, since I have 1 IV for 1 endog.
However, even though more IVs are good, for now I need to show that my single IV is valid. (I checked numerous published papers with exact id, but no one seems to bother showing their one IV is valid).
So I need to show that the IV doesn't corr with the u_it from 2nd stage.
I have done what Justina said, which to me made intuitive sense in checking if IV corr with u_it. The coefficient is not sig at 90%.
I then did the direct thing, by predicting the u_it (using steps from this board) and then pwcorr u_it and IV. The 2 are not correlated. I'm not an econometrician (obviously!), so was wondering if you all think these steps are problematic, now that there isn't a direct test I can do.
Thanks - Eric
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Schaffer, Mark E" <[email protected]>
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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:32:52
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Reply-To: [email protected]: RE: RE: st: Valid instrument test for exactly identified regression
Justina,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Justina Fischer
> Sent: 15 June 2011 14:19
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: RE: st: Valid instrument test for exactly
> identified regression
>
> well, validity implies that the exclusion restriction is satisfied.
> At least I learned this in grad school...
True. But it's not testable if the equation is just-identified. You
only have degrees of freedom available for testing if it's
overidentified (hence the name of the test - Eric's point).
> Nevertheless, he needs more and better instruments.
Indeed!
--Mark
> JF
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:10:22 +0100
> > Von: "Schaffer, Mark E" <[email protected]>
> > An: [email protected]
> > Betreff: RE: st: Valid instrument test for exactly identified
> > regression
>
> > Justina,
> >
> > I don't think the test you proposed makes sense, to be
> honest. (Maybe
> > you had in mind a test of the exogeneity of the endogenous
> regressor?)
> > But your conclusion - find a second instrument - is sensible.
> >
> > --Mark
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Justina
> > > Fischer
> > > Sent: 15 June 2011 13:56
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: st: Valid instrument test for exactly identified
> > > regression
> > >
> > > so it was significant at the 10% level ? That's no good.
> > > Try to find a second instrument for decent testing (e.g.a
> quadratic
> > > term of your first instrument) .
> > > JF
> > >
> > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > > Datum: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:45:23 +0000
> > > > Von: [email protected]
> > > > An: [email protected]
> > > > Betreff: Re: st: Valid instrument test for exactly identified
> > > > regression
> > >
> > > > Hi thanks, I've already tried that informally and the IV wasn't
> > > > significant at 95%. But is there a Hansen J-like test I can
> > > do that is more formal?
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld Powered by Gee!
> > > from StarHub
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: "Justina Fischer" <[email protected]>
> > > > Sender: [email protected]
> > > > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:34:03
> > > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > > Reply-To: [email protected]: Re: st: Valid
> > > > instrument test for exactly identified regression
> > > >
> > > > well, going back to your econometric textbook you could
> > > test whether
> > > > the instrument is significant when added to the main
> > > regression (exclusion
> > > > restriction) - it should not be....
> > > >
> > > > Justina Fischer
> > > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > > > Datum: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:10:32 +0000
> > > > > Von: [email protected]
> > > > > An: [email protected]
> > > > > Betreff: st: Valid instrument test for exactly identified
> > > regression
> > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > I have a model that is exactly identified, so the
> > > xtivreg2 command
> > > > > gives me a zero for the Hansen J statistic.
> > > > > Can you please advise: how do I test the validity of the
> > > IV, that it
> > > > > doesn't correlate with the errors in the structural equation?
> > > > > I know the IV is relevant from the first stage (1st stage
> > > > > F-test, weak-instrument robust inference tests -- all
> reject null at 99%).
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > E
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