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Re: st: xtabond with constraints
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: xtabond with constraints
Date
Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:06:57 +0100
Sorry, nothing from me on that; that is a question for people who do
this kind of thing, but there are plenty of them on this list.
Nick
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Pedro Ferreira
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Nick,
>
> I have included that approach in my previous message. However, there
> is a dynamic panel nature to what I am trying to do. Using your
> variable names below, in my case y = x(t+1) and I have x(t) on the
> right hand side. I am wondering if you have any insight about what is
> best: xtabond with y_2 as a function of x(t) or reg3 with the
> constraint that the coefficient on x(t-1) should be -1 (using the
> other equations in reg3 to instrument x(t) and x(t-1) with lags)?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Pedro
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If the coefficient in x[t-1] must be identically -1 then you can add
>> that variable to the response variable before you fit a model in terms
>> of other predictors.
>>
>> That is
>>
>> y = <some stuff> -x[t-1] ...
>>
>> is equivalent to
>>
>> y + x[t-1] = <some stuff>
>>
>> so model y_2 = y + x[t-1]
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Pedro Ferreira
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I am running a model of x(t+1) on x(t) and x(t-1) plus other controls.
>>> I need to restrict the coefficient on x(t-1) to be -1. Any suggestions
>>> for how to do this? My understanding is that xtabond2 does not allow
>>> for constraints. I can add x(t+1) with x(t-1) and make this my new
>>> dependent variable and instrument x(t) gmm style with deep lags of x,
>>> namely deeper than 4. Is this the best strategy? Another approach I
>>> have considered is to use 3SLS, first equation is just x(t+1) on x(t)
>>> and x(t-1) and I use the other equations to run regressions of x(t)
>>> and x(t-1) on deep lags. Using reg3 allows me to force the coefficient
>>> on x(t-1) to be equal to -1 in the first equation. Unfortunately, reg3
>>> does not give me the AR tests for how good the lags are as
>>> instruments. Any ideas, thoughts would be highly appreciated. Thanks,
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