• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Endogeneity, time-varying coefficients, and incorrect vs. correct ways of specifying the error terms of econometric models
  • Contributor: Swamy, P. A. V. B. [Author]; Mehta, Jatinder S. [Author]; Chang, I-Lok [Author]
  • Published: Basel: MDPI, 2017
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/econometrics5010008
  • ISSN: 2225-1146
  • Keywords: endogenous variable ; exogenous variable ; unique coefficient and error term ; C13 ; time-varying coefficient ; C51 ; accurate estimation of bias-free component
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  • Description: Using the net effect of all relevant regressors omitted from a model to form its error term is incorrect because the coefficients and error term of such a model are non-unique. Non-unique coefficients cannot possess consistent estimators. Uniqueness can be achieved if; instead; one uses certain 'sufficient sets' of (relevant) regressors omitted from each model to represent the error term. In this case; the unique coefficient on any non-constant regressor takes the form of the sum of a bias-free component and omitted-regressor biases. Measurement-error bias can also be incorporated into this sum. We show that if our procedures are followed; accurate estimation of bias-free components is possible.
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)