Abstract
For the GMM estimation of the dynamic panel data model, we propose reducing finite sample bias by imposing parametric restrictions on the expected first derivative matrix and the covariance matrix of the sample moment functions. We find that the small-sample bias of the usual GMM can be considerably reduced especially for models with many overidentifying moment conditions. The resulting estimator is consistent under regularity irrespective of the correctness of the extra restrictions and is first-order efficient if they are indeed correct. Simulations demonstrate that the proposed estimator shows considerable bias reduction in comparison to the conventional GMM estimators. Our method is applied to a dynamic cigarette consumption model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2589-2610 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Empirical Economics |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 Jun |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Peter Schmidt, Joon Y. Park, Songnian Chen, Heejoon Han, Robin Sickles, Hailong Qian, Myungsup Kim, Artem Prokhorov, Chang Sik Kim, Kyungchul Song, Hiroyuki Kasahara and Paul Schrimpf for their comments. We also thank two anonymous referees and the Editor for their invaluable inputs.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- Dynamic panel data models
- Efficiency
- Many moment conditions
- Parametric weighting
- Weak identification
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- Mathematics (miscellaneous)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Economics and Econometrics