Dynamic panel GMM using R

Peter C.B. Phillips, Chirok Han

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Abstract

GMM methods for estimating dynamic panel regression models are heavily used in applied work in many areas of economics and more widely in the social and business sciences. Software packages in STATA and GAUSS are commonly used in these applications. We provide a new R program for difference GMM, system GMM, and within-group estimation for simulation with the model we consider that is based on a standard first-order dynamic panel regression with individual- and time-specific effects. The program lacks the generality of a full package but provides a foundation for further development and is optimized for speed, making it particularly useful for large panels and simulation purposes. The program is illustrated in simulations that include both stationary and nonstationary cases. Particular attention in the simulations is given to analyzing the impact of fixed effect heterogeneity on bias in system GMM estimation compared with the other methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConceptual Econometrics Using R
EditorsHrishikesh D. Vinod, C.R. Rao
PublisherElsevier B.V.
Pages119-144
Number of pages26
ISBN (Print)9780444643117
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Publication series

NameHandbook of Statistics
Volume41
ISSN (Print)0169-7161

Keywords

  • Bias
  • Difference GMM
  • Dynamic panel
  • System GMM
  • Within-group estimation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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