Index

Essays in Honor of M. Hashem Pesaran: Panel Modeling, Micro Applications, and Econometric Methodology

ISBN: 978-1-80262-066-5, eISBN: 978-1-80262-065-8

ISSN: 0731-9053

Publication date: 18 January 2022

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(2022), "Index", Chudik, A., Hsiao, C. and Timmermann, A. (Ed.) Essays in Honor of M. Hashem Pesaran: Panel Modeling, Micro Applications, and Econometric Methodology (Advances in Econometrics, Vol. 43B), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 357-365. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0731-90532021000043B019

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Copyright © 2022 Alexander Chudik, Cheng Hsiao and Allan Timmermann


INDEX

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Active job market program
, 230

Activity limiting condition binary variable (ALC)
, 67

Adverse credit-supply shock
, 208

Aggregation methods
, 85–91

Alternative gradient methods
, 277

Amazon
, 87

Anderson and Rubin statistic (AR statistic)
, 341

“Anti-gang” campaign
, 97–98

Apple
, 87

Arellano–Bond difference GMM
, 308

ARX(1) model
, 104

Asymptotic distribution
, 287

of ML estimators
, 279–280

Asymptotic theory
, 108

mean non-stationarity
, 112–113

stationary setup
, 108–111

stylized autoregressive model
, 113–114

Augmented regression
, 107

Augmented Solow growth model
, 5, 298–300

Australian Household, Income and Labor Dynamic (HILDA)
, 67

Auto-regressive distributed lag approach (ARDL approach)
, 215–218

cross-sectionally augmented
, 219–220

Average treatment effects (ATE)
, 82

Backward mean transformation

approaches based on backward means
, 114

asymptotic theory
, 108–114

bias-corrected OBM
, 114–116

explanatory notes on Everaert
, 119–120

finite sample results
, 120–123

hybrid OLS-IV estimators
, 118–119

model
, 105–108

Monte Carlo results for dynamic model
, 127–143

OLS-IV estimator of Everaert
, 116–118

properties of GMM estimators
, 104–105

Balance-sheet
, 210

Bayesian analysis for dynamic panel data models
, 309

Bayesian approach
, 5

Bhattacharya-Matusita-Hellinger measure
, 233

Bias-corrected FE estimators
, 114

Bias-corrected OBM estimator (BC-OBM)
, 114–116, 121

Bias-corrected estimator
, 346

Block resampling bootstrap (2S bootstrap)
, 318

computation
, 330

Blundell–Bond system GMM
, 308

CCE mean group estimator (CCEMG)
, 189, 330

CCE pooled estimator (CCEP)
, 327

dynamic homogeneous panel
, 329

Central limit theorem (CLT)
, 147

Centrality
, 231

Chamberlain-type FE model
, 325

Chebyshev’s inequality
, 169

China’s P2P market, analysis of
, 97–98

Cluster-robust standard errors
, 146

Coherence
, 85

Common correlated effects (CCE)
, 38, 44–48, 84, 179, 308

Composition effects
, 230

Conditional maximum likelihood method
, 73

Conditional point estimation of endogeneity covariances
, 346

Confidence set
, 338, 345–352

ε-contamination
, 310, 312–313

Conventional measures of differences
, 238–340

Conventional simple average method
, 86

Conventional test statistic
, 149–155

Corporate debt
, 209

corporate debt–productivity growth
, 220

Corporate finance
, 208

Corporate indebtedness
, 209

Corporate-debt threshold effects, tests of
, 222–223

Correlation

coefficients
, 304

measures
, 281–282

Counterfactual analysis
, 237

Counterfactual distribution
, 238–244

accounting for selection
, 236–237

identification and estimation of
, 235

without selection
, 235–236

Coverage
, 211–213

CPDA approach
, 92

CPI
, 50

Crime, police effect on
, 197–200

Cross-correlation weights matrix
, 55

Cross-firm

heterogeneity
, 207

slope heterogeneity
, 208

Cross-section dependence test (CD test)
, 48, 50, 222

Cross-sectional correlation
, 146–147

conventional test statistic
, 149–155

modified test statistic
, 155–156

Monte Carlo experiment
, 156–165

review on double-indexed CLT
, 147–149

technical proofs
, 168–175

test
, 149

testing for cross-sectional correlation
, 149

Cross-sectional dependence (CD)
, 207

Cross-sectional error dependencies
, 209

Cross-sectionally augmented ARDL and DL approaches
, 219–220

Cross-Sectionally augmented Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL)
, 207

Cross-Sectionally augmented Distributed Lag (CSDL)
, 207

Cumulative distribution function (cdf)
, 272

replacing margins with empirical
, 280–281

Current Population Survey (CPS)
, 231, 237

Data generating process (DGP)
, 84, 151, 156, 192, 289

Debt
, 208

to assets
, 211

to EBITDA
, 211

of firm
, 210

overhang problem
, 208

threshold effect
, 209

Decision makers
, 82

Decree Law
, 210–211

Depth-based approach
, 185

Descriptive statistics
, 211

coverage
, 211–213

evolution of firm indebtedness
, 213

firm productivity
, 213–214

DHZ model
, 65

Diagonal OBM estimator (D-OBM)
, 121

Diebold–Mariano test
, 91

“Direct” approach
, 225n8

Disaggregate approaches
, 89–91

Distributed lag approach (DL approach)
, 219

cross-sectionally augmented
, 219–220

Double-indexed CLT
, 147

Dynamic binary state-dependent model
, 79–80

Dynamic heterogeneous panel data methods
, 4

Dynamic homogeneous panel data

dynamic heterogeneous panel data
, 329–

with CCE
, 329

with common trends
, 327–329

Dynamic panel data models
, 104, 114, 308, 310

Monte Carlo simulation study
, 319–330

random effects
, 308–309

robust linear dynamic panel data model
, 310–319

Dynamic qualitative choice models
, 79

Dynamic random coefficients panel data model
, 313

Dynamic response path of labor participation decision to health shock
, 65–70

Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGEs)
, 64–65

Earnings distribution
, 230

Econometric models
, 10–11, 65, 272–275

Economic distance
, 146

Economic model
, 48–50

Economic significance
, 223–224

Eigenvector
, 86

Empirical model
, 49

Endogeneity
, 338–339

parameters
, 338

Endogeneity covariances

conditional point estimation of
, 346

inference for structural parameter
, 345–346

joint inference for structural parameters and
, 346–347

projection-based inference for
, 347–348

two-stage inference for
, 345

Entropy
, 238–340

entropy-based measures
, 233–234

Equity
, 49

Error components model
, 165n3

Error correction models (ECMs)
, 3, 38 (see also Panel data model)

spatial and spatio-temporal error correction models
, 39–44

Error-components

model
, 147

test
, 4

Estimation steps
, 61

Evaluation Functions (EFs)
, 233

Excessive debt
, 208

Exogeneity tests
, 350–351

Expectation hypothesis (EH)
, 256

LS with sequential thresholds, on original data
, 264–265

methodology
, 265–266

NP evidence
, 259–262

observations cause rejection of hypothesis
, 262

RLS on sorted data
, 262–264

Expectational errors
, 257–258

Expected squared error
, 258

Facebook
, 87

Female wage
, 238–244

Financial crisis
, 214

Financial institutions
, 1

Finite sample inference
, 293–296

Firm indebtedness
, 210

evolution
, 213

Firm(s)
, 208

firm-level panel data
, 4, 210

firm-specific lag order selection procedures
, 220

productivity
, 213–214

First-order dominance
, 234

Fixed effects (FE)
, 104, 108

dynamic panel estimator
, 308

estimators
, 104, 108, 178

model
, 73, 311

Forecasting accuracy
, 85

Frisch–Waugh–Lovell theorem (FWL theorem)
, 105, 342

g-prior
, 311

Gaussian dynamic linear mixed model
, 312–313

Gaussian pseudo-ML estimators
, 284

Gaussian ranks
, 270–271

asymptotic properties under correct specification
, 278

augmented Solow growth model
, 298–300

comparison
, 289

comparison with alternative estimators
, 287

correlations
, 272

econometric model
, 272–275

efficiency comparison with other moment estimators
, 281–284

empirical applications
, 297

growth regressions
, 301

margins
, 278–280

migration and growth rates
, 297–298

misspecification analysis
, 284–287

Monte Carlo evidence
, 289–297

partial correlation and regression
, 277–278

Pearson Correlation
, 287–289

practical considerations
, 304–306

regressions
, 272, 300

score vector and Hessian matrix
, 275–277

Spearman correlation
, 287

theoretical background
, 272

Gaussian regression procedures
, 300

Gaussian static linear mixed model
, 310

Generalized Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
, 235

Generalized method of moments (GMM)
, 104, 308

Global financial crisis
, 206

Global financial cycle
, 209

Google
, 87

Hard-threshold trimming
, 182

Hausman and Taylor (HT)
, 310, 319, 325–327

Health shock
, 65–70

Hessian function
, 277

Heterogeneity
, 238–239

Heterogeneous dynamic panel threshold models
, 214

Heterogeneous panels
, 178

Heterogeneous slope coefficients
, 178

Heterogeneous treatment effects
, 84–85, 92

Heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation consistent (HAC)
, 264

High-order network-lag Durbin model
, 2, 10

Higher-order network links
, 10

High-skill occupations
, 237

Homogeneity
, 178

Homogeneous temporal equilibrium
, 38

Homogeneous treatment effects
, 84–85, 92

Homogenous groups
, 85

House prices in UK
, 48

data
, 50

economic model
, 48–50

Hybrid OLS-IV estimators
, 118–119

Hypothesis testing
, 1, 92

Identification-robust inference (IR inference)
, 341

application to return-to-schooling model
, 351–352

asymptotic assumptions
, 343–345

basic structural framework
, 339–341

confidence regions
, 353

endogeneity parameters
, 338

exogeneity tests
, 350–351

framework and notation
, 339

inference approaches
, 338–339

inference for total effect
, 348–350

notation
, 341–343

two-stage inference for endogeneity covariances
, 345–348

Idiosyncratic shock
, 54

Implied Cobb–Douglas coefficients
, 298

Income-statement information
, 210

Independently and identically distributed (iid)
, 108

Individual behavior, panel analysis of

cohort approach to estimate fixed individual-specific effects for dynamic binary state-dependent model
, 79–80

dynamic response path of labor participation decision to health shock
, 65–70

parameter heterogeneity of state-dependent model
, 70–77

unemployment
, 64

Individual-specific slope coefficients
, 179

Industry-level deflators
, 225n10

Inference approaches
, 338–339

Inference for total effect
, 348–350

Information matrix equality
, 278–279

Institutional frameworks
, 207

Instrumental variables (IV)
, 338

Interest rates
, 256

Interquartile Range (IQR)
, 121

Inverse probability weighting methods
, 230

Isserlis’s theorem
, 345

Italian firms

ARDL approach
, 215–218

cross-sectionally augmented ARDL and DL approaches
, 219–220

data
, 210–211

descriptive statistics
, 211–214

DL approach
, 219

economic significance
, 223–224

empirical framework
, 214

estimates of long-run effects
, 220–222

productivity growth of
, 207–210

results
, 220

tests of corporate-debt threshold effects
, 222–223

TFP growth
, 206–207, 209

Job Corps programs
, 230

Joint inference for structural parameters and endogeneity covariances
, 346–347

Joint limit
, 147

Joint trimming approach
, 185

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test statistics
, 235

Korea Labor Income Panel Study (KLIPS)
, 183–184

Kullback-Leibler-Theil measure
, 231

Labor and product market frictions
, 209

Labor participation decision, dynamic response path of
, 65–70

LASSO method
, 84

Least median of squares (LMS)
, 272

Least squares (LS)
, 259, 308

estimators
, 105, 178

method
, 84

regression
, 258

with sequential thresholds
, 262

Least trimmed squares (LTS)
, 272

“Leverage ratchet” mechanism
, 225n4

Likelihood

based methods
, 104

based procedures
, 308

function
, 12

Likelihood-ratio-test (LR test)
, 11, 13, 15, 72

Linear approach
, 270

Linear cross-section regression model
, 146

Linear model
, 338

Linear panel regression model
, 146

Linear time-series regression model
, 146

Linearized version of EH
, 256

Log-likelihood score
, 276

Long-run effects, estimates of
, 220–222

Low-skill occupations
, 237

Lucas Critique
, 65

Macroeconomics
, 270

shocks
, 2

Mahalanobis depth
, 185

Mahalanobis-depth-based trimming
, 193, 200

March CPS
, 237

Marginal likelihoods
, 311, 314

Marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
, 183

Marginal trimming approach
, 184

Margins
, 278–280

replacing margins with empirical cdf
, 280–281

Maximum likelihood (ML)
, 272

Mean group estimator (MG estimator)
, 48, 178

Mean non-stationarity
, 112–113

Mean of absolute bias
, 88

Mean square error (MSE)
, 192

Medium-skill occupations
, 237

Micro modeling
, 4–5

Missing instruments
, 341

Misspecification analysis
, 284

asymptotic distribution
, 287

pseudo-true values
, 284–286

Model selection criterion
, 84

Modified test statistic
, 155–156

Monte Carlo evidence
, 289

design and estimation details
, 289

finite sample inference
, 293–296

effect of outliers
, 296–297

sampling distribution of different estimators
, 289–293

Monte Carlo experiment
, 156–165

Monte Carlo simulation
, 2–3, 5, 11, 13, 92–97, 147, 192–196

bias of parameters
, 16–23

Chamberlain-type FE model
, 325

design
, 13–14

DGP of Monte Carlo simulation study
, 319–321

dynamic homogeneous panel data model with CCE
, 329–330

dynamic homogeneous panel data model with common trends
, 327–329

individual-specific effects
, 14–15

likelihood-ratio tests
, 15

LR tests
, 32–34

results
, 15

RMSE of parameters
, 24–31

study
, 319

Multiple treatment effects

aggregation methods
, 85–87

analysis of China’s P2P market
, 97–98

criterion
, 87–89

homogeneous or heterogeneous treatment effects
, 84–85

measurement of treatment effects and sample configuration
, 82–84

Monte Carlo simulation
, 92–97

test of significance between aggregate and disaggregate approaches
, 89–91

treatment effects estimation results for impact of P2P performance
, 99

Multiplex network
, 10

Multivariate quantile contours
, 185

Nadaraya-Watson regression
, 258

Network interdependence
, 10

Network lag parameter
, 10

Newey-West estimators
, 262

Nickel bias
, 122

Nonparametric approach
, 83

Nonparametric estimation (NP estimation)
, 256

Normalized Bhattacharay-Matusita-Hellinger entropy
, 231

Normalized Kullback-Leibler-Theil measure
, 233

Null hypothesis
, 91

OBM implementation of Everaert (E-OBM)
, 121

OECD STAN database
, 211

Oil price shocks
, 209

OLS

coefficient
, 270

OLS-IV estimator of Everaert
, 116–118

regression
, 298

ORBIS data set
, 210

Orthogonal to Backwards Means estimator (OBM estimator)
, 3–4, 106

Outliers
, 256

effect of
, 296–297

Panel data model
, 2–4, 82–83, 104 (see also Dynamic panel data model; Error correction models (ECMs))

key assumptions
, 13

model
, 11

Monte Carlo simulations
, 13–34

random-effects
, 10–11

regression
, 178

Panel GMM estimators
, 309

Panel poolability tests
, 180

Panel regression model
, 189

Panel tests of threshold effects
, 218

Parametric approach
, 83

Partial correlation

coefficients and regression
, 277–278, 282–284

Pearson correlation coefficient
, 270–272, 287–289

Peer-to-peer activities (P2P activities)
, 82

Perpetual inventory method
, 211

Peso-problem explanation
, 256–259

Peso-type episodes
, 256

Police effect on crime
, 197–200

Policy invariant
, 64

Pooled mean group estimator
, 48

Pooled regression model
, 113

Posterior sensitivity analysis
, 313

Prais–Winsten transformation
, 309

Predetermined regressors
, 104–105

Productivity growth in Italy
, 206

Profit incentive
, 97

Projection-based inference for endogeneity covariances
, 347–348

Pseudo-true values
, 284–286

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
, 182–183

Quasi-maximum likelihood method (QML)
, 308

Quasi-Newton numerical optimization routine
, 276

Random effects (RE)
, 10, 73, 311, 308–309, 322–325

Ratio of debt
, 210

Real business cycle models
, 64

Real capital stocks
, 211

Recursive estimation
, 266

Recursive LS (RLS)
, 262

on sorted data
, 262–264

Recursive Mean Adjustment estimator (RMA estimator)
, 113

Rejection frequencies (RF)
, 121

Reporting assets
, 210

Return-to-schooling model, application to
, 351–352

Robust dynamic linear model in two-stage hierarchy
, 314–318

Robust estimator
, 181

Robust linear dynamic panel data model
, 310

dynamic framework
, 312–314

estimating ML-II posterior variance–covariance matrix
, 318–319

robust dynamic linear model in two-stage hierarchy
, 314–318

static framework
, 310–312

Robustness
, 182

testing
, 231

Root-mean-squared-error (RMSE)
, 11, 88

Sampling distribution of different estimators
, 289–293

Second-order dominance
, 234

Semi-parametric method
, 84

Short-term economic policies
, 64

Short-term reversal strategies
, 270

Sign test
, 91

Simple bootstrap technique
, 235

Simultaneous equation models
, 65, 340

Single equation approach
, 66

Single-equation instrumental variable approach
, 211

Slope homogeneity tests
, 180

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
, 97

Smoothed Fama-Bliss estimation method
, 259

Solow growth model
, 272

Spatial error correction
, 44

Spatial interdependence
, 10

Spatial parameter
, 10

Spatial temporal error correction models
, 39–44

Spatial weights matrix
, 41, 47, 54, 146, 151

Spatio-temporal error correction models
, 38–48

Spatio-temporal framework
, 38

Spearman correlation
, 287, 302n2

State-dependent model
, 66

parameter heterogeneity of
, 70–77

Static framework
, 310

Stationary setup
, 108–111

Stochastic dominance (SD)
, 231, 234–235

results
, 240

tests
, 233–235

Structural effects
, 230

Structural vector autoregressive process
, 121

Stylized autoregressive model
, 113–114

Symmetrized Kullback-Leibler-Theil measure
, 233

Tax deductibility of interest payments
, 208

Temporal equilibrium
, 42

Temporal error correction
, 38, 44

Term structure of interest rates
, 256

Three-stage hierarchy framework
, 310

Threshold effects, estimation and panel tests of
, 218

Time-series regression model
, 146

Total factor productivity growth (TFP growth)
, 206–207

Traditional dynamic dependence model
, 65

Traditional macroeconometric models
, 64

Treatment effect
, 82

Trimmed CCE mean-group estimator (TCCEMG estimator)
, 189–191

Trimmed mean group estimation
, 185

examples
, 182–184

MG estimator
, 178

Monte Carlo simulation
, 192–196

motivation
, 179

police effect on crime
, 197–200

trimmed CCEMG estimator
, 189–191

trimmed MG estimator for two-way FE models
, 185–188

trimming based on variances of regressors
, 180–182

trimming weights
, 184–185

weighted mean group estimation
, 179–180

Trimmed mean group estimator (TMG estimator)
, 181

Trimming

methods
, 4

weights
, 184–185

Two-digit gross fixed capital formation
, 211

Two-stage approach
, 225n8

Two-stage hierarchy

first step of robust Bayesian estimator
, 314–317

robust dynamic linear model in
, 314

second step of robust Bayesian estimator
, 317–318

Two-step approach
, 211

Two-stage inference for endogeneity covariances
, 345–348

Two-way FE regression
, 197

Type-II ML (ML-II)
, 310, 317

estimating ML-II posterior variance–covariance matrix
, 318–319

Unconditional likelihood function
, 308

Uncorrelatedness assumption
, 146

Unemployment
, 64

Variance–covariance matrix
, 316

estimating ML-II posterior
, 318–319

Wage distributions
, 231

Wald test statistics
, 72

Weak dependence
, 44–48

Welfare functions
, 233–234

Wick’s theorem
, 345

Wilcoxon’s signed-rank test
, 91

Women’s potential earnings distributions

baseline results
, 238

basic notations
, 232–233

comparing two distributions
, 233–235

data
, 237–238

earnings
, 230–231

empirical methods
, 232

female wage vs. counterfactual distribution
, 238–244

identification and estimation of counterfactual distributions
, 235–237

results addressing selection
, 244–248

stochastic dominance results with selection correction
, 249

women’s human capital characteristics
, 231–232

Zellner g-prior
, 313

Zero-coupon Treasury bonds
, 259