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My question is about deriving a formula in Cameron and Trivedi
Microeconometrics 2005.
On page 763 the following equations and text appears.
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y_it = gamma y_i,t-1 + alpha_i + epsilon_it, i = 1 to N, t=2, .. T
Cor(y_it, y_i,t-1) = Cor [gamma y_i,t-1 + alpha_i + epsilon_it, y_i,t-1]
= gamma + Cor [ alpha_i , y_i,t-1]
= gamma + (1- gamma) / 1 + (1- gamma) sigma_epsilon ^2 / (1 + gamma)
sigma_alpha ^2), (22.33)
where the second equlaity assume cor [epsilon_it, y_i,t-1] = 0 and the
third equality is obtained after some
algerbra for the special case of randome effects with epsilon_ii iid [
0, sigma_epsilon ^2] and alpha_i iid
[0, sigma_alpha ^2]
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In the next page they say that when gamma = 0. Cor (y_it, yi, t-1)
simplifies to
sigma_alpha^2 / (sigma_alpha ^2 _ sigma_epsilon ^2)
The last line suggests that may be extra parentheses are needed in the
denominator of 22.33.
I thought that I understood this material, but I am frutstated that I
cannot derive 22.33. It doesn't seem all that complicated,
but my inability to derive it makes me suspect that I did not
understand this material as well as I should.
I will appreciate it if you could help me.
Best regards,
Victor Waters
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