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TITLE
'XTTEST2': module to perform Breusch-Pagan LM test for cross-sectional
correlation in fixed effects model
DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
xttest2 calculates the Breusch-Pagan statistic for cross-sectional
independence in the residuals of a fixed effect regression model or a GLS
model estimated from cross-section time-series data. xtreg, fe estimates
this model assuming independence of the errors. A likely deviation from
independent errors in the context of pooled cross-section time-series data
(or panel data) is likely to be contemporaneous correlations across
cross-sectional units. These correlations are those exploited by Zellner's
seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) estimator, and this test is provided by
sureg, corr in that context.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Gasiorowski" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 12:49 PM
Subject: st: contemporaneous correlation in panel models
> I would like to test for contemporaneous (or cross-sectional)
> correlation in a panel model. I am estimating this model on an
> unbalanced dataset where the number of units is much larger than
> the number of time points, so I cannot use FGLS or PCSE models to
> deal with contemporaneous correlation. Does anyone know how I
> can do such a test, either in LIMDEP or in Stata? Also, I do not
> have a good feel for how much and what sort of a problem
> contemporaneous correlation poses, so I would appreciate learning
> of any citations that might discuss it in detail. Thanks.
>
> Mark Gasiorowski
> Department of Political Science
> Louisiana State University
> Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
> Phone: (225) 578-2550
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