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Re: st: Question regarding test for endogeneity in the context of a count variable with a binary regressor.


From   Mark Schaffer <[email protected]>
To   [email protected], "Lavie, Dovev" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Question regarding test for endogeneity in the context of a count variable with a binary regressor.
Date   Wed, 12 May 2004 20:01:33 +0100 (BST)

Dovev,

Quoting "Lavie, Dovev" <[email protected]>:

> Does anyone know how to test for endogeneity in the case where the
> dependent
> variable (y) is a count variable and the endogenous regressor is a
> binary
> variable (z)? (see below). As far as I know, the Durbin-Wu-Hausman
> test
> works only with OLS. Any suggestions on how to determine whether
> variable z
> can be assumed exogenous are most welcome. 

I think it's not hard to do in principle, but there's a big "if" 
involved.  *If* you can estimate the model in two forms, one treating the 
regressor z as endogenous, and one treating it as exogenous, then you can 
do a Hausman test using the -hausman- command.  When estimating the 
former, you'll need a procedure that will deliver a valid var-cov matrix 
for the estimated coefficients as well as consistent estimates of the 
coefficients themselves.

A quick

findit binomial endogenous

didn't turn up anything, so there may not be any such package around for 
estimating a negative binomial with an endogenous regressor.  But maybe 
you've taken care of this requirement.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Mark

> z = a0 + a1*x1 + a2*x2 + epsilon1 (probit model)
> 
>  
> 
> y = b0 + b1*z + b2*x3 + epsilon2 (negative binomial model)
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Dovev
> 
>  
> 
> 



Prof. Mark Schaffer
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Department of Economics
School of Management & Languages
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS
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