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st: re: time dummies


From   Kit Baum <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: re: time dummies
Date   Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:57:47 -0500

Grant said

I am estimating my panel data model using xtabond2 with time dummies as follows;
yr70_74, yr75_79, yr80_84, yr85_89, yr90_94, yr95_99, yr00_04. Thus, my T=7 ( where t=1...7). However, before including the time dummies the model starts estimating at period 3. Does it mean that I can only include my time dummies starting with yr80_84 or yr75_79?


It is standard with Arellano-Bond difference estimator to lose the first two obs. of your level series. It is a model in first differences, so you lose one obs. defining the dependent variable, and as the model is dynamic you include the lagged difference as a regressor. Defining the lagged difference of a level requires two observations.

Through sleight of hand, the GMM-System estimator of Blundell-Bond (which is in fact the default in xtabond2) only loses one observation, as it can be thought of in levels with a lagged level as a regressor. Thus with GMM-System you should be able to include time periods 2..7.

Kit

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


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