st: Re: xtserial

[Christopher Baum <kit.baum@bc.edu>]

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On Oct 16, 2010, at 2:33 AM, Amin wrote:

> I have used -xtserial- and the results suggest that there is NO first
> order autocorrelation in my error terms. (all the independent
> variables are in current time same as dependent variable)
> 
> Based on this result, can I simply assume there is no need to embark
> on a dynamic panel data analysis, and a fixed effect analysis would be
> sufficient?

I don't see the connection. The absence of autocorrelation in a panel model does not imply that its dynamics are specified properly. In writing a static model (all variables at time t), you are presuming that the full effects of the Xs are represented by the contemporaneous value of y. That is sometimes a sensible assumption, but in many contexts ruling out dynamics is a bad idea. I would try specifying this model in the DPD framework (i.e., xtabond, xtabond2) and examining the coefficient on the LDV. If it is insignificant, then the static model is justified.

Kit

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