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Re: st: coefficient interpretation in OLS


From   John Antonakis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: coefficient interpretation in OLS
Date   Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:18:02 +0200

Hi Lynn:

If you want formal (and simple) explanation run through Eq. 2 to 5c in:

Antonakis, J., Bendahan, S., Jacquart, P., & Lalive, R. (2010). On making causal claims: A review and recommendations. The Leadership Quarterly, 21(6), 1086-1120.

HTH,
John

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On 17.08.2012 11:06, Nick Cox wrote:
This really is covered in every decent regression text (in your case,
perhaps, an econometrics text). It's an inevitable consequence of any
correlations between X4 and X1, X2, X3.

Nick

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Lynn Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

When I run simple OLS regression or pooled OLS regression, I find if I add
more variables to the model, the coefficient on specific explanatory
variable can vary in magnitude. For example,
Y1=beta+beta1*X1+beta2*X2+beta3*X3+error term;
Y2=alpha+alpha1*X1+ alpha2*X2+ alpha3*X3+ alpha4*X4+error term.
The absolute value of estimates of beta1 or alpha1 can increase or sometimes
decrease.  I am not confident to explain this theoretically. Is it related
to potential endogeneity issue?
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