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The first-difference (FD) estimator is an approach used to address the problem of omitted variables in econometrics and statistics with panel data. The estimator is obtained by running a pooled OLS estimation for a regression of on . The FD estimator wipes out time invariant omitted variables using the repeated observations over time: : : Differencing both equations, gives: : which removes the unobserved . The FD estimator is then simply obtained by regressing changes on changes using OLS: : Note that the rank condition must be met for to be invertible (). Similarly, : where is given by : == Properties == Under the assumption of , the FD estimator is unbiased and consistent, i.e. and . Note that this assumption is less restrictive than the assumption of weak exogeneity required for unbiasedness using the fixed effects (FE) estimator. If the disturbance term follows a random walk, the usual OLS standard errors are asymptotically valid. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「First-difference estimator」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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