Question: Take themodel Y 0e E[X j Z] 0Z E[e j Z] 0 where Y is scalar, X is a k
Take themodel Y Æ ¼0¯Åe
¼ Æ E[X j Z] Æ ¡0Z E[e j Z] Æ 0 where Y is scalar, X is a k vector and Z is an ` vector. ¯ and ¼ are k £1 and ¡ is `£k. The sample is
(Yi ,Xi ,Zi : i Æ 1, ...,n) with ¼i unobserved.
Consider the estimator b¯ for ¯ by OLS of Y onb¼
Æb¡
0Z whereb¡
is the OLS coefficient from the multivariate regression of X on Z.
(a) Show that b¯ is consistent for ¯.
(b) Find the asymptotic distribution p
n
¡ b¯¡¯
¢
as n!1assuming that ¯ Æ 0.
(c) Why is the assumption ¯ Æ 0 an important simplifying condition in part (b)?
(d) Using the result in
(c) construct an appropriate asymptotic test for the hypothesis H0 : ¯ Æ 0.
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