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2 claims from 1 paper

  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Spatial and Panel Data Analysis

    Initial conditions and moment restrictions in dynamic panel data models

    Blundell and Bond · Working paper series - Institute for Fiscal Studies/Working papers · 1995

    The paper proposes linear estimators for autoregressive panel models that perform better than the usual first-differenced GMM estimator, and reports Monte Carlo simulations showing large improvements.

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    1. UncheckedA linear system GMM estimator is strictly more efficient than non-linear GMM when an added restriction on the initial conditions holds.“This estimator is strictly more efficient than non-linear GMM when the additional restriction is valid.”
    2. Unchecked“Monte Carlo simulations are reported which demonstrate the dramatic improvement in performance of the proposed estimators compared to the usual first-differenced GMM estimator, especially for high values of the autoregressive parameter.”

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