Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/86214 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 04-056/4
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We examine the asymptotic efficiency of OLS and IV estimators in a simple dynamic structural model with a constant and two explanatory variables: the lagged dependent variable and an explanatory variable, which is also autoregressive and may include lagged or instantaneous feedbacks from the dependent variable. The parameter values are such that all variables are stationary. We express the asymptotic efficiency of OLS and various IV estimators via the moments of the data series in the model parameters. Various computational and graphical aids are employed to examine and illustrate the relationships between parameter values, instrument weakness, and estimator efficiency. Symbolic computer algebra and image sequences are used in animations to identify regions in the parameter space where consistent IV estimators may be less efficient than inconsistent OLS estimators, upon comparing the asymptotic approximation to their mean squared errors.
Subjects: 
asymptotic efficiency comparisons
computational visualization
dynamic simultaneous models
instrument weakness
JEL: 
C13
C32
C51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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