Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64787 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
cemmap working paper No. CWP07/10
Publisher: 
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap), London
Abstract: 
We consider the bias of the 2SLS estimator in the linear instrumental vari-ables regression with one endogenous regressor only. By using asymptotic expansion techniques we approximate 2SLS coefficient estimation bias under various scenarios regarding the number and strength of instruments.The resulting approximation encompasses existing bias approximations, which are valid in particular cases only. Simulations show that the developed approximation gives an accurate description of the 2SLS bias incase of either weak or many instruments or both.
Subjects: 
instrumental variables
2SLS bias
weak instruments
JEL: 
C13
C31
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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