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In this paper, we propose a biased-corrected FE estimator for the dynamic panel data model that works for the autoregressive coefficient \(\rho \in (-1,1]\). We further derive the asymptotic result of the suggested bias-corrected FE estimator. We show that when \(\rho =1\), the suggested estimator is super-consistent and is more efficient than the existing estimators that also work for \(\rho \in (-1,1]\). In addition, when the initial condition is nonstationary, many of the existing dynamic estimators become inconsistent; however, the consistency of the bias-corrected FE estimator we propose does not depend on the stationarity of the initial condition. We also compare the finite sample performances of these estimators using Monte Carlo simulations.
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This result for the case \(\rho =1\) has also been derive in Theorem 2 in Kao (1999), which discusses the spurious panel data model.
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It is easy to show that \({\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{HP}=2{\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FD}+1\) and \({\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FD} -\rho \overset{p}{\rightarrow }-\frac{1+\rho }{2}\) as \((n,T)\rightarrow \infty \). Hence \({\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{HP}\overset{p}{\rightarrow }\rho \) as \((n,T)\rightarrow \infty \).
We also checked performance of FEBC using \(\delta =\left( 0.05,0.1,0.15,0.2\right) \). These Monte Carlo simulation results are available upon request. These values of \(\delta \) only affect the cases when true value of \(\rho =0.9\) or 1. When T is 10 or 20, using a large \(\delta \), such as 0.2, reduces RMSE of the FEBC estimator to almost 0 when \(\rho =1\), while ends up with a relatively large RMSE when \(\rho =0.9\). On the other hand, using a small \(\delta \), such as 0.05, ends up with a relative larger RMSE of the FEBC estimator when \(\rho =1\), while a relatively small RMSE when \(\rho =0.9\). This finding is consistent with the discussion in Sect. 2. When T is large, the results of FEBC become robust to these different values of \(\delta \).
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Proof of Theorem 1
Proof of Theorem 1
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Let \(S=\left\{ T^{-\delta }\left( T+1\right) \left( 1-{\hat{\rho }} _\mathrm{FE}\right) >3\right\} \) and \({\bar{S}}=\left\{ T^{-\delta }\left( T+1\right) \left( 1-{\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FE}\right) \le 3\right\} \). Consider (1). When \(\left| \rho \right| <1\), it suffices to show that
We have
The first term is zero given that, if S is true, we have \({\hat{\rho }} _\mathrm{FEBC}={\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FE}+\frac{1+{\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FE}}{T}\) so that \(\Pr \left( \left| \sqrt{nT}\left( {\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FEBC}-{\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FE}-\frac{1+{\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FE}}{T}\right) \right| >\epsilon |S\right) =0\). The second term is zero since
using\(\sqrt{nT}\left( {\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FE}-\rho +\frac{1+\rho }{T}\right) =O_{p}\left( 1\right) \) and \(T^{-\delta }\left( T+1\right) \left( 1-\rho \right) \rightarrow \infty \) as \(T\rightarrow \infty \). Hence \(\Pr \left( {\bar{S}}\right) \rightarrow 0\) as \(T\rightarrow \infty \). Therefore, \(\Pr \left( \left| \sqrt{nT}\left( {\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FEBC}-{\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FE}-\frac{1+{\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FE}}{T}\right) \right| >\epsilon \right) \) \(\rightarrow 0\) as \(\left( n,T\right) \rightarrow \infty \).
Consider (2). When \(\rho =1\), we have
Notice that
as \(\left( n,T\right) \rightarrow \infty \) since \(\sqrt{n}T\left( \hat{\rho }_\mathrm{FE}-1+\frac{3}{T+1}\right) \) \(=O_{p}\left( 1\right) \), \(T^{-\delta }\rightarrow 0\) and \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}T^{\delta }}\rightarrow 0\). Hence the first term is zero. For the second term, if \({\bar{S}}\) is true, \(\hat{\rho }_\mathrm{FEBC}=1\) so that \(\Pr \left( \left| \sqrt{nT}\left( {\hat{\rho }} _\mathrm{FEBC}-1\right) \right| >\epsilon |{\bar{S}}\right) =0\). Thus, \(\Pr \left( \left| \sqrt{n}T\left( {\hat{\rho }}_\mathrm{FEBC}-1\right) \right| >\epsilon \right) \) \(\rightarrow 0\) as \(\left( n,T\right) \rightarrow \infty \). \(\square \)
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Kao, C., Liu, L. & Sun, R. A bias-corrected fixed effects estimator in the dynamic panel data model. Empir Econ 60, 205–225 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-020-01995-0
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