Title of article
Lagged dependent variables and specification bias
Author/Authors
Terra McKinnish، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
Pages
5
From page
55
To page
59
Abstract
Many panel data models include a lagged dependent variable as a regressor. Analytical results in this note show that common forms of misspecification induce negative bias in the coefficient estimate. An analysis of welfare caseloads illustrates these results.
Keywords
Lagged dependent variable , Specification error , convergence , Welfare caseloads
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2005
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435700
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