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endogeneity
- situations in which an explanatory variable is correlated with the error term
instrumental variable
- An instrumental variable (sometimes called an “instrument” variable) is a third
variable, Z, used in regression analysis when you have endogenous variables —
variables that are influenced by other variables in the model. In other words, you
use it to account for unexpected behavior between variables.
Method of Moments
-a method of estimation of population parameters
heteroskedasticity
- nonconstant variance - unequal scatter
heterogeneous panel
- allow for any or all of the model parameters to vary across individuals.
Homogeneous panel
- Homogeneous (or pooled) panel data models assume that the model parameters are
common across individuals.
bootstrap
- a resampling technique used to estimate statistics on a population by sampling a
dataset with replacement. Bootstrapping a regression model gives insight into how
variable the model parameters are.
Unobserved heterogeneity
- where correlation between observables and unobservables may be expected.
asymptotic property
- their properties as the number of observations in a sample becomes very large and
tends to infinity
Asymptotic Distribution
- An asymptotic distribution is a hypothetical distribution that is the limiting
distribution of a sequence of distributions.
time-invariant
- the value of the variable does not change across time. Gender and race are
obvious examples, but this can also include things like the Educational
Level of the Respondent’s Father.
time-variant
- the variable has the same effect across time, e.g. the effect of gender on
the outcome at time 1 is the same as the effect of gender at time 5.
Covariance
- the measure of how two random variables in a data set will change together.
Cointegration Test
used to establish if there is a correlation between several time series in the long
term.
idiosyncratic error
- unobserved factors that impact the dependent variable—from panel data that both
changes over time and across units (individuals, firms, cities, etc.)
idiosyncratic behaviors
- behaviors that specific to particular individuals or groups
Factor loadings
- quantifies the extent to which the variable is related to a given factor. Serves
as a data reduction method designed to explain the correlations between observed
variables using a smaller number of factors
exogenous variable
- whose value is determined outside the model and is imposed on the model
exogenous change
- change in an exogenous variable.
endogenous variable
- a variable whose value is determined by the model.
Cross-sectional data
- type of data collected by observing many subjects (such as individuals, firms,
countries, or regions) at the one point or period of time.
stochastic model
- a situation where uncertainty is present. In other words, it’s a model for a
process that has some kind of randomness.
spurious correlation
- occurs when two or more associated variables are deemed causally related due to
either a coincidence or an unknown third factor.