Handling the measurement error problem by means of panel data: Moment methods applied on firm data



Appendix

In this appendix, we elaborate the procedures for estimating asymptotic covariance
matrices of the GMM estimators. All models in the main text, with suitable
interpretations of
y, X, Z, e, and Ω, have the form:

(A.1)         y = + e,    E( e ) = 0,    E( Z 0e ) = 0,    E( ee0 ) = Ω,
where y =(y01,...,y0N)0, X =(X01,...,X0N)0, Z =(Z01,...,Z0N)0, and =
(
e01 ,...,e0N)0, Zi being the IV matrix of Xi. The two generic GMM estimators
considered are

(A.2)           βb =[X0PZX]-1[X0PZy],       PZ = Z(Z0Z)-1Z0,

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(A.3) β = [ X 0P z (Ω) X ] -1 [ X 0P z (Ω) y ],

Let the residual vector calculated from β be be

P Z (Ω) = Z ( Z0 Ω Z )-1Z0.


y - , and use the notation


SXZ =
XZ


X0Z


SZX =
ZX


Z0X


SZZ =


Z0Z


SeZ =


e0Z


S = 7,

SZe = N ,


SZeeZ =


Z0ee0Z


S

ZebbeZ


Z 0beeb 0 Z


Inserting for y from (A.1) in (A.2) and (A.3), we get

√N ( β - β ) = √N [ X 0P Z X ]-1[ X 0P Z e ] = [ S XZ S-Z S ]-1 S


XZS


1 Z0e


ZZ √N ,


N ( β - β ) = √N [ X 0P Z (Ω) X ]-1[ X 0P Z (Ω) e ] = [ S χZ S - Ω Z S Zx ]-1


SXZS


1 Z0e


and hence,

N(β - β)(β - β) 0 = [SXZSZ-Z1 SZX]-1[SXZSZ-Z1 SZeeZSZ-Z1 SZX][SXZSZ-Z1 SZX]-1,

N(β - β)(β - β)0 = [SXZS-1ZSzx]-1[SXZS-1ZSZeeZS-1ZSzx][SxzS-1ZSzx]-1
I X-I    I X       XZ Z Ω Z ZX     XZ Z Ω Z ZeeZ Z Ω Z ZXJL XZ Z Ω Z ZXX

The asymptotic covariance matrices of √Nβ and N3e/3 can then, under suitable
regularity conditions, be written as [see Bowden and Turkington (1984, pp. 26, 69)]

. !---------------------- ∙---■ . . . ■---■ . . ∙---■ . . ■---■ ---

aV(√Nβ) = lim E[N(β - β)(β - β)0] = plim[N(β - β)(β - β)0],

aV(√N/3) = lim E[N(β - β)(β - β)0] = plim[N(β - β)(β - β)0].

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