Large-N and Large-T Properties of Panel Data Estimators and the Hausman Test



Thus, (βbw -βbg) converges in probability to zero much faster in CASE 1.2 than in
CASE 1.1. Nonetheless, the Hausman statistic is asymptotically χ
2-distributed
in both cases.

CASE 2: We now consider two simple examples in which the time-varying
regressor x
it is stationary without trend. Assume:

xit = Θ2,i + Ψ2,t + eit,                           (21)

where Θ21,i and Ψ21,t are fixed individual-specific and time-specific effects, re-
spectively. Define

P2,1 = limN→∞ nN Pi θ2,i; p2,2 = limN→∞ N ^{ 02^;

q2,1 = limτ→∞ T Pt ψ2,t; q2,2 = limτ→∞ T Pt ψ2,t.

Notice that if the Θ2,i are allowed to vary across different i, the xit become
cross-sectionally heteroskedastic. Similarly to CASE 1, we will demonstrate
that the convergence rates of the between estimator and the Hausman statistic
depend on whether the x
it is cross-sectionally heteroskedastic or homogeneous.

CASE 2.1: Assume that the Θ2,i vary across different i; that is, p2,1 -p22,2 6=
0. With this assumption, we can easily show:

plimN,τ →∞ NT Ant

=

q2,2

- q22,1 + σe2 ;

ιl^      1 R

plvm∙N,τ →∞ NfBNT

=

p2,2

- p22,1;

plimN,τ →∞ nCnt

=

0;

11^    1 R

plimN →∞ N Hn

=

2
σz;

-N= aNT  = N(0, σV(q2,2 - ql,ι + σe));

NbNT = n(0, σU(p2,2 - p2,1));

1NcNT = N(0, σUσ2).

With these results, we can show

σ-,'λ    σ σ        σ2      ʌ            , x

nt(bw - β) = N 0, ----- v        ;          (22)

(q2,2 - q22,1 + σe2)

N(βb - β)= N 0, ---- ];              (23)

(p2,2 - p22,1)



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