Insurance within the firm



shocks (“transitory full insurance”, and E (AsjtA^vj't) = buσ2a)∙

4 Identification strategy

Without further restrictions, from equation (13) we cannot separately identify bu and bυ,
nor can we gauge whether
bu = bυ = b. To see how identification of the relevant parameters
is achieved, start from the general case
bu = bυ in (11):

∆<ωij = = buUjt T bυΔ,Vjt T $ijt                             (14)

where ⅛zt = A(L,p)ξijt T A(Lμp)Δμijt. Subtract bυ∆sjt from both sides to obtain:

∆ωijt — bυ∆εjt = (bu, bυ)ujt T A[jt                         (15)

Multiply both sides by ∆εjt-1 and ∆sjt+ι, respectively, and take expectations to yield the
two moment conditions:

e [ʌɛjt+1 (∆ω-ij — — bυ∆εjt)] = 0                         (16)

E tʌɛji-1 (∆ωvt bυεj)] = 0                      (17)

Intuitively, equations (16) and (17) tell us that once one filters the unexplained compo-
nent of earnings growth
∆ω-ijt by the unexplained component of value added growth ∆sjt
(weighted by a factor bυ, the extent of transitory insurance), what is left is uncorrelated
with the past and future unexplained component of value added growth. In an OLS re-
gression of
∆ω-ijt on ∆sjt the latter is obviously endogenous because correlated with the
right hand side of equation (15)
via Ujt9 However, the first lag and lead of sjt will be
valid instruments, because correlated with
∆sjt (via the transitory component) and uncor-
related with the error term. At least in principle, all the variables
∆sjt-τ (with τ1)
are uncorrelated with the error term. However, the instruments that satisfy
∆sjt-τ with

9It is worth noting that OLS estimation provides unbiased and consistent estimation if bu = bυ = b. Thus
an exogeneity test for ∆εjt can be used to check whether
b,i = bυ = b.

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