B Appendix: Covariance estimation
For each firm in the sample we obtain a consistent estimate of ∆εjγ as the residual from
the IV regression (8). For an unbalanced sample of firms observed for at most T periods,
define the vector:
△ εJ =
( ∆εjτ
tejT-i
...
∖ δ¾1
If the ∆εjt observation is missing, it is replaced by zero. Conformably with △ ε1■, define
with dj a vector of 0-1 dummy variables. The dummy is 0 if the observation for ∆εjt is
missing, 1 otherwise. All the autocovariances of the type E (∆εja∆εj) are consistently
estimated by the sample analogs collected in the following autocovariance matrix:
F F
c = £△ -△ ε1-./∑ dd
J=I j=l
where F is the number of firms always present in the data set and ./ denotes an element-
by-element division.
Define with m the vector of all the distinct elements of C, i.e. m = vech (C). Since C
is a symmetric matrix, the number of distinct elements in it is ʃ(ʃ+1). Conformably with
m, define mj = vech (△ ε1△ ε',j), and D =vech ^∑j=ι djdj). The standard errors of the
ɪɪɪɪɪ autocovariances can be retrieved by the variance-covariance matrix of C, i.e.:
M
v = ∑ [(m - m) (m - m)z. * dιdj] ./dD
J=I
The standard errors of the estimated moments are simply the square roots of the ele-
ments in the main diagonal of V. A similar strategy is used to obtain an estimate of V
(and corresponding standard errors) for workers’ earnings.
40
More intriguing information
1. Credit Markets and the Propagation of Monetary Policy Shocks2. Integrating the Structural Auction Approach and Traditional Measures of Market Power
3. Ronald Patterson, Violinist; Brooks Smith, Pianist
4. The name is absent
5. REVITALIZING FAMILY FARM AGRICULTURE
6. The name is absent
7. Measuring and Testing Advertising-Induced Rotation in the Demand Curve
8. Healthy state, worried workers: North Carolina in the world economy
9. Learning-by-Exporting? Firm-Level Evidence for UK Manufacturing and Services Sectors
10. The name is absent