On the properties of various estimators for fiscal reaction functions / / prepared by Oya Celasun and Joong Shik Kang

• Autore: Celasun Oya
• Pubblicazione: [Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, IMF Institute, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (29 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Fiscal policy - Econometric models; Finance, Public
• Altri autori: Shik KangJoong
• Note generali: "July 2006."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. BIASES OF ORDINARY-LEAST-SQUARES (OLS) AND LEAST-SQUARES-WITH-DUMMY VARIABLES ( LSDV) ESTIMATORS: ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS""; ""III. MONTE CARLO EXPERIMENTS""; ""IV. CONCLUSION""; ""References""
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper evaluates the bias of the least-squares-with-dummy-variables (LSDV) method in fiscal reaction function estimations. A growing number of studies estimate fiscal policy reaction functions-that is, relationships between the primary fiscal balance and its determinants, including public debt and the output gap. A previously unexplored methodological issue in these estimations is that lagged debt is not a strictly exogenous variable, which biases the LSDV estimator in short panels. We derive the bias analytically to understand its determinants and run Monte Carlo simulations to assess its likely size in empirical work. We find the bias to be smaller than the bias of the LSDV estimator in a comparable autoregressive dynamic panel model and show the LSDV method to outperform a number of alternatives in estimating fiscal reaction functions.
• Titolo autorizzato: On the properties of various estimators for fiscal reaction functions
• ISBN: 1-4623-1146-6; 1-4527-2390-7; 1-282-44778-5; 1-4519-8900-8; 9786613820983
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819870703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/182.