Discussion Papers no. 112

Correlated measurement errors, bounds and parameters, and a model of producer behaviour

We examine estimation of a model of producer behavior in the presence of correlated measurement errors in the regressors. Scale economies and price-cost margins are estimated from a set of panel data for manufacturing plants. The paper presents a somewhat new model for estimation of these parameters which is highly flexible but with a simple regression structure. Perhaps the most important contribution of the paper is some new results on deriving parameter bounds for a regression model with errors in variables. In particular, we consider the case where the measurement errors might be correlated. We derive asymptotic standard errors for the parameter bounds. These asymptotic standard errors are compared to bootstrap estimates. Our new results on parameter bounds are applied to the estimation of the model of producer behavior.

Om publikasjonen

Tittel

Correlated measurement errors, bounds and parameters, and a model of producer behaviour

Ansvarlige

Yngve Willassen, Tor Jakob Klette

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 112

Utgiver

Statistics Norway, Research Department

Emne

Discussion Papers

Antall sider

46

Målform

Engelsk

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