The incidental parameter problem in a non-differentiable panel data model

被引:20
作者
Graham, Bryan S. [2 ]
Hahn, Jinyong [1 ]
Powell, James L. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Econ, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Panel; Quantile; Incidental parameter problem;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2009.07.015
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We consider a panel quantile model with fixed effects. It is shown that the maximum likelihood estimator is numerically equivalent to the least absolute deviations estimator of the differenced model, and as a consequence, there is no incidental parameter problem. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:181 / 182
页数:2
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