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1 Introduction Econometrics is concerned with the application of statistical methods to economic data. Economists often apply statistical methods to data in order to quantify or test their theories or to make forecasts ( See ). However, traditional statistical methods are not always appropriate for application to economic data, in the sense that the assumptions underlying these methods may fail to be satisfied. Basically, this is so because much of traditional statistics has been developed with an eye toward application in the natural sciences, where data are generated by experimentation ( See ). In economics, data are virtually always nonexperimental. (This is, of course, also the case in other social sciences; not surprisingly, there is substantial overlap in the statistical methodologies of,,, etc.) Furthermore, the nature of the economist's view of the world is such that the mechanism viewed as generating the data creates some statistical problems which are distinctly “econometric,” and whose solution constitutes a large portion of econometric theory.

2 Single‐Equation Linear Regression Models The usual assumptions underlying the are that the regressors have fixed (nonrandom) values and are linearly independent, and that the disturbances are uncorrelated and have zero mean and constant variance. Under these assumptions, the estimator is best linear unbiased. Furthermore, if the disturbances are assumed to be normal( See ), of linear hypotheses concerning the, or concerning forecasts of the dependent variable outside the sample period, are possible using the. Of course, when these assumptions are not satisfied, the least squares estimator does not have such nice properties. Accordingly, for each of the assumptions above, it is reasonable to ask what damage is done by its violation, and what cure (if any) exists for this damage. This line of inquiry is by no means peculiar to econometrics.

1 AEB 6933 Econometrics of Panel Data and Systems Analysis Fall 2016 James L. 1130B McCarty Hall (352) 256-5917 jseale@ufl.edu Office Hours: T-F period 7 Course Description: This is a core-level Ph.D. Course in the area of Econometrics dealing with Panel Data and systems of equations.

Nevertheless, the consequences (and cures thereof) of the violations of the assumptions of the general linear model do receive considerable attention in all econometrics texts and in current econometric research. The assumption that the regressors are nonrandom will be maintained throughout this section; its violation will be discussed in the next two sections. In this section, we discuss briefly the consequences of violations of the other assumptions of the general linear model.

First, consider the assumption that the regressors are linearly independent. Its violation is a condition called, under which the regression coefficients are not estimable. The term “multicollinearity” is also applied to the case in which this assumption “almost” fails, due to one of the regressors being highly (although not perfectly) correlated with a linear combination of the other regressors. In this case, the coefficients are estimable but only imprecisely. The “solution” that is most commonly advanced is to attempt to reduce by the least squares estimator toward zero, through the use of or estimators. Good surveys (by econometricians) include Vinod and Judge and Bock. Next, consider the assumption that the mean of the disturbances is zero.