Generalized Dynamic Panel Data Models with Random Effects for Cross-Section and Time

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 12-009/4

54 Pages Posted: 7 Feb 2012

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Geert Mesters

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics

Siem Jan Koopman

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - School of Business and Economics; Tinbergen Institute; Aarhus University - CREATES

Date Written: February 6, 2012

Abstract

An exact maximum likelihood method is developed for the estimation of parameters in a nonlinear non-Gaussian dynamic panel data model with unobserved random individual-specific and time-varying effects. We propose an estimation procedure based on the importance sampling technique. In particular, a sequence of conditional importance densities is derived which integrates out all random effects from the joint distribution of endogenous variables. We disentangle the integration over both the cross-section and the time series dimensions. The estimation method facilitates the flexible modeling of large panels in both dimensions. We evaluate the method in a Monte Carlo study for dynamic panel data models with observations from the Student's t distribution. We finally present an extensive empirical study into the interrelationships between the economic growth figures of countries listed in the Penn World Tables. It is shown that our dynamic panel data model can provide an insightful analysis of common and heterogeneous features in world-wide economic growth.

Keywords: panel data, non-Gaussian, importance sampling, random effects, Student's t, economic growth

JEL Classification: C33, C51, F44

Suggested Citation

Mesters, Geert and Koopman, Siem Jan, Generalized Dynamic Panel Data Models with Random Effects for Cross-Section and Time (February 6, 2012). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 12-009/4, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2000605 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2000605

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