An Efficient Fixed-Effects Estimator for Corporate Finance

73 Pages Posted: 22 May 2018 Last revised: 13 Apr 2020

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Daniela Osterrieder

Rutgers Business School; CREATES

Darius Palia

Rutgers University, Newark, School of Business-Newark, Department of Finance & Economics; Columbia University - Law School

Ge Wu

University of Richmond

Date Written: April 10, 2020

Abstract

The use of panel data in corporate finance is ubiquitous to estimate the impact of managers' and/or shareholders’ choices on firm value. We evaluate the properties of four existing and widely used estimators (pooled OLS, random-effects, first-difference, and fixed-effects), and find them to be lacking consistency, efficiency, or both. Consequently, we introduce the new consistent efficient fixed-effects (EFE) estimator. When examining the relationship between CEO performance-pay sensitivity and firm value, we find the EFE estimator to be most appropriate. All estimators are presented as GMM estimators, allowing us to straightforwardly design and conduct tests for model misspecification, including endogeneity.

Suggested Citation

Osterrieder, Daniela and Palia, Darius and Wu, Ge, An Efficient Fixed-Effects Estimator for Corporate Finance (April 10, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3168947 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3168947

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