Unit Root and Cointegration Tests for Cross-Sectionally Correlated Panels. Estimating Regional Production Functions

37 Pages Posted: 10 Oct 2006

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Roberto Basile

University of L'Aquila - Faculty of Economics

Mauro Costantini

ISAE, Istituto di Studi e Analisi Economica

Sergio Destefanis

University of Salerno

Date Written: June 2005

Abstract

This paper employs recently developed non stationary panel methodologies that assume some cross-section dependence to estimate the production function for Italian regions in the industrial sector over the period 1970-1998. The analysis consists in three steps. First, unit root tests for cross-sectionally dependent panels are used. Second, the existence of a co-integrating relationship between value added, physical and human capital variables is investigated. The Dynamic OLS (DOLS) and Fully modified (FMOLS) estimators developed by Pedroni (1996, 2000, 2001) and the Panel Dynamic OLS (PDOLS) estimator proposed by Mark and Sul (2003) are then used to estimate the long run relationship between the variables considered.

Keywords: Panel Cointegration, Cross-section Dependence, Production

JEL Classification: C33, C15, D24

Suggested Citation

Basile, Roberto and Costantini, Mauro and Destefanis, Sergio, Unit Root and Cointegration Tests for Cross-Sectionally Correlated Panels. Estimating Regional Production Functions (June 2005). ISAE Working Paper No. 53, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=936324 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.936324

Roberto Basile (Contact Author)

University of L'Aquila - Faculty of Economics ( email )

Roio Poggio, 67040
Italy

Mauro Costantini

ISAE, Istituto di Studi e Analisi Economica ( email )

Piazza dell' Indipendenza 4
I-00185
Italy

Sergio Destefanis

University of Salerno ( email )

Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132
Fisciano, Salerno 84084
Italy

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