Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels

56 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2011

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M. Hashem Pesaran

University of Southern California - Department of Economics

Alexander Chudik

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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Abstract

This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is potentially related to all other micro units, and where micro innovations are allowed to be cross sectionally dependent. Following Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated as N (the number of cross section units) increases. Certain distributional features of micro parameters are also identified from the aggregate function. The paper then establishes Granger's (1980) conjecture regarding the long memory properties of aggregate variables from 'a very large scale dynamic, econometric model', and considers the time profiles of the effects of macro and micro shocks on the aggregate and disaggregate variables. Some of these findings are illustrated in Monte Carlo experiments, where we also study the estimation of the aggregate effects of micro and macro shocks. The paper concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to which ムobservedメ inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our findings suggest that dynamic heterogeneity as well as persistent common factors are needed for explaining the observed persistence of the aggregate inflation.

Keywords: aggregation, large dynamic panels, long memory, weak and strong cross section dependence, VAR models, impulse responses, factor models, inflation persistence

JEL Classification: C43, E31

Suggested Citation

Pesaran, M. Hashem and Chudik, Alexander, Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels. IZA Discussion Paper No. 5478, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1765643 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1765643

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