Heuristic Optimization Methods for Dynamic Panel Data Model Selection: Application on the Russian Innovative Performance
COMISEF Working Paper No. WPS-027
34 Pages Posted: 13 Jul 2012
Date Written: 2010
Abstract
Innovations, be they radical new products or technology improvements are widely recognized as a key factor of economic growth. To identify the factors triggering innovative activities is a main concern for economic theory and empirical analysis. As the number of hypotheses is large, the process of model selection becomes a crucial part of the empirical implementation. The problem is complicated by the fact that unobserved heterogeneity and possible endogeneity of regressors have to be taken into account. A new efficient solution to this problem is suggested, applying optimization heuristics, which exploits the inherent discrete nature of the problem. The model selection is based on information criteria and the Sargan test of overidentifying restrictions. The method is applied to Russian regional data within the framework of a log-linear dynamic panel data model. To illustrate the performance of the method, we also report the results of Monte-Carlo simulations.
Keywords: Innovation, Dynamic panel data, GMM, Model selection, Threshold accepting, Genetic algorithms
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