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Linear Regression with Weak Exogeneity


  • Series
    Econometrics Seminars and Workshop Series
  • Speaker(s)
    Mikkel Solvsten (Aarhus University, Denmark)
  • Field
    Econometrics, Data Science and Econometrics
  • Location
    University of Amsterdam, Room E5.22
    Amsterdam
  • Date and time

    November 17, 2023
    12:30 - 13:30

Abstract: his paper studies linear time series regressions with many regressors. Weak exogeneity is the most used identifying assumption in time series. Weak exogeneity requires the structural error to have zero conditional expectation given the present and past regressor values, allowing errors to correlate with future regressor realizations. We show that weak exogeneity in time series regressions with many controls may produce substantial biases and even render the least squares (OLS) estimator inconsistent. The bias arises in settings with many regressors because the normalized OLS design matrix remains asymptotically random and correlates with the regression error when only weak (but not strict) exogeneity holds. This bias's magnitude increases with the number of regressors and their average autocorrelation. To address this issue, we propose an innovative approach to bias correction that yields a new estimator with improved properties relative to OLS. We establish consistency and conditional asymptotic Gaussianity of this new estimator and provide a method for inference.

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