* Chapter 14 - Models for Panel Data * W.H. Greene, Econometric Analysis, Fourth Edition, 2000. SAMPLE 1 90 READ (airline.shd) / NAMES * Example 14.1, p. 559 GENR LC=LOG(C) GENR LQ=LOG(Q) GENR LPF=LOG(PF) OLS LC LQ LPF LF * Estimate the economies of scale (formula on p. 558) TEST 1/LQ - 1 * Alternatively - the above results can be produced with the POOL command. * - The number of cross-section units must be specified with the * NCROSS= option. * - The OLS option is used for pooling by OLS. POOL LC LQ LPF LF / NCROSS=6 OLS TEST 1/LQ - 1 GEN1 RR=$R2 * Example 14.2 - Fixed Effects Regressions, pp. 565-566. POOL LC LQ LPF LF / NCROSS=6 OLS FIXED GEN1 RU=$R2 * Test the significance of the group effects. * Calculate the F-test statistic using the calculation method at the * bottom of p. 565. GEN1 F=((RU-RR)/5)/((1-RU)/81) PRINT F * The textbook calculation of the F-test statistic has some rounding * error -- SHAZAM retains more decimal places in the calculation. STOP