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Autoregressive Errors in Singular Systems of Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Phoebus J. Dhrymes
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Abstract

We consider a system of m general linear models, where the system error vector has a singular covariance matrix owing to various “adding up” requirements and, in addition, the error vector obeys an autoregressive scheme. The paper reformulates the problem considered earlier by Berndt and Savin [8] (BS), as well as others before them; the solution, thus obtained, is far simpler, being the natural extension of a restricted least-squares-like procedure to a system of equations. This reformulation enables us to treat all parameters symmetrically, and discloses a set of conditions which is different from, and much less stringent than, that exhibited in the framework provided by BS.

Finally, various extensions are discussed to (a) the case where the errors obey a stable autoregression scheme of order r; (b) the case where the errors obey a moving average scheme of order r; (c) the case of “dynamic” vector distributed lag models, that is, the case where the model is formulated as autoregressive (in the dependent variables), and moving average (in the explanatory variables), and the errors are specified to be i.i.d.

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Research Article
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Econometric Theory , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 254 - 285
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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