Dong, Chaohua Gao, Jiti Peng, Bin Varying–Coefficient Panel Data Models with Nonstationarity and Partially Observed Factor Structure <p>In this paper, we study a varying–coefficient panel data model with both nonstationarity and partially observed factor structure. Two approaches are proposed in this paper. The first approach proposed in the main text considers a sieve based method to estimate the unknown coefficients as well as the factors and loading functions simultaneously, while the second approach proposed in the online supplementary document involving the principal component analysis provides an alternative estimation method. We establish asymptotic properties for them, compare the asymptotic efficiency of the two estimation methods and examine the theoretical findings through extensive Monte Carlo simulations. In an empirical study, we use our newly proposed model and a method to study the returns to scale of large U.S. commercial banks, where some overlooked modelling issues in the literature of production econometrics are addressed.</p> Asymptotic theory;Nonstationary panel data;Orthogonal series method;Return to scale;C14;C23;D24 2020-01-23
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