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MPRA Munich Personal RePEc Archive Simultaneous equation models with spatially autocorrelated error components Claude Marius AMBA OYON and Taoufiki Mbratana University of Yaounde II, University of Yaounde II October 2017 Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/82395/ MPRA Paper No. 82395, posted 10 November 2017 07:03 UTC

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l y l = Y l α l + X l β l + υ l = Z l δ l + υ l l = 1,..., L y l=1,...,l T N 1 Y l T N (M l 1) l X l T N K l Z l = [Y l, X l ] δ l = (α l, β l) Z l ρ l W l υ l + ϵ l = (I ρ l W l ) 1 ϵ l υ l = Λ l ϵ l = ρ l W l ϵ l + ϵ l = (I + ρ l W l )ϵ l i = 1,..., N t = 1,..., T N T W l = I T W ln I T T W ln N N 1 l L W ln ρ l < 1 ϵ l T N 1 ϵ l ϵ l = Z η η l + ξ l Z η = ι T I N η l = ( η 1l... η Nl ) ξ l = ( ξ 11l ξ 12l... η T Nl ) ι T T 1 η l ξ l ( ηl ξ l ) (η q ξ q [ ] ) σ 2 = ηlq I N 0 0 σ 2 ξ lq I T N M l l M l +M l = L

Ω ϵlq = (ϵ l ϵ q) l q Ω ϵlq = σ 2 η lq (J T I N ) + σ 2 ξ lq I T N for l, q = 1,..., L 1 Ω ϵlq = σh 2 lq Q h for l, q = 1,..., L h=0 Q h = B h I N, B h,{h=0,1} T B 0 = E T B 1 = J T JT = ι T ι T /T E T = I T J T σ 2 0 lq = σ 2 ξ lq σ 2 1 lq = T σ 2 η lq + σ 2 ξ lq Q 0 Q 1 (M) M Q 0 + Q 1 = I T N, (Q 0 ) = (T 1)N (Q 1 ) = N Ω υlq l q Ω υlq = Λ l (ϵ l ϵ q)λ q = Λ l (σ 2 0 lq Q 0 + σ 2 1 lq Q 1 )Λ q = σ 2 0 lq Λ l Q 0 Λ q + σ 2 1 lq Λ l Q 1 Λ q = σ 2 0 lq Q 0 Λ l Λ q + σ 2 1 lq Q 1 Λ l Λ q = σ 2 0 lq Q 0 Λ lq + σ 2 1 lq Q 1 Λ lq Λ lq = Λ l Λ q Λ l l W l Q h = (I T W ln )(B h I N ) = (I T B h ) (W ln I N ) = (B h I T ) (I N W ln ) = Q h W l ρ l < 1

Λ l Q h = (I ρ l W l ) 1 Q h = (I + ρ l W l + ρ 2 l Wl 2 + ρ 3 l Wl 3 +... )Q h = (Q h + ρ l W l Q h + ρ 2 l Wl 2 Q h + ρ 3 l Wl 3 Q h +... ) = Q h (I + ρ l W l + ρ 2 l Wl 2 + ρ 3 l Wl 3 +... ) = Q h (I ρ l W l ) 1 = Q h Λ l y 1 = Z 1 δ 1 + υ 1 = Z 1 δ 1 + Λ 1 ϵ 1 Q h y (h) 1 = Q h y 1 Z (h) 1 = QZ 1 ϵ (h) 1 = Q h ϵ 1 y (h) 1 = Z (h) 1 δ 1 + Λ 1 ϵ (h) 1 (Λϵ (h) 1 ) = Λ 1 Q h (ϵ 1 ) = 0 ( Λ 1 ϵ (h) ) 1 = (Qh υ 1 ) = σh 2 Q 11 hλ 11 X h = Q h X X hy (h) 1 = X hz (h) 1 δ 1 + X hλ 1 ϵ (h) 1 ( X hλ 1 ϵ (h) ) 1 = σ 2 X h11 hλ 11 X h

[ ˆδ (h) ( ) ] 1,S2SLS = Z (h) 1 X h σ 2 h11 X hλ 1 1 [ 11 X h X h Z (h) ( ) ] 1 Z (h) 1 X h σ 2 h11 X hλ 1 11 X h X h y (h) 1 = ( Z (h) 1 P h Z (h) ) 1 ( (h) 1 Z 1 P h y (h) ) 1 P h = X h (X hλ 11 X h ) 1 X h ρ 1 ˆσ 2 h 11 = ( ) y 1 Z1 (h) ( ) ˆδ 1,S2SLS Qh y 1 Z1 (h) ˆδ 1,S2SLS (Q h ) y1 = Λ 1 y 1 Z1 = Λ 1 Z 1 y 1 Z 1 Q h σh 2 11 ρ 1 δ 1 h = 0 h = 1 ρ 1 = 0 Λ 11 = I T N P h P Xh ρ 1 ˆδ 1,2SLS σh 2 11 (ˆδ1,S2SLS ) ( = σ 2 (h) h11 Z 1 P h Z (h) ) 1 1 δ 1 δ 1 ( X 0 y (0) ) 1 X 1y (1) = 1 ( X 0 Z (0) ) 1 X 1Z (1) δ 1 + 1 ( X 0 υ (0) ) 1 X 1υ (1) 1 ρ 1 ˆδ 1,SEC2SLS ˆδ 1,SEC2SLS = Z (0) 1 P 0 Z (0) 1 ˆσ 0 2 11 + Z (1) 1 P 1 Z (1) 1 1 Z (0) 1 P 0 y (0) 1 ˆσ 1 2 11 ˆσ 0 2 11 + Z (1) 1 P 1 y (1) 1 ˆσ 1 2 11

P h = X h (X hλ 11 X h ) 1 X h X h = Q h X y (h) 1 = Q h y 1 Z (h) 1 = QZ 1 h = 0 h = 1 ˆσ 2 0 11 ˆσ 2 1 11 ( X 0 υ (0) ) 1 X 1υ (1) = ( ) σh 2 lq X hλ 11 X h 1 ρ l ρ l ρ l a ϵ = W a ϵ, 0 ϵ = W 0 ϵ = ϵ 1 ϵ = W ϵ 2 ϵ = W 2 ϵ = ϵ Q h (ϵ 1 ϵ 1) = Q h Ω ϵ11 = σh 2 σ0 2 11 Q h = 11 Q 0 h = 0 σ 1 2 11 Q 1 h = 1 ( ā ) ϵ 1 Q h b ϵ1 = ϵ 1W 1... W 1 Q h W 1... W 1 ϵ }{{}}{{} 1 a b = ( ) ϵ 1(W 1) a Q h W1 b ϵ 1 = ( (W 1) a W b 1 Q h Ω ϵ11 ) = σ 2 h 11 (B h ) ( (W 1N) a W b 1N ) (W 0 1N) = (I N ) = N (W 1N ) = 0

(ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 ) = σ 2 h 11 (Q h ) ( ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 ) = σ 2 h 11 (B h ) (W 1N W 1N) ( ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 ) = σ 2 h 11 (B h ) (W 1N ) = 0 T 2 ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 /(Q h ) ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 /(Q h ) ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 /(Q h ) = σ 2 h 11 1 (W 1N W 1N)/N 0 ρ 1 σ 2 0 11 σ 2 1 11 ϵ 1 ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 /(Q h ) σ 2 h 11 υ 1 = (I ρ 1 W 1 ) 1 ϵ 1 = ϵ 1 = υ 1 ρ 1 ῡ 1 ϵ 1 = ῡ 1 ρ 1 ῡ 1 ϵ 1 ϵ 1 υ 1 ῡ 1 ῡ 1 ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 = υ 1Q h υ 1 ρ 1 (υ 1Q h ῡ 1 + ῡ 1Q h υ 1 + ρ 2 1ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 = ῡ (ῡ ) 1Q h ῡ 1 ρ 1 1 Q h ῡ 1 + ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 + ρ 2 1 ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 = ῡ 1Q (ῡ ) h υ 1 ρ 1 1 Q h ῡ 1 + ῡ 1Q h υ 1 + ρ 2 1 ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 h = 0, 1 ρ 1 σh 2 11 Γ 1h ρ 1 ρ 2 1 Θ 1h = 0 σ 2 h 11

Γ 1h = 2γ1 1h γ2 1h 1 γ 2γ3 1h ) γ4 1h γ5 1h 1h Θ 1h 0 = γ 1h 2 γ 1h 3 0 γ1 1h ( γ 1h 2 + γ6 1h γ 1h i γ 1h 1 = (ῡ 1Q h υ 1 ) (Q h ), γ 1h 4 = (ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 ) (Q h ), γ1h 2 = (ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 ) (Q h ), γ1h γ1h 3 = (ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 ) (Q h ) 5 = (W 1NW 1N ), γ6 1h = (ῡ 1Q h υ 1 ) N (Q h ), γ1h 0 = (υ 1Q h υ 1 ) (Q h ) υ 1 = (I + ρ 1 W 1 )ϵ 1 = υ 1 = ϵ 1 + ρ 1 ϵ 1 ῡ 1 = ϵ 1 + ρ 1 ϵ 1 υ 1Q h υ 1 = ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 + ρ 1 (ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 + ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 ) + ρ 2 1 ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 = ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 + ρ 1 ( ϵ 1 Q h ϵ 1 + ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 ) + ρ 2 1 ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 ῡ 1Q h υ 1 = ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 + ρ 1 ( ϵ 1 Q h ϵ 1 + ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 ) + ρ 2 1 ϵ 1Q h ϵ 1 (υ 1Q h υ 1 ) = σ 2 h 11 (B h ) { N + ρ 1 [ (W 1N ) + (W 1N )] + ρ 2 1 (W 1NW 1N ) } (ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 ) = σh 2 11 (B h ) { [ ( ) ( )] (W 1NW 1N ) + ρ 1 W 1N W1N 2 + (W 1N ) 2 W 1N + ρ 2 1 ( (W 1N) 2 W1N 2 (ῡ 1Q h υ 1 ) = σh 2 11 (B h ) { [ (W 1N ) + ρ 1 (W 1N W 1N ) + ( )] W1N 2 + ρ 2 1 ( )} (W 1N) 2 W 1N )}

( ) [ υ 1 Q h υ 1 = σ 2h11 1 + ρ 2 1 (Q h ) (ῡ ) [ 1 Q h ῡ 1 (W = σ 2 1N W 1N ) h (Q h ) 11 N (ῡ ) 1 Q h υ 1 (Q h ) (W 1NW ] 1N ) N = σ 2 h 11 ρ 1 [ (W 1N W 1N ) N + 2ρ 1 (W 1NW 2 1N) N + (W 2 1N) N + ρ 2 ((W 1N) 2 W 2 ] 1N) 1 N ] + ρ 1 ((W 1N) 2 W 1N ) N 3 3 Γ 1h 3 1 Θ 1h γ 1 1 = (W 1NW 1N ) N, γ 1 2 = (W 1NW 2 1N) N, γ3 1 = (W 1N) 2, γ4 1 = ((W 1N) 2 W1N) 2 N N σ 2 Γ 1h h 11 ρ 1 σh 2 11 Θ 1h = 0 ρ 2 1σ 2 h 11 1 0 γ 1 Γ 1h 1 = γ1 1 2γ2 1 γ4 1, Θ 1h = 0 (γ1 1 + γ3) 1 γ2 1 1 (Q h ) υ 1Q h υ 1 ῡ 1Q h ῡ 1 ῡ 1Q h υ 1 δ 1 υ 1 = y 1 Z 1 δ 1 g 1h Θ 1h G 1h Γ 1h υ 1 ῡ 1 ῡ 1 G 1h ψ h g 1h = e(ρ 1, σ 2 h 11 ) ψ ψ h SAR h = ( ) ρ 1 ρ 2 1 σh 2 = 11 ψ SMA h = ( ) σh 2 11 ρ 1 σh 2 11 ρ 2 1σh 2 11 e(ρ 1, σh 2 11 ) ρ 1 σh 2 11

σ1 2 11 ρ 1 σ0 2 11 σ1 2 11 ρ 1 ρ 1 ( ρ 1, σ 2 h 11 ) = arg min{e(ρ 1, σ 2 h 11 ) e(ρ 1, σ 2 h 11 )} ρ 1 ˆδ 1,SEC2SLS ˆδ 1,SEC2SLS = Z (0) 1 P 0 Z (0) 1 ˆσ 0 2 11 + Z (1) 1 P 1 Z (1) 1 1 Z (0) 1 P 0 y (0) 1 ˆσ 1 2 11 ˆσ 0 2 11 + Z (1) 1 P 1 y (1) 1 ˆσ 1 2 11 ˆρ 1 σξ 2 11 σ1 2 11 P h = X h (X hλ 11 X h ) 1 X h X h = Q h X y (h) 1 = Q h y 1 Z (h) 1 = QZ 1 h = 0 h = 1 ρ 1 σ 2 ξ 11 σ 2 1 11 ˆρ 1 ˆσ 2 ξ 11 ˆσ 2 1 11 υ l υ q L l = 1,..., L L y = Zδ + υ y = ( y 1 y L) Z = (Zl ) δ = ( δ 1 δ L) υ = ( υ 1 υ L) Z l = [ Y l X l ]

(ρ l W l )υ + ϵ = (I ρ l W l ) 1 ϵ υ = Λϵ = (ρ l W l )ϵ + ϵ = (I + ρ l W l )ϵ Λ = (Λ l ) ϵ = ( ϵ 1 ϵ L) ϵ = (I L ι T I N )η + ξ = I L Z η η + ξ η = ( η 1 η L) ξ = ( ξ 1 ξ L) W l W l = W ρ 1 W 0 = (ρ l) W = ρ W 0 ρ L W Ω ϵ Ω ϵ = ( Ω ϵlq ) = ( σ 2 0lq ) Q0 + ( σ 2 1 lq ) Q1 = Σ 0 Q 0 + Σ 1 Q 1 Σ 1 = ( σ 2 1 lq ) Σ0 = ( σ 2 0 lq ) υ Ω υ = ΛΩ ϵ Λ = Λ (Σ 0 Q 0 ) Λ + Λ (Σ 1 Q 1 ) Λ Λ (Σ h Q h ) Λ = (Λ l ) ( ) σh 2 lq Q h (Λ l ) = ( ) σh 2 lq Λ l Q h Λ q = ( ) σh 2 lq Q h Λ lq Ω υ = (I L Q 0 ) Σ0 + (I L Q 1 ) Σ1 Σh = ( σ 2 h lq Λ lq ) IL Q h

y (h) = Z (h) δ + Λϵ (h) y (h) = (I L Q h )y Z (h) = (I L Q h )Z ϵ (h) = (I L Q h )ϵ (Λϵ (h) ) = Λ(I L Q h ) (ϵ) = 0 ( Λϵ (h)) = (I L Q h ) Σh x h = I L X h x hy (h) = x hz (h) δ + x hλϵ (h) ( x hλϵ (h)) = x h ( Λϵ (h)) x h = x h Σh x h Σh = ( σ 2 h lq Λ lq ) ˆδ (h) S3SLS = [ Z (h) x h (x h Σh x h ) 1 x hz (h)] 1 [ Z (h) x h (x h Σh x h ) 1 x hy (h)] = ( Z (h) P h Z (h)) 1 ( Z (h) P h y (h)) P h = x h (x h Σh x h ) 1 x h δ h = 0 (h) 1 ˆδ S3SLS δ δ ( x 0 y (0) ) ( x x y (1) = 0 Z (0) ) ( x x Z (1) δ + 0 υ (0) ) x υ (1) ˆδ SEC3SLS

ˆδ SEC3SLS = ( Z (0) P 0 Z (0) + Z (1) 1 P 1 Z (1) ) 1 ( 1 Z (0) P 0 y (0) + Z (1) 1 P 1 y (1) ) 1 P h = x h (x h Σh x h ) 1 x h y (h) = I M Q h y Z (h) = I M Q h Z h = 0 h = 1 ˆσ 2 h lq = ( y l Z l ) (h) ( ) ˆδ l,s2sls Qh y q Zq (h) ˆδ q,s2sls (Q h ) ρ l σh 2 lq ρ l σh 2 ll l ρ l Γy it + Λx it = υ it y it x it υ it W υ itl l = 1, 2 (I ρ l W ) 1 ϵ l υ itl = (I + ρ l W )ϵ l ϵ itl = η il + ξ itl Γ 2 2 Λ 2 4

Γ = ( ) ( ) 1 0.5 2 1.5 0 0 Λ = 4 1 0 0 3 1.8 X 11 X 12 X 21 X 22 x p,it = ζ p,i + z p,it p = 11, 12, 21, 22 ζ p,i iidu[ 10, 10] z p,it iidu[ 5, 5] 2(N + NT ) N (0, 1) 2N 2NT N (0, 1) Ω η Ω ξ ( ) ( ) 16 8 4 2 Ω η = Ω 8 16 ξ = 2 4 ( ) ( ) 12 6 8 4 Ω η = Ω 6 12 ξ = 4 8 ( ) ( ) 8 4 12 6 Ω η = Ω ξ = Ω η = 4 8 ( ) 4 2 2 4 Ω ξ = 6 12 ( ) 16 8 8 16 ( ) 20 10 Ω ϵ = 10 20 W 1 W 3 W 7 W 9 W J J W J N = 25 T = (7, 10, 15)

σ 2 η l q σ 2 ξ l q W N T ρ 1 ρ 2 α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22 W 3 W 3 W 3 W 3 W 1 W 3 W 7 W 9 W 3 W 3 W 3 W 3 W 3 W 3 W 3 W 3 RMSE (ˆα k ) = bias 2 (ˆα k ) + ( ) 2 IQ(ˆαk ) 1.35 IQ 0.75 0.25 ˆα k k α k 1/2

NOMAD 0.125 0.100 0.075 0.07 0.06 0.05 2sls ec 2sls ec 3sls sec 2sls sec 3sls 0.050 0.025 0.04 NOMAD 0.07 0.06 0.05 ec 2sls ec 3sls sec 2sls sec 3sls 0.0475 0.0450 0.0425 0.0400 0.04 0.0375 0.03 2.5 5.0 7.5 Neighbour 0.0350 1 2 3 4 Sigma RMSE NOMAD(ˆα) = 1 RK K R k=1 r=1 ˆα k,r α k α k K R ˆα k,r k k r NORMSQD NORMSQD NORMSQD 1 (ˆα) = K [ K bias 2 (ˆα k ) + ( ) ] IQ(ˆα k ) 2 1/2 1.35 k=1 ˆα k 2 bias IQ RMSE

(α 1, β 11, β 12, α 2, β 21, β 22 ) ( 0.5, 2, 1.5, 4, 3, 1.8) (ρ 1, ρ 2 ) ( 0.8, 0.3) W 3 Sigma

0.07 2sls NOMAD 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04 ec 2sls ec 3sls sec 2sls sec 3sls 0.04 0.03 0.055 0.0350 0.050 ec 2sls 0.0325 NOMAD 0.045 0.040 ec 3sls sec 2sls sec 3sls 0.0300 0.0275 0.035 0.0250 0.030 0.5 0.0 0.5 Rho 0.0225 8 10 12 14 Time J J = 1 J = 3 J = 7 J = 9 (α 1, β 11, β 12, α 2, β 21, β 22 ) ( 0.5, 2, 1.5, 4, 3, 1.8) (ρ 1, ρ 2 ) ( 0.8, 0.3) V 1 W 1 W 3 W 7 W 9 W 1 W 1 W 9 T = 7 T = 10 T = 15 (α 1, β 11, β 12, α 2, β 21, β 22 ) (ρ 1, ρ 2 )

0.0330 0.040 0.0327 NOMAD 0.036 sec 2sls sec 3sls 0.0324 0.0321 sec 2sls sec 3sls 0.032 1 2 3 4 Sigma 0.0318 2.5 5.0 7.5 W 0.0325 0.0330 0.0300 0.0325 NOMAD 0.0275 0.0250 0.0225 sec 2sls sec 3sls 0.0320 0.0315 sec 2sls sec 3sls 8 10 12 14 Time 0.0310 0.5 0.0 0.5 Rho V 1 T ime (α 1, β 11, β 12, α 2, β 21, β 22 ) ( 0.5, 2, 1.5, 4, 3, 1.8) W 3 V 1 ρ 1 ρ 2 ρ l = 0.8 ρ l = 0.4 ρ l ρ l = 0.4 ρ l = 0.8 ρ ρ l ρ l = 0 ρ l

ˆρ 2SLS ˆρ 3SLS ρ l = 0.8 ρ l = 0.8 W J ˆρ 2SLS ˆρ 3SLS J = 3 ρ l ρ ρ 2SLS ρ 3SLS

0.3 J=1 J=3 J=7 J=9 0.16 RMSE 0.2 0.12 V1 V2 V3 0.1 0.08 V4 0.5 0.0 0.5 Rho 0.5 0.0 0.5 Rho y ti = β 01 + α 1 h ti + β 1 f ti + β 2 k ti + β 3 op ti + υ 1,ti h ti = β 02 + α 2 y ti + β 4 pub ti + β 5 old ti + β 6 young ti + υ 2,ti h ti y ti f k pub old young l = {1, 2} υ l = Λ l ϵ l = (I ρ l W ) 1 ϵ l = A 1 l ϵ l

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ρ l

1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0.14 0.13 0.11 0.1 0.09 0.07 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.01 0 0.33 0.3 0.27 0.23 0.2 0.17 0.13 0.1 0.07 0.03 0 0.11 0.1 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.01 0

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

ρ l α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22

ρ l α 1 β 11 β 12 α 2 β 21 β 22