A frequent problem in the estimation of linear regression models is that the predictors are correlated with the error term contained in the regression equation. To ...

If a model has more than one endogenous variable, several facts need to be considered in the choice of an estimation method. If the model has endogenous regressors, then an instrumental variables ...

In the instrumental variables methods (2SLS, LIML, K-class, MELO), first-stage predicted values are substituted for the endogenous regressors. As a result, the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In many applications of instrumental-variables regression, researchers seek to defend the plausibility of a ...

The extent to which depression and obesity are causally related remains to be determined. We used intergenerational data on mother–offspring pairs in an instrumental variable analysis to examine the ...