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Continuous-Tme Econometrics of Structural Models

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  • Wymer Clifford R.

    (Sapienza University of Rome)

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Much of economic theory, especially macro-economics and the study of commodity, financial, and other markets, relies on the use of non-linear structural models to study medium-term and long-run dynamic behaviour of an economy. Continuous-time econometrics is based on the argument that as economic systems are largely continuous they can be better represented and estimated by differential equation rather than difference equation systems. This paper reviews the development of full-information Gaussian estimators of non-linear systems which may then be extended to the estimation of models of intertemporally optimizing agents and other boundary point models, and models where the parameters of the stochastic innovation process enter the deterministic part of the model or vice versa. The long-properties of these models may be studied by calculating the Lyapunov exponents which give information on the form of the attractor the model, the dynamic stability of the model for given parameter values and whether it is structurally stable. The critical dependence of some attractors, and particularly strange attractors, on parameter values emphasizes the need for consistent, efficient estimation. A structural approach provides a rigorous alternative to using single time series to determine whether economic systems exhibit aperiodic or chaotic dynamical behavior.

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  • Wymer Clifford R., 2012. "Continuous-Tme Econometrics of Structural Models," Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, De Gruyter, vol. 16(2), pages 1-28, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bpj:sndecm:v:16:y:2012:i:2:n:8
    DOI: 10.1515/1558-3708.1936
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