A neural network demand system with heteroskedastic errors |
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Authors: | Michael McAleer Marcelo C Medeiros Daniel Slottje |
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Institution: | 1. School of Economics and Commerce, University of Western Australia, Australia;2. Department of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;3. Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, United States |
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Abstract: | In this paper we consider estimation of demand systems with flexible functional forms, allowing an error term with a general conditional heteroskedasticity function that depends on observed covariates, such as demographic variables. We propose a general model that can be estimated either by quasi-maximum likelihood (in the case of exogenous regressors) or generalized method of moments (GMM) if the covariates are endogenous. The specification proposed in the paper nests several demand functions in the literature and the results can be applied to the recently proposed Exact Affine Stone Index (EASI) demand system of Lewbel, A., Pendakur, K., 2008. Tricks with Hicks: The EASI implicit Marshallian demand system for unobserved heterogeneity and flexible Engel curves. American Economic Review (in press)]. Furthermore, flexible nonlinear expenditure elasticities can be estimated. |
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Keywords: | Demand functions Estimating demand systems Flexible forms Exact affine Stone index (EASI) Neural networks Asymptotic theory Heteroskedasticity Engel curves |
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