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The limited information maximum likelihood and two-stage least squares estimates have the same asymptotic normal distribution; the ordinary least squares estimate has another asymptotic normal distribution. This paper considers more accurate approximations to the distributions of the so-called "k-class" estimates. An asymptotic expansion of the distribution of such an estimate is given in terms of an Edgeworth or Gram-Charlier series (of which the leading term is the normal distribution). The development also permits expression of the exact distribution in several forms. The distributions of the two-stage least squares and ordinary least squares estimates are transformed to doubly-noncentral F distributions. Numerical comparisons are made between the approximate distributions and exact distributions calculated by the second author.
MLA
Anderson, T. W., and Takamitsu Sawa. “Distributions of Estimates of Coefficients of a Single Equation in a Simultaneous System and Their Asymptotic Expansions.” Econometrica, vol. 41, .no 4, Econometric Society, 1973, pp. 683-714, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1914090
Chicago
Anderson, T. W., and Takamitsu Sawa. “Distributions of Estimates of Coefficients of a Single Equation in a Simultaneous System and Their Asymptotic Expansions.” Econometrica, 41, .no 4, (Econometric Society: 1973), 683-714. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1914090
APA
Anderson, T. W., & Sawa, T. (1973). Distributions of Estimates of Coefficients of a Single Equation in a Simultaneous System and Their Asymptotic Expansions. Econometrica, 41(4), 683-714. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1914090
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