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Statistical Properties of OLS: Income (X) and Consumption (Y)
Statistical Properties of OLS: Income (X) and Consumption (Y)
∑ (x − x )( y
i i − y)
βˆ1 = i =1
n
∑ (x − x )
2
i
i =1
(xi − x ) yi
βˆ1 = ∑ , where s x2 ≡ ∑ ( xi − x )
2
s x2
Variances of the OLS estimator
Homoskedastic Case
y
f(y|x)
. E(y|x) = β + β x
0 1
.
x1 x2
Heteroskedastic Case
f(y|x)
y
.
. E(y|x) = β0 + β1x
.
x1 x2 x3 x
Sampling Variance of OLS estimator
( ) 1
Var βˆ1 = Var ( β1 + ( 2
sx
∑ (xi − x )ui ), where s x2 ≡ ∑ ( xi − x )
2
i = SSR / (n − 2 )
1
σˆ =
2
(n − 2) ∑ ˆ
u 2