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Spatial correlations in panel data, Volume 1

Author:	Driscoll, John; Kraay, Aart;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1553
Date Stored:	2001/04/21	Document Date:	1995/12/31
Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper	Language:	English
Major Sector:	(Historic)Economic Policy	Report Number:	WPS1553
Sub Sectors:	Macro/Non-Trade	SubTopics:	Information Technology; Environmental Economics & Policies; Scientific Research & Science Parks; Econometrics; Science Education; Sanitation and Sewerage; Statistical & Mathematical Sciences
Volume No:	1

Summary: In many empirical applications involving combined time-series and cross-sectional data, the residuals from different cross-sectional units are likely to be correlated with one another. This is the case in applications in macroeconomics and international economics where the cross-sectional units may be countries, states, or regions observed over time. Spatial correlations among such cross-sections may arise for a number of reasons, ranging from observed common shocks such as terms of trade oil shocks, to unobserved contagion or neighborhood effects which propagate across countries in complex ways. The authors observe that presence of such spatial correlations in residuals complicates standard inference procedures that combine time-series and cross-sectional data since these techniques typically require the assumption that the cross-sectional units are independent. When this assumption is violated, estimates of standard errors are inconsistent, and hence are not useful for inference. And standard correction for spatial correlations will be valid only if spatial correlations are of particular restrictive forms. The authors propose a correlation for spatial correlations that does not require strong assumptions concerning their form and how show it is superior to a number of commonly used alternatives.


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