Exam 15: Instrumental Variables Estimation and Two Stage Least Squares

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If we focus only on consistency, it is necessarily better to use IV than OLS if the correlation between z and u is smaller than that between x and u.

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Which of the following assumptions is known as exclusion restrictions?

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Consider the following simple regression model y = Consider the following simple regression model y =   <sub>0</sub> +   <sub>1</sub>x<sub>1</sub> + u. Suppose z is an instrument for x. Which of the following conditions denotes instrument relevance? 0 + Consider the following simple regression model y =   <sub>0</sub> +   <sub>1</sub>x<sub>1</sub> + u. Suppose z is an instrument for x. Which of the following conditions denotes instrument relevance? 1x1 + u. Suppose z is an instrument for x. Which of the following conditions denotes instrument relevance?

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If the instrumental variable estimator has an upward bias, the ordinary least square estimator always has a downward bias.

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Consider the following simple regression model y = Consider the following simple regression model y =   <sub>0</sub> +   <sub>1</sub>x<sub>1</sub> + u. The variable z is a poor instrument for x if _____. 0 + Consider the following simple regression model y =   <sub>0</sub> +   <sub>1</sub>x<sub>1</sub> + u. The variable z is a poor instrument for x if _____. 1x1 + u. The variable z is a poor instrument for x if _____.

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