%GMMSTART Front end for GMM estimation. % Gmmstart is a script file which contains the information % on the starting parameter vector and data. It is a % user-supplied routine. See also GMM, GMMH, GMMHC, UNCMIN. % % Ellen R. McGrattan, 3-27-89 % Revised, 3-2-90 % References: % ---------- % [1] Eichenbaum, Martin S. and Lars P. Hansen, ``Estimating % Models with Intertemporal Substitution Using Aggregate % Time Series Data,'' NBER Working Paper 2181, 1987. % [2] Eichenbaum, Martin S. and Lars P. Hansen, ``Estimating % Models with Intertemporal Substitution Using Aggregate % Time Series Data,'' JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC % STATISTICS, 8:53-70, 1990. % [3] Eichenbaum, Martin S., Lars P. Hansen, and Kenneth Singleton, % ``A Time Series Analysis of Representative Agent Models of % Consumption and Leisure Choice Under Uncertainty,'' NBER % Working Paper No. 1981, 1986. % [4] Hansen, L.P. and K.J. Singleton, "Generalized Instrumental % Variables Estimation of Nonlinear Rational Expectations % Models," ECONOMETRICA, 50:1269-1286, 1982. % [5] Hansen, Lars P., "Large-sample Moments Properties of % Generalized Method of Moments Estimators,'' ECONOMETRICA, % 50:1029-1054, 1982. % [6] Newey, W.K. and K.D. West, "A Simple, Positive Semi- % Definite, Heteroskedasticity and Autocorrelation Consistent % Covariance Matrix," ECONOMETRICA, 55:703-708, 1987. clear %------------------------------------------------------------------------- % GLOBAL VARIABLES %------------------------------------------------------------------------- global xgmm zgmm nobs qgmm Wgmm mgmm lgmm % | | | | | | | % x data instrumental # of dimen. weighting dim. of # of % variables, observations of z(t) matrix function params % z(t) t=1,... nobs h(.,.) % the user can add to but should not delete from this list of variables %------------------------------------------------------------------------- % USER-SUPPLIED VARIABLES %------------------------------------------------------------------------- % User-supplied entries: Analog in Hansen, Singleton (1982) % --------------------- ---------------------------------- % 1. xgmm: nobs x k 1. x: T x k = [x(1)',.., x(T)'] % 2. zgmm: nobs x qgmm 2. z: T x q = [z(1)',.., z(T)'] % 3. theta0: lgmm x 1 3. b0: l x 1 % 4. n: integer, n>0 4. n: integer, n>0 % ---------------------------------- % ---------------------------------- % 5. wgt = 0 W = R(0)+sum_{j=1:n-1}(R(j)+R(j)') % = 1 = R(0)+sum_{j=1:n-1}(1-j/n)* % (R(j)+R(j)') % = 2 = W described in Eichenbaum, % et.al. (1986) % (set nlag >=1) % 6. restrict = 1 R-statistic computed (0 otherwise) % (use GMMHC for moments with % restrictions imposed) % 7. induc: vector of indices Set if restrict=1; gives indices % induc(i)