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2 marksEconometrics › Linear regression and OLS › The Gauss-Markov theorem and OLS propertiesModerateabout 3 min

DSE 2009 Question 39: Linear regression and OLS

Suppose least squares is used to fit yi=β1+β2xi+εiy_{i}=\beta_{1}+\beta_{2}x_{i}+\varepsilon_{i}yi​=β1​+β2​xi​+εi​, with not all xxx's identical. Assumptions: (1) E(εi)=0E(\varepsilon_{i})=0E(εi​)=0; (2) Cov(xi,εi)=0\text{Cov}(x_{i},\varepsilon_{i})=0Cov(xi​,εi​)=0; (3) homoskedasticity Var(εi)=σ2\text{Var}(\varepsilon_{i})=\sigma^{2}Var(εi​)=σ2; (4) no autocorrelation Cov(εi,εj)=0\text{Cov}(\varepsilon_{i},\varepsilon_{j})=0Cov(εi​,εj​)=0 for i≠ji\ne ji=j. When are the least-squares estimators unbiased?

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Suppose least squares is used to fit yᵢ=β₁+β₂xᵢ+εᵢ, with not all x 's identical. Assumptions: (1) E(εᵢ)=0; (2) Cov(xᵢ,εᵢ)=0; (3) homoskedasticity Var(εᵢ)=σ²; (4) no autocorrelation Cov(εᵢ,εⱼ)=0 for i≠ j. When are the least-squares estimators unbiased? (A) Only if our data satisfy assumptions (1) and (2). (B) Only if our data satisfy assumptions (1), (2), (3), and (4). (C) Only if our data satisfy assumptions (1), (2), and (3). (D) Only if our data satisfy (1), (2), and (4).

Also written as: Suppose least squares is used to fit y_i=beta_1+beta_2x_i+epsilon_i, with not all x 's identical. Assumptions: (1) E(epsilon_i)=0; (2) Cov(x_i,epsilon_i)=0; (3) homoskedasticity Var(epsilon_i)=sigma^2; (4) no autocorrelation Cov(epsilon_i,epsilon_j)=0 for i!= j. When are the least-squares estimators unbiased?

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This question is on The Gauss-Markov theorem and OLS properties, part of Linear regression and OLS in Econometrics.

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