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DSE 2016 Question 6: Dummy variables and functional forms

Consider the following estimated regression relating expenditures on Food (YiY_{i}Yi​) to Income (XiX_{i}Xi​): Y^i=145+0.3Xi−0.1(Xi−Xi∗)Di\hat{Y}_{i}=145+0.3X_{i}-0.1(X_{i}-X_{i}^{*})D_{i}Y^i​=145+0.3Xi​−0.1(Xi​−Xi∗​)Di​, where iii denotes the individual, Xi∗=500X_{i}^{*}=500Xi∗​=500 is a threshold distinguishing low-income from high-income individuals, and Di=1D_{i}=1Di​=1 if Xi≥X∗X_{i}\ge X^{*}Xi​≥X∗ and 000 otherwise. All estimated coefficients are significant at 5% level. Which of the following statements is false?

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Consider the following estimated regression relating expenditures on Food (Yᵢ) to Income (Xᵢ): Ŷᵢ=145+0.3Xᵢ-0.1(Xᵢ-Xᵢ*)Dᵢ, where i denotes the individual, Xᵢ*=500 is a threshold distinguishing low-income from high-income individuals, and Dᵢ=1 if Xᵢ≥ X* and 0 otherwise. All estimated coefficients are significant at 5% level. Which of the following statements is false? (A) The marginal propensity to consume for people with low income is 0.3, and is lower for those with higher incomes; this makes sense as it is in accordance with Engel's Law (B) This is a differential slope, common intercept dummy variable formulation with an additional restriction that leads to a kinked Engel curve (C) This is a standard differential slope common-intercept dummy variable formulation (D) Using this formulation yields predicted food expenditure for people at income level 490 that is not very different from those at income level 510 (estimates lie within 5 percent of each other)

Also written as: Consider the following estimated regression relating expenditures on Food (Y_i) to Income (X_i): Y_hat_i=145+0.3X_i-0.1(X_i-X_i*)D_i, where i denotes the individual, X_i*=500 is a threshold distinguishing low-income from high-income individuals, and D_i=1 if X_i>= X* and 0 otherwise. All estimated coefficients are significant at 5% level. Which of the following statements is false?

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This question is on Interaction terms and piecewise regressions, part of Dummy variables and functional forms in Econometrics.

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