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  • Would -xtscc- solve serial auto correlation and heteroskedasticity in a panel data?

    I am running Stata 13 and working on a panel data.
    Panel variable has about 200 entries(countries) and 10 years from 2006 to 2016 Although I have missing observations in between.
    Code:
    . xtset
           panel variable:  Country (unbalanced)
            time variable:  Year, 2006 to 2016
                    delta:  1 year
    I tested for serial correlation using -xtserial- and based on the results, I'm assuming there's serial correlation.

    Code:
    Wooldridge test for autocorrelation in panel data
    H0: no first-order autocorrelation
        F(  1,      63) =    274.750
               Prob > F =      0.0000
    Also, I tested for heteroskedasticity using -lrtest-

    Code:
    . lrtest hetero ., df (69)
    
    Likelihood-ratio test                                 LR chi2(69) =    850.41
    (Assumption: . nested in hetero)                      Prob > chi2 =    0.0000
    
    . est replay hetero
    
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Model hetero
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Cross-sectional time-series FGLS regression
    
    Coefficients:  generalized least squares
    Panels:        heteroskedastic
    Correlation:   no autocorrelation
    
    Estimated covariances      =        70          Number of obs      =       621
    Estimated autocorrelations =         0          Number of groups   =        70
    Estimated coefficients     =         8          Obs per group: min =         1
                                                                   avg =  8.871429
                                                                   max =        11
                                                    Wald chi2(7)       =  26671.07
    Log likelihood             = -47.08043          Prob > chi2        =    0.0000
    
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            lnGDPppp |      Coef.   Std. Err.      z    P>|z|     [95% Conf. Interval]
    -----------------+----------------------------------------------------------------
        Billionaires |   .0027389   .0001044    26.23   0.000     .0025342    .0029436
           RuleofLaw |   .0047183     .00032    14.74   0.000     .0040911    .0053454
          GovFreedom |   .0050105   .0006552     7.65   0.000     .0037264    .0062946
           TradeOpen |   .0160248   .0005429    29.52   0.000     .0149608    .0170888
    WealthInequality |  -.0073895   .0006478   -11.41   0.000    -.0086593   -.0061198
        Unemployment |  -.0228004   .0011183   -20.39   0.000    -.0249923   -.0206085
               lnPop |   .7194886    .005653   127.28   0.000      .708409    .7305682
               _cons |    13.4601   .1186022   113.49   0.000     13.22764    13.69256
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    I'm not quite sure how to interpret the output, but I'm assuming too that it is heteroskedastic, or am I wrong?

    If it is indeed heteroskedastic. Would using xtscc to regress my data solve both problems?
    I searched for ways to solve said problems and I came across a post suggesting that it does indeed.
    If not, is there a better way to handle this?

    Lastly, are there any more tests I should do to make sure that my model output will be reliable?
    Thank you.

  • #2
    Patrick:
    you're dealing with a large N, small T panel dataset.
    Clustering the standard errors on -panelid- manages heteroskedasticity and/or autocorrelation.
    Kind regards,
    Carlo
    (Stata 19.0)

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    • #3
      Thank you so much! Now it's clear.

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