Autocorrelation-Corrected Standard Errors in Panel Probits : An Application to Currency Crisis Prediction /

Many estimates of early-warning-system (EWS) models of currency crisis have reported incorrect standard errors because of serial correlation in the context of panel probit regressions. This paper documents the magnitude of the problem, proposes and tests a solution, and applies it to previously publ...

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Yazar: Berg, Andrew
Diğer Yazarlar: Coke, Rebecca
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/039
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF
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Özet:Many estimates of early-warning-system (EWS) models of currency crisis have reported incorrect standard errors because of serial correlation in the context of panel probit regressions. This paper documents the magnitude of the problem, proposes and tests a solution, and applies it to previously published EWS estimates. We find that (1) the uncorrected probit estimates substantially underestimate the true standard errors, by up to a factor of four; (2) a heteroskedasicity- and autocorrelation-corrected (HAC) procedure produces accurate estimates; and (3) most variables from the original models remain significant, though substantially less so than had been previously thought.
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ISSN:1018-5941
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