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Models containing unobservable variables arise very often in economics, psychology, and other social sciences.1 They may arise because of measurement errors, or because behavioural responses are in part determined by unobservable characteristics of agents (e.g.,Chamberlain and Griliches [1975], Griliches [1974], [1977], [1979], Heckman [1981a, b], Robinson and Ferrara [1977], Train et al. [1987]). They may arise because the theoretical construction of the model depends on conceptual variables that are unobservable. The Friedman [1957] permanent income hypothesis, the Muth [1961] rational expectation hypothesis, and the hedonic approach towards consumer choice and the construction of price indexes (e.g., Court [1941], Gorman [1980], Griliches [1971], Lancaster [1966], Rosen [1974] and Tinbergen [1959]) are some of the examples.
Keywords
- Instrumental Variable
- American Statistical Association
- Consistent Estimator
- Latent Variable Model
- Simultaneous Equation Model
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Hsiao, C. (1996). Nonlinear Latent Variable Models. In: Mátyás, L., Sevestre, P. (eds) The Econometrics of Panel Data. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0137-7_17
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