Description/Abstract
This paper develops robust panel estimation in the form of trimmed mean group estimation for potentially heterogenous panel regression models. It trims outlying individuals of which the sample variances of regressors are either extremely small or large. The limiting distribution of the trimmed estimator can be obtained in a similar way to the standard mean group estimator, provided the random coefficients are conditionally homoskedastic. We consider two trimming methods. The first one is based on the order statistic of the sample variance of each regressor. The second one is based on the Mahalanobis depth of the sample variances of regressors. We apply them to the mean group estimation of the two-way fixed effects model with potentially heterogeneous slope parameters and to the common correlated effects regression, and we derive limiting distribution of each estimator. As an empirical illustration, we consider the effect of police on property crime rates using the U.S. state-level panel data.
Document Type
Working Paper
Date
2-2021
Keywords
Trimmed Mean Group Estimator, Robust Estimator, Heterogeneous Panel, Random Coefficient, Two-Way Fixed Effects, Common Correlated Effects
Language
English
Series
Working Papers Series
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Economics | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
ISSN
1525-3066
Recommended Citation
Lee, Yoonseok and Sul, Donggyu, "Trimmed Mean Group Estimation" (2021). Center for Policy Research. 269.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/269
Source
Local input
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Additional Information
Working paper no. 237