Significance of the characteristic roots of linearized econometric models

Bianchi, Carlo and Calzolari, Giorgio and Corsi, Paolo and Panattoni, Lorenzo (1980): Significance of the characteristic roots of linearized econometric models. Published in: Paper presented at the Economics and Control Conference, Princeton University (4 June 1980): pp. 1-14.

Abstract

This paper shows how to compute asymptotic standard errors of the characteristic roots of a nonlinear econometric model. The system of simultaneous equations is linearized in the neighborhood of a given point, then characteristic roots and related standard errors are computed.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Nonlinear econometric models; characteristic roots; eigenvalues; asymptotic standard errors
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C63 - Computational Techniques ; Simulation Modeling; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables

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