Equivalence of GLS and Difference Estimator in the Linear Regression Model under Seasonally Autocorrelated Disturbances

  • Seuck Heun Song (Institute of Statistics, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, KOREA) ;
  • Jong Hyup Lee (Dept. of Statistics, Duksung Women's University, Seoul 132-174, KOREA)
  • Published : 1994.12.01

Abstract

The generalized least squares estimator in the linear regression model is equivalent to difference estimator irrespective of the particular form of the regressor matrix when the disturbances are generated by a seasonally autoregressive provess and autocorrelation is closed to unity.

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