Discussion Paper
No. 2014-42 | October 23, 2014
Duo Qin
Resurgence of Instrument Variable Estimation and Fallacy of Endogeneity
(Published in Survey and Overview)

Abstract

This paper investigates the nature of the IV method for tackling endogeneity. By tracing the rise and fall of the method in macroeconometrics and its subsequent revival in microeconometrics, it pins the method down to an implicit model respecification device—breaking the circular causality of simultaneous relations by redefining it as an asymmetric one conditioning on a non-optimal conditional expectation of the assumed endogenous explanatory variable, thus rejecting that variable as a valid conditional variable. The revealed nature explains why the IV route is popular for models where endogeneity is superfluous whereas measurement errors are of the key concern.

JEL Classification:

B23, C13, C18, C50

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[Please cite the corresponding journal article] Duo Qin (2014). Resurgence of Instrument Variable Estimation and Fallacy of Endogeneity. Economics Discussion Papers, No 2014-42, Kiel Institute for the World Economy. http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2014-42


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November 12, 2014 - 08:43
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December 11, 2014 - 11:59
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January 12, 2015 - 09:11
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