Least Orthogonal Distance Estimator (LODE) of Simultaneous Equation Models’ structural parameters is based on minimizing the orthogonal distance between Reduced Form (RF) and the Structural Form (SF) parameters. In this work we propose a new version – with respect to Pieraccini and Naccarato...

Econometrics is the area of statistics concerned in analyzing economic data, for both economic and business applications. This document, introduces the intermediate concepts of this area, for students already familiarized with basic econometric theory. In particular, topics concerning...

This paper is concerned with the contribution to forecast errors of errors in the estimated structural coefficients of a macro-econometric model (simultaneous equations). Its main purpose is to perform, on several "real-world" models, an empirical comparison of alternative techniques available...

The objective of this article is to show the effect of the action of public power on economic growth, control of corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the MENA region. Our study focuses on the various aspects of the influence of two important aspects of institutional quality, namely...

Examining the identification problem in the context of a linear econometric model can be a tedious task. The order condition of identifiability is an easy condition to compute, though difficult to remember. The application of the rank condition, due to its complicated definition and its...