Prediction in an Unbalanced Nested Error Components Panel Data Model |
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| Authors: | Badi H Baltagi Alain Pirotte |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, , NY, USA;2. ERMES (CNRS), University Panthéon‐Assas Paris II/Sorbonne university, , Paris, France;3. IFSTTAR‐DEST, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks, , Champs‐sur‐Marne, France |
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| Abstract: | This paper derives the best linear unbiased predictor for an unbalanced nested error components panel data model. This predictor is useful in many econometric applications that are usually based on unbalanced panel data and have a nested (hierarchical) structure. Examples include predicting student performance in a class in a school, or house prices in a neighborhood in a county or a state. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we show that this predictor is better in root mean square error performance than the usual fixed‐ or random‐effects predictors ignoring the nested structure of the data. This is applied to forecasting the productivity of public capital in the private sector using nested panel data of 48 contiguous American states. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | nested error components unbalanced panels forecasting linear predictor |
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