# PS10.8, for the Application section 10.9 open data10-4 genr ml = um * 100/gnpdef # convert to real terms genr g = ug * 100/gnpdef # generate log variables logs ml g # generate first difference of logs genr milit = ldiff(ml) genr govt = ldiff(g) # generate error correction term genr longdef = l_g(-1) - l_ml(-1) # create interaction terms genr lpres = longdef * pres genr lelect = longdef * elect genr lreagan = longdef * reagan genr lopp = longdef * opp genr lhdem = longdef * hdem genr lsdem = longdef * sdem genr lww2 = longdef * ww2 genr lkwar = longdef * kwar genr lvwar = longdef * vwar genr lkrus = longdef * krus genr lgorb = longdef * gorb genr lsalt = longdef * salt list # suppress the first observation smpl 1941 ; # estimate the basic error correction model ols milit const govt longdef # estimate the model in equation (10.27) ols milit const govt longdef lpres lelect lreagan lopp lhdem lsdem lww2 \ lkwar lvwar lkrus lgorb lsalt # LM test for first order autocorrelation genr ut = $uhat genr ut1 = ut(-1) smpl 1942 ; ols ut const govt longdef lpres lelect lreagan lopp lhdem lsdem lww2 \ lkwar lvwar lkrus lgorb lsalt ut1 genr LM = $trsq pvalue X 1 LM smpl 1941 ; # mixed Hilu-Corc estimation of the general model hilu milit const govt longdef lpres lelect lreagan lopp lhdem lsdem lww2 \ lkwar lvwar lkrus lgorb lsalt # recursively omit variable with the highest p-value omit lhdem omit lelect omit lsalt omit lreagan omit lgorb omit lpres omit lopp