ECON321 Lecture 17: 321w11p2.pdf

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Suppose that we wish to estimate the following regression. If we know the function h(x), then we can use. Weighted least squares (wls) to account for heteroskedasticity. Suppose i so in this case our function h(x) = x. And the standard deviation of our error is xi. If we divide our entire equation by xi : Then the variance of our (new) error is constant. ui. You can use the same method for any h(x). This method is called weighted least squares because we are weighting our residuals and minimizing the weighted sum of squared residuals. n. Our estimators will be different from the ols estimators of the original regression. But we interpret the coefficient estimates and tests statistics in the same manner as with ols. If we incorrectly choose the function h(x), then our resulting test statistics will not be valid. If we have no theoretical foundation for h(x) we can use feasible gls to estimate.

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