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Chapter 8
ECON 324
Heteroscedasticity: Definition
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Y i = 0 + 1Xi + i,
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Var(i) = 2i
Causes
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90th percentile
10th percentile
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Example of Heteroskedasticity
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f(y|x)
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E(y|x) = 0 + 1x
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1 2
X X
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1 1 n
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e2 xi xi' X ' X
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i =1
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compared to 2 X ' X with homoscedas ticity
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V = n X ' X
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An Aside:
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Example of Breusch-Pagan
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Y i = 0 + 1Xi + i
Var( i) = i2
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= 0 + 1 + 2 2 i + i
X1i X1i
X 1i X1i
Survey data
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