You can impose restrictions on the parameter estimates with RESTRICT and SRESTRICT statements. The RESTRICT statement imposes linear restrictions on parameters in the equation specified by the preceding MODEL statement. The SRESTRICT statement imposes linear restrictions that relate parameters in different models.

To impose restrictions involving parameters in different equations, use the SRESTRICT statement. Specify the parameters in the linear hypothesis as model-label.regressor-name. (If the MODEL statement does not have a label, you can use the dependent variable name as the label for the model, provided the dependent variable uniquely labels the model.)

Tests for the significance of the restrictions are printed when RESTRICT or SRESTRICT statements are used. You can label RESTRICT and SRESTRICT statements to identify the restrictions in the output.

The RESTRICT statement in the following example restricts the price coefficient in the demand equation to equal 0.015. The SRESTRICT statement restricts the estimate of the income coefficient in the demand equation to be 0.01 times the estimate of the unit cost coefficient in the supply equation.

   proc syslin data=in 3sls;
      endogenous  p;
      instruments y u s;
      demand: model q = p y s;
      peq015: restrict p = .015;
      supply: model q = p u;
      yeq01u: srestrict demand.y = .01 * supply.u;
   run;

The restricted estimation results are shown in Figure 26.9.