Example 19.18 Duration Data Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity

All of the previous three models actually have closed-form moment conditions, so the simulation approach is not necessarily required for the estimation. This example illustrates how to use SMM to estimate a model for which there is no closed-form solution for the moments and thus the traditional GMM method does not apply. The model is the duration data model with unobserved heterogeneity in Gourieroux and Monfort (1993):

     
     

The SAS statements are:


title1 'SMM for Duration Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity';

%let nobs=1000;
data durationdata;
   b=0.9; s=0.5;
   do i=1 to &nobs;
      u = rannor( 1011 );
      v = ranuni( 1011 );
      x = 2 * ranuni( 1011 );
      y = -exp(-b * x + s * u) * log(v);
      output;
   end;
run;

proc model data=durationdata;
   parms b .5 s 1;
   instrument x;

   u = rannor( 1011 );
   v = ranuni( 1011 );
   y = -exp(-b * x + s * u) * log(v);

   moment y = (2 3 4);
   fit y / gmm ndraw=10 ;* maxiter=500;
   bound s > 0, b > 0;
run;

The output of the MODEL procedure is shown in Output 19.18.1.

Output 19.18.1 PROC MODEL Output
SMM for Duration Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity

The MODEL Procedure

Model Summary
Model Variables 1
Parameters 2
Equations 4
Number of Statements 9

Model Variables y
Parameters(Value) b(0.5) s(1)
Equations _moment_3 _moment_2 _moment_1 y

The 4 Equations to Estimate
_moment_3 = F(b, s)
_moment_2 = F(b, s)
_moment_1 = F(b, s)
y = F(b, s)
Instruments 1 x

Nonlinear GMM Parameter Estimates
Parameter Estimate Approx Std Err t Value Approx
Pr > |t|
b 0.92983 0.0331 28.08 <.0001
s 0.341825 0.0608 5.62 <.0001