Estimate the coefficients of an equation system - can I use OLS?

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Coffeedrinker

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Hi!

I have not worked so much with this type of regressions and have tried to find the answer in my econometric books and on internet, but have unfortunately not had any luck. I appreciate all help I can get with this!

Im using time series data to measure the rate of return of the inputs Xi on the outputs Yi.

I need to find the values of the three coefficients a1, a2 and b, which are all appering in three related equations:

ln(Y1/Y3)=ln((1-a1+a2)/a2) +b*ln(X1/X3) + e
ln(Y2/Y3)=ln((1-a1)/a2)) +b*ln(X2/X3) + e
ln(Y1/Y2)=ln((a1+a2)/a1) +b*ln(X1/X2) +e

where X1, X2 and X3 are the independent variables and e the error term.

Is it correct to estimate this using OLS and then solve the equation system for a1 and a2? Or will the estimates be biased?

I only want one value of b, can I get that using this method?

Thank you so much for your time!
/C
 
staassis

staassis

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You did not describe the problem accurately. The error term e is a different random variable in each of the 3 equations, right?
 
BGM

BGM

TS Contributor
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Is there any typo in the system? If you sum the latter two equations, you will obtain the same variables in equation 1.
 
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Coffeedrinker

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BGM said:
Is there any typo in the system? If you sum the latter two equations, you will obtain the same variables in equation 1.
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Yes, Im sorry, there was in fact a typo. Equation 3 is now corrected:

ln(Y1/Y3)=ln((1-a1+a2)/a2) +b*ln(X1/X3) + e
ln(Y2/Y3)=ln((1-a1)/a2)) +b*ln(X2/X3) + e
ln(Y1/Y2)=ln((1 -a1+a2)/a1) +b*ln(X1/X2) +e

Sorry for the misstake!
 
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