Week 16-17: The Simultaneous Equations Models

Why Simultaneous Equations Models: Deviation from the classical assumptions, The simultaneous equations bias, Various types and general format of simultaneous equations models, Exogenous Endogenous variables, The structural and reduced-form models, The identification problem, Formal rules for identification: The Order and Rank conditions, The Indirect Least Squares (ILS), The Instrumental Variables and Two-Stage Least Square(2-SLS).