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pset 3.3 Consider the regression model$$y_{i}=\boldsymbol{x}_{i}^{\prime} \boldsymbol{\beta}+\varepsilon_{i}, \quad \text { with } \quad \varepsilon_{i} \mid \boldsymbol{x}_{i}, \boldsymbol{z}_{i} \sim N\left(0, \sigma^{2} \exp \left(\boldsymbol{z}_{i}^{\prime} \boldsymbol{\gamma}\right)\right)$$where $\boldsymbol{z}_{i}$ is a vector of regressors not including an intercept and $\boldsymbol{\theta}=\left(\boldsymbol{\beta}^{\prime}, \boldsymbol{\gamma}^{\prime}, \sigma^{2}\right)^{\prime}$ is th vector of unknown parameters.1. Write the first-order conditions for the maximum likelihood estimation of $\boldsymbol{\theta}$.2. Identify the set of restrictions that makes $V\left(\varepsilon_{i} \mid \boldsymbol{x}_{i}, \boldsymbol{z}_{i}\right)$ constant across observations.3. Write down the formulation of the LM test statistic for the null hypothesis corresponding to the above set of restrictions.

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pset 3.3 Consider the regression modely_{i}=\boldsymbol{x}{i}^{\prime} \boldsymbol{\beta}+\varepsilon{i}, \quad \text { with } \quad \varepsilon_{i} \mid \boldsymbol{x}{i}, \boldsymbol{z}{i} \sim N\left(0, \sigma^{2} \exp \left(\boldsymbol{z}_{i}^{\prime} \boldsymbol{\gamma}\right)\right)where zi\boldsymbol{z}_{i} is a vector of regressors not including an intercept and θ=(β,γ,σ2)\boldsymbol{\theta}=\left(\boldsymbol{\beta}^{\prime}, \boldsymbol{\gamma}^{\prime}, \sigma^{2}\right)^{\prime} is th vector of unknown parameters.1. Write the first-order conditions for the maximum likelihood estimation of θ\boldsymbol{\theta}.2. Identify the set of restrictions that makes V(εixi,zi)V\left(\varepsilon_{i} \mid \boldsymbol{x}_{i}, \boldsymbol{z}_{i}\right) constant across observations.3. Write down the formulation of the LM test statistic for the null hypothesis corresponding to the above set of restrictions.

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  1. The first-order conditions for the maximum likelihood estimation of θ can be obtained by taking the derivative of the log-likelihood function with respect to each parameter and setting them equal to zero.

To find the first-order conditions for β, we differentiate the log-likelihood function with respect to β and set it equal to zero:

∂/∂β [log L(θ)] = ∂/∂β [Σi=1 to n (log(1/√(2πσ^2exp(z'iγ))) - (1/2σ^2exp(z'iγ))(yi - xi'β)^2)] = 0

Simplifying this expression will give us the first-order condition for β.

Similarly, we can find the first-order conditions for γ and σ^2 by differentiating the log-likelihood function with respect to each parameter and setting them equal to zero.

  1. The set of restrictions that makes V(εi | xi, zi) constant across observations can be identified by considering the variance of εi.

From the given model, we know that V(εi | xi, zi) = σ^2exp(zi'γ).

To make this variance constant across observations, we need to impose restrictions on γ such that exp(zi'γ) is constant for all i. This means that the coefficients γ should be such that the exponent term does not vary with i.

  1. The formulation of the LM test statistic for the null hypothesis corresponding to the above set of restrictions can be written as follows:

LM = n * (R'Ω^-1R)^-1 * R'Ω^-1Q

where n is the number of observations, R is the matrix of restrictions, Ω is the covariance matrix of the errors, and Q is the matrix of moment conditions.

In this case, the null hypothesis is that the set of restrictions on γ is true, which implies that exp(zi'γ) is constant for all i. The LM test statistic can be used to test the validity of this null hypothesis.

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