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Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ADL) Model by Yi-Yi Chen

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Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ADL) Model by Yi-Yi Chen

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Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ADL) Model

Yi-Yi Chen

The regressors may include lagged values of the dependent variable and current and
lagged values of one or more explanatory variables. This model allows us to determine
what the effects are of a change in a policy variable.

1. A simple model:
The ADL(1,1) model

yt = m + α1 yt−1 + β0 xt + β1 xt−1 + ut ,

where yt and xt are stationary variables, and ut is a white noise.


The White-noise process: A sequence {ut } is a white-noise process if each value
in the sequence has a mean of zero, a constant variance, and is serially uncor-
related.
The sequence {ut } is a white-noise process if for each period t,

E(ut ) = E(ut−1 ) = · · · = 0

E(u2t ) = E(u2t−1 ) = · · · = σ 2

E(ut ut−s ) = E(ut−j ut−j−s ) = 0, for all u.

2. Estimation:
If the values of xt are treated as given, as being uncorrelated with ut . OLS
would be consistent. However, if xt is simultaneously determined with yt and
E(xt ut ) = 0, OLS would be inconsistent. As long as it can be assumed that
the error term ut is a white noise process, or more generally-is stationary and
independent of xt , xt−1 , · · · and yt , yt−1 , · · ·, the ADL models can be estimated
consistently by ordinary least squares.

3. Interpretation of the dynamic effect:


We can invert the model as the lag polynomial in y as

yt = (1 + α1 + α12 + · · ·)m + (1 + α1 L + α12 L2 + · · ·)(β0 xt + β1 xt−1 + ut ).

The current value of y depends on the current and all previous values of x and

1
u.
∂yt
= β0 ,
∂xt
This is referred as the impact multiplier.
The effect after one period

∂yt+1
= β1 + α1 β0 ,
∂xt

The effect after two periods

∂yt+2
= α1 β1 + α12 β0 ,
∂xt
β0 +β1
The long-run multiplier (long-run effect) is 1−α1
if |α1 | < 1.

4. Reparameterization:
Substitute yt and xt with yt−1 + ∆yt and xt−1 + ∆xt .

∆yt = m + β0 ∆xt − (1 − α1 )yt−1 + (β0 + β1 )xt−1 + ut ,

m β0 + β1
∆yt = β0 ∆xt − (1 − α1 )[yt−1 − − xt−1 ] + ut .
1 − α1 1 − α1
This is called the error correction model (ECM).
The current change in y is the sum of two components. The first is proportional
to the current change in x. The second is a partial correction for the extent
to which yt−1 deviated from the equilibrium value corresponding to xt−1 (the
equilibrium error).

5. Generalizations:
The ADL(p, q) model:

A(L)yt = m + B(L)xt + ut ,

with
A(L) = 1 − α1 L − α2 L2 − · · · − αp Lp ,

B(L) = β0 + β1 L + β2 L2 + · · · + βq Lq .

2
The general ADL(p, q1 , q2 , · · · , qk ) model:

A(L)yt = m + B1 (L)x1t + B2 (L)x2t + · · · + Bk (L)xkt + ut ,

If A(L) = 1, the model does not contain any lags of yt . It is called the distributed
lag model.

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