Menges developed the following econometric model for the West German economy*: Yt = β0 + β1Yt−1 + β2 It + u1t It = β3 + β4Yt + β5 Qt + u2t Ct = β6 + β7Yt + β8Ct−1 + β9 Pt + u3t Qt = β10 + β11 Qt−1 + β12

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G. Menges developed the following econometric model for the West German economy*:


Yt = β0 + β1Yt−1 + β2 It + u1t
It = β3 + β4Yt + β5 Qt + u2t
Ct = β6 + β7Yt + β8Ct−1 + β9 Pt + u3t
Qt = β10 + β11 Qt−1 + β12 Rt + u4t


where Y = national income
I = net capital formation
C = personal consumption
Q = profits
P = cost of living index
R = industrial productivity
t = time
u = stochastic disturbances

Required: 

a. Which of the variables would you regard as endogenous and which as
exogenous?
b. Is there any equation in the system that can be estimated by the
single-equation least-squares method?
c. What is the reason behind including the variable P in the consumption function?

 

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