Estimation Procedure for a Multiple Time Series Model

Given a multiple time series sharing common autoregressive patterns, we estimate an additive model. The autoregressive component and the individual random effects are estimated by integrating maximum likelihood estimation and best linear unbiased predictions in a backfitting algorithm. The simulation study illustrated that the estimation procedure provides an alternative to the Arellano-Bond generalized method of moments ( GMM) estimator of the panel model when T > N and the Arellano-Bond generally diverges. The estimator has high predictive ability. In cases where T <= N, the backfitting estimator is at least comparable to Arellano-Bond estimator.