Polynomial approximations in cross‐sectional models
横截面模型中的多项式近似
Abstract The time‐series distributed lag techniques of econometrics can be usefully applied to cross‐sectional, spatial and cross‐section time‐series situations. The application is perfectly natural in cross‐section, time‐series models when regression coefficients evolve systematically as the cross‐section grouping variable changes. The evolution of such coefficients lends itself to polynomial approximation or more general smoothing restrictions. These ideas are not new,…