Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: May, 1971, Volume 39, Issue 3

Identification in Parametric Models

https://doi.org/0012-9682(197105)39:3<577:IIPM>2.0.CO;2-Q
p. 577-591

Thomas J. Rothenberg

A theory of identification is developed for a general stochastic model whose probability law is determined by a finite number of parameters. It is shown under weak regularity conditions that local identifiability of the unknown parameter vector is equivalent to nonsingularity of the information matrix. The use of "reduced-form" parameters to establish identifiability is also analyzed. The general results are applied to the familiar problem of determining whether the coefficients of a system of linear simultaneous equations are identifiable.


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