Question: Although log models as shown in Eq. (11.6.12) often reduce heteroscedasticity, one has to pay careful attention to the properties of the disturbance term of

Although log models as shown in Eq. (11.6.12) often reduce heteroscedasticity, one has to pay careful attention to the properties of the disturbance term of such models. For example, the model

Yi = β1Xβ2i ui ……………………………………………. (1)

can be written as

ln Yi = ln β1 + β2 ln Xi + ln ui …………………………… (2)

a. If ln ui is to have zero expectation, what must be the distribution of ui?

b. If E(ui) = 1, will E(ln ui) = 0? Why or why not?

c. If E(ln ui) is not zero, what can be done to make it zero?

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