micEcon (version 0.6-18)

translogHessian: Hessian matrix of a translog function

Description

Calculate the Hessian matrices of a translog function.

Usage

translogHessian( xNames, data, coef, yName = NULL,
   dataLogged = FALSE, bordered = FALSE )

Value

a list containing following the (bordered) Hessian matrices at each data point.

Arguments

xNames

a vector of strings containing the names of the independent variables.

data

dataframe containing the data.

coef

vector containing all coefficients.

yName

an optional string containing the name of the dependent variable. If it is NULL, the dependent variable is calculated from the independent variables and the coefficients.

dataLogged

logical. Are the values in data already logged?

bordered

logical. Should the bordered Hessians be returned?

Author

Arne Henningsen

See Also

translogEst, translogDeriv and translogCalc

Examples

   data( germanFarms )
   # output quantity:
   germanFarms$qOutput <- germanFarms$vOutput / germanFarms$pOutput
   # quantity of variable inputs
   germanFarms$qVarInput <- germanFarms$vVarInput / germanFarms$pVarInput
   # a time trend to account for technical progress:
   germanFarms$time <- c(1:20)

   # estimate a quadratic production function
   estResult <- translogEst( "qOutput", c( "qLabor", "land", "qVarInput", "time" ),
      germanFarms )

   # compute the Hessian matrices (with "fitted" output)
   hessians <- translogHessian( c( "qLabor", "land", "qVarInput", "time" ),
      germanFarms, coef( estResult ) )
   hessians[[ 1 ]]

   # compute the Hessian matrices (with observed output)
   hessiansObs <- translogHessian( c( "qLabor", "land", "qVarInput", "time" ),
      germanFarms, coef( estResult ), "qOutput" )
   hessiansObs[[ 1 ]]

   # compute the bordered Hessian matrices
   borderedHessians <- translogHessian( c( "qLabor", "land", "qVarInput", "time" ),
      germanFarms, coef( estResult ), bordered = TRUE )
   borderedHessians[[ 1 ]]