Weak Theories and Parameter Instability: Using Flexible Least Squares to Take Time Varying Relationships Seriously

1 July 2000

journal article
Published by JSTOR in American Journal of Political Science

Vol. 44 (3) , 603
https://doi.org/10.2307/2669267

Abstract

A common assumption by time-series analysts is that the estimated coefficients remain fixed through time. Yet this strong assumption often has little grounds in...

Keywords

TAKE TIME
WEAK THEORIES
PARAMETER INSTABILITY
VARYING RELATIONSHIPS
SQUARES
USING FLEXIBLE
THEORIES AND PARAMETER

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