R/est_vcm.R

In plm: Linear Models for Panel Data

#' Variable Coefficients Models for Panel Data
#' 
#' Estimators for random and fixed effects models with variable coefficients.
#' 
#' `pvcm` estimates variable coefficients models. Individual or time
#' effects are introduced, respectively, if `effect = "individual"` 
#' (default) or `effect = "time"`.
#' 
#' Coefficients are assumed to be fixed if `model = "within"`, i.e., separate
#' pooled OLS models are estimated per individual (`effect = "individual"`)
#' or per time period (`effect = "time"`). Coefficients are assumed to be
#' random if `model = "random"` and the model by 
#' \insertCite{SWAM:70;textual}{plm} is estimated. It is a generalized least
#' squares model which uses the results of the previous model.
#' 
#' @aliases pvcm
#' @param formula a symbolic description for the model to be estimated,
#' @param object,x an object of class `"pvcm"`,
#' @param data a `data.frame`,
#' @param subset see `lm`,
#' @param na.action see `lm`,
#' @param effect the effects introduced in the model: one of
#' `"individual"`, `"time"`,
#' @param model one of `"within"`, `"random"`,
#' @param index the indexes, see [pdata.frame()],
#' @param digits digits,
#' @param width the maximum length of the lines in the print output,
#' @param \dots further arguments.
#' @return An object of class `c("pvcm", "panelmodel")`, which has the
#' following elements:
#' 
#' \item{coefficients}{the vector (or the data frame for fixed
#' effects) of coefficients,}
#'
#' \item{residuals}{the vector of
#' residuals,}
#'
#' \item{fitted.values}{the vector of fitted values,}
#' 
#' \item{vcov}{the covariance matrix of the coefficients (a list for
#' fixed effects model (`model = "within"`)),}
#'
#' \item{df.residual}{degrees of freedom of the residuals,}
#'
#' \item{model}{a data frame containing the variables used for the
#' estimation,}
#'
#' \item{call}{the call,} \item{Delta}{the estimation of the
#' covariance matrix of the coefficients (random effect models only),}
#'
#' \item{std.error}{a data frame containing standard errors for all
#' coefficients for each individual (within models only).}
#' 
#' `pvcm` objects have `print`, `summary` and `print.summary` methods.
#' 
#' @export
#' @author Yves Croissant
#' @references
#'
#' \insertRef{SWAM:70}{plm}
#' 
#' @keywords regression
#' @examples
#' 
#' data("Produc", package = "plm")
#' zw <- pvcm(log(gsp) ~ log(pcap) + log(pc) + log(emp) + unemp, data = Produc, model = "within")
#' zr <- pvcm(log(gsp) ~ log(pcap) + log(pc) + log(emp) + unemp, data = Produc, model = "random")
#' 
#' ## replicate Greene (2012), p. 419, table 11.14
#' summary(pvcm(log(gsp) ~ log(pc) + log(hwy) + log(water) + log(util) + log(emp) + unemp, 
#'              data = Produc, model = "random"))
#'              
#' \dontrun{
#' # replicate Swamy (1970), p. 166, table 5.2
#' data(Grunfeld, package = "AER") # 11 firm Grunfeld data needed from package AER
#' gw <- pvcm(invest ~ value + capital, data = Grunfeld, index = c("firm", "year"))
#' }
#'              
#' 
pvcm <- function(formula, data, subset ,na.action, effect = c("individual", "time"),
                 model = c("within", "random"), index = NULL, ...){

    effect <- match.arg(effect)
    model.name <- match.arg(model)
    data.name <- paste(deparse(substitute(data)))

    cl <- match.call(expand.dots = TRUE)
    mf <- match.call()
    mf[[1L]] <- as.name("plm")
    mf$model <- NA
    data <- eval(mf, parent.frame())
    result <- switch(model.name,
                     "within" = pvcm.within(formula, data, effect),
                     "random" = pvcm.random(formula, data, effect)
                     )
    class(result) <- c("pvcm", "panelmodel")
    result$call <- cl
    result$args <- list(model = model, effect = effect)
    result
}

pvcm.within <- function(formula, data, effect){
    index <- attr(data, "index")
    id <- index[[1L]]
    time <- index[[2L]]
    pdim <- pdim(data)
    
    if (effect == "time"){
        cond <- time
        other <- id
        card.cond <- pdim$nT$T
    }
    else{
        cond <- id
        other <- time
        card.cond <- pdim$nT$n
    }
    ml <- split(data, cond)
    nr <- vapply(ml, function(x) dim(x)[1L] > 0, FUN.VALUE = TRUE) # == sapply(ml, function(x) dim(x)[1L]) > 0
    ml <- ml[nr]
    attr(ml, "index") <- index
    ols <- lapply(ml,
                  function(x){
                      X <- model.matrix(x)
                      if (nrow(X) <= ncol(X)) stop("insufficient number of observations")
                      y <- pmodel.response(x)
                      r <- lm(y ~ X - 1, model = FALSE)
                      nc <- colnames(model.frame(r)$X)
                      names(r$coefficients) <- nc
                      r
                  })
    # extract coefficients:
    coef <- matrix(unlist(lapply(ols, coef)), nrow = length(ols), byrow = TRUE) # was: as.data.frame(t(sapply(ols, coef)))...
    dimnames(coef)[1:2] <- list(names(ols), names(coef(ols[[1L]])))             # ... but that code errored with intercept-only model
    coef <- as.data.frame(coef)
    
    # extract residuals and make pseries:
    residuals <- unlist(lapply(ols, residuals))
    residuals <- add_pseries_features(residuals, index)
    
    # extract standard errors:
    vcov <- lapply(ols, vcov)
    std <- matrix(unlist(lapply(vcov, function(x) sqrt(diag(x)))), nrow = length(ols), byrow = TRUE) # was: as.data.frame(t(sapply(vcov, function(x) sqrt(diag(x)))))
    dimnames(std)[1:2] <- list(names(vcov), colnames(vcov[[1L]]))                                    # ... but this code errored with intercept-only model
    std <- as.data.frame(std)
    
    ssr <- as.numeric(crossprod(residuals))
    y <- unlist(lapply(ml, function(x) x[ , 1L]))
    fitted.values <- y - residuals
    tss <- tss(y)
    df.resid <- pdim$nT$N - card.cond * ncol(coef)
    nopool <- list(coefficients  = coef,
                   residuals     = residuals,
                   fitted.values = fitted.values,
                   vcov          = vcov,
                   df.residual   = df.resid,
                   model         = data,
                   std.error     = std)
    nopool
}


pvcm.random <- function(formula, data, effect){
    
    interc <- has.intercept(formula)
    index <- index(data)
    id <- index[[1L]]
    time <- index[[2L]]
    pdim <- pdim(data)
    N <- nrow(data)
    if (effect == "time"){
        cond <- time
        other <- id
        card.cond <- pdim$nT$T
    }
    else{
        cond <- id
        other <- time
        card.cond <- pdim$nT$n
    }
    
    ml <- split(data, cond)
    nr <- vapply(ml, function(x) dim(x)[1L] > 0, FUN.VALUE = TRUE) # == sapply(ml, function(x) dim(x)[1L]) > 0
    ml <- ml[nr]
    attr(ml, "index") <- index
    ols <- lapply(ml,
                  function(x){
                      X <- model.matrix(formula, x)
                      if (nrow(X) <= ncol(X)) stop("insufficient number of observations")
                      y <- pmodel.response(x)
                      r <- lm(y ~ X - 1, model = FALSE)
                      nc <- colnames(model.frame(r)$X)
                      names(r$coefficients) <- nc
                      r
                  })

    # matrix of coefficients
    coefm <- matrix(unlist(lapply(ols, coef)), nrow = length(ols), byrow = TRUE)
    dimnames(coefm)[1:2] <- list(names(ols), names(coef(ols[[1]])))
    
    # number of covariates
    K <- ncol(coefm) - has.intercept(formula)
    # check for NA coefficients
    coefna <- is.na(coefm)
    # list of model matrices
    X <- lapply(ols, model.matrix)
    # same without the covariates with NA coefficients
    Xna <- lapply(seq_len(nrow(coefm)), function(i) X[[i]][ , !coefna[i, ]]) # TODO: Xna is used nowhere!?
    # list of model responses
    y <- lapply(ols, function(x) model.response(model.frame(x)))
    # compute a list of XpX^-1 matrices, with 0 for lines/columns with
    # NA coefficients
    xpxm1 <- lapply(seq_len(card.cond), function(i){
        z <- matrix(0, ncol(coefm), ncol(coefm),
                    dimnames = list(colnames(coefm), colnames(coefm)))
        z[!coefna[i, ], !coefna[i, ]] <- solve(crossprod(X[[i]][!coefna[i, ], !coefna[i, ]]))
        z
    })

    # compute the mean of the parameters
    coefb <- colMeans(coefm, na.rm = TRUE)
    # insert the mean values in place of NA coefficients (if any)
    if(any(coefna)) coefm <- apply(coefm, 2, function(x){x[is.na(x)] <- mean(x, na.rm = TRUE); x})
    # D1: compute the first part of the variance matrix
    coef.mb <- t(coefm) - coefb
    D1 <- tcrossprod(coef.mb, coef.mb / (card.cond - 1)) # TODO: this fails if only 1 individual, catch this corner case w/ informative error msg?
    # D2: compute the second part of the variance matrix
    sigi <- vapply(ols, function(x) deviance(x) / df.residual(x), FUN.VALUE = 0.0)
    D2 <- Reduce("+", lapply(seq_len(card.cond),
                             function(i) sigi[i] * xpxm1[[i]])) / card.cond
    # if D1-D2 semi-definite positive, use it, otherwise use D1
    eig <- prod(eigen(D1 - D2)$values >= 0)
    Delta <- if(eig) { D1 - D2 } else  D1
    
    # compute the Omega matrix for each individual
    Omegan <- lapply(seq_len(card.cond), function(i) sigi[i] * diag(nrow(X[[i]])) + X[[i]] %*% Delta %*% t(X[[i]]))
    # compute X'Omega X and X'Omega y for each individual
    XyOmXy <- lapply(seq_len(card.cond), function(i){
        Xn <- X[[i]][ , !coefna[i, ]] ## TODO: check if drop = FALSE needed (also in other extractions)
        yn <- y[[i]]
        # pre-allocate matrices
        XnXn <- matrix(0, ncol(coefm), ncol(coefm), dimnames = list(colnames(coefm), colnames(coefm)))
        Xnyn <- matrix(0, ncol(coefm), 1L,          dimnames = list(colnames(coefm), "y"))
        solve_Omegan_i <- solve(Omegan[[i]])
        CP.tXn.solve_Omegan_i <- crossprod(Xn, solve_Omegan_i)
        XnXn[!coefna[i, ], !coefna[i, ]] <- CP.tXn.solve_Omegan_i %*% Xn # == t(Xn) %*% solve(Omegan[[i]]) %*% Xn
        Xnyn[!coefna[i, ], ]             <- CP.tXn.solve_Omegan_i %*% yn # == t(Xn) %*% solve(Omegan[[i]]) %*% yn
        list("XnXn" = XnXn, "Xnyn" = Xnyn)
    })
    # Compute coefficients
    # extract and reduce XnXn (pos 1 in list's element) and Xnyn (pos 2)
    # position-wise extraction is faster than name-based extraction
    XpXm1 <-    solve(Reduce("+", vapply(XyOmXy, "[", 1L, FUN.VALUE = list(length(XyOmXy)))))
    beta <- XpXm1 %*% Reduce("+", vapply(XyOmXy, "[", 2L, FUN.VALUE = list(length(XyOmXy))))
    
    beta.names <- rownames(beta)
    beta <- as.numeric(beta)
    names(beta) <- beta.names
    
    weightsn <- lapply(seq_len(card.cond),
                       function(i){
                           # YC2019/30/08
                           #old
#                           vcovn <- vcov(ols[[i]])
#                           Deltan <- Delta[! coefna[i,], ! coefna[i,]]
#                           wn <- solve(vcovn + Deltan)
                           #new
                           vcovn <- vcov(ols[[i]])
                           wn <- solve((vcovn + Delta)[!coefna[i, ], !coefna[i, ]])
                           z <- matrix(0, nrow = ncol(coefm), ncol = ncol(coefm),
                                       dimnames = list(colnames(coefm), colnames(coefm)))
                           z[!coefna[i, ], !coefna[i, ]] <- wn
                           z
                       }
                       )
    V <- solve(Reduce("+", weightsn))
    weightsn <- lapply(weightsn, function(x) V %*% x)
    ## TODO: should "Beta" be called "beta"?
    Beta <- Reduce("+", lapply(seq_len(card.cond), function(i) weightsn[[i]] %*% coefm[i, ]))
    Beta.names <- rownames(Beta)
    Beta <- as.numeric(Beta)
    names(Beta) <- Beta.names
    XpXm1 <- V
    
    y <- pmodel.response(data)
    X <- model.matrix(data)
    fit <- as.numeric(tcrossprod(beta, X))
    res <- y - fit
    df.resid <- N - ncol(coefm)
    
    list(coefficients  = beta,
         residuals     = res,
         fitted.values = fit,
         vcov          = XpXm1,
         df.residual   = df.resid,
         model         = data,
         Delta         = Delta)
}


#' @rdname pvcm
#' @export
summary.pvcm <- function(object, ...) {
  model <- describe(object, "model")
  if (model == "random") {
    
    coef_wo_int <- object$coefficients[!(names(coef(object)) %in% "(Intercept)")]
    int.only <- !length(coef_wo_int)
    object$waldstatistic <- if(!int.only) pwaldtest(object) else NULL
    std.err <- sqrt(diag(vcov(object)))
    b <- object$coefficients
    z <- b / std.err
    p <- 2 * pnorm(abs(z), lower.tail = FALSE)
    coef <- cbind(b, std.err, z, p)
    colnames(coef) <- c("Estimate", "Std. Error", "z-value", "Pr(>|z|)")
    object$coefficients <- coef
  }
  object$ssr <- deviance(object)
  object$tss <- tss(unlist(model.frame(object)))
  object$rsqr <- 1 - object$ssr / object$tss
  class(object) <- c("summary.pvcm", "pvcm")
  return(object)
}

#' @rdname pvcm
#' @export
print.summary.pvcm <- function(x, digits = max(3, getOption("digits") - 2),
                               width = getOption("width"), ...) {
    effect <- describe(x, "effect")
    formula <- formula(x)
    model <- describe(x, "model")
    cat(paste(effect.pvcm.list[effect], " ", sep = ""))
    cat(paste(model.pvcm.list[model], "\n", sep = ""))
    cat("\nCall:\n")
    print(x$call)
    cat("\n")
    print(pdim(model.frame(x)))
    cat("\nResiduals:\n")
    print(sumres(x))
    if (model == "random") {
      cat("\nEstimated mean of the coefficients:\n")
      printCoefmat(x$coefficients, digits = digits)
      cat("\nEstimated variance of the coefficients:\n")
      print(x$Delta, digits = digits)
    }
    if (model == "within") {
      cat("\nCoefficients:\n")
      print(summary(x$coefficients))
    }
    cat("\n")
    cat(paste0("Total Sum of Squares: ",    signif(x$tss, digits), "\n"))
    cat(paste0("Residual Sum of Squares: ", signif(x$ssr, digits), "\n"))
    cat(paste0("Multiple R-Squared: ",      signif(x$rsqr, digits), "\n"))
    if (model == "random" && !is.null(waldstat <- x$waldstatistic)) {
      cat(paste0("Chisq: ", signif(waldstat$statistic), " on ",
          waldstat$parameter, " DF, p-value: ",
          format.pval(waldstat$p.value, digits = digits), "\n"))
    }
    invisible(x)
  }