@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp3487, author={Buddelmeyer, Hielke and Jensen, Paul H. and Oguzoglu, Umut and Webster, Elizabeth}, title={Fixed Effects Bias in Panel Data Estimators}, year={2008}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={3487}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3487}, abstract={Since little is known about the degree of bias in estimated fixed effects in panel data models, we run Monte Carlo simulations on a range of different estimators. We find that Anderson-Hsiao IV, Kiviet’s bias-corrected LSDV and GMM estimators all perform well in both short and long panels. However, OLS outperforms the other estimators when the following holds: the cross-section is small (N = 20), the time dimension is short (T = 5) and the coefficient on the lagged dependent variable is large (γ = 0.8). }, keywords={fixed effects;panel data;LSDV;dynamic model}, }