Efcient Estimation of Varying Coefcient Seemly Unrelated Regression Model

In this paper,we propose a class of varying coefcient seemingly unrelated regression models,in which the errors are correlated across the equations.By applying the series approximation and taking the contemporaneous correlations into account,we propose an efcient generalized least squares series estimation for the unknown coefcient functions.The consistency and asymptotic normality of the resulting estimators are established.In comparison with the ordinary least squares ones,the proposed estimators are more efcient with smaller asymptotical variances.Some simulation studies and a real application are presented to demonstrate the finite sample performance of the proposed methods.In addition,based on a B-spline approximation,we deduce the asymptotic bias and variance of the proposed estimators.