>>>> Therefore you cannot replicate the results using 2SLS
in gretl or
>>>> other software given that 2SLS are linear models. The fact that EViews
>>>> does a nonlinear regression is rooted in the Cochrane-Orcutt procedure
>>>> which, in the standard LS context, imposes constraints on the
>>>> coefficients.
>>>
>>> You _can_ replicate them in gretl: actually, from what you describe you
>>> have
>>> the choice of using
>>>
>>> a) the nls command
>>> b) the mle command
>>> c) the gmm command
>>>
>>> Only, it's a lot more work. But if you had the absolute necessity of
>>> replicating Eviews' algorithm, it's perfectly possible.
>>
>>
>> Ok, you can do it, but it requires more than using the tsls command.
>>
>
> Jack tends to get nervous when he reads "cannot be done in gretl" so he
> also tends to skip over the fine print (which in this case was "...
> using 2SLS...") :-)
I hereby officially appoint Mr. Sven Schreiber as my authorised spokesman.
:-)
I see the point =). Anyway, I always be suspicious on packages that provide
answer to complex problems in few seconds!!