>I'm looking for help in testing these new additions [to Gretl].  I can
> replicate the benchmark results for that workhorse, Klein's "Model
> 1", but I'm finding it hard to find other benchmarks to test
> against.  So if anyone has datasets on which they've estimated
> equation systems using FIML or LIML with other programs

Have you looked at Professor Roy Fair's Fairmodel?
http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/

One should obtain permission from Professor Fair before proceeding, but the last time I contacted him (about a year ago) he seemed open.

"The United States model was developed by Ray Fair in 1974-1976, and it has been used since then for research, forecasting, policy analysis, and teaching. It has been available for use on personal computers since 1983 and was the first such model to be so. (And it was first on the Web!) The current version contains 30 stochastic equations and about 100 identities. The data base begins in the first quarter of 1952. The basic estimation technique is two-stage least squares. The model accounts for all flow-of-fund and balance-sheet constraints, which makes it useful for considering various monetary policy options."
http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/whatis2.htm

"The US model is available in Fair-Parke format. "
"The commands in FMINPUT.DAT set up, estimate, and solve the US model. "
http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/fp/fp.htm

On a smaller scale, there are examples of an IS model both with and without "rational expectations"
in Appendix A "Examples for Testing" of the Fair-Parkes User's Guide.

The Fair-Parke Program for the
Estimation and Analysis of
Nonlinear Econometric Models
User’s Guide
Programmed by Ray C. Fair
and William R. Parke
User’s Guide written by Ray C. Fair
August 2003

http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/fp/FP.PDF

"The first example in Appendix A sets up, estimates, and analyzes a version of the IS
model, which is introduced in Chapter 1."  page 15 of the User's Guide PDF file

"The second example in Appendix A sets up, estimates, and analyzes a rational
expectations version of the IS model."  page 15 of the User's Guide PDF file

"Finally, you may want to study some of the examples in Chapter 15. These
also help in understanding some aspects of the program."  page 15 of the User's Guide PDF file

"Sargent’s (1976) classical macroeconomic model is useful for illustrating some
of the features of the program." Chapter 15, section 4 (15.4)

Jim Callahan
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