[R] 2SLS / TSLS / SEM non-linear

[John Fox]

Dear Hans-Christian

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> The challenge is to firstly calculate the reduced form. As far as I
> know, the
> SEM package does not do this automatically. Am I correct?
> 

Right. If you look at the code in sem:::tsls.default, you'll see that it
formulates and solves the 2SLS estimating equations directly (using a
Cholesky decomposition). Moreover, tsls() is for linear structural
equations.

Best,
 John

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John Fox
Senator McMaster Professor of Social Statistics
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada


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