Unit 2: Binary Choice and Limited Dependent Models with Maximum Likelihood Estimation UNIT 1: SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONSESTIMATION CONTENTS 5.1.1.0 Introduction 5.1.2.0 Objectives 5.1.3.0 Main Content 5.1.3.1 Simultaneous Equations Models Structural and Reduced Form Equations Simultaneous Equations Bias 5.1.4.0 Summary 5.1.5.0 Conclusion 5.1.6.0 Tutor-Marked Assignment 5.1.7.0 References/Further Reading 5.1.1.0 INTRODUCTION In the engagement of OLS to estimate the factors of an equation that is set in a simultaneous equations model, it is likely that the estimates will be biased and erratic which would invariably make the statistical tests invalid and inconsistent.