Hi,

I am using diff-GMM and sys-GMM for an unbalanced panel with time (T=5) and country (N=84). I am trying to get Maintained Statistical Model (MSM) following the guidelines given by
Kiviet 2020 (J. of Econometrics and Statistics). Across different model specifications, p-value of AR(1) test >0.1 and AR(2) test>0.1.

But, Kiviet(2020), suggested that p-value of AR(1) should be less than 0.05.

Will the MSM be invalid if p-value of AR(1)>0.05(0.1) ??