Model Misspecification
Free CFA Level II lesson in Quantitative Methods. 13 min read, ~1,997 words.
Heteroscedasticity and serial correlation do NOT bias coefficients: they corrupt standard errors. Fix with robust (White) or HAC (Newey-West) standard errors. Serial correlation with a lagged dependent variable DOES bias coefficients; without a lagged Y it only corrupts standard errors. Multicollinearity inflates standard errors without biasing coefficients. VIF 10 is...
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- model misspecification
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