This is the third in a series of lecture notes which, if tied together into a textbook, might be entitled “Practical Regression.” The purpose of the notes is to supplement the theoretical content of ...

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This paper considers tests of the parameter on an endogenous variable in an instrumental variables regression model. The focus is on determining tests that have some optimal power properties. We start ...

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In an errors-in-variables regression model, the least squares estimate is generally inconsistent for the complete regression parameter but can be consistent for certain linear combinations of this ...