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Robust Standard Errors for Panel Regressions with Cross-Sectional Dependence

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Hoechle, Daniel·2007·The Stata Journal: Promoting communications on statistics and Stata

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I present a new Stata program, xtscc, that estimates pooled ordinary least-squares/weighted least-squares regression and fixed-effects (within) regression models with Driscoll and Kraay (Review of Economics and Statistics 80: 549–560) standard errors. By running Monte Carlo simulations, I compare the finite-sample properties of the cross-sectional dependence–consistent Driscoll–Kraay estimator with the properties of other, more commonly used covariance matrix estimators that do not account for cross-sectional dependence. The results indicate that Driscoll–Kraay standard errors are well calibrated when cross-sectional dependence is present. However, erroneously ignoring cross-sectional correlation in the estimation of panel models can lead to severely biased statistical results. I illustrate the xtscc program by considering an application from empirical finance. Thereby, I also propose a Hausman-type test for fixed effects that is robust to general forms of cross-sectional and temporal dependence.

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Authors
Hoechle, D.
Venue
The Stata Journal: Promoting communications on statistics and Stata
Published
2007-09
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
281-312
ISSN
  • 1536-867X (ISSN-L)
  • 1536-8734
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Cited by
3,333
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7
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journal article
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en
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