Omitted variables in multilevel models

Psychometrika

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-690

  Kim, Jee Seon ^a   Frees, Edward W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed effects estimators; Hausman test; Hierarchical linear models; Model specification test; Omitted effects; Random effects estimators; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247102776     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-005-1283-0     Document Type: Article

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