Robust estimators for the fixed effects panel data model

Econometrics Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-540

  Bramati, Maria Caterina ^a   Croux, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breakdown point; Fixed effects model; Linear regression; Panel data; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648941224     PISSN: 13684221     EISSN: 1368423X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-423X.2007.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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