Robust standard errors in small samples: Some practical advice

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 701-712

  Imbens, Guido W ^a,b   Kolesár, Michal ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990041880     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00552     Document Type: Article

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