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How Reliable Are Bootstrap-Based Heteroskedasticity Robust Tests?

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  • Pötscher, Benedikt M.
  • Preinerstorfer, David

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We develop theoretical finite-sample results concerning the size of wild bootstrap-based heteroskedasticity robust tests in linear regression models. In particular, these results provide an efficient diagnostic check, which can be used to weed out tests that are unreliable for a given testing problem in the sense that they overreject substantially. This allows us to assess the reliability of a large variety of wild bootstrap-based tests in an extensive numerical study.

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  • Pötscher, Benedikt M. & Preinerstorfer, David, 2023. "How Reliable Are Bootstrap-Based Heteroskedasticity Robust Tests?," Econometric Theory, Cambridge University Press, vol. 39(4), pages 789-847, August.
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