Which of the Following Is Not a Reason Random Effects

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a reason random effects (RE) results may be preferred to fixed effects (FE) ?

• A)RE accounts for the random sampling process that generated the data
• B)RE is a GLS estimator so in large samples it has a smaller variance than FE which is a least squares estimator
• C)RE produces a coefficient for race,gender,or other individual characteristics that are constant over time
• D)RE estimates are more robust in the case of endogenous regressors

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