The Notation for Panel Data Is $\left( X _ { i t } , Y _ { i t } \right) , i = 1 , \ldots , n \text { and } t = 1 , \ldots , T$

question 20

Multiple Choice

The notation for panel data is $\left( X _ { i t } , Y _ { i t } \right) , i = 1 , \ldots , n \text { and } t = 1 , \ldots , T$
because

• A) we take into account that the entities included in the panel change over time and are replaced by others.
• B) the X 's represent the observed effects and the Y the omitted fixed effects.
• C) there are n entities and T time periods.
• D) n has to be larger than T for the OLS estimator to exist.