• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: On using the t-ratio as a diagnostic
  • Contributor: Magnus, Jan R. [Author]
  • imprint: Basel: MDPI, 2019
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/econometrics7020024
  • ISSN: 2225-1146
  • Keywords: t-statistic ; pretest estimator ; model averaging
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  • Description: The t-ratio has not one but two uses in econometrics, which should be carefully distinguished. It is used as a test and also as a diagnostic. I emphasize that the commonly-used estimators are in fact pretest estimators, and argue in favor of an improved (continuous) version of pretesting, called model averaging.
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)