Analytic evaluation of heteroskedasticity consistent covariance matrix estimates (HCCME) is difficult because of the complexity of the formulae currently available. We obtain new analytic formulae for the bias of a class of estimators of the covariance matrix of OLS in a standard linear...

A literature search shows that robust regression techniques are rarely used in applied econometrics. We present a technique based on Rousseeuw and Van Zomeren (Journal of the American Statistical Association, 85 (1990) 633–639) that removes many of the difficulties in applying such techniques...

We consider the effects of using residuals from robust regression in place of OLS residuals in test statistics for the normality of the errors. We find that this can lead to substantially improved ability to detect lack of normality in suitable situations. Using simulations, we find that...