This paper considers factor estimation from heterogenous data, where some of the variables are noisy and only weakly informative for the factors. To identify the irrelevant variables, we search for zero rows in the loadings matrix of the factor model. To sharply separate these irrelevant...

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This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to panel data econometrics, an area that has enjoyed considerable growth over the last two decades. Micro and Macro panels are becoming increasingly available, and methods for dealing with these types of data are in high demand among...

Introduction -- The One-Way Error Component Regression Model -- The Two-Way Error Component Regression Model -- Test of Hypotheses with Panel Data -- Heteroskedasticity and Serial Correlation in the Error Component Model -- Seemingly Unrelated Regressions with Error Components -- Simultaneous...

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This handbook is aimed at researchers and policymakers wanting to learn about Bayesian methods in specialized fields, and for graduate students seeking to make the final step from textbook learning to the research frontier. It contains contributions by leading Bayesians on the latest...

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