Overidentification Tests with Grouped Data
Technical Working Paper 0223
DOI 10.3386/t0223
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This paper examines the validity of overidentification tests and exogeneity tests in the presence of grouped data. We find that even a small intra-group correlation, when instruments do not vary within groups, may generate a substantial bias in the standard overidentification tests described in textbooks.
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