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Handbook of the Economics of Finance
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Handbook of the Economics of Finance

by George M. Constantinides, Milton Harris, Rene M. Stulz
February 2013
Beginner
858 pages
31h 34m
English
North Holland
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Chapter 7

Endogeneity in Empirical Corporate Finance1

Michael R. Robertsa and Toni M. Whitedb

aFinance Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and NBER, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6367, USA

bSimon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA, mrrobert@wharton.upenn.edu

Abstract

This chapter discusses how applied researchers in corporate finance can address endogeneity concerns. We begin by reviewing the sources of endogeneity—omitted variables, simultaneity, and measurement error—and their implications for inference. We then discuss in detail a number of econometric techniques aimed at addressing endogeneity problems, including instrumental variables, difference-in-differences estimators, regression ...
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ISBN: 9780444535948