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Panel Hausman Test

The Hausman specification test for panel data determines whether individual-specific effects are correlated with the regressors — a correlation that would make the random effects estimator inconsistent. A statistically significant result favours the fixed effects model; a non-significant result supports the more efficient random effects model.

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Sources

  1. Hausman, J. A. (1978). Specification tests in econometrics. Econometrica, 46(6), 1251–1271. DOI: 10.2307/1913827
  2. Wooldridge, J. M. (2010). Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data (2nd ed.). MIT Press. ISBN: 978-0262232586

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ScholarGatePanel Hausman Test (Hausman Specification Test for Panel Data). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/econometrics/panel-hausman-test