Bollinger, Christopher R.; Chandra, Amitabh - 2004
range. We consider a general measurement error process that nests many plausible models. Analytic results demonstrate that … processes found in most social-science data, such procedures can induce or exacerbate bias, and even inflate the variance … estimates. We term this source of bias ?Iatrogenic? (or econometrician induced) error. Monte Carlo simulations and empirical …