Demetrescu, Matei; Hosseinkouchack, Mehdi; Rodrigues, … - 2023
This paper argues that cross-sectional dependence (CSD) is an indicator of misspecification in panel quantile … regression (QR) rather than just a nuisance that may be accounted for with panel-robust standard errors. This motivates the … development of a novel test for panel QR misspecification based on detecting CSD. The test possesses a standard normal limiting …