AppliedMultiple choice
Your regression residuals on a time series are strongly positively autocorrelated. What is the consequence and the fix?
- AStandard errors are understated; use Newey–West HAC errors
- BCoefficients are biased; use instrumental variables
- C is overstated; report adjusted
- DNothing needs doing if the sample is large
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