[R] Question regarding panel data diagnostic

[Setlhare Lekgatlhamang]

My thought is this:
It depends on what you have in the panel. Are your data cross-section data observed over ten years for, say, 3 countries (or regions within the same country)? If so, yes you can perform integration properties (what people usually call unit root test) and then test for cointegration. But if the data are quarterly or monthly, these techniques are not relevant.

Hope this helps.
Lexi

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From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of amatoallah ouchen
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Subject: [R] Question regarding panel data diagnostic

Good day R-listers,
I'm currently working on a panel data analysis (N=17, T=5), in order
to check for the spurious regression problem, i have to  test for
stationarity but i've read somewhere  that i needn't to test for it as
 my T<10 , what do you think? if yes  is there any other test  i have
to  perform in such case (a kind of cointegration test for small T?)

Any hint would be highly appreciated.

Ama.
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