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Seemingly Unrelated Regressions

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This article considers the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model first analysed by Zellner (1962). It describes estimators used in the basic model as well as recent extensions.

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Moon, H.R., Perron, B. (2018). Seemingly Unrelated Regressions. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2296

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