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Baltagi, B.H., Bresson, G., Pirotte, A. (2008). To Pool or Not to Pool?. In: Mátyás, L., Sevestre, P. (eds) The Econometrics of Panel Data. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, vol 46. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75892-1_16

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