--- On Mon, 27/9/10, Lim, Raymond wrote:
> Can I test equality of coefficients across different
> quantile regressions (.25 .50 .75) manually after running
> qreg? If so, would the calculation be the usual "coefficient
> +or- 1.96*SE" and see whether the 95% confidence intervals
> overlap?
Unfortunately no, that method never works. Basically you are
missing the covariance of the joint sampling distribution.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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