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Nick 
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Steven Gorlé
 
>  From an epistemological point of view, you are mixing up the 
> explanandum
>  with the explanans, I would try to avoid that.
> You are trying to explain the variation of y/x - which is 
> partly dependent
> on x, as the response variable is a ratio of x -  with the 
> variation of x.
> From a statistical point of view, I would expect an R squared 
> inflation and
> maybe some implications on the type of relationship (eg. linearity
> assumption). I would double check the basic regression diagnostics.
> However, I am not sure what the rules of thumb are in this case, I am
> learning but still a novice.
> Is there a possibility to correct for the R square inflation? 
> Can it be 
> done?

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