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Some Large-Sample Tests for Nonnormality in the Linear Regression Model

Halbert White Department of Economics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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Glenn M. Macdonald Department of Economics, Social Science Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C2, Canada
Pages 16-28 | Received 01 Nov 1977, Published online: 12 Mar 2012

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