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imfer-robustness

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Use when an IMF Economic Review (IMFER) manuscript's headline cross-country estimate must be shown to survive specification, sample, country-composition, and inference choices before submission or in an R&R. Builds the robustness suite a dual academic/policy referee expects; it does not establish identification (imfer-identification) or format exhibits (imfer-tables-figures).

When to use

• showing headline estimates survive specification choices
• addressing country-composition threats
• testing sample-selection rules
• controlling for global common shocks
• correcting inference for cross-sectional dependence
• reporting point-estimate stability

When not to use

• establishing identification
• formatting exhibits

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