...R. Scott Hacker; Abdulnasser Hatemi-J Purpose The issue of model selection in applied research is of vital importance. Since the true model in such research is not known, which model should be used from among various potential ones is an empirical question. There might exist several competitive...

... of model selection, the authors investigate how much the results of cross‐country growth regressions vary if the most recent vintage (6.2) of PWT data is used, rather than the previous vintage (6.1). Findings The variation is substantial enough to imply significant differences in research results using...