Sample selection bias
A) occurs when a selection process influences the availability of data and that process is related to the dependent variable.
B) is only important for finite sample results.
C) results in the OLS estimator being biased, although it is still consistent.
D) is more important for nonlinear least squares estimation than for OLS.
Answer: A
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