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fe	This page presents the fe function of the OpenBB Econometrics Module, explaining its parameters and their functionality. Here, users can find about entity effects, time effects, and regressors.	OpenBB Econometrics fe function entity effects time effects regressors Fixed Effects PanelOLS model regression model

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When effects are correlated with the regressors the RE and BE estimators are not consistent.

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openbb.econometrics.fe(Y: pd.DataFrame, X: pd.DataFrame, entity_effects: bool = False, time_effects: bool = False)

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
regression_variables	list	The regressions variables entered where the first variable is the dependent variable.	None	True
data	dict	A dictionary containing the datasets.	None	True
entity_effects	bool	Whether to include entity effects	False	True
time_effects	bool	Whether to include time effects	False	True

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Returns

Type	Description
Tuple[DataFrame, Any, List[Any], Any]	The dataset used, Dependent variable, Independent variable, PanelOLS model with Fixed Effects

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