@techreport{NBERt0055, title = "A Simple, Positive Semi-Definite, Heteroskedasticity and AutocorrelationConsistent Covariance Matrix", author = "Whitney K. Newey and Kenneth D. West", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Technical Working Paper Series", number = "55", year = "1986", month = "April", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/t0055", abstract = {This paper describes a simple method of calculating a heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation consistent covariance matrix that is positive semi-definite by construction. It also establishes consistency of the estimated covariance matrix under fairly general conditions.}, }