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Thanks a lot for the clarification.

Thanks for responding. According to my understanding parametric tests are relevant only if the residuals are normally distributed. Does it not apply to panel data? Request you to clarify.

Can we rely on the Jarque B test of normality in Eviews for small samples of 600 observations. if the normality is getting rejected what do we do next. I am using panel data of 44 countries for 15 years with Bilateral trade as dependent variable, GDP of exporter and importer, population of exporter ...