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Do we remove intercepts while calculating VIF?

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No. VIF depends on the intercept because there is an intercept in the regression used to determine VIF. If the intercept is removed, R-square is not meaningful because it may be negative in which case one can get VIF < 1, implying that the standard error of a variable would go up if that independent variable were uncorrelated with the other predictors.
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