ECONOMETRIC MODELING A LIKELIHOOD APPROACH

"ECONOMETRIC MODELING" PROVIDES A NEW AND STIMULATING INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS, FOCUSING ON MODELING. THE KEY ISSUE CONFRONTING EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS IS TO ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE BOTH SUPPORTED BY DATA AND INTERPRETABLE FROM ECONOMIC THEORY. THE UNIFIED LIKELIHOOD-BASED APPROACH OF THIS BOOK GIVES STUDENTS THE REQUIRED STATISTICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE, AND LEADS TO A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES. DAVID HENDRY AND BENT NIELSEN INTRODUCE MODELING FOR A RANGE OF SITUATIONS, INCLUDING BINARY DATA SETS, MULTIPLE REGRESSION, AND COINTEGRATED SYSTEMS. IN EACH SETTING, A STATISTICAL MODEL IS CONSTRUCTED TO EXPLAIN THE OBSERVED VARIATION IN THE DATA, WITH ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE BASED ON THE LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION. SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES ARE ALWAYS ADDRESSED, SHOWING HOW BOTH STATISTICAL AND ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS CAN BE TESTED AND EMPIRICAL RESULTS INTERPRETED. IMPORTANT EMPIRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS STRUCTURAL BREAKS, FORECASTING, AND MODEL