ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF CROSS SECTION PANEL DATA

THE SECOND EDITION OF THIS ACCLAIMED GRADUATE TEXT PROVIDES A UNIFIED TREATMENT OF TWO METHODS USED IN CONTEMPORARY ECONOMETRIC RESEARCH, CROSS SECTION AND DATA PANEL METHODS. BY FOCUSING ON ASSUMPTIONS THAT CAN BE GIVEN BEHAVIORAL CONTENT, THE BOOK MAINTAINS AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RIGOR WHILE EMPHASIZING INTUITIVE THINKING. THE ANALYSIS COVERS BOTH LINEAR AND NONLINEAR MODELS, INCLUDING MODELS WITH DYNAMICS AND/OR INDIVIDUAL HETEROGENEITY. IN ADDITION TO GENERAL ESTIMATION FRAMEWORKS (PARTICULAR METHODS OF MOMENTS AND MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD), SPECIFIC LINEAR AND NONLINEAR METHODS ARE COVERED IN DETAIL, INCLUDING PROBIT AND LOGIT MODELS AND THEIR MULTIVARIATE, TOBIT MODELS, MODELS FOR COUNT DATA, CENSORED AND MISSING DATA SCHEMES, CAUSAL (OR TREATMENT) EFFECTS, AND DURATION ANALYSIS.ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF CROSS SECTION AND PANEL DATA WAS THE FIRST GRADUATE ECONOMETRICS TEXT TO FOCUS ON MICROECONOMIC DATA STRUCTURES, ALLOWING ASSUMPTIONS TO BE SEPARATED INTO POPULATION AND SAMPLING ASSUMP