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Handbook of economics Volume 6B / edited by James Heckman, University of Chicago, Chicago, American Bar Foundation, USA, University College Dublin, Ireland and Edward E. Leamer, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Handbooks in economics ; bk. 2.
- Handbooks in economics ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1057 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam [Netherlands] : North Holland, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As conceived by the founders of the Econometric Society, econometrics is a field that uses economic theory and statistical methods to address empirical problems in economics. It is a tool for empirical discovery and policy analysis. The chapters in this volume embody this vision and either implement it directly or provide the tools for doing so. This vision is not shared by those who view econometrics as a branch of statistics rather than as a distinct field of knowledge that designs methods of inference from data based on models of human choice behavior and social interactions. All of the ess
- Contents:
- pt. 18. Econometric evaluation of social programs
- pt. 19. Recent advances in econometric methods.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611112233
- 9781281112231
- 1281112232
- 9780080556550
- 0080556558
- OCLC:
- 437197027
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