Measurement in economics, studies in mathematical economics and econometrics in memory of Yehuda Grunfeld / by Carl F. Christ [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christ, Carl F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics, Mathematical.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xiv, 319 pages : portrait, diagrams ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1963.

Contents:

Yehuda Grunfeld: in memoriam.

Bibliography of Yehuda Grunfeld (p. xiii-xiv)

Theory and measurement of consumption: Windfalls, the "horizon," and related concepts in the permanent-income hypothesis, by M. Friedman. Tests of the permanent-income hypothesis based on a reinterview savings survey, by N. Liviatan. Market prices, opportunity costs, and income effects, by J. Mincer. Demand curves and consumer's surplus, by D. Patinkin.

Theory and measurement of production: Capital stock in investment functions: some problems of concept and measurement, by Z. Griliches. Estimation of production and behavioral functions from a combination of cross-section and time-series data, by Y. Mundlak. Returns to scale in electricity supply, by M. Nerlove.

Theory and measurement of monetary phenomena: Interest rates and "portfolio selection" among liquid assets in the U.S., by C. F. Christ. The dynamics of inflation in Chile, by A. C. Harberger.

Econometric methodology: Tests based on the movements in and the comovements between m-dependent time series, by L. A. Goodman. Least-squares estimates of transition probabilities, by L. G. Telser. On the specification of multivariate relations among survey data, by H. Theil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

166970