Econometrics category: 430 books
by Takashi Unayama
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
This volume examines the properties of statistics on household behavior in Japan. This work is an essential guide for all researchers who are interested in household decision making and the Japanese economy. Many household surveys are conducted in Japan reflecting the fact that household activities...
Information Security
Policy, Processes, and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Information security is everyone's concern. The way we live is underwritten by information system infrastructures, most notably the Internet. The functioning of our business organizations, the management of our supply chains, and the operation of our governments depend on the secure flow of information....
by Helga Kristjánsdóttir
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Delving into the connections between renewable energy and economics on an international level, this book focuses specifically on hydropower and geothermal power production for use in the power intensive industry. It takes readily available government and international statistics to provide insight...
by Guilherme Carmona
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
The book aims at describing the recent developments in the existence and stability of Nash equilibrium. The two topics are central to game theory and economics and have been extensively researched. Recent results on existence and stability of Nash equilibrium are scattered and the relationship between...
Machine-learning Techniques in Economics
New Tools for Predicting Economic Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
This book develops a machine-learning framework for predicting economic growth. It can also be considered as a primer for using machine learning (also known as data mining or data analytics) to answer economic questions. While machine learning itself is not a new idea, advances in computing technology...
Belief and Rule Compliance
An Experimental Comparison of Muslim and Non-Muslim Economic Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
Belief and Rule Compliance: An Experimental Comparison of Muslim and Non-Muslim Economic Behavior uses modern behavioral science and game theory to examine the behavior and compliance of Muslim populations to Islamic Finance laws and norms. The work identifies behaviors characterized by unexpected...
by Kenneth E. Train
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Researchers use these statistical methods to examine the choices that consumers, households, firms, and other agents make. Each of the major models is covered: logit,...
Foundations of Dynamic Economic Analysis
Optimal Control Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2005
Foundations of Dynamic Economic Analysis presents a modern and thorough exposition of the fundamental mathematical formalism used to study optimal control theory, i.e., continuous time dynamic economic processes, and to interpret dynamic economic behavior. The style of presentation, with its continual...
Running Regressions
A Practical Guide to Quantitative Research in Economics, Finance and Development Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
Running Regressions introduces first-year social science undergraduates, particularly those studying economics and business, to the practical aspects of simple regression analysis, without adopting an esoteric, mathematical approach. It shows that statistical analysis can be simultaneously straightforward,...
Stated Choice Methods
Analysis and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2000
Understanding and predicting the behaviour of decision makers when choosing among discrete goods has been one of the most fruitful areas of applied research over the last thirty years. An understanding of individual consumer behaviour can lead to significant changes in product or service design, pricing...
by Allin F. Cottrell, Paul Cockshott, Gregory John Michaelson
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
This monograph examines the domain of classical political economy using the methodologies developed in recent years both by the new discipline of econo-physics and by computing science. This approach is used to re-examine the classical subdivisions of political economy: production, exchange, distribution...
Data Envelopment Analysis in the Financial Services Industry
A Guide for Practitioners and Analysts Working in Operations Research Using DEA
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
This book presents the methodology and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in measuring productivity, efficiency and effectiveness in Financial Services firms such as banks, bank branches, stock markets, pension funds, mutual funds, insurance firms, credit unions, risk tolerance, and corporate...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
This handbook covers DEA topics that are extensively used and solidly based. The purpose of the handbook is to (1) describe and elucidate the state of the field and (2), where appropriate, extend the frontier of DEA research. It defines the state-of-the-art of DEA methodology and its uses. This handbook...
Theorizing International Trade
An Indian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
This book discusses the developments in trade theories, including new-new trade models that account for firm level trade flows, trade growth accounting using inverse gravity models (including distortions in gravity models), the impact of trade liberalization under the aegis of regional and multilateral...