Econometrics category: 430 books
by Buettner, Thiess; Ochel, Wolfgang
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Economists address key challenges facing the EU, including financial instability, welfare state reform, inadequate institutional framework, and global economic integration.
Efficiency of Elementary Education in India
Empirical Evidence Using a Nonparametric Data Envelopment Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
This book assesses how efficient primary and upper primary education is across different states of India considering both output oriented and input oriented measures of technical efficiency. It identifies the most important factors that could produce differential efficiency among the states,...
by Paul Doukhan
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
This book presents essential tools for modelling non-linear time series. The first part of the book describes the main standard tools of probability and statistics that directly apply to the time series context to obtain a wide range of modelling possibilities. Functional estimation and bootstrap...
Quantum Methods in Social Science
A First Course
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Shown here is how basic concepts of physics can be used to improve models in finance, economics, psychology and biology. Readers are introduced to how physical theory can inform non-physical phenomena in the social sciences, thereby improving decision making and modeling capabilities in research-based...
by Cathal O'Donoghue
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Microsimulation Modelling involves the application of simulation methods to micro data for the purposes of evaluating the effectiveness and improving the design of public policy. The field has existed for over 50 years and has been applied to many different policy areas and is a methodology that is...
by Donald M. Topkis
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
The economics literature is replete with examples of monotone comparative statics; that is, scenarios where optimal decisions or equilibria in a parameterized collection of models vary monotonically with the parameter. Most of these examples are manifestations of complementarity, with a common explicit...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
This book provides an introduction and overview to nine applied financial studies on the theme of transport. The studies cover a wide range of topics, from value based trading of real assets in shipping, to the determinants of efficiency and productivity in European railways, to the market for used...
NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2017
Volume 32
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Volume 32 of the NBER Macroeconomics Annual features six theoretical and empirical studies of important issues in contemporary macroeconomics, and a keynote address by former IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard. In one study, SeHyoun Ahn, Greg Kaplan, Benjamin Moll, Thomas Winberry, and Christian...
by Joseph E. Harrington Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
A review of the theoretical research on unlawful collusion, focusing on the impact and optimal design of competition law and enforcement.
Collusion occurs when firms in a market coordinate their behavior for the purpose of producing a supracompetitive outcome. The literature on the theory of...
Household Vulnerability and Conditional Cash Transfers
Consumption Smoothing Effects of PROGRESA-Oportunidades in Rural Mexico, 2003−2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2017
This book empirically analyzes the vulnerability of poor households in rural areas of Mexico and the effects of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program called PROGRESA-Oportunidades by adopting the two most recent sets of rural household panel data for 2003−2007. The period covered by this book...
Intellektuelles Kapital von Personen und Standorten
Systemübergreifend identifizieren und analysieren
Language: German
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Ein an der sichtbaren Oberfläche ruhiges System lässt keineswegs immer den Schluss zu, dass sich im Innern ebenfalls nichts verändert. Aussichtsreich ist es, möglichst breitgefächert an die Analyse heranzugehen und ein nach den jeweiligen Schwerpunktkriterien ausgewähltes Bündel von Einflussfaktoren...
Handbook of Heavy Tailed Distributions in Finance
Handbooks in Finance, Book 1
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2003
The Handbooks in Finance are intended to be a definitive source for comprehensive and accessible information in the field of finance. Each individual volume in the series should present an accurate self-contained survey of a sub-field of finance, suitable for use by finance and economics professors...
Mathematical Foundations of Time Series Analysis
A Concise Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
This book provides a concise introduction to the mathematical foundations of time series analysis, with an emphasis on mathematical clarity. The text is reduced to the essential logical core, mostly using the symbolic language of mathematics, thus enabling readers to very quickly grasp the essential...
Foundations of Info-Metrics
Modeling, Inference, and Imperfect Information
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Info-metrics is the science of modeling, reasoning, and drawing inferences under conditions of noisy and insufficient information. It is at the intersection of information theory, statistical inference, and decision-making under uncertainty. It plays an important role in helping make informed decisions...