Essentials of Econometrics + Data CD - Brossura

Gujarati, Damodar

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0071244484 ISBN 13: 9780071244480

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Riassunto

This text provides a simple and straightforward introduction to econometrics for the beginner. The author's intent is to provide the student with a "user friendly," non-intimidating introduction to econometric theory and techniques. The book motives students to understand econometric techniques through extensive examples, careful explanations, and a wide variety of problem material. The audience is undergraduate economics, agricultural economics, and business administration majors, MBA students and others in the social and behavioral sciences where econometric techniques, especially the techniques of linear regression analysis, are used.

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L'autore

After teaching for more than 28 years at the City University of New York, He is currently a professor of Economics in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Dr. Gujarati received his M.Com. degree from the University of Bombay in 1960, his M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago in 1963, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1965. Dr. Gujarati has published extensively in recognized national and international journals, such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business, the American Statistician, and the Journal of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Contenuti

Chapter 1 The Nature and Scope of Econometrics

PART I Basics of Probability and Statistics

Chapter 2 Review of Statistics I: Probability and Probability Distributions

Chapter 3 Characteristics of Probability Distributions

Chapter 4 Some Important Probability Distributions

Chapter 5 Statistical Inference: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

PART II The Linear Regression Model

Chapter 6 Basic Ideas of Linear Regression: The Two-Variable Model

Chapter 7 The Two-Variable Model: Hypothesis Testing

Chapter 8 Multiple Regression: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

Chapter 9 Functional Forms of Regression Models

Chapter 10 Dummy Variable Regression Models

Chapter 11 Model Selection: Criteria and Tests

PART III Regression Analysis In Practice

Chapter 12 Multicollinearity: What Happens if Explanatory Variable Are Correlated

Chapter 13 Heteroscedasticity: What Happens If The Error Variance Is Nonconstant

Chapter 14 Autocorrelation: What Happens If Error Terms Are Correlated PART IV Introduction to Simultaneous Equation Models

Chapter 15 Simultaneous Equation Models

Chapter 16 Selected Topics in Single Equation Regression Models

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071244484
• ISBN 13: 9780071244480
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 544