Essentials of Applied Econometrics prepares students for a world in which more data surround us every day and in which econometric tools are put to diverse uses. Written for students in economics and for professionals interested in continuing an education in econometrics, this succinct text not only teaches best practices and state-of-the-art techniques, but uses vivid examples and data obtained from a variety of real world sources. The book’s emphasis on application uniquely prepares the reader for today’s econometric work, which can include analyzing causal relationships or correlations in big data to obtain useful insights.
This latter portion of the book is very suitable for a more advanced course: a second-term undergraduate course, a Masters level course, or as a companion reading for a Doctoral level course.
The study of econometrics has become an essential part of every undergraduate course in economics, ... From this theory, the first task of the applied econometrician is to formulate an econometric model that can be tested empirically.
This is the first book on applied econometrics using the R system for statistical computing and graphics.
A companion website for this book is available at www.palgrave.com/economics/asteriou2 which contains: - Data files for students - PowerPoint slides for lecturers
The applied econometric methods emphasized in this book are easy to use and relevant for many areas of contemporary social science.
Applied Econometrics: Critical Concepts in Economics
This book is designed to be of interest to second and third year undergraduate students of econometrics, empirical methods or managerial economics.
Drawing on the author’s extensive teaching experience, this book offers intuitive explanations of concepts such as heteroskedasticity and serial correlation, and provides step-by-step overviews of each key topic.
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Another possible way to define the measure is Pearson's skewness, which equals the square of Fisher's skewness. The same holds true for the kurtosis, where we have reported Pearson's kurtosis. Fishers' kurtosis (sometimes denoted as ...