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A history of econometrics

Roy J. Epstein

(Contributions to economic analysis, 165)

North-Holland , Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1987

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Bibliography: p. 229-247

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This comparative historical study of econometrics focuses on the development of econometric methods and their application to macroeconomics.The analysis covers the origins of modern econometrics in the USA and Europe during the 1920's and 30's, the rise of `structural estimation' in the 1940's and 50's as the dominant research paradigm, and the crisis of the large macroeconomic models in the 1970's and 80's.The completely original feature of this work is the use of previously unknown manuscript material from the archives of the Cowles Commission and other collections. The history so constructed shows that recent debates over methodology are incomplete without understanding the many deep criticisms that were first raised by the earliest researchers in the field.

Table of Contents

Introduction. The Discovery of `Higher Statistics' in Economic Research. The Emergence of Structural Estimation. The Historical Context of Structural Estimation. Promises and Problems of Structural Estimation. Contemporary Alternatives to Simultaneous Equations Estimation. Exogeneity. Vector Autoregressions. Conclusion. Bibliography. Indexes.

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  • NCID
    BA00894660
  • ISBN
    • 0444702679
  • LCCN
    87015308
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Amsterdam ; Tokyo,New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 254 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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