Analysis of economic data /

Koop, Gary.

Analysis of economic data / Gary Koop. - Fourth Edition. - Hoboken : Wiley, [2013] - xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- Basic data handling -- Correlation -- Introduction to simple regression -- Statistical aspects of regression -- Multiple regression -- Regression with dummy variables -- Regression with time lags : distributed lag models -- Univariate time series analysis -- Regression with time series variables -- Applications of time series methods in macroeconomics and finance -- Limitations and extensions -- Appendix B Data directory -- Index.

Introduces readers to the basic techniques of economic data analysis. It takes a non-mathematical approach and relies mainly on verbal and graphical intuition. The orientation is towards applications rather than theory and each topic is introduced in the context of economic examples.

9781118472538 (pbk.)


Econometrics.

HB 139 / .K837 2013