1st Edition

An Introduction to Quantitative Economics

By Brian Haines Copyright 1978
166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1978. This book is designed to enable students on main courses in economics to comprehend literature which employs econometric techniques as a method of analysis, to use econometric techniques themselves to test hypotheses about economic relationships and to understand some of the difficulties involved in interpreting results. While the book is mainly aimed at second-year... Read more

Preface Part 1 1. Introduction to the Relationship between Variables 2. A Basic Revision of Statistical Concepts 3. The Principle of Ordinary Least Squares and Simple Regression Formulae 4. Nonlinear Relationships and Multiple Regression Part 2 5. A Breakdown of the Standard Assumptions made about the Error Term 6. Statistical Data, Distributed Lag Models and Dummy Variables 7. Empirical Studies in Macroeconomics 8. Structural Equations and the Identification Problem. Numerical Answers

Biography

Haines, Brian