Introductory Econometrics

Practical and professional, this text bridges the gap between how undergraduate econometrics has traditionally been taught and how empirical researchers actually think about and apply econometric methods. The text's unique approach reflects how econometric instruction has evolved from simply describing a set of abstract recipes to showing how econometrics can be used to empiric...

Practical and professional, this text bridges the gap between how undergraduate econometrics has traditionally been taught and how empirical researchers actually think about and apply econometric methods. The text's unique approach reflects how econometric instruction has evolved from simply describing a set of abstract recipes to showing how econometrics can be used to empirically study questions across a variety of disciplines. The systematic approach, where assumptions are introduced only as they are needed to obtain a certain result, makes the material easier for students, and leads to better econometric practice. It is organised around the type of data being analysed - an approach that simplifies the exposition and allows a more careful discussion of assumptions. Packed with relevant applications and a wealth of interesting data sets, the text emphasises examples that have implications for policy or provide evidence for or against economic theories.

杰弗里·M·伍德里奇，密歇根州立大學(xué)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)特聘教授，1991年以來一直在該校任教。1986—1991年，伍德里奇博士曾擔(dān)任麻省理工學(xué)院的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)助理教授。他于1982年在加州大學(xué)伯克利分校獲得計算機(jī)科學(xué)與經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位，并于1986年在加州大學(xué)圣迭戈分校獲得經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)博士學(xué)位。伍德里奇博士曾在國際知名期刊上發(fā)表學(xué)術(shù)論文30多篇，參與過多部著作的寫作，他還是《橫截面與面板數(shù)據(jù)的計量經(jīng)濟(jì)分析》一書的作者。他的獲獎項目包括：斯隆(Alfred P Sloan)研究獎，《計量經(jīng)濟(jì)理論》的Plurla Scripsit獎，《應(yīng)用計量經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)雜志》的斯通(Richard Stone)爵士獎，以及在MIT三次獲得研究生教學(xué)年度優(yōu)秀教師獎。他還是計量經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)會和《計量經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)雜志》的資深會員。