Concise Introduction to Econometrics: An Intuitive Guide Book

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	List of tables
	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	A few basic tools	13
	Distributions	14
	The linear regression model	19
	Inference	24
	Some further considerations	30
	To summarize	33
3	Econometrics, a guided tour	36
	Practical questions	37
	Problem formulation	39
	Data collection	46
	Choice of an econometric model	62
	Empirical analysis	66
	Answering practical questions	77
4	Seven case studies	81
	Convergence between rich and poor countries	82
	Direct mail target selection	86
	Automatic trading	89
	Forecasting sharp increases in unemployment	93
	Modeling brand choice dynamics	97
	Two noneconomic illustrations	101
5	Conclusion	108
	Always take an econometrics course!	108
	Econometrics is practice	110
	References	111
	Index	115