Download This PaperBook Review of 'Statistical Foundations for Econometric Techniques' by Asad Zaman
5 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2008
Date Written: August 9, 1996
Abstract
This is pre-print of a book review of a graduate econometrics textbook entitled "Statistical Foundations for Econometric Techniques," by Asad Zaman. Four parts of the book cover estimation, testing, asymptotics (first and higher order), and empirical Bayes methods for regression models. Emphasis is on intuition and on development of criteria to choose among the large variety of estimation and testing techniques available in the literature.
Keywords: efficiency, robust estimation, empirical Bayes
JEL Classification: C10
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Swanson, Norman Rasmus and Swanson, Norman Rasmus, Book Review of 'Statistical Foundations for Econometric Techniques' by Asad Zaman (August 9, 1996). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1286767 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1286767
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