Handbook of Applied Econometrics V 2 - Microeconomics

• ISBN13: 9781405166416
• ISBN10: 140516641X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-02-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This Handbook focuses on specific microeconomics applications, rather than on conventional econometric theory. It covers the econometric issues involved in a variety of applied microeconomic problems:

* The measurement of productivity.

* Frontier production functions and the measurement of efficiency.

* Consumer demand.

* Income inequality and economic welfare

* Estimation of models of dynamic optimization.

* Search models and duration data.

* Quasi-likelihood methods for count data.

* Analysis of business surveys.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: M. Hashem Pesaran and Peter Schmidt (University of Cambridge; Michigan State University).

2. Index Number and Factor Demand Approaches to Estimation of Productivity: David H. Good, M. Ishaq Nadiri, and Robin C. Sickles (Indiana University; New York University; Rice University).

3. Frontier Production Functions: William H. Greene (New York University).

4. Consumer Demand Systems and Household Equivalance Scales: Arthur Lewbel (Brandeis University).

5. Empirical Analyses of Inequality and Welfare: Esfandiar Maasoumi (Southern Methodist University).

6. Estimating Models of Dynamic Optimization with Microeconomic Data: Robert A. Miller (Carnegie Mellon University).

7. Search Models and Duration Data: George R. Neumann (University of Iowa).

8. Quasi-Likelihood Methods for Count Data: Jeffrey M. Wooldridge (Michigan State University).

9. Analysis of Business Surveys: Klaus F. Zimmerman (University of Munich).

Index.