- Hardcover: 840 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 2 edition (July 31 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321278879
- ISBN-13: 978-0321278876
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 19.3 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #241,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Designed for a first course in introductory econometrics, Introduction to Econometrics, reflects modern theory and practice, with interesting applications that motivate and match up with the theory to ensure students grasp the relevance of econometrics. Authors James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson integrate real-world questions and data into the development of the theory, with serious treatment of the substantive findings of the resulting empirical analysis.
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Introduction to Econometrics JAMES H. STOCK (Harvard University) & MARK W. WATSON (Princeton University)
“Econometrics opens a window on our complicated world that lets us see the relationship on which people, businesses, and governments base their decisions.” —From the Preface
In this new textbook by distinguished econometricians James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson, real-world questions and data from actual empirical studies “open a window” through which the vitality and relevance of econometrics come into clear focus. The breadth of topics - including an introduction to program evaluation, panel data methods, instrumental variables regression, and regression with time series data - reflects the best of contemporary applied econometrics.
REVIEWER PRAISE FOR INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS:“Stock and Watson have managed to bridge the gap between statistical technique and economic interpretation in a clean, clear, and concise manner.” —Òscar Jordà, University of California Davis
“The quality of the presentation is excellent - clear and understandable...This is, in my opinion, the best treatment I have ever seen to motivate the usefulness and relevance of the tools presented.” —Pierre Perron, Boston University
“The authors are very effective in providing intuitive explanations, emphasizing conceptual approaches to technical material...Students who would be confused by mathematical derivations will come away with a more solid understanding of econometrics by reading this text.” —Robert McNown, University of Colorado, Boulder
“Introductory econometrics books often make the crucial mistake of using some trivial examples that do not illustrate real problems that empirical economists encounter. This book significantly improves upon its competition by using examples, developing them in detail, and using well-motivated and important econometric issues for this development.” —Mico Mrkaic, Duke University
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1.0 out of 5 stars
This Textbook is Terrible,
This review is from: Introduction to Econometrics (Hardcover)
Two major concerns with this book.(1) How the hell do you write a textbook that has basically no examples, then, provide no answers to the end of chapter excercises?! For the life of me, I will never be able to understand this logic. (2) Poorly written. It seems when economists try to write on stats (yes, I know, this is 'econometrics') their hard-on gets the best of them and they try to make it more complicated then it needs to be. I have taken courses in regression with texts written by statisticians and it seems they don't feel as though they have as much to prove as Stock and Watson do as economists. For example, it is hilarious how difficult they made the basic content in chapter 3 seem. Who represents z scores like that?!?!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good intro book, bad in time series,
By flyingracoonie (Duke University) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Introduction to Econometrics (Hardcover)
I used Stock&Watson for my first undergraduate econometrics course. I liked it at the time but as I advance in time series I find that one could be much better prepared in this area from an intro course. Time series is a very interesting and big area and using Stock&Watson for the first course in econometrics gives one the impression that it is only a side topic.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very helpful and well written textbook,
By A Customer
This review is from: Introduction to Econometrics (Hardcover)
I've only used one other econometrics textbook and this the superior of the two. I felt that the text was excellently written, and gave the instructor and the student the option of treating the subjects as technical or less technical and more conceptual. The appendix in the end of the chapters are very helpful and clearly written. The examples and the outline of the material are clear and concise. This textbook seems very flexible. I recommend it.
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