Building Better Econometric Models Using Cross Section and Panel Data

Many empirical researchers yearn for an econometric

model that better explains their data. Yet these researchers

rarely pursue this objective for fear of the

statistical complexities involved in specifying that

model. This book is intended to alleviate those anxieties

by providing a practical methodology that anyone

familiar with regression analysis can employ—a

methodology that will yield a model that is both more

informative and is a better representation of the data.

This book outlines simple, pr...