Book Description
This reference introduces the basic econometric methods and the underlying assumptions behind them. It also includes a simple and concise treatment of more advanced topics in time-series, spatial correlation, limited dependent variables and panel data models, as well as specification testing, Gauss-Newton regressions and regression diagnostics. The strengths of this book lie in presenting difficult material in a simple, yet rigorous manner. In addition, the book features a set of empirical illustrations that demonstrate some of the basic results. The empirical exercises are solved using several econometric software packages.