Current Developments in the Interface: Economics, Econometrics, Mathematics : State of the Art Surveys Presented on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Econometric Institute (Netherlands School of Economics), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, January 1982

Welcoming address to the participants of the symposium -- The Econometric Institute: background and developments -- I. Economics of Academia -- Introductory remarks -- Research in econometrics and the economics of academia -- Questions and comments -- II. Micro economics -- Introductory remarks -- Decision criteria for business firms -- Questions and comments -- III. Autocorrelation -- Introductory remarks -- More than twenty-five years of testing for aseril correlation in least squares regression -- Questions and comments -- IV. Efficiency and optimization -- Introductory remarks -- Efficiency -- Quetions and comments -- V. Econometric policy models -- Introductory remarks -- Econometric models and economic planning and poliycy: some trends and problems -- Questions and comments -- VI. Equilibrium econometrics -- Introductory remarks -- An econometric approach to general equilibrium analysis -- Questions and comments -- VII. Foundations of identification -- Introductory remarks -- Identification from real data -- VIII. Planning -- Introductory remarks -- Planning, mathematics and economics -- Questions and comments -- IX. Control and economics -- Introductory remarks -- Stochastic control and uncertainty in dynamic economic systems -- Questions and comments -- X. Disequilibrium econometrics -- Introductory remarks -- An econometric model for macro-disequilibrium analysis -- Questions and comments -- XI. Identification of time series -- Introductory remarks -- Identification in control and econometrics -- Questions and comments -- XII. Mathematical programming -- Introductory remarks -- Algorithms for constrained and unconstrained optimization calculations -- Questions and comments -- XIII. Foundations of modeling -- Introductory remarks -- Scientific standards in econometric modeling -- Quesions and comments -- List of participants.