The Empirical Significance of Econometric Models

This essay discusses some, but by no means all the important problems that arise in econometric testing of econometric models. Specifically, it disusses the reliabilty of the underlying data and their processing, the problem of relating theories and data, ceteris paribus conditions and testability, data mining and the misuse of significance test.

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Year of publication:	2006-05-16
Authors:	Mayer, Thomas
Institutions:	Economics Department, University of California-Davis
Subject:	econometric \| models \| theories

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 620 2 pages long
Classification:	C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General ; C9 - Design of Experiments
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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