Strukturgleichungsmodelle stellen das Standardinstrument zur empirischen Prüfung von hypothetisierten Beziehungen zwischen theoretischen Konstrukten (latenten Variablen) dar. Das Buch zeichnet den gesamten Prozess der Strukturgleichungsmodellierung von der Konzeptualisierung theoretischer...

1. Background to the HICP -- 2. First Meeting of the HICP Working Party -- 3. Guiding Principles: Framework Regulation -- 4.Interim Indices of Consumer Prices (IICP) -- 5.Launch of the HICP -- 6.Classification of Household Consumption Expenditure -- 7.Coverage of the HICP: What, Where, Who? --...

Chapter 1: Spatial Analysis of Research-Productivity Nexus: A Case of Thai Rice Sector -- Chapter 2: Application of Thermodynamics Entropy Concept in Financial Markets -- Chapter 3: Economic and Business Cycle of India: Evidence from ICT Sector -- Chapter 4: Patents and R&D Cartels -- Chapter 5:...

Data Science trägt wesentlich zu einer schnelleren Nutzbarmachung von Markt-, Kunden- und Nutzerdaten bei, inklusive der Analyse von Daten aus Sozialen Netzwerken. Wo früher klassische Statistik für Berechnungen und Vorhersagen herangezogen wurde, da erlauben heute Open-Source-Werkzeuge wie R...

This compendium contains and explains essential statistical formulas within an economic context. A broad range of aids and supportive examples will help readers to understand the formulas and their practical applications. This statistical formulary is presented in a practice-oriented, clear, and...

Chapter 1: The Basics of Statistics -- Chapter 2: The Normal Curve -- Chapter 3: Probability and Percentages and Their Practical Business Uses -- Chapter 4: Retail Math: Basic, Inventory, Productivity, and Growth Rate Metrics -- Chapter 5: Financial Ratios -- Chapter 6: Using Frequencies and...

This book reviews recent approaches for partial identification of average treatment effects with instrumental variables in the program evaluation literature, including Manski’s bounds, bounds based on threshold crossing models, and bounds based on the Local Average Treatment Effect (LATE)...

These proceedings highlight research on the latest trends and methods in experimental and behavioral economics. Featuring contributions presented at the 2017 Computational Methods in Experimental Economics (CMEE) conference, which was held in Lublin, Poland, it merges findings from various...

Students in various disciplines-from law and government to business and health policy-need to understand several quantitative aspects of finance (such as the capital asset pricing model or financial options) and policy analysis (e.g., assessing the weight of probabilistic evidence) but often...

The risk of counterparty default in banking, insurance, institutional, and pension-fund portfolios is an area of ongoing and increasing importance for finance practitioners. It is, unfortunately, a topic with a high degree of technical complexity. Addressing this challenge, this book provides a...