It is widely accepted that economics has changed significantly since the 1970s with the development of new data sources, new methods of analysis and the computer. This paper argues that this transformation of the discipline involves more than just a rise of empirical work: it involves a new...

Einführung -- Vorüberlegungen und Grundbegriffe -- Momentenschätzung auf Stichprobenbasis -- Basiskonzepte der induktiven Statistik -- Einfaches OLS-Regressionsmodell -- Multiples OLS-Regressionsmodell -- Maximum-Likelihood-Schätzung -- Qualitativvariablen-Modelle -- Zeitreihenanalyse.

This book introduces recent developments in both theoretical and empirical analyses of local public economics. Theories of those economics as well as empirical analyses have been developed dramatically in various directions in recent years. One direction has been to reflect real economic...