the 'theory first' versus the 'data first' perspectives in the context of a broader methodological framework with a view … of economic theories. -- Econometric methodology ; 'general-to-specific' ; pre-eminence of theory ; cointegrated VAR … ; statistical adequacy ; realisticness of a theory ; statistical model ; actual versus nominal error probabilities …

the 'theory first' versus the 'data first' perspectives in the context of a broader methodological framework with a view …

only limited success in the US as a tool for doing empirical macroeconomics, where what might be called a "theory comes … such research methods. The US "theory comes first" approach fits much better with the journal publication metric …. -- Incentives ; empirical work ; econometrics ; methodology ; cointegration ; VAR …

'theory first' versus the 'data first' perspectives in the context of a broader methodological framework with a view to …

the 'theory first' versus the 'data first' perspectives in the context of a broader methodological framework with a view …