Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Volume 2

Theory and Applications, Ninth World Congress
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-521-69209-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Reihe: Econometric Society Monographs

This is the second of three volumes containing edited versions of papers and a commentary presented at invited symposium sessions of the Ninth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in London in August 2005. The papers summarize and interpret key developments, and they discuss future directions for a wide variety of topics in economics and econometrics. The papers cover both theory and applications. Written by leading specialists in their fields, these volumes provide a unique survey of progress in the discipline.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blundell, Richard

Newey, Whitney K

Persson, Torsten

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Empirical models of auctions; 2. Identification in models of oligopoly entry; 3. Empirical models of imperfect competition: a discussion; 4. Recent developments in the economics of price discrimination; 5. Bounded rationality in industrial organization; 6. Price discrimination and irrational consumers: discussion of Armstrong and Ellison; 7. Behavioral economics; 8. Incentives and self-control; 9. Discussion of behavioral economics; 10. Dynamic models for policy evaluation; 11. Microeconometric search-matching models and matched employer-employee data; 12. Discussion of 'dynamic models for policy evaluation' and 'microeconometric search-matching models and matched employer-employee data; 13. Field experiments in development economics; 14. Institutions and development: a view from below.

Über Autor(innen)

Newey, Whitney K
Whitney K. Newey is Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A 2000-01 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, he is Associate Editor of Econometrica and the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, and formerly served as Associate Editor of Econometric Theory.

Persson, Torsten
Torsten Persson is Professor and Director of the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University and Centennial Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and served as President of the European Economic Association in 2003.

Blundell, Richard
Richard Blundell CBE FBA holds the David Ricardo Chair in Political Economy at University College London and is Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, London. He is also Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy. Professor Blundell serves as President of the Econometric Society for 2006.