a practical guide to quantitative research in economics, finance and development studies /
Michelle Baddeley, Diana Barrowclough
xix, 289 pages :
illustrations ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
An introduction to ordinary least squares -- Running simple regressions : global poverty and growth -- Using logs and estimating elasticities : demand for air travel -- Hypothesis testing : health expenditure and the quality of life -- Multiple regression analysis : housing demand in the UK -- Heteroscedasticity : R&D, invention and innovation -- Autocorrelation : tourism and the environment -- Model misspecification : Tobin's q and investment in the USA -- Structural breaks, non-stationarity and spurious regressions : venture capital and computing investment in the USA -- Error correction models : consumption and the multiplier in the UK -- Panel estimation : divorce and income -- Binary dependent variables : war and poverty