Econometrics and economic theory in the 20th century : the Ragnar Frisch centennial symposium /

Ragnar Frisch (1895-1973) received the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science together with Jan Tinbergen in 1969 for having played an important role in ensuring that mathematical techniques figure prominently in modern economic analysis. Frisch was also a co-founder of the Econometric Socie...

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Other Authors: Strøm, Steinar (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Series:Econometric Society monographs ; 31.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Ragnar Frisch at the University of Oslo / Jens C. Andvig and Tore Thonstad
  • Ragnar Frisch and the foundation of the Econometric Society and Econometrica / Olav Bjerkholt
  • Contributions of Ragnar Frisch to economics and econometrics / John S. Chipman
  • Nonparametric estimation of exact consumer surplus and deadweight loss / Jerry A. Hausman and Whitney K. Newey
  • Consumer demand and intertemporal allocations : Engel, Slutsky, and Frisch / Richard Blundell
  • Production functions : the search for identification / Zvi Griliches and Jacques Mairesse
  • Investment and growth / Dale W. Jorgenson
  • Evaluating the welfare state / James J. Heckman and Jeffrey Smith
  • Frisch, hotelling, and the marginal-cost pricing controversy / Jean-Jacques Laffont
  • Scientific explanation in econometrics / Bernt P. Stigum
  • Autoregressive distributed-lag modelling approach to cointegration analysis / M. Hashem Pesaran and Yongcheol Shin
  • Econometric issues related to errors in variables in financial models / G.S. Maddala
  • Statistical analysis of some nonstationary time series / Søren Johansen
  • Frisch's vision and explanation of the trade-cycle phenomenon : his connections with Wicksell, ⁰Akerman, and Schumpeter / Bjørn Thalberg
  • Ragnar Frisch's conception of the business cycle / Lawrence R. Klein
  • Business cycles : real facts or fallacies? / Gunnar B⁰ardsen, Paul G. Fisher, and Ragnar Nymoen
  • Influence of Ragnar Frisch on macroeconomic planning and policy in Norway / Peter Jakob Bjerve
  • How Frisch saw in the 1960s the contribution of economists to development planning / E. Malinvaud
  • On the need for macroeconomic planning in market economies : three examples from the European Monetary Union Project / A.J. Hughes Hallett.