Advances in Econometrics, Income Distribution and Scientific Methodology: Essays in Honor of Camilo Dagum (Hardcover, 1999)

Econometric Essays: E. Malinvaud: About the Contribution of Econometrics to the Advancement of Knowledge: The Macroeconomic Relevance of Microeconomic Data; C.W.J. Granger: Two Aspects of the Methodology of Modeling Deterministic Processes and Evaluation; E.B. Dagum, P.A. Cholette: An Extension of the Gauss-Markov Theorem for Mixed Linear Regression Models with Non-Stationary Stochastic Parameters; R.G. Bodkin: Computation in Macroeconomic Model-Building: Some Historical Aspects; N. Ebrahimi, E. Maasoumi, E.S. Soofi: Measuring Informativeness of Data by Entropy and Variance; R.L. Basmann, D.J. Slottje: Significance of the Nonuniqueness of Neoclassical Direct Utility Functions Especially When They are Empirically Confirmed.- Essays on Income Distribution (Empirical): N. Podder, P. Mukhapadhyay: Welfare Disparity Among Subgroups of Population: The Method of Analysis with an Application; J. Creedy: Measuring Welfare Changes and the Excess Burden of Taxation; J. Formby, H. Kim, W.J. Smith: Decomposing the Redistributive Effect of Taxes: New Measures of Vertical Equity and Inequity; Y. Amiel, F.A. Cowell: Income Transformation and Income Inequality; R.L. Basmann, D.J. Slottje: A Note on the Gini Measure for Discrete Distributions; J. Creedy, S. Hurn: Distributional Preferences and the Extended Gini Measure of Inequality; J. Deutsch, J. Silber: On Some Implications of Dagum's Interpretation of the Decomposition of the Gini Index by Population Subgroups.- Essays on Scientific Methodology: M. Bunge: The End of Science; I. Scardovi: Statistical Inference and Inductive Prevision; M. Allais: The scientific Training.- Essays on Income Distribution (Theory): F. Bourguignon, S.R. Chakravarty: A Family of Multidimensional Poverty Measures; P. Rothman: Independence and Changes in the Size Distribution of Income; S. Yitzhaki: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Dominance Using Generalized Lorenz Curves.- Camilo Dagum. Scientific Publications.