"Peter Kennedy's book, which provides intuitive, narrative explanations for a wide range of topics covered in undergraduate and graduate econometrics courses, occupies a unique position in the econometrics textbook market." -- David Ribar, Department of Economics, the George Washington University
Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods in Econometrics
Standard methods for estimating empirical models in economics and many other fields rely on strong assumptions about functional forms and the distributions of unobserved random variables. Often, it is assumed that functions of interest are linear or that unobserved random variables are normally distributed.
As real estate forms a significant part of the asset portfolios of most investors and lenders, it is crucial that analysts and institutions employ sound techniques for modelling and forecasting the performance of real estate assets. Assuming no prior knowledge of econometrics, this book introduces and explains a broad range of quantitative techniques that are relevant for the analysis of real estate data.
This is a thorough revision of the best-selling undergraduate Econometrics text.Accessible, complete, and student-oriented, Basic Econometrics is appropriate for first courses in Econometrics at all four-year colleges and universities.In addition to a first-rate text, students have access to the SHAZY student version of SHAZAM, an inexpensive version of a widely used econometrics package, as well as data sets (free on adoption to instructors) for problem and example material in the text.
This Second Edition updates the Solutions Manual for Econometrics to match the fourth edition of the Econometrics textbook. It corrects typos in the previous edition and adds problems and solutions using latest software versions of Stata and EViews. Special features include empirical examples using EViews and Stata. The book offers rigourous proofs and treatment of difficult econometrics concepts in a simple and clear way, and it provides the reader with both applied and theoretical econometrics problems along with their solutions.
