The creative tension between statistics and economics
This paper warns the risks of uncritically adopting the mind set of statisticians in empirical analysis. The examples of vector autoregressions, forecast combinations and measurement of treatment effects are used to illustrate the fragility of statistical inference when sample observations are limit...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-977912020-03-07T12:10:40Z The creative tension between statistics and economics Cheng, Hsiao. School of Humanities and Social Sciences This paper warns the risks of uncritically adopting the mind set of statisticians in empirical analysis. The examples of vector autoregressions, forecast combinations and measurement of treatment effects are used to illustrate the fragility of statistical inference when sample observations are limited. 2013-08-16T08:11:24Z 2019-12-06T19:46:47Z 2013-08-16T08:11:24Z 2019-12-06T19:46:47Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Cheng, H. (2012). The Creative Tension Between Statistics And Economics. The Singapore Economic Review, 57(3). https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97791 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13172 10.1142/S0217590812500178 en The Singapore economic review © 2012 World Scientific Publishing Company. |
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