Macroeconometrics Developments, Tensions, and Prospects

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RECENT ECONOMIC THOUGHT SERIES Editors: Warren J. Samuels Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, USA

William Darity, Jr. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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Macroeconometrics Developments, Tensions, and Prospects

Edited by Kevin D. Hoover University of California Davis, California

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Ubrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Oata Macroeconometncs: developments, tensions, and prospects / edlted by Kevin D. Hoover. p. cm -(Recent economlC thought senes) Includes index ISBN 978-94-010-4293-2 ISBN 978-94-011-0669-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-0669-6 1 Macroeconomics-Econometnc models. 2. Econometrics I. Hoover, Kevm 0., 1955- 11. Senes. HBI72.5.M325 1995 339-dc20 95-16697 CIP Copyright © 1995' by Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1995 Softcover reprint

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Contents

Contributing Authors

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Acknowledgments

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1 The Problem of Macroeconometrics Kevin D. Hoover Part I.

Alternative Econometric Methodologies

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Recent Advances in Solving and Estimating Dynamic Macroeconomic Models Beth Fisher Ingram

Commentary Adrian Pagan

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The Economics of VAR Models Fabio Canova

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Commentary Masao Ogaki

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4 Progressive Modeling of Macroeconomic Time Series: The LSE Methodology Grayham E. Mizon Commentary Charles H. Whiteman and Jon Faust

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