Time Series and Statistics

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PALGRAVE

TIME SERIES AND STATSTCS

THE NEW

PALGRAVJE

THE ERES

AND TATSTCS EDITED BY

JOHN EATWELL . MURRAYMILGATE . PETER NEWMAN

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MACMILLAN REFERENCE BOOKS

© The Macmillan Press Limited, 1987, 1990 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission. First published in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary oj Economics Edited by John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman in four volumes, 1987 Published in the United Kingdom by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LIMITED, 1990 London and Basingstoke Associated companies in Auckland, Delhi, Dublin, Gaborone, Hamburg, Harare, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Manzini, Maseru, Melbourne, Mexico City, Nairobi, New York, Singapore, Tokyo. The New Palgrave is a trademark of The Macmillan Press Limited British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

The New Palgrave: time series and statistics. 1. Economics. Time series. Analysis I. Eatwell, John II. Milgate, Murray III. Newman, Peter 330'.01'51955 ISBN 978-0-333-49551-3 ISBN 978-1-349-20865-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-20865-4 Sept 90

Contents

General Preface Preface Statistical inference in time series ARIMA models Autoregressive and moving average time-series models Bayesian inference Continuous and discrete time models Edgeworth as a statistician Ergodic theory Estimation Factor analysis Ronald Aylmer Fisher Forecasting Heteroskedasticity Harold Hotelling Hypothesis testing Least squares Likelihood Martingales Maximum likelihood Meaningfulness and invariance Mean value Measurement

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Peter Whittle

A.c. Harvey

Marc Nerlove and Francis X. Diebold Arnold Zellner Christopher A. Sims Stephen M. Stigler William Parry Marc Nerlove and Francis X. Diebold Irma Adelman A.W.F. Edwards Clive W.J. Granger 1. Kmenta Kenneth J. Arrow Gregory C. Chow Halbert White A. W.F. Edwards Alan F. Karr Robert L. Basmann Louis Narens and R. Duncan Luce Soo Hong Chew R. Duncan Luce and Louis Narens

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Contents

Monte Carlo methods Multivariate time series models Non-parametric statistical methods Outliers Prediction Principal components Randomization Random variables Regression and correlation analysis Residuals Semi parametric estimation Sequential analysis Eugen Slutsky Spectral analysis Spline functions Stationary time series Statistical decision theory Statistical inference Time series analysis Transformation of statistical variables Abraham Wald Weiner process Contributors

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John G. Cragg Christopher A. Sims Joseph L. Gastwirth William S. Krasker Peter Whittle T. Kloek James O. Berger 1. Richard Savage Dennis V. Lindley F.J. Anscombe Stephen R. Cosslett James O. Berger Giancarlo Gandolfo Clive W. Granger Dale J. Poirier E.J. Hannan James O. Berger Dennis V. Lindley Marc Nerlove and Francis X. Diebold D.R. Cox E.R. Weintraub A.G. Malliaris

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General Preface

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