TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swann,G.M.P.
TI  - Putting econometrics in its place: a new direction in applied economics 
SN  - 9781858983059
U1  - 330.015195 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Econometrics
KW  - Economics
KW  - Statistical methods
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-242) and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Economics will only be applied if it is applied -- 3. Econometrics as alchemy? -- 4. The surveyor's dream -- 5. What do the critics say is wrong? -- 6. The problem of the signal-to-noise ratio -- 7. Vernacular economics -- 8. The vernacular as local knowledge -- 9. Economic research as composition -- 10. Plurality : why and what? -- 11. Applied econometrics -- 12. Experimental economics -- 13. Surveys and questionnaires -- 14. Simulation -- 15. Engineering economics -- 16. Economic history and history of economic thought -- 17. Case studies -- 18. Interviews -- 19. Common sense and intuition -- 20. Metaphor -- 21. Innovative economics : an essential miscellany -- 22. Danger in the present trajectory -- 23. Changing attitudes -- 24. How do we make the future happen? -- 25. Conclusion
N2  - "Putting Econometrics in its Place is an original and fascinating book, in which Peter Swann argues that econometrics has dominated applied economics for far too long and displaced other essential techniques. While Peter Swann is critical of the monopoly that econometrics currently holds in applied economics, the more important and positive contribution of the book is to propose a new direction and a new attitude to applied economics."--BOOK JACKET
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