Nonparametric Econometrics

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 442 pages
• Published by: Cambridge University Press July 1, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0521586119
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521586115
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

Product Review
"This book contains nonparametric concepts for information recovery that will become an enduring element of every econometrician's tool kit." George Judge, University of California, Berkeley

"Pagan and Ullah have brought together a large set of research results in semi- and nonparametric estimation that greatly improves the accessibility of this important body of research to graduate students and professionals." Joel Horowitz, University of Iowa

"A valuable treatment of nonparametric and semiparametric methods in econometrics. This book will be a useful resource for years to come." Oliver Linton, Yale University

"This book covers an enormous amount of material in a succinct and easy to use fashion. I strongly recommend it." Professor O.B. Linton, London School of Economics

"thorough and elegant." Mathematics of Computing

"Pagan and Ullah's textbook, Nonparametric Econometrics, is not intended to be a 'cookbook' nor would it be confused with one. If, however, you are looking for the most comprehensive collection of nonparametirc and semiparametric methods dealing with those issues that are often encountered by applied economists, then this definitely is the book for you. This textbook deserves to be in the library of all economists who wish to keep abreast of less-than-fully parametric econometric techniques, and would serve readily as the cornerstone for a graduate course on the subject." JASA

Product Description
This book systematically and thoroughly covers a vast literature on the nonparametric and semiparametric statistics and econometrics that has evolved over the past five decades. Within this framework, this is the first book to discuss the principles of the nonparametric approach to the topics covered in a first year graduate course in econometrics, e.g., regression function, heteroskedasticity, simultaneous equations models, logit-probit and censored models. Professors Pagan and Ullah provide intuitive explanations of difficult concepts, heuristic developments of theory, and empirical examples emphasizing the usefulness of modern nonparametric approach. The book should provide a new perspective on teaching and research in applied subjects in general and econometrics and statistics in particular.

Reader Reviews
I think this is the best introduction to nonparametric and semiparametric estimation to date. It covers an impressive amount of material, and the focus is on density and regression estimation. The exposition is clear, a lot of crucial results are proved, and an immense quantity of others are sketched or at least mentioned. Most of the book is fairly or very advanced, but all topics are introduced in a neat, simple, and intuitive way, so even a beginner can benefit from several parts of this book (previous good knowledge of math & statistics are still necessary, of course). Densities, regressions, discrete dependent variable models, simultaneous equation models, selection models, it's all in here. The field is expanding, but this book really has almost all you need to know about what the field has done until the publication date. There is also a nice and useful appendix for many of the asymptotic results used in the book. The only drawback (besides a few typos, but not so many to be annoying) is the scant presence of empirical applications, but this book is not supposed to be a guide for applied econometricians (at least, not mainly), so I don't think it's a serious shortcoming. If you are more interested in the applied side of np regression, but you still want a rigorous treatment, you may look at Yatchew's "Semiparametric regression for the applied econometrician", in the same Cambridge series. For an even simpler, shorter, and low-tech introduction to np esimation of densities and regression, I would suggest instead the last pages of Ch. 3 in the splendid "The analysis of household surveys", by Angus Deaton. This book is really worth its price (which, by the way, is kept at a very decent level by the worthy Cambridge University Press. I wish Wiley or Chapman and Hall stopped with their policy of immoral prices...). Highly recommended.