02067cam a2200241 a 4500 20241119161655.0 060209s2006 enka b 001 0 eng 2006040066 9781858983059 1858983053 DLC eng DLC BD-DhBPA 330.015195 22 SWP 2008 Swann, G. M. P. 23941 Putting econometrics in its place : a new direction in applied economics / G.M. Peter Swann. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2008 xiv, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. "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. Econometrics. 17283 Economics Statistical methods. 23942 ddc BK 8362 8362 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC GEN 2018-04-08 0 330.015195 SWP 2008 96157 2018-04-08 00:00:00 2018-04-08 BK Rashid