TY - BOOK AU - Becker,Ralf AU - Hurn,Stan ED - Econometric Society. ED - Queensland University of Technology. TI - Contemporary issues in economics and econometrics: theory and application SN - 9781843766179 AV - HB139 E2785 2004 U1 - 330.01'5195 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA PB - Edward Elgar KW - Econometrics KW - Congresses KW - Economics KW - Mathematical models N1 - Selected papers from the Australasian meeting of the Econometric Society, July 2002, hosted by the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This collection of papers covers a broad spectrum of topics in theoretical and applied economics and econometrics. The tone of the book is set by Paul Klemperer's contribution on using and abusing economic theory, in which academics are encouraged to widen the scope of their analyses beyond the confines of elegant models which sometimes lack 'real-world' detail UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy053/2004047956.html ER -