This Handbook focuses on specific microeconomics applications, rather than on conventional econometric theory. It covers the econometric issues involved in a variety of applied microeconomic problems: The measurement of productivity. Frontier production functions and the measurement of efficiency. Consumer demand. Income inequality and economic welfare Estimation of models of dynamic optimization. Search models and duration data. Quasi-likelihood methods for count data. Analysis of business surveys.
1. Introduction: M. Hashem Pesaran and Peter Schmidt (University of
Cambridge; Michigan State University).
2. Index Number and Factor Demand
Approaches to Estimation of Productivity: David H. Good, M. Ishaq Nadiri, and
Robin C. Sickles (Indiana University; New York University; Rice University).
3. Frontier Production Functions: William H. Greene (New York University).
4.
Consumer Demand Systems and Household Equivalance Scales: Arthur Lewbel
(Brandeis University).
5. Empirical Analyses of Inequality and Welfare:
Esfandiar Maasoumi (Southern Methodist University).
6. Estimating Models of
Dynamic Optimization with Microeconomic Data: Robert A. Miller (Carnegie
Mellon University).
7. Search Models and Duration Data: George R. Neumann
(University of Iowa).
8. Quasi-Likelihood Methods for Count Data: Jeffrey M.
Wooldridge (Michigan State University).
9. Analysis of Business Surveys:
Klaus F. Zimmerman (University of Munich). Index.
