Some ideas are so good that they keep re-appearing again and again. In other words, they stand the test of time, and prove to be useful in lots of different contexts – sometimes in situations that we couldn’t have imagined when the idea first came ...
Continuing on from my earlier posts about vintage years for econometrics in the 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, here's my tasting guide for the 1970's.Once again, let me note that "in econometrics, what constitutes quality and importance is partly a ma...
Yesterday, I received an email from Robert Hillman.Robert wrote:"I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your recent posts and associated links on distributed lags. I’d like to throw in a slightly different perspective. To give you some brief background on my...
In an earlier post I discussed Shirley Almon's contribution to the estimation of Distributed Lag (DL) models, with her seminal paper in 1965.That post drew quite a number of email requests for more information about the Almon estimator, and how it fits...
In a follow-up to my recent post about Irving Fisher's contribution to the development of distributed lag models, Mike Belongia emailed me again with some very interesting material. He commented:"While working with Peter Ireland to crea...
Some time back, Mike Belongia (U. Mississippi) emailed me as follows: "I enjoyed your post on Shirley Almon; her name was very familiar to those of us of a certain age.With regard to your planned follow-up post, I thought you might enjoy the...
How often have you said to yourself, "I wonder what happened to Jane X"? (Substitute any person's name you wish.)Personally, I've noticed a positive correlation between my age and the frequency of occurrence of this event, but we all know that correlat...
Here's my (slightly delayed) August reading list:Ahelegbey, A. F., 2015. The econometrics of networks: A review. Working Paper 2015/13, Department of Economics, University of Venice.Clemens, M. A., 2015. The meaning of failed replications: A revi...
Remember that saying - "if you can remember the 60's you probably weren't there"? Well, with that said, and continuing from my earlier posts about vintage years for econometrics in the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's, here's my take on t...
