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1、Chapter1Introduction1.1TheNatureofEconometricsIseconometricsjuststatisticsappliedtoeconomicproblemsTosaysoseemsinsulting.Afteralleconometricianshavemademanyfundamentalcontributionstothetheypracticeofquantitativemodeling.
2、Atthesametimewedoourselvesadisserviceifwefailtolinkcommonprinciplesfromdifferentfields.SoistheansweryesnoifnowhatiseconometricsWecanprobablyagreethateconometricsisconcernedwithquantitativeanalysisofeconomicproblemsusingd
3、ata.Oneoftheidiosyncrasiesofeconomicdataisthatmostareobservationalasopposedtoexperimental.Theprevalenceofobservationaldatahasbeenanongoingchallengefeconometriciansespeciallythoseconcernedwithcausalinference.Thischallenge
4、hascertainlyshapedwhatwecalleconometrics.Anotheridiosyncrasyofeconometricsisthatitmodelstheimplicationsofchoicesmadebypeoplehumanbeingshavestubbnlyrefusedtoadoptthekindsofbehavialpatternsthatwouldmaketheirchoiceseasytore
5、plicateconsistentlyinquantitativemodels.Eventhebesteconomicmodelsareonlyrightalongonetwodimensions.Thisfacthasledtoarelativeemphasisonestimationmethodsthatusepartiallyspecifiedmodelssuchasthegeneralizedmethodofmoments.At
6、hirdnotablefeatureofeconometricsisthatittendstofocusmeonmodelsthatexplainthanmodelsthatpredict.Thisisparticularlysoifyoucompareeconometricstofieldslikedatasciencemachinelearning.FexampleconsiderthefollowingquotefromVapni
7、k(2006):Ibelievethatsomethingdrastichashappenedincomputersciencemachinelearning.Untilrecentlyphilosophywasbasedontheideathat1Introduction3Whileourancestsbestabletodistinguishamongtypesofwildcreatureswerecertainlymesucces
8、sfulinpassingontheirgeneslittleinthenaturalsocialwldofthepastthoussomillenniahaspreparedHomosapiensftryingtobackouttheprobabilisticstructurebehindfirmsizedistributionstodistinguishamongdiffusionprocessesmostappropriateft
9、rackingassetprices.Statisticseconometricsarewaysfustoscalecodifyourinductivelearningabilitiesindertoconfrontthesenewproblems.Thisthenisthefundamentalproblemofbotheconometricsstatistics:inthemodernwldwehavelotsofdatabutst
10、illlackdeepknowledgeonhowmanysystemswkhowdifferenteconomicvariablesarerelatedtooneanother.Whatistheprocessofextractinggeneralknowledgefromdata—thatisfromspecificobservationsWhatarethebesttechniquestouseUnderwhatcondition
11、swillthisprocessbesuccessful1.2DataversusTheyOneoftherecurringissuesinanyfmofstatisticallearningistheneedtoblendtheywithdata.Toillustratetheideasupposethatweobserveinputsx1...xNtosomesystemaswellascrespondingoutputsy1...
12、yN.Fexampletheinputsmightbea“treatment“suchastheschoolreadingprogrammentionedabove.Outputscouldbeameasureoftheeffectofthistreatment.inputscouldbeamixofpolicyinstrumentssuchasspendinginterestrateswithoutputsbeingtherespon
13、seofquantitieslikeinflationunemployment.Giventheobservedinput–outputpairsweseekafunctionfsuchthatgivenanewpair(xy)thevaluef(x)willaccuratelypredictthecrespondingoutputy.Ifweknewthejointdistributionof(xy)pairsthenwecouldc
14、omputeapproximatetheconditionalexpectationE[y|x]whichaswe’llseehasastrongclaimtobeingthebestpredictofygivenx.Ourproblemliesinthefactthatwedon’tknowthedistribution.Insteadwehavethesamplewhichcontainssomebutnotallinfmation
15、aboutthejointdistribution.Inproblemssuchasthisourabilitytogeneralizerequiresmethanjustdata.Ideallydataarecombinedwithatheeticalmodelthatencapsulatesourknowledgeofthesystemwearestudying.Datacanbeusedtopindownparametervalu
16、esfthemodel.Ifourmodelisgoodthencombiningthemodelwithdataallowsustogainanunderstingofhowthesystemwks.Evenwhenwehavenofmalmodelofhowthesystemwkswecannotavoidassumptionsifwewanttogeneralize.Figure1.1helpsillustratethisidea
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