Comments on 'Limits of Econometrics' by David Freedman

Year 2009, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 28 - 32, 01.04.2009

Arnold Zellner

References

• Christ, C.F. (1951). A Test of an Econometric Model for the United States, 1921-1947. In Conference on Business Cycles with comments by Milton Friedman. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 35-107.
• Feigl, H. (1953), Notes on Causality. In Readings in the Philosophy of Science, ed. H. Feigl and M. Brodbeck. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 408-418.
• Geisser, S. (1989), The Contributions of Sir Harold Jeffreys to Bayesian Inference. In Bayesian Analysis in Econometrics and Statistics: Essays in Honor of Harold Jeffreys, ed. A. Zellner, reprint of 1980 edition. North-Holland: Amsterdam, 13-20.
• Good, I.J. (1962). Theory of Probability by Harold Jeffreys. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A, 125, 487–489.
• Hadamard, J. (1945). The psychology of invention in the mathematical field. New York, NY: Dover Publications
• Jeffreys, H. (1998). Theory of Probability. In Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences, first published in 1939 with subsequent editions in 1948, 1961, 1981 and 1983. Oxford: Oxford U. Press.
• Lindley, D.V. (1989), Jeffreys’s Contribution to Modern Statistical Thought. In Bayesian Analysis in Econometrics and Statistics: Essays in Honor of Harold Jeffreys, ed. A. Zellner, reprint of 1980 edition. North-Holland: Amsterdam, 35-39.
• Ngoie, J.K. and A. Zellner (2008). The Effects of Freedom Reforms on the Growth Rate of the South African Economy. Working Paper, H.G.B. Alexander Research Foundation, U. of Chicago.
• Pearson, K. (1938). The Grammar of Science. London: Everyman Edition.
• Robert, C.P., Chopin, N. and J. Rousseau (2008). Harold Jeffreys’ Theory of Probability Revisited. arXiv:0804.3173v6. in Statistical Science with invited discussion
• Zellner, A. (1979). Causality and Econometrics. In Three Aspects of Policy and Policymaking: Knowledge, Data and Institutions, eds. K. Brunner and A.H. Meltzer. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Co, 9-54.
• Zellner, A. (1984). Basic Issues in Econometrics. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press.
• Zellner, A. (1988). Optimal Information Processing and Bayes’ Theorem. American Statistician, 42, 278-284 with discussion by E.T. Jaynes, B.M. Hill, J.M. Bernardo and S. Kullback and the author’s response.
• Zellner, A. (1989). Bayesian Analysis in Econometrics and Statistics: Essays in Honor of Harold Jeffreys. Reprint of 1980 edition, North-Holland: Amsterdam.
• Zellner, A., Kuezenkamp, H. and M. McAleer (2001). Simplicity, Inference and Modeling: Keeping it Sophisticatedly Simple. Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press.
• Zellner, A. and Chen, B. (2001), Bayesian Modeling of Economies and Data Requirements. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 5, 673-700.
• Zellner, A. and F.C. Palm (2004). The Structural Econometric Modeling. Time Series Analysis (SEMTSA) Approach, Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press.
• Zellner, A. and G. Israilevich (2005). The Marshallian Macroeconomic Model: A Progress Report. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 9, 220-243 and reprinted in International Journal of Forecasting, 21, 627-645 with discussion by A. Espasa, Carlos III U. of Madrid.