Econometric methodology and the philosophy of science

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-37

  Dharmapala, Dhammika ^a   McAleer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Econometric methodology; Econometric techniques; Falsificationism, instrumentalism and verificationism; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029692153     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3758(95)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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