{"product_id":"methodology-and-tacit-knowledge-isbn-9780471982975","title":"Methodology and Tacit Knowledge","description":"\"Econometrics textbooks see their subject as a set of techniques; Magnus and Morgan see it as a set of practices. A combination of controlled experiment and anthropology of science, Methodology and Tacit Knowledge gives a rare inside view of how econometricians work, why econometrics is an art and not a set of simple recipes, and why, like all artists, econometricians differ in their techniques and finished works. This is economic methodology at its best.\" Kevin Hoover, University of California, Davis \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The tacit knowledge experiment was a highly commendable initiative. Its exploration of the theme of how knowledge is acquired and used in applied econometrics is unique and produced some fascinating insights into this process.\" Adrian Pagan, Australian National University \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"It is rare, perhaps unique, to find leading empirical economists face the prospect of modelling the same phenomena, with the same data within the same limited time frame. A valuable and illuminating experiment in comparative research methodologies, made all the more provocative when compared to the excellent original study by Tobin.\" Richard Blundell, University College London \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book will be of considerable interest to economists and to econometricians concerned about the methodology of their own discipline, and will provide valuable material for researchers in science studies and for teachers of econometrics.  Introduction: Applied Econometrics and Design of Two Experiments (J. Magnus \u0026amp; M. Morgan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE FIELD TRIAL EXPERIMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Organization of the Field Trial Experiment (J. Magnus \u0026amp; M. Morgan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Statistical Demand Function for Food in the USA (J. Tobin).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On the Correspondence Between Individual and Aggregate Food Consumption Functions: Evidence from the USA and the Netherlands (H. Anderson \u0026amp; F. Vahid).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Demand for Food in the United States and the Netherlands: A Systems Approach with the CBS Model (H. van Driel, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Revisiting Tobin's 1950 Study of Food Expenditure (E. Leamer).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Empirical Econometric Modelling of Food Consumption Using a New Informational Complexity Approach (P. Bearse, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Comparative Study of Modelling the Demand for Food in the United States and the Netherlands (H. Song, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Statistical Demand Functions for Food in the USA and the Netherlands (D. de Crombrugghe, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Dynamics and Statics of Food Consumption: Tobin Revisited (R. Hoglung, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tobin's Study on the Demand of Food in the US Revisited: An Examination of the Issue of Pooling Information from Budget Studies and Time Series (G. Maddala, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e My 1950 Food Demand Study in Retrospect (J. Tobin).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Comparative Assessments of the Field Trial Experiment (A. Barten, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Analysis of the Field Trial Experiment (J. Magnus \u0026amp; W. Siegert).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lessons from the Field Trial Experiment (J. Magnus \u0026amp; M. Morgan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE TACIT KNOWLEDGE EXPERIMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Organization of the Tacit Knowledge Experiment (J. Magnus \u0026amp; M. Morgan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Application of Three Econometric Methodologies to the Estimation of the Income Elasticity of Food Demand (W. Siegert).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Econometric Analysis of US Food Expenditure, 1931-1989 (D. Hendry).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Is this How I Look? (E. Leamer).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Tilburg Experiments: Impressions of a Drop-Out (A. Pagan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lessons from the Tacit Knowledge Experiment (J. Magnus \u0026amp; M. Morgan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE DATA.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Description of the US Data (J. Magnus \u0026amp; M. Morgan).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Description of the Dutch Data (J. Magnus \u0026amp; M. Morgan). \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan R. Magnus\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMethodology and Tacit Knowledge: Two Experiments in Econometrics\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary S. Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e FBA FRDAAS, is Professor of the History of Economics in the London School of Economics since 1999. She graduated from the London School of Economics a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 1978 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Econometrics textbooks see their subject as a set of techniques; Magnus and Morgan see it as a set of practices. A combination of controlled experiment and anthropology of science, Methodology and Tacit Knowledge gives a rare inside view of how econometricians work, why econometrics is an art and not a set of simple recipes, and why, like all artists, econometricians differ in their techniques and finished works. This is economic methodology at its best.\" Kevin Hoover, University of California, Davis  \u003cp\u003e\"The tacit knowledge experiment was a highly commendable initiative. Its exploration of the theme of how knowledge is acquired and used in applied econometrics is unique and produced some fascinating insights into this process.\" Adrian Pagan, Australian National University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It is rare, perhaps unique, to find leading empirical economists face the prospect of modelling the same phenomena, with the same data within the same limited time frame. A valuable and illuminating experiment in comparative research methodologies, made all the more provocative when compared to the excellent original study by Tobin.\" Richard Blundell, University College London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of considerable interest to economists and to econometricians concerned about the methodology of their own discipline, and will provide valuable material for researchers in science studies and for teachers of econometrics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989614674149,"sku":"NP9780471982975","price":163.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471982975.jpg?v=1761784816","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/methodology-and-tacit-knowledge-isbn-9780471982975","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}