Microeconometrics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Categorical Data

   • A. Colin Cameron

   Pages 1-5

3. Competing Risks Model

   • Gerard J. Van Den Berg

   Pages 6-10

4. Computational Methods in Econometrics

   • Vassilis A. Hajivassiliou

   Pages 11-19

5. Control Functions

   • Salvador Navarro

   Pages 20-28

6. Decision Theory in Econometrics

   • Keisuke Hirano

   Pages 29-35

7. Difference-in-Difference Estimators

   • Alberto Abadie

   Pages 36-39

8. Exchangeability

   • David Draper

   Pages 40-48

9. Extreme Bounds Analysis

   • Edward E. Leamer

   Pages 49-52

10. Field Experiments

    • John A. List, David Reiley

    Pages 53-58

11. Fixed Effects and Random Effects

    • Badi H. Baltagi

    Pages 59-64

12. Identification

    • Jean-Marie Dufour, Cheng Hsiao

    Pages 65-77

13. Local Regression Models

    • Oliver B. Linton

    Pages 78-82

14. Logit Models of Individual Choice

    • Thierry Magnac

    Pages 83-88

15. Longitudinal Data Analysis

    • Cheng Hsiao

    Pages 89-107

16. Matching Estimators

    • Petra E. Todd

    Pages 108-121

17. Maximum Score Methods

    • Robert P. Sherman

    Pages 122-128

18. Mixture Models

    • Bruce G. Lindsay, Michael Stewart

    Pages 129-138

19. Natural Experiments and Quasi-Natural Experiments

    • J. Dinardo

    Pages 139-153

20. Nonlinear Panel Data Models

    • Ekaterini Kyriazidou

    Pages 154-168

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