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Course Announcement
1962-63
Economics 224a. Econometric Methods, I
Half course (fall term). W., F., 2-3:30. Professor [Hendrik] Houthakker and Assistant Professor [Jaroslav] Vanek.
An introduction to the use of multivariate statistical analyses in the study of economic behavior, with special emphasis on budgetary and other individual decision unit data.
Prerequisite: Economics 221b [Quantitative Methods, II] or equivalent.
Source: Harvard University. Courses of Instruction for Harvard and Radcliffe, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1962-1963, p. 105.
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Econometric Methods I
Economics 224a
Professors Houthakker and Vanek
Reading List #1 Fall 1962
I. General References
Klein L., Introduction to Econometrics, (elementary)
Klein, L., A Textbook of Econometrics (advanced)
II. Household Consumption
Allen, R. G. D. and Bowley, A. L., Family Expenditures; a Study of its Variation, 1935
Prais, S. J. and Houthakker, H. S., The Analysis of Family Budgets, 1955
Houthakker, H. S., “An International Comparison of Household Expenditure Patterns….,” Econometrica, October 1957
Friedman, M., A Theory of the Consumption Function, 1957
Kuh, E. and Meyer, J., “How Extraneous are Extraneous Estimates?” Review of Economics and Statistics, November 1957
Kuh, E. and Meyer, J., “Correlation and Regression Estimates When the Data are Ratios,” Econometrica, April 1959
Kuh, E., “The Validity of Cross-Sectionally Estimating Behavior Equations in True Series Applications,” Econometrica, April 1959
Friend, I. and Jones, R., Study of Consumer Expenditures, Income and Saving, 1960
Volume 1
Houthakker, H., and Haldi, J. (p. 175)
Peters, W. S. (p. 247)
Volume 2
Modigliani, F. and Ando, As. (p. 49)
Watts, H. W. and Tobin, J., (p. 1)
Bodkin, R., (p. 175)
Miner, J., (p. 400)
Rosett, R., “Working Wives” Studies in Household Economic Behavior (by T. Dernburg and others — Yale U. P. 1958
Aitcheson, J. and Prais, S. J., “The Treatment of Grouped Observations” Review International Statistic Institute, 1954
IV. (sic) Investment
Meyer, J. and Kuh, E., The Investment Decision, 1957
Eisner, R., Determinants of Capital Expenditure, 1956
V. Cost Functions
Johnston, J., Statistical Cost Analysis
VI. Survey Methods
Survey Research Center (University of Michigan) 1960 Survey of Consumer Finances
Tobin, J., “On the Predictive Value of Consumer Intentions & Attitudes,” Rev. Econ. & Stat. February 1959
National Bureau of Economic Research, Quality and Economic Significance of Anticipations Data
Source: Harvard University Archives. Syllabi, course outlines and reading lists in Economics, 1895-2003. Box 8, Folder “Economics, 1962-1963 (2 of 2)”.
Image Sources:
Hendrik Samuel Houthakker from website Find-A-Grave.
Jaroslav Vanek (1961 Fellow) from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation website.