Putting Econometrics in its Place

A New Direction in Applied Economics

G.M. Peter Swann, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, UK

Putting Econometrics in its Place is an original and fascinating book, in which Peter Swann argues that econometrics has dominated applied economics for far too long and displaced other essential techniques. While Peter Swann is critical of the monopoly that econometrics currently holds in applied economics, the more important and positive contribution of the book is to propose a new direction and a new attitude to applied economics.

‘I consider the book as well suited to provide a broader perspective on methods used in applied economic research. For the applied researcher the book will provide a nice overview on existing methods and some arguments as to which method might be particularly suitable for specific purposes.’
– Peter Winker, Jahrbücher f. Nationalökonomie u. Statistik

这是一个刷新看看应用经济学,which the author argues should be so much more than applied econometrics plus experimental economics. What he calls vernacular economics is nothing less than an omnibus of fact-gathering techniques that economists have neglected far too long.’
– The late Mark Blaug, formerly of the University of London and University of Buckingham, UK