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Linking the Theory with the Data: That is the Core Problem of International Economics

In: Handbook of Econometrics

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Leamer, Edward E.

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The greatest problem for empirical analysis is how best to allow the context to affect the inferences. Econometric theory presupposes contextual "restrictions" that can be taken as given or assigned a probability distribution. These contextual inputs are rarely available. I illustrate this point with a review of the empirical work in international economics which has focused not on properties of estimators but instead how best to link the theory with the data. I argue that the two errors we should worry about are not rejecting a true null or accepting a false null but rather taking the theory too seriously and not taking the theory seriously enough.

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This chapter was published in: J.J. Heckman & E.E. Leamer (ed.) Handbook of Econometrics, , chapter 67, pages , 2007.

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J.J. Heckman & E.E. Leamer (ed.), 2007. "Handbook of Econometrics," Handbook of Econometrics, Elsevier, edition 1, volume 6, number 6a, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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