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Proceedings of UGC sponsored national seminar on quantitative techniques in economics on 2 April 2009/ Department of Economics, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in collaboration with Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Howrah: Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, 2009Description: ix, 227 pages; dig.; 26 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • SB:330 Q1
Contents:
Growth Theory and the Macroeconomics of Development -- Time Series Analysis -- Cost allocation on networks -- On Quantiles in Multivariate and Regression Problems -- A Simple Model of Trade Driven Wage Inequality
Summary: The subjects of this National Seminar is 'Quantitative Techniques in Economics' with the explosion in the use of mathematical techniques in Economics, there has been overlapping of the discipline of statistics and mathematics with that of economics. Mathematical tools go a long way in precisely setting the arguments used in economic analysis. There have been occasional reservations about economics getting overshadowed by the rigours of mathematical tools. Nevertheless, mathematical has increasingly made its way into the subject and serious students need to have a through grasp over mathematical tools to be fluent in economic analysis.
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata SB:330 Q1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Gifted by Prof. Tarun Kabiraj C27587
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Growth Theory and the Macroeconomics of Development -- Time Series Analysis -- Cost allocation on networks -- On Quantiles in Multivariate and Regression Problems -- A Simple Model of Trade Driven Wage Inequality

The subjects of this National Seminar is 'Quantitative Techniques in Economics' with the explosion in the use of mathematical techniques in Economics, there has been overlapping of the discipline of statistics and mathematics with that of economics. Mathematical tools go a long way in precisely setting the arguments used in economic analysis. There have been occasional reservations about economics getting overshadowed by the rigours of mathematical tools. Nevertheless, mathematical has increasingly made its way into the subject and serious students need to have a through grasp over mathematical tools to be fluent in economic analysis.

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