Bayesian Econometric Methods or Death of a Thousand Cuts

Bayesian Econometric Methods

Author: Gary Koop

A new book in the Econometric Exercises series, this volume contains questions and answers to provide students with useful practice, as they attempt to master Bayesian econometrics. In addition to many theoretical exercises, this book contains exercises designed to develop the computational tools used in modern Bayesian econometrics. The latter half of the book contains exercises that show how these theoretical and computational skills are combined in practice, to carry out Bayesian inference in a wide variety of models commonly used by econometricians. Aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying econometrics, this book may also be useful for students studying finance, marketing, agricultural economics, business economics or, more generally, any field which uses statistics. The book also comes equipped with a supporting website containing all the relevant data sets and MATLAB computer programs for solving the computational exercises.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	An Overview of Bayesian Econometrics	1
2	The Normal Linear Regression Model with Natural Conjugate Prior and a Single Explanatory Variable	15
3	The Normal Linear Regression Model with Natural Conjugate Prior and Many Explanatory Variables	33
4	The Normal Linear Regression Model with Other Priors	59
5	The Nonlinear Regression Model	89
6	The Linear Regression Model with General Error Covariance Matrix	117
7	The Linear Regression Model with Panel Data	147
8	Introduction to Time Series: State Space Models	181
9	Qualitative and Limited Dependent Variable Models	209
10	Flexible Models: Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods	235
11	Bayesian Model Averaging	265
12	Other Models, Methods and Issues	283
App. A	Introduction to Matrix Algebra	311
App. B	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	317
	Bibliography	335
	Index	347

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Death of a Thousand Cuts: Corporate Campaigns and the Attack on the Corporation

Author: Jarol B Manheim

This bk presents the first up-to-date comprehensive treatment of the corporate campaign . It is aimed at both scholars, advanced students and it's practioners in fields of political commun, public relations, labor studies, human resources and management.

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For Manheim (media and public affairs and political science, George Washington U.) a corporate campaign is not a barrage of advertising, an army of corporate-paid specialists advising a government agency, or a legal suit to silence dissenters, but organized opposition against a corporation by a labor union or advocacy group it has offended or by a competing corporation. He looks at the history, the strategies and tactics, and the effects on company reputations. Among his example targets are Caterpillar, Home Depot, Nike, Starbucks, and Texaco. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)