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An Introduction to R for Quantitative Economics: Graphing, Simulating and Computing

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2015
ISBN
813222339X, 9788132223399, 9788132223405
DOI
DOI 10.1007/9788132223405
ISSN
2191-5504
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3667711 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs in Economics
Pages
C, XV, 109\117
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2015-04-02 04:30:38

Description

This book gives an introduction to R to build up graphing, simulating and computing skills to enable one to see theoretical and statistical models in economics in a unified way. The great advantage of R is that it is free, extremely flexible and extensible. The book addresses the specific needs of economists, and helps them move up the R learning curve. It covers some mathematical topics such as, graphing the Cobb-Douglas function, using R to study the Solow growth model, in addition to statistical topics, from drawing statistical graphs to doing linear and logistic regression. It uses data that can be downloaded from the internet, and which is also available in different R packages. With some treatment of basic econometrics, the book discusses quantitative economics broadly and simply, looking at models in the light of data. Students of economics or economists keen to learn how to use R would find this book very useful.

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