Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xi
5. Preface xv
6. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
7. PART I. Facts and Fiction in Econometrics
8. Chapter 2. The Construction of Social Reality 33
9. Chapter 3. The Social Construction of Reality 52
10. Chapter 4. Facts and Fiction in Econometrics 71
11. PART II. Theorizing in Economics
12. Chapter 5. Theories and Models 95
13. Chapter 6. The Purport of an Economic Theory 117
14. Chapter 7. Rationality in Economics 143
15. Chapter 8. Topological Artifacts and Life in Large Economies 168
16. PART III .Theory-Data Confrontations in Economics
17. Chapter 9. Rational Animals and Sample Populations 193
18. Chapter 10. The Theory Universe 216
19. Chapter 11. The Data Universe 237
20. Chapter 12. The Bridge Principles 262
21. PART IV. Data Analyses
22. Chapter 13. Frequentist Analogues of Priors and Posteriors 285
23. Chapter 14. On the COLS and CGMM Moment Estimation Methods for Frontier Production Models 318
24. Chapter 15. Congruence and Encompassing 354
25. Chapter 16. New Developments in Automatic General-to-Specific Modeling 379
26. PART V. Empirical Relevance
27. Chapter 17. Conjectures, Theories, and Their Empirical Relevance 423
28. Chapter 18. Probability versus Capacity in Choice under Uncertainty 458
29. Chapter 19. Evaluation of Theories and Models 480
30. PART VI. Diagnostics and Scientific Explanation
31. Chapter 20. Diagnoses and Defaults in Artificial Intelligence and Economics 499
32. Chapter 21. Explanations of an Empirical Puzzle: What Can Be Learned from a Test of the Rational Expectations Hypothesis? 525
33. Chapter 22. Scientific Explanation in Economics 558
34. Chapter 23. Scientific Explanation in Econometrics: A Case Study 578
35. PART VII. Contemporary Econometric Analyses
36. Chapter 24. Handling the Measurement Error Problem by Means of Panel Data: Moment Methods Applied on Firm Data 613
37. Chapter 25. On Bayesian Structural Inference in a Simultaneous Equation Model 642
38. Chapter 26. An Econometric Analysis of Residential Electric Appliance Holdings and Consumption 683
39. Chapter 27. Econometric Methods for Applied General Equilibrium Analysis 702
40. Index 755
41. ERRATA 769