Advances in Econometrics, Income Distribution and Scientific Methodology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Econometrics Essays

   1. About the Contribution of Econometrics to the Advancement of Knowledge: The Macroeconomic Relevance of Microeconomic Data

      • Edmond Malinvaud

      Pages 1-14

   2. Two Aspects of the Methodology of Modeling Deterministic Processes and Evaluation

      • Clive W. J. Granger

      Pages 15-25

   3. An Extension of the Gauss-Markov Theorem for Mixed Linear Regression Models with Non-Stationary Stochastic Parameters

      • Estela Bee Dagum, Pierre A. Cholette

      Pages 27-39

   4. Computation in Macroeconometric Model- Building: Some Historical Aspects

      • Ronald G. Bodkin

      Pages 41-60

   5. Measuring Informativeness of Data by Entropy and Variance

      • Nader Ebrahimi, Esfandiar Maasoumi, Ehsan S. Soofi

      Pages 61-77

   6. Significance of the Nonuniqueness of Neoclassical Direct Utility Functions Especially When they are Empirically Confirmed

      • Robert L. Basmann, Daniel J. Slottje

      Pages 79-86

3. Essays on Income Distribution (Empirical)

   1. Welfare Disparity Among Subgroups of Population: The Method of Analysis with an Application

      • Nripesh Podder, Pundarikaksha Mukhapadhyay

      Pages 87-101

   2. Measuring Welfare Changes and the Excess Burden of Taxation

      • John Creedy

      Pages 103-169

   3. Decomposing the Redistributive Effect of Taxes: New Measures of Vertical Equity and Inequity

      • John P. Formby, Hoseong Kim, W. James Smith

      Pages 171-208

   4. Income Transformation and Income Inequality

      • Yoram Amiel, Frank A. Cowell

      Pages 209-232

   5. A Note on the Gini Measure for Discrete Distributions

      • Robert L. Basmann, Daniel J. Slottje

      Pages 233-240

   6. Distributional Preferences and the Extended Gini Measure of Inequality

      • John Greedy, Stan Hurn

      Pages 241-267

   7. On Some Implications of Dagum’s Interpretation of the Decomposition of the Gini Index by Population Subgroups

      • Joseph Deutsch, Jacques Silber

      Pages 269-291

4. Essays on Scientific Methodology

   1. The End of Science?

      • Mario Bunge

      Pages 293-300

   2. Statistical Inference and Inductive Prevision

      • Italo Scardovi

      Pages 301-320

   3. The Scientific Training

      • Maurice Allais

      Pages 321-330

5. Essays on Income Distribution (Theory)

   1. A Family of Multidimensional Poverty Measures

      • François Bourguignon, Satya R. Chakravarty

      Pages 331-344

   2. Independence and Changes in the Size Distribution of Income

      • Philip Rothman

      Pages 345-358

   3. Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Dominance Using Generalized Lorenz Curves

      • Shlomo Yitzhaki

      Pages 359-364

Articles on econometric methodology with special reference to the quantification of poverty and economic inequality are presented in this book. Poverty and inequality measurement present special problems to the econometrician, and most of these papers analyze how to attack those problems.
The topics and contributions in the book are a very good representation of Camilo Dagum's astounding diversity of interests and overall eclecticism. Several of the authors are leading pioneers in econometric methodology. Several others are pioneers in economic theory and others are the leading applied economists in income distribution analysis in the world. The topics accurately reflect Camilo Dagum's breadth of understanding across varios economic sub-fields, all complex in nature.

• Einkommensverteilung
• Income Distribution
• Income inequality
• Scientific Methodology
• Wissenschaftliche Methode
• econometrics
• Ökometrie

• Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA

  Daniel J. Slottje

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