A comprehensive guide to the statistical methods used in economics and quantitative economics. Acknowledged experts cover topics such as: * Semiparametic and non-parametic interference * Time series behaviour of commodity prices * Applications of Edgeworth expansions and quantitative methods in development economics.

G. S. Maddala is a University Eminent Scholar at the Ohio State University.

Peter C. B. Phillips is Sterling Professor of Economics and Statistics at Yale University.

T. N. Srinivasan is Samuel C. Park Jr. Professor of Economics at Yale University, all USA.