Originally published in 1951, this volume reprints the classic work written by one of the leading global econometricians. Econometrics is structured as followed: Part 1 explains the relationship of Econometrics to Economics and Statistics. Part 2 outlines the process of formulating economic hypotheses mathematically and of subjecting them to a statistical test. Part 3 deals with the various component equations of the economic system - the psychic reactions, technical relations and reaction...

Jan Tinbergen was the first Nobel Prize winner in Economics and one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. This book argues that his crucial contribution is the theory of economic policy and the legitimation of economic expertise in service of the state. It traces his youthful socialist ideals which found political direction in the Plan-socialist movement of the 1930s for which he developed new economic models to combat the Great Depression. After World War II he was able ...

Jan Tinbergen is zonder twijfel Nederlands grootste en bekendste econoom. Hij won in 1969 de eerste Nobelprijs voor de economie. Als oprichter van het Centraal Planbureau en uitvinder van de macro-economische modellen wordt Tinbergen vaak herinnerd als de architect van modern technocratisch beleid, de expert bij uitstek die boven de partijen stond. Maar Tinbergen was allereerst socialistische idealist en maatschappelijk bewogen wetenschapper. Tinbergens werk stond altijd in dienst van het ...