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Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics

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This is a fairly short book that nevertheless manages to give an excellent treatment of probability, statistics and econometrics at the upper-level undergraduate / beginning graduate level in economics. It is a much better read than the econometric tomes by Greene, Judge, etc., and not just because it is an order of magnitude shorter. It covers statistics very seriously, and forces one to think more deeply about the fundamentals. I have looked at a great many textbooks in my quest to get a handle on econometrics, and the ones that really stood out to me are this one and Goldberger's graduate text. Start with Amemiya, then read Goldberger, and you'll have an excellent foundation in statistics and econometrics. You won't know all the latest econometric techniques with just these two books, but as they say, if the foundation is good, you can build high. Goldberger in particular, does not have any ready substitutes that I know of. His book separates out and emphasizes the identification part of the problem (an emphasis shared by econometricians like Heckman and Manski). This approach is crucial to understanding econometrics and is not easy to get from other textbooks.

Along with Ramu Ramanathan's book this is a must have book. Both of them covers the basic of Econometrics. Amemiya provide proofs that you cannot easily find in other econometrics books. I have Greene's, Wooldridge's, Kennendy's and Mittlehammer's econometrics books. None covers everything; so you need to find which "group" of books covers your needs....

The book's cover is good but the printing quality is considered not too bad.