Applications of Differential Geometry to Econometrics

Introduction P. Marriott and M. Salmon; 1. An introduction to differential geometry P. Marriott and M. Salmon; 2. Orthogonal projection, nested models and encompassing Maozu Lu and G. Mizon; 3. Exact properties of the maximum likelihood estimator in exponential regression models G. Hillier and R. O'Brien; 4. Empirical likelihood estimation and inference R. Smith; 5. Measuring earnings differentials with frontier functions and Rao distances U. Jensen; 6. First order predictive densities J. M. Corcuera and F. Giummole; 7. An alternative comparison of classical tests: assessing the effects of curvature K. J. van Garderen; 8. Testing for unit roots in AR and MA Models T. Rothenberg; 9. Efficiency and robustness in a geometrical perspective R. Davidson; 10. Paramaterisations and transformations; An elementary introduction to Amari's differential geometry F. Critchley, P. Marriott and M. Salmon.