ECONOMETRICS
FOURTHwEDITION
Damodar N. Gujarati w w
ProfessorwEmerituswofwEconomics,wUnitedwStateswMilitarywAcademy,wWestwPoint
Dawn C. Porterw w
UniversitywofwSouthernwCalifornia
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Gujarati,wDamodarwN.
Essentialswofweconometricsw/wDamodarwN.wGujarati,wDawnwC.wPorter.—4thwed.
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ISBN-13:w978-0-07-337584-
7w(alk.wpaper)w ISBN-10:w0-07-337584-
5w(alk.wpaper)
1. Econometrics.w 2.wEconomics—
Statisticalwmethods.w I.wPorter,wDawnwC.w II.wTitle.w HB139.G85w2010
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