Contents

pp vii-x

List of figures

pp xi-xii

List of tables

pp xiii-xv

List of contributors

pp xvi-xviii

Foreword

pp xix-xxii

1 - Introduction

pp 1-12

Part One - MODELLING AND FORECASTING METHODS

pp 13-14

2 - Large-scale energy–environment–economy modelling of the European Union

pp 15-40

3 - Measurement errors and data estimation: the quantification of survey data

pp 41-58

4 - Social accounting matrices and applied general equilibrium models

pp 59-87

5 - The development of econometric methods at the DAE

pp 88-104

Part Two - COMBINING DATA AND ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES

pp 105-106

6 - Takeovers, institutional investment and the persistence of profits

pp 107-144

7 - Semi-parametric estimation of the company size–growth relation

pp 145-180

8 - Wage-earnings in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution

pp 181-208

9 - Company failure and hysteresis

pp 209-222

Part Three - USING MODELS TO GUIDE POLICY

pp 223-224

10 - On the equilibrium properties of macroeconomic models

pp 225-246

11 - Empirical analysis as an underpinning to policy

pp 247-257

12 - Using figures to guide macroeconomic policy

pp 258-263

Bibliography

pp 264-288

Index

pp 289-296