Experiments, Passive Observation and Scenario Analysis: Trygve Haavelmo and the Cointegrated Vector Autoregression
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The paper provides a careful, analytical account of Trygve Haavelmo's unsystematic, but important, use of the analogy between controlled experiments common in the natural sciences and econometric techniques. The experimental analogy forms the linchpin of the methodology for passive observation that he develops in his famous monograph, The Probability Approach in Econometrics (1944). We show how, once the details of the analogy are systematically understood, the experimental analogy can be used to shed light on theory-consistent cointegrated vector autoregression (CVAR) scenario analysis. CVAR scenario analysis can be seen as a clear example of Haavelmo's 'experimental' approach; and, in turn, it can be shown to extend and develop Haavelmo's methodology and to address issues that Haavelmo regarded as unresolved.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Kbh. |
Publisher | Økonomisk institut, Københavns Universitet |
Number of pages | 30 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Series | University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online) |
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Number | 16 |
Volume | 12 |
ISSN | 1601-2461 |
- Faculty of Social Sciences
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