Welcome, Econometrics: 43 years without Ragnar Frisch
1 february 2016
One of the pioneers in the application of quantitative knowledge to economics passed away 43 years ago. Ragnar Frisch coined the term Econometrics and paved the way for eighty years of research. Here we remember the first ever Nobel Prize in Economics.
Free, yet priceless: Open-source Econometric Software
10 december 2015
The first statistical software packages developed for personal computers landed midway through the Eighties. Thirty years on, the best programs offer countless possibilities for financial econometricians, at a high cost. There are, however, open-source alternatives.