Ordinary least squares, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, logit model, unit root, autoregressive processes, impulsive-response functions, vector error correction model, fixed effects, random effects, dynamic panel data ...

According to Karl Popper, one of 20th century’s greatest philosophers of science, “theories are nets cast to catch what we call ´the world´: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it”. And that is right. Scientists and ...