1.1什么是经济计量学 What is econometrics? Broadly speaking, econometrics aims to give empirical content to economic relations for testing economic theories, forecasting, decision making, and for ex post decision/policy evaluation he term 'econometrics' appears to have been first used by Pawel Compa as early as 19 By emphasizing the quantitative aspects of economic relationships, econometrics calls for a unification of measurement and theory in economics The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed, 2008 1-41-4 ƒ 1.1什么是经济计量学 ƒ What is econometrics? ƒ Broadly speaking, econometrics aims to give empirical content to economic relations for testing economic theories, forecasting, decision making, and for ex post decision/policy evaluation. ƒ The term 'econometrics' appears to have been first used by Pawel Ciompa as early as 1910, .... ƒ By emphasizing the quantitative aspects of economic relationships, econometrics calls for a 'unification' of measurement and theory in economics. ƒ The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed., 2008