At the outset, it is useful to distinguish Monte Carlo methods from distribution sampling even though their application in econometrics may seem rather similar. The former is a general approach whereby mathematical problems of an analytical nature, which prove technically intractable, can be...

I. The Statistical Model -- 1.1 Notation -- 1.2 Interpretation -- 1.3 Likelihood function -- II. Bayesian Inference: The Extended Natural-Conjugate Approach -- II.1 Two reformulations of the likelihood function -- II.2 The extended natural-conjugate prior density -- II.3 Posterior densities --...