This accessible textbook introduces the foundations of applied econometrics and statistics for undergraduate students … for upper undergraduate students taking courses in introductory econometrics and statistics, as well as students in … Østfold University College, Norway. He has over 15 years' experience of teaching statistics, mathematics and econometrics. He …

whenever there is structural instability in factor loadings. For empirical applications, we consider forecasting economic …

We provide a new definition of breakdown in finite samples with an extension to asymptotic breakdown. Previous …-series, spatial statistics) where currenty breakdown definitions typically fail. We illustrate our points using examples from linear … and non-linear regression as well as time-series and spatial statistics. …