Encompassing, 9780262553094
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Does your economic model stand up? Simulation shows how.

Encompassing

practical applications through simulation

$138.00

  • Paperback

    142 pages

  • Release Date

    29 September 2025

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Summary

Encompassing: A Simulation-Based Approach to Model Validation

An operational simulation-based implementation of a fundamental research principle in the sciences—the idea that a model must account for, or encompass, findings of alternative models.

To account for the universal deficiency of all economic models, Jean-François Richard, Robert Marshall, and Chaohai Shen propose in this book an operational test of whether a model accounts for—or encompasses—key results of alternat…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262553094
ISBN-10:0262553090
Author:Jean-Francois Richard, Robert C. Marshall
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:142
Release Date:29 September 2025
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Jean-Francois Richard

Jean-François Richard is a Belgian-American economist and Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been awarded the Prix des Alumni de la Fondation Universitaire, is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and has published more than ninety articles and two books on a broad range of econometrics topics.

Robert C. Marshall is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Penn State University. He has published over thirty articles regarding bidder collusion and cartels and is the author, with Leslie M. Marx, of Economics of Collusion.

Chaohai Shen is Associate Professor of Economics at East China Normal University. His areas of research include economics of collusion, industrial organization, and applied econometrics.

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