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This special issue of the Journal of the German Statistical Society presents 14 papers with surveys on the development and new topics in econometrics. The articles aim to demonstrate how German econometricians see the discipline from their specific view. They briefly describe the main strands and emphasize some recent methods.
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Hübler, O., Frohn, J. Developments and new dimensions in econometrics. Allgemeines Statistisches Arch 90, 1–7 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10182-006-0217-1
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