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The Keynesian macroeconomic theory developed in the 1930s and 1940s, in particular its representation in terms of IS- and LM-diagram, opened a new area in the application of statistical methods to economics. Based on the path breaking work by Tinbergen (298) and Klein (183) this research gave rise to simultaneous equation systems which should capture all relevant aspect of an economy. The goal was to establish an empirically grounded tool which would enable the politicians to analyze the consequences of their policies and thereby fine tune the economy to overcome or at least mitigate major business cycle fluctuations.
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Neusser, K. (2016). Introduction. In: Time Series Econometrics. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32862-1_9
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