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In economic analysis we often assume that there exists an underlying structure which generated the observations of real-world data. However, statistical inference can relate only to characteristics of the distribution of the observed variables. A meaningful statistical interpretation of the real world through this structure can be achieved only if there is no other structure which is also capable of generating the observed data.
This chapter was originally published in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, 1st edition, 1987. Edited by John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman
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Hsiao, C. (1987). Identification. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1000-1
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