M. C. Baddeley is Director of Studies (Economics), Fellow and College Lecturer at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. She is the author of Investment: Theories and Analysis (2003). D. V. Barrowclough works with the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), advising governments on direct foreign investment and economic development, particularly focusing on services. She also lectures at the University of Geneva.

'This book shows how econometrics can be of real value to understanding major global problems such as violent conflict and poverty. With an easily readable style, the book encourages everyone to try their hand at running regressions.' Anthony Addison, University of Manchester

• List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of acronyms; How to use this book; Part I. Simple Regression and Data Analysis: 1. An introduction to ordinary least squares; 2. Running simple regressions: global poverty and growth; 3. Using logs and estimating elasticities: demand for air travel; 4. Hypothesis testing: health expenditures and the quality of life; Part II. Multiple Regression and Diagnostic Testing: 5. Multiple regression analysis: housing demand in the UK; 6. Heteroscedasticity: R&D, innovation and economic performance; 7. Autocorrelation: tourism and the environment; 8. Model misspecification: Tobin's q and investment in the USA; Part III. Time Series Econometrics: 9. Structural breaks, non-stationarity and spurious regressions: venture capital and computing investment in the USA; 10. Error correction models AND cointegration: consumption and the multiplier in the UK; Part IV. Advanced Topics: 11. Panel estimation: divorce and income; 12. Binary dependent variables: war and poverty; Index.