An Introduction to the Advanced Theory and Practice of Nonparametric Econometrics : A Replicable Approach Using R

This book provides theory, open source R implementations, and the latest tools for reproducible nonparametric econometric research. Advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty wishing to keep abreast of this field will find this resource more accessible than similar books.

Interest in nonparametric methodology has grown considerably over the past few decades, stemming in part from vast improvements in computer hardware and the availability of new software that allows practitioners to take full advantage of these numerically intensive methods. This book is written for advanced undergraduate students, intermediate graduate students, and faculty, and provides a complete teaching and learning course at a more accessible level of theoretical rigor than Racine''s earlier book co-authored with Qi Li, Nonparametric Econometrics: Theory and Practice (2007). The open source R platform for statistical computing and graphics is used throughout in conjunction with the R package np. Recent developments in reproducible research is emphasized throughout with appendices devoted to helping the reader get up to speed with R, R Markdown, TeX and Git.