Science of econometrics any use for short-term forecasting - enquiry based mainly on irish educational statistics 1947-1967

Abstract

As his title indicates, the writer, wisely or unwisely, proposes to hang a very general and important question on the highly specialized inquiry with which this paper mainly deals: in fact to make a prima facie case for a full-scale inquiry into the measure of success, or otherwise, of econometricians the world over, attained in recent years, using orthodox or unorthodox methods.