Practical and professional, Wooldridge’s INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS: A MODERN APPROACH, 4e bridges the gap between how undergraduate econometrics has traditionally been taught and how empirical researchers actually think about and apply econometric methods. The text’s unique approach reflects how econometric instruction has evolved from simply describing a set of abstract recipes to showing how econometrics can be used to empirically study questions across a variety of disciplines. The systematic approach, where assumptions are introduced only as they are needed to obtain a certain result, makes the material easier for students, and leads to better econometric practice. Unlike traditional texts, INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS is organized around the type of data being analyzed -- an approach that simplifies the exposition and allows a more careful discussion of assumptions. Packed with relevant applications and a wealth of interesting data sets, the text emphasizes examples that have implications for policy or provide evidence for or against economic theories.

傑弗裏·M·伍德裏奇，密歇根州立大學經濟學特聘教授，1991年以來一直在該校任教。1986—1991年，伍德裏奇博士曾擔任麻省理工學院的經濟學助理教授。他於1982年在加州大學伯剋利分校獲得計算機科學與經濟學學士學位，並於1986年在加州大學聖迭戈分校獲得經濟學博士學位。伍德裏奇博士曾在國際知名期刊上發錶學術論文30多篇，參與過多部著作的寫作，他還是《橫截麵與麵闆數據的計量經濟分析》一書的作者。他的獲奬項目包括：斯隆(Alfred P Sloan)研究奬，《計量經濟理論》的Plurla Scripsit奬，《應用計量經濟學雜誌》的斯通(Richard Stone)爵士奬，以及在MIT三次獲得研究生教學年度優秀教師奬。他還是計量經濟學會和《計量經濟學雜誌》的資深會員。