econometrics

English

Etymology

An adaptation of the French économétrie. Coined by Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch in 1926. Compare the earlier German Oekonometrie (now generally spelt Ökonometrie), first used (in a different sense) by Polish economist Paweł Ciompa in 1910.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌkɒn.əˈmɛt.ɹɪks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌkɑ.nəˈmɛt.ɹɪks/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪˌkɔn.əˈmet.ɹɪks/

Noun

econometrics (uncountable)

1. (economics) The branch of economics that applies statistical methods to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:econometrics.

Related terms

• econometric
• econometrician
• econometrical
• econometrically
• econometrist
• econometry

Translations

branch of economics

• Bengali: অর্থমিতি (orthomiti)
• Bhojpuri: अर्थमिति (arthamiti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計量經濟學／计量经济学 (jìliàng jīngjìxué)

• Czech: ekonometrie f
• Danish: økonometri
• Doteli: अर्थमिति (arthamiti)
• Dutch: econometrie (nl) f
• Estonian: ökonomeetria (et)
• Finnish: ekonometria (fi)
• French: économétrie (fr) f
• Georgian: ეკონომეტრია (eḳonomeṭria), ეკონომეტრიკა (eḳonomeṭriḳa)
• German: Ökonometrie (de) n
• Greek: οικονομετρία (el) n (oikonometría)
• Gujarati: અર્થમિતિ (arthamiti)
• Hindi: अर्थमिति (arthamiti)
• Hungarian: ökonometria (hu)
• Indonesian: ekonometri (id), ekonometrika
• Irish: eacnaiméadracht f
• Italian: econometrica f
• Japanese: 計量経済学 (けいりょうけいざいがく, keiryōkeisaigaku)
• Kannada: ಅರ್ಥಮಾಪನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (arthamāpanaśāstra), ಅರ್ಥಮಿತಿ (arthamiti)
• Khmer: សេដ្ឋមាត្រវិទ្យា (sed dhak mart vi tyea)
• Maithili: अर्थमिति (arthamitɨ)
• Malay: ekonometrik
• Marathi: अर्थमिती (arthamitī)
• Nepali: अर्थमिति (arthamiti)
• Norwegian: econometrie
• Polish: ekonometria (pl) f
• Portuguese: econometria f
• Punjabi: ਅਰਥਮਿਤਿ (arathmiti)
• Romanian: econometrie (ro) f
• Russian: экономе́трика (ru) f (ekonométrika), экономе́трия (ru) f (ekonométrija)
• Spanish: econometría (es) f
• Swedish: ekonometri
• Telugu: అర్థమితి (arthamiti)
• Turkish: ekonometri (tr)
• Vietnamese: kinh tế lượng

See also

• macroeconomics, also coined by Frisch

Further reading

• econometrics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• treeconomics