"A Guide to Modern Econometrics explores a wide range of topics in modern econometrics focusing on what is important for doing and understanding empirical work. It serves as a guide to alternative techniques with the emphasis on practical questions such as when to use a particular approach, what can be gained by its use and what are the drawbacks. It does not concentrate on the formulae behind each technique nor on formal proofs, but on the intuition behind the approaches and their practical relevance."--BOOK JACKET.