TY  - JOUR
AU  - Leamer,Edward E.
TI  - Eastern Data and Western Attitudes
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Technical Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 114
PY  - 1991
Y2  - October 1991
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/t0114
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/t0114.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Edward E. Leamer
John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management
UCLA
Box 951481
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
Tel: 310/206-1452
Fax: 310/825-4011
E-Mail: edward.leamer@anderson.ucla.edu
AB  - Most studies of the economies of Eastern Europe by Western analysts depend substantially on Western data and Western attitudes. Usually this dependence is implicit and concealed. An explicit and transparent treatment may yield better results, both for the individual analyst and for the profession overall. This article proposes and illustrates an econometric method for pooling Western and Eastern data. The pooled estimates depend on doubt about the Western attitudes, on the degree of experimental contamination in Western and Eastern data and on the similarity of Western and Eastern structures. The method is illustrated by a study of the determinants of the growth rates of developed and developing countries.
ER  -