Nonlinear economic models : cross-sectional, time series and neural network applications / edited by John Creedy, Vance L. Martin.

List of figures, xi -- List of tables, xiii -- Contributors, xviii -- I. Introduction V 1. Nonlinear Modelling: An introduction / John Creedy and Vance L. Martin, 1 -- II. Cross-sectional applications -- 2. A Model of Income Distribution / John Creedy, Jenny N. Lye and Vance L. Martin,29 -- 3. Truncated distribution families, 47 -- 4. Betit: a flexible binary choice model / Alex Bakker and Vance L. Martin, 69 -- 5. Estimation of generalised distributions / Alex Bakker, 91 -- 6. Age and the distribution of earnings / Alex Bakker and John Creedy, 111 -- 7. Count data and discrete distributions / David Dickson and Vance L. Martin, 129 -- III. Time series applications -- 8. A model of the real exchange rate / John Creedy, Jenny N. Lye and Vance L. Martin, 143 -- 9. Jump models and higher moments / G.C. Lim, Jenny N. Lye, Gael M. Martin and Vance L. Martin, 161 -- 10. A Topological test of chaos / Eugene S.Y. Choo, 177 -- 11. Genetic algorithms and trading rules / Robert Pereira, 191 -- IV. Neural network applications -- 12. Artificial neural networks / Vance L. Martin and Clarence Tan, 213 -- 13. An ANN model of the stock market / G.C. Lim and P.D. McNelis, 241 -- 14. Exchange rate forecasting models / Vance L. Martín, Eugene S.Y. Choo and Leslie Teo, 255 -- Bibliography, 267 -- Index, 281.