Quantity Theory of Money

‘Salary’ is a word derived from salt — salt was used as a means of payment in the Roman Empire for many years. Later, during the Mercantilist Era, gold became the primary store of wealth. However, no formal theory of money existed at the time, and as a...

Eviews Regression with Dummy variables

To understand regression analysis with dummy variables, let us take an example of using dummy variable with structural changes in an economy. For example, there was a structural change in U.S during 1981-1982, and also a severe recession in 2007 and 2008. So when we...

Dummy Variables

What are Dummy Variables? In regression analysis, we often need to include qualitative (categorical) variables — variables that represent categories rather than numerical quantities. Examples include gender (male/female), employment status (employed/unemployed),...