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Title: Still no acceptable book about Panel Data
Review: To say that this book is scandalous would only be a mere exaggeration. Instead of clarifying the literature on Panel Data, the author just sums up some papers (often citing them word by word; why bother then buying a book? Just copy the articles!) without adding any value to them. Even worse, while summarizing, the essence of the papers often goes missing. The only value of the book consists of a quite complete reference list of the literature up to 1994. (However, the list is of course a little biased in favor of the author. He mentions every minuscule and unimportant publication of himself. One could almost get the impression that he contributed to Panel Data) Expecting a book that provides the main ideas and clarifies them together with a clear notation and proofs of the result, I was very disappointed with Badi Baltagi's book! Not recommended at all! (Unfortunately there is no alternative I know of!)
