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An examination of the determinants of the award & receipt of child support payments for ever-married mothers (N = 2,416) based on the Mar/Apr 1979 Match File of the Current Population Survey. Previous studies are improved on by using a large nationally representative data set & nonlinear maximum likelihood estimation techniques. The results show that SE characteristics associated with the needs of the custodial mother tend to be more important as a determinant of the award of child support than its receipt, while characteristics associated with the ability or desire of the absent father to pay support are important in both its receipt & award. 4 Tables, 10 References. HA

R. G. Niemi ("Majority Decision Making with Partial Unidimensionality," American Political Science Review, 1969, 63, 488-497), in an important but neglected paper, found that when orderings were drawn from a simulation based on the impartial culture, the greater the proportion of voter orderings that were single-peaked (a condition he called partial single-peakedness), the more likely there was to be a transitive group ordering. In addition, the likelihood of transitivity increased with group size. However, Niemi's simulation was restricted to the case of three alternatives, & he provided no theoretical explanation for the results of his simulation. This is provided here in terms of a model based on the idea of net preferences, & Niemi's results are extended for the general case of any finite number of alternatives, for electorates that are large relative to the number of alternatives being considered. In addition to providing a rationale for Niemi's simulation results, the ideas of net preferences & opposite preferences have a wide range of potential applications. 23 References. HA

This book has grown out of half a century of experience of teaching undergraduate econometrics at the Econometric Institute in Rotterdam. It combines a solid exposition of econometric methods with the application-oriented approach that is characteristic of the Rotterdam tradition in econometrics. Covering basic econometric methods (statistics, simple and multiple regression, nonlinear regression, maximum likelihood, generalized method of moments), this books explains their practical applications in modern business and economics and provides examples of these. Much attention is paid to the creative process of model building, with due attention for diagnostic testing and model improvement. The last part of the book is devoted to two major application areas: the econometrics of choice data (logit and probit, multinomial and ordered choice, truncated and censored data, duration data) and the econometrics of time series data (univariate time series, trends, volatility, vector autoregressions, and a brief discussion of SUR models, panel data, and simultaneous equations). In addition, data sets and (for instructors) full solutions of all exercises are available to readers. The book provides a thorough training in modern applications of econometrics to practical questions in business and economics. It is guided by a spirit of practical learning, and provides a wealth of examples and practical exercises based on a wide variety of data sets drawn from business and micro, macro, and international economics. The book will be suitable for introductory applied econometrics courses at undergraduate level up to more advanced courses at the graduate level.