A number of advances have taken place in panel data analysis
during the pastthree decades and it continues to be one of
the most active areas of research. This volume contains 13
significant contributions focusing on modelling strategies,
data issues, theoretical analysis and applications. Applied
econometrics papers on the economics of labor, health,
telecommunications, finance and macroeconomics are provided
as well as a survey of recent theoretical developments in
panal data analysis. Contributors include both well known
scholars and younger researchers from Australia, Canada,
Europe and the United States of America.