Matrix Differential Calculus with Applications in Statistics and Econometrics.

Abstract

Preface MATRICES: Basic Properties of Vectors and Matrices Kronecker Products, the Vec-Operator and the Moore- Penrose Inverse Miscellaneous Matrix Results DIFFERENTIALS: THE THEORY: Mathematical Preliminaries Differentials and Differentiability The Second Differential Static Optimization DIFFERENTIALS: THE PRACTICE: Some Important Differentials First- Order Differentials and Jacobian Matrices Second-Order Differentials and Hessian Matrices INEQUALITIES: Inequalities THE LINEAR MODEL: Statistical Preliminaries The Linear Regression Model Further Topics in the Linear Model APPLICATIONS TO MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION: Maximum Likelihood Estimation Simultaneous Equations Topics in Psychometrics Subject Index Bibliography.