EViews

EViews
Basic data
developer	IHS Markit
Current  version	11 (May 2019)
operating system	Windows
category	Statistics software
License	proprietary
German speaking	No
www.statcon.de

EViews (short for “Econometric Views”) is a commercial, Windows-based econometrics software from the US company IHS . The first version based on Microsoft Windows was implemented in 1994 by Quantitative Micro Software (QMS). The forerunner product was the MicroTSP software. EViews is widely used in research, studies, administration, banks, insurance companies and energy providers.

Areas of application

The main application of the software is the processing of time series . All important methods of time series analysis from simple AR, MA, ARMA , through ARIMA, ARIMAX, ARCH , GARCH to state space models or state space models can be carried out. Both cross-sections and longitudinal data can be presented descriptively and analytically. EViews masters general econometric and statistical analyzes, the generation of forecasts and model simulations, as well as the output of graphs and tables , e.g. B. for publications. EViews enables data organization including database access.

Alternatives

Alternatives to EViews are the commercial products Stata , SAS , RATS or WinRATS and Limdep . Alternative free software includes GNU R and gretl .

literature

• Ludwig von Auer : Econometrics. An introduction . Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-70827-8
• Chris Brooks: Introductory Econometrics for Finance . Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-521-79367-4
• Peter Hackl : Introduction to Econometrics . Pearson Studies, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8273-7338-0
• R. Carter Hill, William E. Griffiths, George G. Judge: Using EViews For Undergraduate Econometrics . Wiley, 2000, ISBN 0-471-41239-2
• Jens-Peter Kreiß , Georg Neuhaus : Introduction to time series analysis . Springer, 2006. ISBN 978-3-540-25628-1
• Ben Vogelvang : Econometrics: Theory & Applications With Eviews . Financial Times Management, 2005, ISBN 0-273-68374-8

Web links

• International homepage of the manufacturer (English)
• statcon.de - distributor for Germany and Austria
• EViews website of the Institute for Economic Theory, Politics and History of the University of Innsbruck
• Memento on EViews Output (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ QMS: http://www.eviews.com/general/about_us.html
2. ↑ Cross-Sections (wiki English)
3. ↑ Longitudinal study (wiki English)