[Gretl-users] Gretl citation in publications

[Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti]

On Sun, February 4, 2007 21:03, Cristian Rigamonti wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 01:45:25PM +0100, Johannes Fichtinger wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> is there any preferred way to cite GRETL in publications?
>
> I don't know if this is the preferred way, but you can take a look at:
>
>   Baiocchi, G. and Distaso, W. (2003) ``GRETL: Econometric software
>     for the GNU generation'', Journal of Applied Econometrics,
>     18, pp. 105-10.
>
> or (this one I've just discovered)
>
>   Renfro, C.G., 2004. A compendium of existing econometric soft-
>     ware packages. Journal of Economics and Social Measurement
>     29, 359­409.
>
>   also published in:
>
>   Renfro, C.G. (ed), 2004. Computational Econometrics: Its Impact on the
>   Development of Quantitative Economics. IOS Press.

Very interesting, thanks Cri.

However, I think we should give some standard format for citing the gretl
manual as well. The trouble is, I don't know of any established
convention for citing material avaialbe on the Web and not elsewhere. J.
Doornik, for example, recommends citing the Ox manual as

Doornik, J.A. (2002), Object-Oriented Matrix Programming Using Ox, 3rd
ed. London: Timberlake Consultants Press and Oxford: www.doornik.com

For gretl, I wonder whether just an URL is ok, as in

Cottrell, A and Lucchetti, R. (2007) Gretl User Manual,
http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/pub/gretl/manual/

What do you guys think?


Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Facoltà di Economia "G. Fuà"
Ancona