The journal Econometrics Ekonometria. Advances in Applied Data Analysis is now celebrating the 25th anniversary of its establishment. In 1996, the journal Informatics and Econometrics was founded in what was then the Oskar Lange Academy of Economics, which after two years was transformed into the Econometrics. Applications of quantitative methods published in the series of the university’s Research Papers. Throughout the whole period of its existence, its Editor-in-Chief has been Professor Józef Dziechciarz. Econometrics was first published both in Polish and in English, but since 2018 the articles have been appearing only in English. The authors who publish their papers in our journal are renowned Polish and foreign scientists, as well as young scholars who are just starting out on their research path. The editors of the journal are continuously involved in the activities aimed at the internationalization of the publication, which also involves welcoming other authors affiliated with foreign institutions. The group of Professors who review the articles submitted for publication in the journal, are also members of the Scientific Council, which comprises scientists affiliated in Poland and abroad.

Finance and accounting are the disciplines of economic sciences in which quantitative methods are often used: statistics, econometrics and operational research. These methods make possible the quantification of different economic occurrences and the objectivity of the estimation of these occurrences. Also important is the fact that in the accounting and financial analyses, one has to deal with numerous empirical data sets. In the study, there are shown chosen problems of finance and accounting, essential for both the theory and practice. There are presented manners of the measurement and the estimation of definite economic financial occurrences. To solve a lot of problems, the methods of the descriptive and mathematical statistics and multidimensional comparative analysis are used. The empirical research with the usage of these methods is also described, and importantly, from the application point of view. The articles in the book were prepared for The Eighth Scientific Seminar” Quantitative Methods in Accounting and Finance”. The Seminar was organized by The Cost, Management Accounting and Controlling Department at the Wrocław University of Economics on May 12, 2014. Scientific workers of The Wroclaw University of Economics and The Ukrainian State University of Finance and International Trade from Kiev took part in the seminar. This book is an annual publication designed to disseminate the quantitative analysis of accounting and finance. It is a forum for the statistical analyses of issues in accounting and finance as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in managment accounting, financial accounting and financial management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.