Quantitative Methods
Module Code: EC409C
Module Title: Quantitative Methods
- ECTS Weighting: 10
- Semester/Term Taught: Hilary Term
- Contact Hours: 22 hours of lectures and 9 hours of tutorials.
- Module Personnel: Lecturer - Professor Paul Scanlon
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to:
- Derive and understand properties of different estimators;
- Apply this knowledge to analyzing statistical data;
- Simulate different estimators in STATA.
Module Learning Aims
Satisfactory completion of this module will contribute to the development of the following key skills:
- Ability to estimate and analyse economic models;
- Ability to simulate economic models.
Module Content
In Hilary term Quantitative Methods deepens and extends the treatment of classical econometric and time-series methods given in the Junior Sophister Econometrics module EC3090. The deepening focuses on regression methods and misspecification testing, cointegration and unit root econometrics. Empirical examples are discussed in most of these areas, and students are supervised in applied work of their own using the STATA econometrics package.
Topics discussed during Hilary term include:
- Statistical Properties of OLS;
- Generalized Least Squares;
- Instrumental Variables;
- Unit Roots and Cointegration.
Recommended Reading List
Hilary term
- Davidson, Russell and James MacKinnon (2004), Econometric Theory and Methods, Oxford University Press;
- Enders, Walter (2009) Applied Econometric Times Series, Wiley.
Module Pre Requisite
EC3080 and EC3090.
Assessment Details
A mid-term test counting for 20% of the overall mark and an annual examination counting for 80% of the overall mark.
Module Website
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