Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
SECS-P/05 (ECONOMETRICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (22/02/2021 - 22/05/2021)
Lesson hours
44 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
This course is part of the program in economics (BA). Prerequistes are the courses in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics.
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to provide the basic knowledge of econometrics that is essential equipment for any serious economist, to a level where the participant would be competent to continue with the study of the subject in a graduate programme. While the course is focused on the introduction to the main elements of the linear regression model, equal importance is attached to the development of an intuitive understanding of the material that will allow the effective and creative application of the technical tools.
Course contents
Review of basic elements of probalitiy , Stock & Watson ch.2 (with apppendix)
Review of statistics: SW Cap. 3 (with appendix)
Simple linear regression (single regressor): Stock & Watson ch.4 (with apppendix 4.2 and 4.3), ch. 17.1, 17.2, 17.3 e 17.4
Hypotheses testing and confidence intervals in the simple linear regression (single regressor) : Stock & Watson ch. 5 with appendices 5.1 and 5.2
Multiple linear regression: Stock & Watson ch. 6 (with appendices 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3), ch. 18.1, 18.2, 18.3 18.4 and 18.5 (appendices
18.1,18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5)
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Reccomended or required readings
Stock J.H. e M.W. Watson (2016), Introduzione all'econometria, 4a edizione,
Pearson. (SW)
Assessment methods
Written exam
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030