Friday, August 30, 2019

Applied Econometrics ECN 305A

Rajarshi M will post materials, exercises, assignments related to the applied econometrics area taught by him, here. Students are to keep a watch.

Basic Texts:


Damodar Gujarati: Econometrics by Example, Macmillan (Chs 1, 2, 3, 5, 8-12)

Damodar Gujarati: Basic Econometrics, 4th edn, McGraw Hill (Chs 1-4, 9, 13-15)


Lecture Notes:


Qualitative Independent Models here

Count Data Models here

Ordered Logit Model here

Qualitative Dependent Variable Models here


Censored and Truncated Models here

Sample Questions here

Students must note that this is an applied paper and they are expected to learn ACTUAL data handling and econometric exercises using real data.

'R' software, which is open source and freely available will be used. Students should install the latest version of R-Studio in their personal computers along with packages to be mentioned during the semester. R-Studio can be downloaded from HERE.
They can also use other Open Source Statistical/Spreadsheet software after discussion.

ASSIGNMENTS:



These are practical assignments to be empirically worked out using data provided in the related data file. Students are free to use any software, though the preferred one is R. Assignments are to be emailed to ecm.buruniv@gmail.com within due date/time. Answer files should bear name initials and university roll number (for example XY_MA_2018_##.docx)


Internal Assessment Marks will be calculated as BEST TWO out of THREE Assignments. Please ensure that you have submitted all three assignments.



Assignment for Week 13-14:   Datafile        Questions 
This assignment is due on 12-12-19, 13.00 hrs



Assignment for Week 3-4:   Datafile        Questions 
This assignment is due on 30-09-19, 13.00 hrs



Assignment for Week 1-2:   Datafile        Questions 
This assignment is due on 09-09-19, 13.00 hrs