Type of Credit: Elective
Credit(s)
Number of Students
The objective of this course is to provide students with a broad understanding of empirical methodology for an academic paper or research proposals.
能力項目說明
It equips students with the basic knowledge of empirical tools (more focusing on practical usage of econometrics), designing the empirical models, and estimation of models. See the course schedule for a list of topics that we will discuss.
Since this class is to learn a research proposal, students are required to bring their own laptop in the class.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
|---|---|---|
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
HW |
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1 |
Sep. 12 |
Research proposal & Nature of econometrics |
Literature Review |
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2 |
Sep. 19 |
Data & Empirical design: OLS |
Research Idea |
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3 |
Sep. 26 |
Empirical design: OLS Inference & Extensions |
Main empirical design |
|
4 |
Oct. 3 |
Empirical design: Panel structure |
Panel design: Fixed effect |
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5 |
Oct. 17 |
Empirical design: Endogeneity |
Developing design |
|
6 |
Oct. 24 |
Writing research proposal |
Writing research proposal |
This course will be conduected 3 hours X 6 weeks instead of 1 hour x 18 weeks.
Your grade will be based on the following:
We will mainly use the lecture note made by the instructor. It includes the various contents from various sources in terms of empirical design and statistical tools. The main reference textbook is Introductory econometrics: A modern approach, written by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, 5th Edition, for econometrics.