731332 Econometrics - seminar


Type
Seminar
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Morawetz, Ulrich
Organisation
Offered in
Sommersemester 2025
Languages of instruction
Deutsch

Content

First Part:
* Short intro in the software R
* Identification strategies in econometrics
* analyzing econometric articles on structure, identification strategy and estimation in the software R

Second Part:
Participants present econometric papers. The presentations are based on predetermined structure which includes the points discussed in the first part.

For details see: http://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/ulrichmorawetz.html

Previous knowledge expected

Econometrics (learnt e.g from the lecture econometrics at BOKU, 731.338 or very good knowlege of regression analysis from the statistics lecture),
basic knowlege of the programming language R (e.g. learnt at the "Statistics with R" (851.309) course at BOKU)
and sufficient English to understand the articles we will read.

Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

After successful participation in the seminar, participants will be able to

* Analyze the structure of econometric articles and apply it to their own work.
* Explain independently how the identification strategy differs for estimating causal effects
* apply different identification strategies in the software R
* Ask oral and written questions about scientific papers and discuss them together.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.