040131
Introductory Econometrics
UK
(4 hours per week, 8 ECTS)
Language of instruction: English
Time and location:
Monday, 16:45-18:15, Hörsaal
6, Oskar Morgenstern Platz
Wednesday, 18:30-20:00, Hörsaal 6, Oskar Morgenstern Platz
Starts: October 2, 2017
Course description: The course provides an introduction to the most common
statistical methods that are used in empirical economics. This includes linear
regression (ordinary least squares, generalized least squares, instrumental
variables) in static and dynamic equations and the corresponding hypothesis
tests (restriction tests as well as diagnostic tests). The basic literature
used for the course is Jeffrey M.
Wooldridge: Introductory Econometrics (South-Western, 4th
edition). The methods are highlighted
in empirical applications using Stata.
Plan of the course:
Assessment is based on three written tests (for
information on dates, please consult the specific course information). No
alternative dates for these tests can be provided. The tests carry increasing
weights of 25 %, 35 %, 45 % in the
final grade (which includes a 5 % bonus). A positive grade requires at
least 50 % of the maximum achievable score of 100 and attendance at the
first written test. Dropping the course without a grade is only possible before
the first written test.
040216 Macroeconomics (MA, International Business
Economics)
VO (Lectures, 2 hours per
week, 4 ECTS)
Language of instruction: English
Time and location:
Monday, 11:30-13:00, Hörsaal 14, Oskar
Morgenstern Platz
Starts: October 2, 2017
This
lecture course aims at repeating the material on macroeconomics that
participants know from their bachelor studies and to deepen this knowledge. The
textbook “Macroeconomics: Institutions,
Instability, and the Financial System” (Wendy Carlin & David Soskice;
Oxford University Press) serves as the main literature for this course. I
also provide sets of slides to all participants via e-mail. Topics covered are:
1. Demand side, supply side, and macroeconomic policy;
2.
Money, banking
and the macro-economy;
3.
The financial
sector and crises;
4. The open economy
These topics roughly
correspond to the respective sections 1-3, 5, 6, 9-10 of the indicated
textbook.
040098 SOLV – Patterns of power (BA)
UK (2 hours per week, 4 ECTS)
Time and location:
Mondays, 6:30pm-8:00pm, Hörsaal 9, Oskar Morgenstern Platz
Starts:
October 2, 2017
This
German-language course is organized together with the StRV
students’ representatives. See other sources, particularly the detailed
description in U:FIND, for more information.