This is Robert's teaching page. It should contain course
descriptions for all lecture courses, some links to older
material, and announcements that serve as a means of
communicating short-run changes to course participants.
[Latest update 8/11/2019]
Courses in the winter semester 2019
040131
Introductory Econometrics
UK
(4 hours per week, 8 ECTS)
Language
of instruction: English
Time and location:
Tuesday,
18:30-20:00, Hörsaal
14, Oskar Morgenstern Platz
Wednesday,
18:30-20:00, Hörsaal
4, Oskar Morgenstern Platz
Starts: October 8, 2019
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. Dates will be convened in class: first test
should be in early November, third test in late January. No alternative
dates for these tests can be provided. Tests carry weights of 25 %,
35 %, and 40 % in the final grade. An additional 10 % of the
final grade can be obtained from occasional homework assignments that can be
done in groups of up to three students. A positive grade requires at least
50 % of the score of 100 and attendance at the first written test.
Dropping the course without a grade is only possible before the first written
test.
VO (2 hours per week, 4 ECTS)
Language
of instruction: English
Time and location:
Monday,
16:45-18:15, Hörsaal
14, Oskar Morgenstern Platz
[Note
that units on October 7 and October 14 were at different time and location:
18:30-20:00, Hörsaal 1]
Starts: October 7, 2019
Course description: The course covers topics in the realm of
macroeconomics that will help students understand and analyze the macroeconomic
performance of countries both in the long run and at business-cycle
frequencies.
This
lecture course reviews material on macroeconomics that participants know from
their bachelor studies and aims at deepening 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. Topics to be covered are:
1. The demand side of the economy
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Since 2012, course grades do not appear on these
pages, for reasons of data protection. Participants are always informed via
e-mail.
Grades from the era
before 2012 can be accessed here.
General
information for all courses
If you have any paper material for me (such as
homework assignments or forms), please leave it with our administration. Never
leave any material with other faculty.
In case you cannot attend a test (not an exam; there are special regulations for no-show at exams) for important reasons or you are unable to be present at any other dated event within a course, please give me notice via e-mail immediately. I expect such notifications to arrive within three days after the event that you missed.
Particular information related to current courses
040216 Macroeconomics (MA, International Business
Economics)
· This is a lecture course (VO) and requires no registration. This implies, however, that I will not know your names and addresses. If you are not registered but would like to receive the slides, kindly contact me via e-mail.
· Participants have been mailed two sets of slides for this course. In case you did not receive these slides, kindly contact me by e-mail.
· The final exam is like all other comparable exams: closed book, i.e. apart from dictionaries no tools allowed; four to six questions. Explicitly, this is not a ‘multiple choice’ test.
·
Three sets of slides have been sent to participants: general
guidelines and the sections on simple regression and on multiple regression. If
you wish to receive these slides but you are not registered or you for any
reason did not receive them, kindly contact me.
·
The date for the first midterm test was convened in
class on October 9. It took place on
November 6. 85 participants have attended, and these form our cohort for
the remainder of the course. Results will be mailed to participants soon.
·
Role-model tests for
the first midterm test from previous years are available here: the first test
from 2017 and that from
2015.
·
The date for the second midterm test was convened in
class on October 16. It will be on December
11. All midterm tests take place in the usual regular course units. The
final test is planned for January 28.
Link to course material from SS 2019, for reference
Link to course material from WS 2018, for reference
Link to course material from SS 2018, for reference
Link to course material from WS 2017, for reference
Link to course material from SS 2017, for reference
Link to course material from WS 2016, for reference
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course material from SS 2016, for reference
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course material from WS 2015, for reference
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to course material from SS 2015, for reference
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course material from WS 2014, for reference
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course material from SS 2013, for reference
Link to course material from WS 2012, for reference
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course material from SS 2012, for reference
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course material from WS 2011, for reference