Empirical Methods SS 2020, Bernd Wilfling

  • This course addresses all students in the Master Programme “Economics”.
  • There is a class to work on exercises and to consolidate the material. The class teachers are Gaygysyz Guljanov, Verena Monschang and Björn Schulte-Tillmann.
  • The main objective of the course is to make students familiar with the most relevant techniques used in empirical economics. The course aims at demonstrating of how to apply econometric techniques sensibly to real-world data sets.
  • Prerequisite of “Empirical Methods” are the bachelor modules “Statistics I” (descriptive methods), “Statistics II” (probability calculus, estimation, hypothesis testing) and “Advanced Statistics” (random vectors, asymptotic concepts). The slides of my previous lectures on these modules are downloadable from this web-site (see below).
  • All aspects treated in the course “Empirical Methods” as well as in the class are relevant to the exam at the end of the term.
  • The course language is English. Slides are available only in English.

    • Semester: ST 2020
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