ECON 3140 - Econometrics

(MQR)

Spring. 4 credits.

Forbidden Overlap: Students may receive credit for only one course in the following group: ECON 3120, ECON 3125, ECON 3140.
Prerequisite: ECON 3130. NOTE: Formerly ECON 3200.

Staff.

Introduction to the theory and application of econometric techniques. Emphasis is on foundations and development of econometric models, focusing on how a theoretical economic model can be placed into a statistical framework where data is used for the purposes of prediction/forecasting, measurement, and/or testing of economic theory. Topics include estimation and inference in bivariate and multiple regression models, instrumental variables, regression with qualitative information, heteroskedasticity, serial correlation.