Economics 412 (Econometrics III)

Midterm: April 03; Final exam: May 09 (Friday) from 6 - 8 PM in MONT 311

Final exam schedule: http://adastrarpt.prod.uconn.edu/reports/exams/STORRS_1083/finals.htm

Syllabus: pdf file

Problem sets: hw2; hw3; hw4; hw5; hw6; hw7;

Solutions: chap4; chap5; chap8; chap10; chap12-15;

Solutions of additional problems: hw3; hw5; hw6; hw7

Exams: MT Spring 2008 sol; Final Spring 2008 sol

Related papers: 1. Large sample estimation and hypothesis testing by W. Newey and D. McFadden (Handbook of Econometrics, vol. IV)

                            2. Computing marginal effects in the Box-Cox model by J. Abrevaya (Econometric Reviews, vol. 21, pp. 383 -- 393, 2002)       

Data sets: ATTEND.DTA; CORNWELL.DTA; CPS78.txt; NLS80.DTA; NORWAY.DTA;

Some useful Matlab links: There’s lots of information on Matlab that you can get by searching the web; see, e.g.,

1. Matlab home page

2. Econometrics software links  from The Econometrics Journal home page

3. Introduction to Matlab by Ela Pekalska and Marjolein van der Glas

4. Basic concepts in Matlab by Michael G. Kay

5. Matlab Programming by Gerald W. Recktenwald

6. Matlab array manipulation tips and tricks  by Peter J. Acklam

7. Writing fast matlab code by Pascal Getreuer

8. GMM library for Matlab by Mike Cliff