RESUME - RESEARCH

 

U.C. Berkeley

Spring 2006

Economics 140

 

ECONOMETRICS AND STATISTICS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rules:

 

Don't forget to download and print out the exercises for the discussion sections before you come to class on Thursdays !! I will not have extra copies for those who forget...

 

Inspecteur Gadget… but still, we French, are proud of our “cultural exception”

Annoucements

Course Material

Meetings schedule

Problem setsSolutions

Exercises (section)

Hand Outs

 

Announcements:

 

01/20/06: The Probabilities Cheat Sheet is available at the bottom of this page...

01/25/06: Excel basic commands are posted online...

02/01/06: Z-table at the bottom of the page...

02/05/06: This week, I will exceptionally hold my office hours on Thursday, from 5-7pm...

02/15/06: Next week, I will exceptionally hold my office hours on Monday, from 5-7pm...

03/04/06: The S&W add-in for robust standard errors (+ tutorial) is at the bottom of the page. I will have regular office hours this week.

 

Course Material:

 

. Requested Readings:

     Introduction to Econometrics, James Stock & Mark Watson, Addison Wesley, 2003 (ISBN: 0-201-71595-3)

 

. Softwares:

     Excel - Introduction to Excel - Online tutorial (Basic)

     GRETL

 

. Syllabi:

     Lecture

     Discussion section

 

Meetings Schedule:

 

. Lecture:

     Tuesday - Thursday

     2-3:30pm

     Dwinelle 145

     Professor G.A. Woroch

     ECON 140 website

 

. Discussion Sections:

     102: Th 8-9:30am 39 Evans

     105: Th 11am-12:30pm 41 Evans

 

. Office Hours:

     Caffe Strada (Bancroft @ College)

     Tu: 5-7pm

     (and when the homework is due on Tuesday - Mon: 5-7pm)

 

    

 

 

 

Downloadable Documents:

 

 . Problem Sets:

      Problem Set 1     excel

      Problem Set 2     wdi     educ

      Problem Set 3     excel

      Problem Set 4

      Problem Set 5

      Problem Set 6

 

. Problem Sets [solutions]:

     Solution 1

     Solution 2     wdi     educ

     Solution 3

     Solution 4

     Solution 5

     Solution 6

. Exercises for the Discussion Sections:

     Week  1 - Jan.19     hints

     Week  2 - Jan.26     hints     excel exercise

     Week  3 - Feb.02

     Week  4 - Feb.09

     Week  5 - Feb.16

     Week  6 - Feb.23     correction

     Week  7 - Mar.02

     Week  8 - Mar.09

     Week  9 - Mar.16

     Week 10 - Mar.23

              * Spring Break *                                             

      Week 11 - Apr.06

      Week 12 - Apr.13

      Week 13 - Apr.20

      Week 14 - Apr.27

 

. Notes / Handouts:

      Quizz # 1

      Probabilities Cheat Sheet

      Introduction to Excel - Online tutorial (Basic)

      Z-table

      Add-in for Robust standard errorsInstallation - Tutorial

 

 

      Linear regressions (OLS)

      Hedonic Regressions with STATA