ARE 213- APPLIED ECONOMETRICS

Fall 2003, Professor Guido Imbens

Three hours of lecture per week.  Prerequisites:  211 and 212 or equivalent or consent of instructor.

We will discuss standard and advanced econometric techniques that are used in agricultural and resource economics.  These techniques include methods for analysis of discrete choice, panel data and methods for dealing with endogeneity. The emphasis will be on learning how to apply these techniques and interpret the results.  There will be exercises requiring analyzing real data on computers.

Course Syllabus

The class meets Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30-12:00, 2305 Tolman.  

Office Hours:
Monday 1:30-3:00pm in room 330 Giannini Hall
Thursday 2:00-3:30pm in room 659 Evans Hall
and by appointment.
Problem Set I - Due September 10th        -                                                                                  Lecture 1-Sept.1
Lecture 1-Sept.3

Lecture Notes 2 part 2

Lecture Notes 2 Part 3

Problem Set II- due September 22nd       -                                                                                    Matlab data file for Problem Set II

Problem Set III-due September 28th       -      
Data for Prob Set III:    Codebook    &    MINIMUM.DAT

Problem Set IV-due October 8th            -         
Data for Prob Set IV: dur.dat
Problem Set V-due October 20th

Problem Set VII- due November 10th    -       
  •    Lecture Notes 16
    • Problem Set VIII-due November 24th    -           
    Data for problem set VIII:     fish.mat