Postgraduate - UnitETC5400 - Research topics in econometrics

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	Professor Farshid Vahid

Synopsis

This unit will cover specialised topics from current research areas of staff members with the aim of exposing students to the level of technical detail required for econometric research.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

examine methodological developments at the forefront of econometric research
explain the importance of probabilistic and statistical techniques in econometric research.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Farshid Vahid

Workload requirements

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

ETC4400 or ETC4410 or permission