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ETC5441 - Applied econometrics 2

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

Coordinator(s)

Professor Farshid Vahid

Offered

Clayton

Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit involves a critical review of recent empirical work in econometrics. The topics to be covered include i) the specification and estimation of systems of consumer demand equations and producer demand and supply equations and extensions of these methods to other areas; and ii) structural vector autoregressions and error correction models, together with some practical applications that address macroeconomic issues. On completion of this unit students should be familiar with recent developments in these fields and have developed the skills to undertake empirical work. Further, students should be able to critically evaluate empirical work and related policy implications.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

specify the structure of consumer demand systems
use duality theory to generalise these specifications
understand the use of appropriate specific estimation techniques
extend these ideas to producer demand and supply models
consider a number of empirical applications, and derive policy implications
become competent in handling demand and production data using econometric software
familiarity with recent developments in macroeconomic analysis and have developed skills to undertake applied macroeconomic analysis
critically analyse the use of econometrics to analyse data.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Farshid Vahid

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of the following before undertaking this unit: ETC3400, ETC5340, ETC3410, ETC5341, ETC3450, ETC5345, ETF3200, ETF5320.