Course page for Part Two of Quantitative Methods II (EC2203) - Econometrics
This page will be updated as the course progresses
Course Guides
QMII Course Outline
How to use Stata
A Guide to Getting Started on Empirical Work
Lecture Handouts
Lecture Handouts
Lectures 1: Introduction to OLS
Introduction
Consumption Function Data
QM2 Marks Data
For the stata files you will have to download the file and unzip before use.
Right click, choose the "save link as" option and extract the file to the disk space of your choice)
Data sets are in Stata format, (the name of the file is in brackets), but also zipped. You will have to download them and unzip them before use.
Right click, choose the "open" option and extract the stata file to the disk space of your choice)
Stata commands used during the lectures can be found in the lecture slides below
Lecture 2: Principles of OLS
Principles of Ordinary Least Sqaures: Lecture Slides (pdf version)
Lecture 3: Properties of OLS & Goodness of Fit Measure
Properties of Ordinary Least Sqaures: Lecture Slides (pdf version)
Lecture 4: Properties of OLS Regression Coefficients
Properties of Least Squares Regression Coefficients: Lecture Slides (powerpoint)
Lecture 5: Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Testing (lecture handout for lecture 5)
Hypothesis Testing (overhead slides)
Lecture 6: More on Hypothesis Testing
More on Hypothesis Testing (overhead slides)
Lecture 7: F Tests
F tests for goodness of fit & forecasting (overhead slides)
Lectures 8 & 9: Functional Form
Functional Form (lecture overheads)
Functional Form (lecture handout)
Stata commands file (stata_commands_L7.zip)
Food Expenditure Data
UK GDP Time Series Data
Boxcox example Data (boxcox.dta)
Functional Form example 1
Functional Form example 2
Lecture 10: Multiple Regression Analysis 1
Lecture 9 Overhead Slides
Multiple Regression Analysis (Lecture handout)
Lecture 11: Multiple Regression Analysis 2
Cost Function Data (costs.dta)
Production Function Data (prodfn.dta)
Lecture 12: Specification Analysis
Getting the Model Specification Right (lecture overheads)
Getting the Model Specification Right (lecture handout)
Food Expenditure Data (food.zip) - Functional form
Smoking Data (smoke.zip) - Irrelevant Variables
Lecture 12: Specification Analysis
Getting the Model Specification Right (lecture overheads)
Getting the Model Specification Right (lecture handout)
Food Expenditure Data (food.zip) - Functional form
Smoking Data (smoke.zip) - Irrelevant Variables
Lecture 13: Dummy Variables
Using Dummy Variables (lecture overheads)
House Price Data (olympics.dta) - Difference-in-Difference
Road Accident Data (accidents.dta) - Seasonality
Lecture 14: Measurement Error
Measurement error & endogeneity (lecture overheads)
Handout 11_measurement error
Measurement Error Test Data (meserr.dta)
Lecture 15: Instrumental Variables
Instrumental Variable (IV) estimation (lecture overheads)
Handout 12: Endogeneity
UK Inflation, Productivity & Earnings Data (prod.dta)
Lecture 16: Simultaneity & 2SLS
lecture overheads
UK Inflation, Productivity & Earnings Data
Stata commands file (stata_commands_L14.zip)
Poor Instrument Data, (video.dta)
Lecture 17: Autocorrelation
Autocorrelation (lecture overheads)
Handout 13: Autocorrelation
US GDP Data
UK Balance of Trade Data
Problem Sets
Problem Set 0
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 4
Problem Set 5
Problem Set 6
Problem Set Data
Problem Set 4 Prisoners Data (prisons.dta)
Problem Set 4 Wage Data (ps4data.dta)
Problem Set 4 GDP Data (gdpuk_ps4.dta)
Problem Set 4 Prisoners Data (prisons.dta)
Problem Set 4 Wage Data (ps4data.dta)
Problem Set 4 GDP Data (gdpuk_ps4.dta)
Problem Set 5 Data (miles.dta)
Problem Set 5 Data (costs.dta)
Problem set 6 data:incinerator
Problem set 6 data:Lone Parents
School Data for Problem Set 7 (school.dta)
Farm Data for Problem Set 7 (farms.dta)
Demand & Supply Data for Problem Set 7 (demsupp.dta)
Phillips Curve Data for Problem Set 7 (phillips.dta)
Stationarity Test Data for Problem Set 7 (stationary.dta)
Investment Data for Problem Set 8 (invest.dta)
Unemployment Data for Problem Set 8 (uv.dta)
Problem Set 8 Data (demand.dta)
Problem Set 9 Data (hetdat2.dta)
Problem Set 9 Data (hetwage.dta)
Problem Set 10 Data (e11panel1.dta)
Answers to Problem Sets
Problem Set 0 Answers
Problem Set 1 Answers
Problem Set 2 Answers
Problem Set 3 Answers
Problem Set 4 Answers
Problem Set 5 Answers
Problem Set 6 Answers
Project
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Mid-Term Tests
Mid-Term Formulae Sheet
Mid-Term 3 2004 Answers
Mid-Term 4 2003 Test
Mid-Term 4 2003 Answers
Mid-Term 4 2004 Test
Mid-Term 4 2004 Test & Answers
Mid-Term 3 2004/5 Test
Mid-Term 3 2004/5 Answers
Mid-Term 4 2004/5 Test
Mid-Term 4 2004/5 Answers
Mid-Term 3 2006/7 Answers
Mid-Term 2007/8 Answers
Mid-Term 2008/9 Answers
Mid-Term 2009/10 Answers
Mid-Term 2010/11 Answers
Statistical Tables
Statistical Tables
Final Exam
2010 Final Exam Questions
2011 Final Exam Questions