Course page for Quantitative Economic Analysis (Ec5040)

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Ec5040 Reading List and Course Outline
Getting started with Stata

Lecture 1: OLS & Multiple Regression Analysis


Introduction to Econometrics
OLS and the General Linear Model

Lecture Week 2: OLS & Multiple Regression Analysis

Lecture Week 3: Bias & Efficiency of OLS


Lecture Week 4: Tests of Linear Hypotheses

Lecture Week 5: Specification Error

Lecture Week 6:Heteroskedasticity


Lecture Weeks 7, 8 9: Measurement Error, Endogeneity & IV Estimation


Lecture Week 10: Panel Data

Assessed Computer Test Data Sets

The data is zipped. Right click on the file that you have been assigned, then "save link as" to a directory and then unzip


Computer Exercise & Other Data Sets


Computer Exercise 0 Data (cex0.zip)
Computer Exercise 1 Data (cex1.zip)

Answers to Problem Sets

Computer Exercises: Answers

Mid-Term Tests

  • Mid-Term I 2007/8 Answers
  • Mid-Term I 2008/9 Answers
  • Mid-Term I 2009/10 Answers
  • Mid-Term I 2010/11 Answers
  • Mid-Term I 2011/12 Answers