5. Credits: 4 6. Semester: III 7.Subject Area: PCC
8. Pre-requisite: HSN 509
9. Objective To build upon the basic econometric course and emphasize on the advanced topics related to methodological issues in econometrics with statistical software applications.
10. Details of Course
S. No. Contents Contact hours 1 Qualitative and Limited Dependent Models: Linear probability 7 model(LPM)- estimation and limitations, Logit and Probit models, Censored and truncated regression, MLE estimation-Tobit model, Applications 2 Simultaneous Equation Systems: Structural and reduced form models, 11 simultaneous equation bias, identification problem and estimation methods- 2SLS, 3SLS and LIML; SUR procedure; Problem of Endogeneity- causes and solution; Instrumental Variables estimation; GMM- estimation and testing for overidentification 3 Dynamic Econometric Models- Autoregressive and Distributed lag 8 (ADL) relationships- specification and problems in OLS estimation, Koyck’s and Almon’s approach to DLM, partial adjustment and adaptive expectations method, Exogeneity tests, Wu-Hausman test 4 Time Series Analysis: stationary and nonstationary time series, unit root 9 tests; Concept of cointegration, two-variable model – Engle-Granger method and ECM; system of equations – vector autoregression (VAR), Johansen procedure, VECM, Granger causality 5 Analysis of Panel Data: Balanced vs. unbalanced panel, Fixed effects 7 model, random effects model, fixed vs. random effects- Wu Hausman test, Dynamic panel models Total 42
11. Suggested Books
S. No. Name of Books/Author/Publisher Year of Publication/ Reprint 1 Econometric Analysis, Greene, W.H., 7 th Ed., Pearson 2012 rd 2 Guide to Modern Econometrics, Verbeek, M., 3 Ed., 2008 Wiley 3 Microeconometrics using Stata, Cameron and Trivedi, 2010 Stata Press, Revised Ed. 4 Econometric analysis of Panel Data, Baltagi, Wiley, 5th Ed. 2013 5 Applied Econometric Time Series, Walter Enders, Wiley, 3 2013 Ed.
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