Short courses

Short Courses

TIES occasionally conducts short courses on econometrics for the benefit of young researchers. A “Workshop on Applied Econometrics” was held during December 6-15, 2004 at the Madras School of Economics, Chennai. The course structure of the workshop was as follows.

The course was coordinated by
Dr. K. R. Shanmugam, Associate Professor,
Madras School of Economics, Gandhi Mandapam Road,
Chennai – 600 025
E-mail : shanmugam@mse.ac.in

Sessions Date/topics:

I
II
III
Monday (06.12.04): Basic Econometrics I
Regression I: 2 Variable model, BLUE, t test, F test, R2'Prediction
Regression II: 3 variables, and functional forms
Econometric Soft wares: A Review

IV
V
VI
VII
Tuesday (07.12.04): Basic Econometrics II
Multiple Regression
Hands-on: Regression and Testing Procedures
Heteroscedasticity and Multicollinearity
Hand-on

VIII
IX
X
XI
Wednesday (08.12.04): Basic Econometrics III
Auto correlation, stationarity and testing for stationarity
Hands-on
Dummy Variables
Hands-on

XII
XIII
XIV
XV
Thursday (09.12.04): Panel data and Dummy Variable Models
Dummy Dependent Variable Models
Hands-on
Panel Data models
Hands-on'

XVI
XVII
XVIII
Friday (10.12.04): Simultaneous Equations Models
Simultaneity Bias, Identification, Reduced Form
Estimations Methods: IV, 2SLS, etc.
Hands-on

XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
Saturday Day (11.12.04): Time Series Econometrics I
ARIMA
Hands-on: ARIMA
ARCH/GARCH models
Hands on: ARCH/GARCH model

XXIII
XXIV
XXV

XXVI
Monday (13.12.04): Time Series Econometrics II
V AR Model: Estimation, Impulse Response and Variance Decomposition
Hands-on: V AR
Co integration and Error Correction Models {Engle-Granger and Johanson Methods.
Hands-on

XXVII
XXVIII
Tuesday (14.12.04): Applied Neural Network Analysis
Theory I & II (High Frequency Data like Exchange Rate/Stock Prices, Models)
Hands-on

XXIX
XXX
Wednesday (15.12.04): Macro-econometric Models
Macro-econometric Models (Part I & II)
Hands-on