ECN 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Seminar in Microeconometrics

4 credits (Fall Term 2)

This economics seminar will prepare students to understand and perform modern microeconometric analyses. Topics will include OLS regression, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, and synthetic control. Students will write a research paper using one of these methods and micro data. In addition to learning and implementing these tools, students will learn to speak the increasingly universal language of applied microeconometrics.

Prerequisite: ECN 280, ECN 282, and ECN 286.
Instructor: Ohrn