Applied Econometrics


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE ECO0012 SEMESTER 8th
COURSE TITLE APPLIED ECONOMETRICS
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.
TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
Lectures and practice exercises course (3+2) 5
     
     
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Specialization
PREREQUISITES:

 

TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: Yes (in English)
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01263/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
Upon the completion of the course the students

·         will have acquired the basic knowledge to study the validity of the economic theory with the use of Statistics and Mathematics through the estimation and evaluation of economic models

General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

               Knowledge on Statistics, Economic Theory and Mathematics

•               Ability to implement theories on the survey of existing economic theories

•               Ability for analysis and Synthesis

  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.       General Concepts (Random variables, Expected value of a random variable Variance, Standard deviation of a random variable, covariance of two random variables, X,Y Expected value of a random variable, variance, standard deviation of a random variable.

2.       Useful distributions  (Normal distribution, , chi square _ distribution, Τ-distribution, F-distribution),

3.       Simple regression (Two variable model) (Economic Theory, Basic assumptions of the linear model Υ = β1 + β2Χ + e, Sample Regression,

4.       The method of ordinary least squares (application to the model: Υ = β1 + β2Χ + e), (Solution with sums, Matrix solution,

5.       Application of regression Variance-Covariance of random error, Attributes of b estimate),

6.       Hypothesis testing (t-ratio of b , The coefficient of determination r2 , Correlation coefficient r, Evaluation of the sub – sample),

7.       General Model Y = β Χ + β Χ +…+ β Χ + e (By the method of matrix-tables) (Presentation of the model Y = b X + b X +…+ b X + e, Appraisers fluctuations – covariance of rates, the coefficient of multiple determination R, Sums squares tabular assessment model, assessment of individual factors, Evaluation of the entire design),

8.       Resolving the three variables model Y = b + b X + b X + e checksum (Solving the three variables model, the coefficient of multiple determination R, the corrected coefficient multiple determination, and Some Simple Coefficient of determination, coefficient of determination Simple, Some factors identification, assessment of the variability of the disturbing term fluctuations b, b,

9.       Testing of Linear restrictions on some coefficients regression, the statistical relationship between F and the coefficient of determination R2,

10.   Violations of Linear Model assumptions (Multi collinearity, Testing the existence of multi collinearity, Estimation methods of models with multi – collinearity

11.   Autocorrelation, Autocorrelation of first order, Consequences of autocorrelation,

12.   Autocorrelation tests (Graphical depict of the residuals, Durbin-Watson Test, t-statistic test, h Durbin criterion), Test for autocorrelation of greater order ( Breusch-Godfrey Test, F-criterion test), Estimation methods of models with autocorrelation,

13.   Heteroscedasticity, Heteroscedasticity tests, (Spearman coefficient of correlation, Goldfeld-Quand criterion, White criterion), Estimation methods of models with heteroscedasticity.

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODSEVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
Face to face, Distance Learning
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
§  Power point

§  eclass

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

Activity Workload/semester
Activity Semester workload
   
Lectures 39
Laboratory courses 26
Individual study 60
   
Course total 125
(25-hour workload per credit unit)  
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

 

Written exams at the end of the semester both on theory and exercises

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
               Maddala G.S. (2010). Introduction to Econometrics, 4th Edition Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, UK.

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Eleni Zafeiriou
Contact details: ezafeir@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) Eleni Zafeiriou
Evaluation methods: (2) Final Exams written
Implementation Instructions: (3) The subjects of the exams will be provided through a file that will be uploaded in the field projects for a specific time period according to the program of exams.

The answers by the students will be provided by the students through multimedia files.

Each exercise will be graded while the exam contribution will be 100%,

The exam is simultaneous for all the students

The participation in the exams can be done with the use of their institutional account.