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.

 

 

Introduction to Business Administration


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE ECO0009 SEMESTER 7th
COURSE TITLE INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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 exercises (4) 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/OPE01204/
  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 should be able to;

·        Develop professional skills for business communication and management.

·        Conceptualize the linkage of business planning, organizing, leading and controlling.

·        Build business managerial plans and innovative ideas in product development.

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

§ Project preparation

§ Data Survey, synthesis, record and presentation of the finding with the assistance of information systems

§ Innovation and original thinking

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
·        Definition, content, objectives of business administration

·        The economic, political and social environment of business.

·        Categories of economic units.

·        Definition of management. Historical development of science and practice of management.

·        Key areas of business. The management of personnel and human relations.

·        The functioning of the Organization of Enterprise. The functioning of the Directorate of Operations.

·        The function of the Control of Business.

·        Decision making in business.

·        The financial enterprise.

·         SMEs.

·         International MANAGEMENT.

·        Corporate social responsibility.

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

§  e-class Platform

§  Communication via email

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
Project 26
Individual study 60
   
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

 

125

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

 

 
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

Essay Report

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
S. Ross, R. Westerfield, J. Jaffe, B. Jordan Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Est) 4th Edition

 

 

 

 

 

 

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) Yes
Evaluation methods: (2) Written Assignment/Oral Examination via eclass platform
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.

 

Agricultural and food marketing


COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE ECO0007 SEMESTER 7th, 9th
COURSE TITLE Agricultural and food marketing
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 Laboratory Exercises / Practice Exercises 5 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

Scientific area, skill development
PREREQUISITES:

 

TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS:
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01222/
  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.
The aim of the course if to provide students with knowledge of the basic concepts of agro-food marketing. In particular, upon the completion of the course, students should be able to:

(a) Apprehend the principles of marketing and obtain skills that will allow them to succeed in different marketing environments.

(b) Understand the structure of agro-food product markets and marketing channels.

(c) Comprehend new consumption patterns and emerging trends.

d) Comprehend the consumer behavior models and the buying behavior models.

(e) Conceptualize the principles of global agro-food marketing environment.

(f)  Analyze strategic planning and marketing process.

 

 

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

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
·         Introduction to agricultural and food marketing – Analysis of agricultural and food markets.

·         Agricultural production and marketing. Agricultural and food markets and marketing channels.

·         Corporate and division strategic planning – Strategic formulation – Strategic control – Efficiency control – SWOT analysis.

·         Portfolio analysis. Growth strategies. Marketing process.

·         Marketing strategies for ensuring the competitive advantage. Marketing mix development.

·         The global market of agricultural products and foods. Dealing with competition in agricultural and food markets. Global marketing – Developing a strategic marketing plan in the global market.

·         Product characteristics and classification. Brand equity – Brand name decision – Brand strategy decision – Brand repositioning.

·         Differentiation – Differentiation tools.

·         Product positioning – Positioning strategies.

·         Product life cycle marketing strategies. Developing new products.

·         Levels of market segmentation – Segmenting consumers and business markets. Consumer behavior. Buying behavior.

.         Promotion tools (Sales promotion – Advertising and advertising programs-digital marketing).

·         Case studies for agro-food products.

 

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODSEVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
In classroom (face to face)
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
e-class platform, e-media use, power point presentations
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
Lectures 39
Practice exercises 26
Team or individual projects in the classroom 20
Individual study 40
Course total 125
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

Individual or team projects

Students having ascertained dyslexia problems are examined with oral methods

Students have access to their essay at any time

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
·         Norwood B.F., Lusk J.L. Marketing and Prices of Agricultural Products. Editors: Mattas, K., Rezitis A., Tsakiridou E. Broken Hill Publishers Ltd, 2012.

·         Armstrong G., Kotler P. Introduction to Marketing. Epikentro Publications, 2009.

·         Aurier P., Siriex L. Marketing of Agro-food Products. Propobos Publications, 2010.

·         Fahy J., Jobber D.  Marketing Principles. Kritiki Publications, 2014.

·         Pantouvakis A., Siomkos G., Christou E. Marketing, Livani Publications, 2015.

·         Dimitriadis S., Tzortzaki A.M. Marketing: Principles – Strategies – Applications. Rosili Publications, 2010.

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

Teacher (full name): Elena Raptou
Contact details: elenra@agro.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) No
Evaluation methods: (2) Written examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.

 

Implementation Instructions: (3) The examinations will be carried out according to the examination program that will be announced by the secretariat of the Department

The examination in the course will be written and carried out using e-class.

First, students will have to join Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business in order to be identified. The link of the Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business meeting will be sent to students via e-class, exclusively to the institutional accounts of those who have registered for the course and have learned the terms of distance teaching. Students will have to log in to the examination room through their institutional account; otherwise they will not be able to participate. Before the start of the exam, students will show their identity card to the camera, so that they can be identified

Then, students will join e-class for their examination. Students will have to answer 20 questions (True of False). Each of the questions is scored with 0.5 credits.

 

 

  • Please write YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

 

  1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
  2. b) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.
  3. c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of students eligible to participate in the examination.