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Courses - Spring 2025
ECON
Economics Department Site
Open Seats as of
12/21/2024 at 10:30 PM
ECON722
(Perm Req)
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: ECON624; or permission of BSOS-Economics department.
Orientated towards micro-econometric methods. Topics covered will be selected from the following: Further discussion of topics covered in ECON624, binary and multinomial response models, semiparametric and non-parametric estimation, machine learning algorithms, neural nets, and applications of ML to program evaluation and treatment effects methods. Introduces students to Python programming and Python ML toolkits Scikit and PyTorch. Structural econometrics, the identification problem, stratified and clustered samples, spatial and social network models, dynamic panel data models, weak instruments, non-parametric and semi-parametric estimation methods, boot strap and Jack Knife methods, pre-test estimators.