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Economics 311: Assignment List, Due Dates, and Exam Schedule

The following is a list of assignments and due dates. All assignments are due in class on the date listed below. In fairness to other students, late assignments will be penalized 1/2 grade for each day or partial day past the due date. Assignments handed in more than 5 days after the due date will not be accepted.

A comprehensive exam will given during final examination week. This examination is currently scheduled for Monday, December 15th from 1-4pm, but may change due to scheduling conflicts. The exact date and time of the final will be confirmed in the second part of the semester by the Registrar's Office.

Week 1: September 3-5

Week 9:   October 27-31

Week 2: September 8-12

Week 10: November 3 -7

Week 3: September 15 -19

Week 11: November 10 -14

Week 4: September 22 -26

Week 12: November 17 -21

Week 5: September 29 -October 3

Week 13: November 24-26

Week 6: October 6 -10

Week 14: December 1-5

Week 7: October 13 -17

Week 15: December 8 -10

Week 8: Fall Break October 20-24

Monday
Wednesday
Friday

Week 1

August 27

 

 

September 3
Introduction

Studenmund, Chapter 1 (up to page 6)

Best, Joel "Telling the Truth about Damned Lies and Statistics"

 

 

September 5
Overview of Regression Analysis

Studenmund, Chapter 1 (page 6 to end)

 

 

Week 2

September 8
Ordinary Least Squares

Studenmund, Chapter 2

 

September 10
Ordinary Least Squares

Studenmund, Chapter 2

September 12
Introduction to Stata


Assignment Due:
Chapter 1: 3, 4, 5, 11, and 12

Week 3

September 15
Running Regressions

Studenmund, Chapter 3



 

 

September 17
Classical Model

Studenmund, Chapter 4

Assignment Due:
Chapter 2: 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 13

 

September 19

Class Cancelled

Week 4

September 22
Classical Model

Studenmund, Chapter 4

 

September 24
Statistics

Studenmund, Chapter 16

September 26
Statistics

Studenmund, Chapter 16

 

Assignment Due:
Chapter 3: 2, 3, 7, 8 and 10



Week 5

September 29
Statistics

Studenmund, Chapter 16

October 1
Hypothesis Testing

Studenmund, Chapter 5

October 3
Hypothesis Testing

Studenmund, Chapter 5 & Appendix

Assignment Due:
Chapter 4: 4, 5 and 9
Chapter 16: 5, 7, 9 and 13



Week 6

October 6

Gwartney and Hawort "Employer Costs and Discrimination: The Case of Baseball"

 

Assignment Due:
Questions for Class

October 8
Model Specification - Variable Selection

Studenmund, Chapter 6 & Appendix

October 10

Midterm Exam

 

 

Assignment Due:
Chapter 5: 2, 5, 6 (part a only), 9, 13 and 14


Week 7

October 13
Model Specification - Variable Selection

Studenmund, Chapter 6 and appendix

October 15
Model Specification - Functional Form


Studenmund, Chapter 7

October 17
Model Specification - Functional Form


Studenmund, Chapter 7

 

Assignments Due:
Chapter 6: 2, 3, 11, 13 and 15

Week 8

 

Fall Break: October 20-24

 

Week 9

October 27
Multicollinearity

Studenmund, Chapter 8

October 29
Multicollinearity

Studenmund, Chapter 8 & Appendix

October 31


Deere et al. "Employment and the 1990-1991 Minimum-Wage Hike"

Assignment Due:
Chapter 7: 4, 7 (parts a, c and d only) 14 and 16


Questions for Class



Week 10

November 3
Serial Correlation

Studenmund, Chapter 9


November 5
Serial Correlation

Studenmund, Chapter 9

 

November 7
Heteroskedasticity

Studenmund, Chapter 10

Assignment Due:
Chapter 8: 6, 9, 11, 12 and 16
Chapter 9: 2




Week 11

November 10
Heteroskedasticity

Studenmund, Chapter 10

Studenmund, Chapter 11

 

November 12
Presentation

Tufte, Visual Explanations. Chapter 2.

Tufte, Beautiful Evidence. Pages 122-155. (Recommended: Pages 156-185 for a discussion of Powerpoint)

November 14

 

Midterm Exam

 

Assignment Due:
Chapter 9: 11 and 13 (don't forget part d at the top of page 342)
Chapter 10: 2, 4 (a and b only), 5 , 7 and 13




Week 12

November 17
Time-Series Models

Studenmund, Chapter 12

November 19
Time-Series Models

Studenmund, Chapter 12

November 21

Feldstein, Martin. 1996. Social Security and Saving: New Time Series Evidence National Tax Journal 49 (June): 151-164.

Assignment Due:
Questions for Class



Week 13

November 24
Dummy Dependent Variable Models

Studenmund, Chapter 13

November 26
Dummy Dependent Variable Models

Studenmund, Chapter 13

Assignment Due:
Chapter 12: 2, 5, 6, 9 and 11

November 28

Thanksgiving Break



Week 14

December 1

Chaloupka and Wechsler "Binge Drinking in College: The Impact of Price, Availability, and Alcohol Control Policies"

Leonhardt "To Reduce the Cost of Teenage Temptation, Why Not Just Raise the Price of Sin?"

Assignment Due: Questions for Class

 

December 3
Simultaneous Equations

Studenmund, Chapter 14

December 5
Simultaneous Equations

Studenmund, Chapter 14

Assignment Due:
Chapter 13: 2, 5, 6 and 9

Week 15

December 8
Forecasting

Studenmund, Chapter 15

December 10

Fair "Econometrics and Presidential Elections" and "The Effect of Economic Events on Votes for President: 2004 Update" and Voting Equation

The Economist "America Extrapolated: Tomorrow Will be Different"

Assignments Due:
Questions for Class &
Chapter 14: 2, 7 (a & b only), 8 and 13

The in-class final exam is scheduled for Monday, December 15th from 1-4pm. The take home part of the final exam will be distributed in class on Wednesday, December 10th.

 

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