New Econometric Methods OpenCourseWare: A Free MIT Grad-Level Econometrics Course

Published Jan 17, 2009

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Learn about new econometric models in this free OpenCourseWare offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 'New Econometric Methods' provides students with several new models to evaluate nonlinear econometric data. Econometrics and Econometrics I are prerequisites for this course.

New Econometrics Methods: Course Specifics

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New Econometrics Methods: Course Description

This course teaches students about new econometric models. Their study will include duration models, auction models and nonseparable models. Students also learn how these models contribute to structural estimation. This free course explores the generalized method of moments and its application in microeconomics and macroeconomics. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Cambridge, MA, provides this course about advances in econometrics, which includes different forms of estimation and their applications. Constant and random treatment affects are also explored, which cover the way interest is earned, like accrued interest in a bank account. Students learn how to use various econometric methods and models to determine the outcome of data. MIT Professor Whitney Newey teaches this course about the practical applications of new econometric models and methods.

Assignments some readings for this course are available online for free. To learn more or to take the course, visit the new econometrics methods course page.

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