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Econ 399 - WINTER 2018
(Last updated: Apr 10, 2018 - updated exam office hours)
Office hours:
Wednesdays 1:00 to 2:30 pm; Thursdays: 1:30 to 2:45 pm
Monday April 23 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Tuesday April 24 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Wednesday April 25 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Email instructor: denise.young@ualberta.ca
(please send e-mail from your U of A account with ECON 399 in the subject line)
Course Materials
Course Materials
GENERAL
List of Topics covered by date
U of A Undergraduate Student’s Guide to Academic Integrity
Sample Mid-term Questions(password required)
Sample Final Exam (password required)
LIBRARY RESOURCES
Data Library (including Data Librarian appointment link)
STUDENT RESOURCES
Class "Handouts"
StatsCan Primer on Seasonal Adjustment
Review of Functional Forms (Econ 299)
Review of Summation and Expectation Operators (Econ 299)
Fitting a Straight Line through a Scatterplot of Data
Serial Correlation Patterns(Excel spreadsheet with graphs)
Data Sets used for Class Examples (excel, password required)
Time Series: Commodity Prices and the Economy Data Set
Cross-Sectional Historical Strike Duration Data Set
Articles Related to Class Examples
Commodity Prices and the Economy
Macdonald, Ryan "A Long-run Version of the Bank of Canada Commodity Price Index, 1870 to 2015,"Statistics Canada Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, Catalogue no. 11F0019M — No. 399
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11f0019m/11f0019m2017399-eng.pdf
Strike Duration
Huberman, M. and D. Young (1999), “Cross Border Unions: Internationals in Canada, 1901-1914," Explorations in Economic History 36, 204-231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/exeh.1999.0716
LAB ASSIGNMENTS
firstdofile.do (Sample "do" file using "First Stata Example" data)
Lab1W18.dta (Stata data set for Lab Assignment #1)
Lab1W18def.txt (variable definitions for Lab Assignment #1)
Lab Assignment #2 (uses same data set as Lab Assignment #1)
Lab3W18.dta (Stata data set for Lab Assignment #3)
Lab3W18def.txt (variable definitions for Lab Assignment #3)
Lab Assignment #4 (uses same data set as Lab Assignment #1)
Lab Assignment #5 (uses same data set as Lab Assignment #1)
Lab Assignment #6 (uses same data set as Lab Assignment #3)
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment #1 Answer WorkSheet
Assignment #2 Answer WorkSheet
STATA EXAMPLES
First Stata Example: Do File (introduction to basics)
Scatter Plot from Example1 (converted to "jpg" format for web viewing)
W18example1.dta(Stata data set: subset of time series variables)
W18example1.xlsx(Spreadsheet version of data set, including summary stats and scatterplot)
Second Stata Example Version 1: Do File (t-tests, confidence intervals, F-tests)
Second Stata Example Version 1: Log File
W18example2.dta(Stata data set: all 40 observations; subset of time series variables)
W18example2.xlsx(Spreadsheet version of data set)
Second Stata Example Version 2: Do File (using alternative growth rate formula for y)
Second Stata Example Version 2: Log File
Third Stata Example: Do File (dummy variables, Chow test)
(updated on Feb. 13)
Fourth Stata Example: Do File (Testing for seasonal effects)
Fourth Stata Example: Log File
Fifth Stata Example: Do File (Dummy dependent variable: Probit, Logit)
Dummy Dependent Variable Worksheet
Sixth Stata Example: Do File (RESET test for functional form)
Seventh Stata Example: Do File (Het tests and robust standard errors)
Seventh Stata Example: Log File
Heteroskedasticity Test Worksheet
Eighth Stata Example: Do File (Auto tests, Prais and Newey)
Eighth Stata Example: Log File
Ninth Stata Example: Do File (Dynamic models, VIFs)
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