Quantitative Economics

Format. We will meet in larger groups in odd weeks, and smaller groups in even weeks. The larger groups will run more like classes, in which I will do most of the work at the whiteboard; whereas the smaller groups will run as tutorials, in which I will ask each of you to give an exposition of the solution to an assigned problem, with help from me or the rest of the group as needed. (We will rotate fairly through each group, so that one person does not end up doing all the work.)

Groups. 

1. Emily, Jack, Saira, Joshua

2. Treya, Joseph C, Yuh Xian

3. Frederik, Mitchell, Emeline, Alistair

4. Jennifer, Miyoshi, Anna, Joseph T

Scheduling. The groups above meet at the following times in odd- and even-numbered weeks:

1. Odd: Mon, 15:00; Even: Mon, 14:00

2. Odd: Mon, 15:00; Even: Mon, 16:00

3. Odd: Tue, 15:00; Even: Tue, 14:00

4. Odd: Tue, 15:00; Even: Tue, 16:00

All meetings run for 2 hours. Meeting venues are:

• Odd: Manor Road Building: Seminar Room B.

• Even: Corpus Christi College: Staircase 10, Room 3. 

Problems. For each tutorial, please attempt the recommended problems (and complete the reading) indicated at the top of the week's worksheet, as posted on the course Canvas page.

Submission of work. You have been emailed instructions for submitting your work electronically (as a pdf) via canvas. Please see these instructions on how to most effectively create scans of your written work. The submission deadline is 17:00 on Saturday; the first piece of work is due on the Saturday before TT1, i.e. on 20 April.

Revision Classes

Scheduled for:

• Friday 9:00--11:00 in HT8, TT1, TT2 and TT3: Seminar Room G, Manor Road Building [top floor]

Our first session will review the 2024 collection paper. The subsequent three sessions will review questions from recent past exams, organised thematically as follows. (Note that you already have solutions to all exams from 2020 and earlier via the course Canvas page.) I will give priority to the starred questions (likely all we will have time to cover), and will try to cover a combination of Part A (particularly for time series) and Part B questions.

Regression and causal inference (TT1)

• Part A: 2023q1; 2023q3; 2021q3*;

• Part B (applied): 2023q4*; 2023q5; 2022q4; 2022q5*; 2021q4*

• Part B (theoretical): 2021q6

Instrumental variables (TT2)

• Part A: 2022q3*

• Part B (applied): 2021q5*; 2020q7*; 2019q6*

• Part B (theoretical): 2023q6*; 2022q6

Time series (TT3)

• Part A: 2023q2*; 2022q2*; 2021q2*; 2020q2*

• Part B: 2024q7*; 2023q7*; 2022q7; 2021q7