Announcements (old announcements can be found at the bottom of this page)
2023/12/26 23:10 As repeatedly announced in the class,
Basic Course Information
Instructor: Naoki Wakamori
Office hours: 12:30-13:30 on Thursday
Office: Room 326, Isono Research Building
Syllabus (Reading list will be updated)
Problem Sets
You can submit your answer sheet through manaba at any time and I will try to check your answer in one week.
Problem Set #1: [Problem] [Data for Q2] [Some tips for generating random numbers]
Problem Set #2: [Problem] [Data for Q2]
Course material
Class 01 (09.12): Introduction [Slides]
Class 02 (09.19): Numerical Optimization [Slides] [Jupyter Notebook] [Sample Data]
Class 03 (10.03): Demand Estimation for Differentiated Products [Slides] [Bresnahan (1987)] [Berry (1994)] [McFadden (1974)]
Class 04 (10.17): Standard Errors and Discrete Choice Models with Micro Data [Slides]
Class 05 (10.24): Demand Estimation for Differentiated Products [Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995)] [Cardell (1997)]
Class 06 (10.31): [Room 401] Discrete Choice Models with Macro Data and Nested Fixed Point Algorithm [Slides] [Data] [Code]
Class 07 (11.07): Demand Estimation for Differentiated Products [Nevo (2000)] [Nevo (2001)] [Gandhi and Houde (2020)]
Class 08 (11.14): Production Function Estimation [Slides] [Sample Data] [Olley and Pakes (1996)]
Class 09 (11.21): Production Function Estimation [Levinsohn and Petrin (2003)] [Ackerberg, Caves, and Fraser (2015)]
Class 10 (11.28): Estimating Static Games [Slides] [Bresnahan and Reisss (1991a)] [Bresnahan and Reisss (1991b)]
Class 11 (12.05): Estimating Static Games [Slides]
Class 12 (12.12): Estimating Static Games [Slides]
Class 13 (12.19): Some Applications and Q&A Session
Old Announcements
2023/11/28 17:45 Problem Set #4 is revised and the link to Problem Set #3 is now corrected.
2023/11/27 23:50 Problem Set 3 has been posted. Sorry for the delay...
2023/11/24 23:52 Problem Set 4 has been posted. Problem Set 3 will be posted soon (hopefully by the end of this weekend).
2023/10/03 11:00 Our classroom is now officially changed to Room #31!
2023/09/25 17:57 I am really sorry, but due to my health conditions, tomorrow's class (September 26) will be cancelled.
2023/09/20 13:24 Question 1 of Problem Set #1 requires generating some random numbers. I will explain it at the beginning of Class #3.
2023/09/20 13:25 Office hours on Thursday, September 21, is cancelled. I am sorry for my short notice.
2023/09/19 12:30 Our classroom has be changed from Room 35 to Room 31 (on the same floor)! Sorry for my short notice.