Teaching

1. Introduction: Econometrics, Data Structure, and Causality (Notes)

2. Review of Probability (Notes)

3. Review of Statistics (Notes)

4. The Simple Regression Model (Notes)

5. Multiple Regression Analysis (Notes)

6. Extensions of the Multiple Regression Model (Notes)

7. Generalizing Error Term Behavior: Heteroscedasticity (Notes)

8. Specification and Data Issues (Notes)

9. Time Series Analysis (Notes)

10. Panel Data (Notes)

11. IV Estimation and 2SLS (Notes)

12. Simultaneous Equations (Notes)

13. Limited Dependent Variable Models (Notes)

14. Topics in Causal Inference (Notes)

15. Topics in Machine Learning (Notes)

0. Introduction: Microeconomics and A Math Review (Notes)

1. Consumer Theory I: Basic Concepts

Budget Constraint, Preferences, Utility, Choice

2. Consumer Theory II: Analysis

Demand, Revealed Preference, Slutsky Equation, Buying and Selling

3. Market I: Comparative Statics

Consumer’s Surplus, Market Demand, Equilibrium (Static Equilibrium)

Midterm 1 (Lectures 1-3)

4. Firm Theory

1) Production Theory: Technology, Profit Maximization

2) Cost Theory: Cost Minimization, Cost Curves

3) Supply: Firm Supply, Industry Supply

5. Market II: Market Structure

Monopoly, Monopoly Behavior, Factor Markets, Oligopoly

Midterm 2 (Lectures 4-5)

6. Game Theory

Game Theory, Game Applications

7. Welfare Economics

Exchange, Production, Welfare (General Equilibrium)

8. Market Failure

Externalities, Public Goods, Asymmetric Information