Syllabus

Course Code: M-BECOE-045    Course Name: Group 1 - Quantitative Economics) - Econometrics-II

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Distributed Lag Models and Causality Tests
Auto Regressive and Distributed lag Models- Koyak Model, Partial Adjust Model, Adaptive Expectations; Almon Approach to distributed-lag model; Causality tests; Granger and Sim’s Test.
Reading List
• Gujarati, D.N. (1995). Basic Econometrics. McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
• Koutsoyiannis, A. (1977). Theory of Econometrics. The Macmillan Press Ltd. London.
• Pindyck R.S. & Rubinfield, D.L. (1976). Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts. McGraw Hill Kogakusha Tokyo.
2 Dummy Variable Technique
Testing Structural Stability of Regression Models, Comparing two regressions, interaction effects, seasonal analysis, piecewise linear Regression; Regression with dummy dependent variables; The LPM, Logit and Probit Models.
Reading List
• Amemiya, T. (1985). Advanced Econometrics. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
• Baltagi, B.H. (1988). Econometrics. Springer, New York.
• Gujarati, D.N. (1995). Basic Econometrics. McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
• Kmenta J. (1998). Elements of Econometrics. University of Michigan Press, NewYork.
• Koutsoyiannis, A. (1977). Theory of Econometrics. The Macmillan Press Ltd. London.
• Shyamala, S., Kaur, Navdeep & Pragasam, T. Arul (2009). A Text book on Econometrics Theory and Applications. Vishal Publishing Company Jalandhar.
• Wooldridge, J. M. (2009). Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach. South-Western Cengage Learning, USA.
3 Simultaneous Equation Methods
Methods of Estimating Simultaneous Equation System: Indirect Least Squares (ILS), Instrumental Variables (IV), 2SLS and 3SLS Methods; Basic idea and outline of Limited Information Maximum Likelihood (LIML), FIML & SURE Methods; Application to theory of firm – Estimation of Cobb Douglas and CES Production Functions.
Reading List
• Gujarati, D.N. (1995). Basic Econometrics. McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
• Kmenta J. (1998). Elements of Econometrics. University of Michigan Press, New York.
• Koutsoyiannis, A. (1977). Theory of Econometrics. The Macmillan Press Ltd. London.
4 Time Series and Panel Data Methods
Time Series: Stationarity, Unit Roots, Co-Integration, Dicky Fuller Test, Random Walk Model, Forecasting with ARIMA and VAR Models-Box Jenkins Methodology, Vector Auto Regression (VAR).
Introduction to Panel Data Methods: Problems with panel data, Pooled OLS, Random effects and fixed effects models.
Reading List
• Amemiya, T. (1985). Advanced Econometrics. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
• Baltagi, B.H. (2020). Econometric Analysis of Panel Data. Springer, New York.
• Enders, Walter (2010). Applied Econometric Time Series. John Wiley & Sons,
• Gujarati, D.N. (1995).Basic Econometrics. McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
• Harvey, Andrew C. (1999). The Econometric Analysis of Time Series. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Kmenta J. (1998). Elements of Econometrics. University of Michigan Press, NewYork.
• Shyamala, S., Kaur, Navdeep & Pragasam, T. Arul (2009). A Text book on Econometrics Theory and Applications. Vishal Publishing Company Jalandhar.
• Wooldridge, J. M. (2002). Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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