Postgraduate Course: Econometrics A (ECNM11054)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | To provide training in econometric methods, to enable students to make critical assessments of applied work and to use econometric techniques .  We will cover topics including: the fundamentals of the general linear model, OLS, GLS, Gauss-Markov Theorem; large sample theory, Instrumental Variables (IV), linear and nonlinear Generalised Method of Moments (GMM), maximum likelihood (ML); robust covariance estimation, specification testing; system estimation and  panel data; and other techniques. | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  none | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
|     You will be able to critically assess applied work as well as to undertake your own using appropriate econometric techniques.
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Additional Information
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Tatiana Kornienko 
Tel: 0131 650 8338 
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Course secretary | Ms Grace Oliver 
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