Department of Economics

ECON232: Econometric Principles

Lecturer in charge

Dr Roselyne Joyeux

Availability

D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year

Unit Outline

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Description

This unit is highly recommended to students majoring in economics, econometrics, marketing, applied finance and business administration.

Covers the use of quantitative methods in economics, accounting, marketing and finance. Specification, estimation and testing of linear models are studied. Statistical techniques are developed within the context of particular applications drawn from economics, market research and finance. The econometric software package Shazam is used extensively for data analysis.