Empirical Public Economics

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
    Domain Economics
    Code UE-EEP.00150
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Lecture
    Level Master
    Semester SP-2021

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Friday , Cours bloc (Spring semester)
    Hours per week
    		3

    Teaching

    Teachers
    • Schelker Mark
    Assistants
    • Schmutz Yannick
    • Stempfel Florence
    Description

    This seminar integrates recent contributions in public economic theory with the latest methods for causal inference in applied econometrics. The focus will be on problems in public economics. Econometric concepts are primarily introduced to understand important mechanisms in public economics and not for the sake of statistical modeling. In that respect the course is a natural companion with the courses in applied econometrics offered by Prof. Huber.
    Basic knowledge of econometrics becomes more and more important for anybody who wishes to work for the government, NGO’s and private firms. This is due to the fact that econometric methods belong (by now) to the standard tools for policy evaluation in the public sector or market research in private firms.

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    Training objectives The participants will learn to evaluate empirical studies in public economics and to plan their own research project. The course covers the most important empirical approaches in public economics. We will discuss how these empirical approaches are used to analyze selected issues in public economics and for policy evaluation.
    Softskills No
    Off field No
    BeNeFri Yes
    Mobility Yes
    UniPop No

    Documents

    Bibliography Angrist, Joshua D. and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2009). Mostly harmless econometrics. An empiricist’s companion. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
    Hindriks, Jean and Gareth D. Myles (2006). Intermediate public economics. Cambrigde: MIT Press.
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    26.02.2021 08:15 - 12:00 Cours PER 21, Room B207
    23.04.2021 08:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room B207
    21.05.2021 08:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room C120
    28.05.2021 08:15 - 13:00 Cours PER 21, Room E040
    28.05.2021 13:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room C230
  • Assessments methods

    Oral exam - SP-2021, Session de rattrapage 2021

    Date 25.08.2021 08:00 - 12:00
    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Prüfungsdauer 15 Min.

    Nur als Wiederholung

    Travail et exposé - SP-2021, Session d'été 2021

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