G30 Topics in Economics (Applied Econometrics I)

Syllabus

1st April 14th Guidance
2nd 21st Bala pp.162-178. Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity, the generalized ARCH model,
3rd 28th Xu pp.188-202. Family of exponential GARCH models, the autoregressive stochastic volatility model
GARCH-in-mean model, realized volatility
4th May 12th Bala pp.202-218. Multivariate GARCH models
5th 19th Xu pp.219-231. Linear state space models, time-varying parameter models, nonlinear state space models
6th 26th Bala pp.242-260. Estimating parameters, additive models
7th June 2nd Cancelled
8th 9th Bala pp.279-293. Long memory models, linear unit root models, vector autoregressive processes and linear cointegration,
nonlinear I(0) processes
9th 16th Xu pp.302-314. Nonparametric estimation in a nonlinear cointegration type framework, stochastic unit root models,
optimization without derivatives
10th 23th Bala pp.329-345. Density estimation, nonparametric regression estimation
11th 30th Xu pp.345-356. Conditional mean forecasts from parametric models, forecasting with nonparametric models, forecast accuracy
12th July 7th Bala pp.356-375. The usefulness of forecasts from nonlinear models, overview of foracsting from nonlinear models, generalized impulse function,
graphical representation, nonparametric and semiparametric models
13th 14th Deng CO2 emission, electricity consumption and GDP in Japan
14th 23rd Katafuchi Gerlach et al. (2000) Efficient Bayesian inference for dynamic mixture models, Journal of the American Statistical Association
15th 28th Zheng Tsutsui and Hirayama (2013) Are Chinese stock investers watching Tokyo?, Japanese Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics