Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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EC 821A Advanced Econometrics I

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 1.5   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1.5
Prerequisite:
EC 820A and EC 820B
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Economics or approval of department.
Description:
Systems of equations; static and dynamic linear panel data models; generalized least squares; generalized method of moments. Offered half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open

EC 821B Advanced Econometrics II

Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 1.5   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1.5
Prerequisite:
EC 820A and EC 820B
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Economics or approval of department.
Description:
Nonlinear models for cross-section and panel data; discrete response models; count data and corner solutions; sample selection issues. Offered half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open

EC 821C Advanced Econometrics III

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 1.5   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1.5
Prerequisite:
EC 820A or EC 820B
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Economics or approval of department.
Not open to students with credit in:
EC 822A
Description:
Fundamentals of time series econometrics; stationary time series; autoregressive moving average models; spectral analysis; vectors of time series; functional central limit theorem; nonstationary time series; deterministic trends and unit roots; stationary and cointegrating regression. Offered half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open

EC 821D Advanced Econometrics IV

Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 1.5   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:1.5
Prerequisite:
EC 820A or EC 820B
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Economics or approval of department.
Description:
Numerical methods in econometrics; Monte Carlo simulation; finite sample properties of estimators and test statistics; the bootstrap; subsampling; simulated method of moments Offered half of semester.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open