Economics 671 course page

This is the course webpage for Economics 671 at Iowa State, PhD Econometrics (Fall 2016). The class meets 9–11 in Heady 272 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The TA for this fall is Jiaoting Shi and his contact information is on the course syllabus. Before emailing me or the TA about this class, please read these email guidelines (written by Michael Leddy).

Links to course material and reading

• Course syllabus with contact information and class details
• Frequently Asked Questions.
• Slack.
• Required textbooks:
  • Hayashi (2000), Econometrics
  • Ramanathan (1993), Statistical Methods in Econometrics
• Additional required reading:
  • Imbens and Wooldridge (2009), Recent developments in the econometrics of program evaluation
  • Rubin (2008), For objective causal inference, design trumps analysis
• Recommended textbooks:
  • Thomson (2011), A Guide for the Young Economist
  • Freedman (2009), Statistical Models: Theory and Practice, second edition
• A list of additional free econometrics resources (with especially relevant material here)
• You can use Blackboard Learn to check your grade throughout the semester and to send messages to your team. But all of the course material will be put on this webpage.

Material from previous years

I’ve changed the order and presentation of the material substantially from year to year, so don’t use past exams as study guides. But the old exams might help you learn what sort of questions I find interesting.

• 2015 syllabus and reading guide
• 2014 syllabus and reading guide
• 2013 syllabus and final exam
• 2012 syllabus, midterm 1 and midterm 2
• 2011 syllabus, midterm, and final
• 2010 syllabus, midterm, and final
• 2009 syllabus, midterm, and final

Feel free to use any of this material if you are teaching a similar class. I will try to help out with lecture notes, etc., if you email me: gcalhoun@iastate.edu.

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