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ECON 422 Macroeconometrics

18 points. Semester 1.

Overview

Examines aspects of time series econometrics useful in estimating and testing macroeconomic relationships. The main emphasis is on econometric analysis of non-stationary data and co integration. Topics will include basic concepts in time-series analysis (stationarity, order of integration, ARIMA processes, Box-Jenkins modelling), equilibrium (error) correction mechanisms, general-to-specific modelling, non-stationarity in economic time series, testing for unit roots, cointegration, testing for cointegration, modelling with cointegrated variables.

Paper coordinator

Dorian Owen

Prerequisite

ECON 375

Course Outline

You can download the 2008 Course Outline in pdf format.