課程名稱 |
應用個體經濟學一 Applied Microeconomics (Ⅰ) |
開課學期 |
107-2 |
授課對象 |
社會科學院 經濟學研究所 |
授課教師 |
林明仁 |
課號 |
ECON7203 |
課程識別碼 |
323 M2960 |
班次 |
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學分 |
2.0 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
選修 |
上課時間 |
星期二8,9(15:30~17:20) |
上課地點 |
社科研605 |
備註 |
與狄萊合授 限碩士班以上 總人數上限:15人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1072ECON7203_ |
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課程概述 |
This is a freakonomics style course, aka, applied microeconomics.
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課程目標 |
Our purpose is to see how to use economics to understand the real world, ie: how people react to incentives. We focus on how to use OLS, Randomize Trial, Instrumental Variables, Difference-in-Difference, Regression Discontinuity, to estimate the causal effect. Examples in Education, Health, Labor, Crime, Family, Development, and Political Economics will be discussed. |
課程要求 |
Presentation(30%), Term paper Proposal(30%), problem set (30%)and class participation(10%). |
預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
另約時間 |
指定閱讀 |
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評量方式 (僅供參考) |
No. |
項目 |
百分比 |
說明 |
1. |
Presentation |
30% |
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2. |
Term Paper Proposal |
30% |
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3. |
Problem Set |
30% |
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4. |
Participation |
10% |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
2/19 |
Introduction Patrick/MJ/(CF if available ) |
第2週 |
2/26 |
what is applied micro economics? (MJ) |
第3週 |
3/5 |
Causal Effects and Experimental Ideal/Introduction (Patrick). READ CHAPTER 1 and 2 of MOSTLY HARMLESS ECONOMETRICS |
第4週 |
3/12 |
OLS and correlation in the error terms, Clustered Standard Errors |
第5週 |
3/19 |
Omitted Variable Bias and Instrumental Variables |
第6週 |
3/26 |
Panel Data Sets, Fixed Effects, and Difference in Difference |
第7週 |
4/2 |
Holiday |
第8週 |
4/9 |
Propensity Score Matching and Synthetic Control Groups; How to give an applied micro talk (CHANGE TO POWER CALCULATIONS TALK) |
第9週 |
4/16 |
8 minute flash presentations Day 1 |
第10週 |
4/23 |
8 minute flash presentations Day 2 |
第11週 |
4/30 |
Applications in Labor Economics 1 (Focus on Experiments) |
第12週 |
5/7 |
Applications in Labor Economics 2 (Focus on Experiments) |
第13週 |
5/14 |
Behavioral Economics 1 (Focus on Experiments) |
第14週 |
5/21 |
Behavioral Economics 2 (Focus on Experiments) |
第15週 |
5/28 |
to be announced -- perhaps Machine Learning, Monte Carlo techniques, or room to finish topic |
第16週 |
6/4 |
Regression Discontinuity(Elliott) |
第17週 |
6/11 |
Elliott -- Regression Discontinuity |
第18週 |
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Applied Micro Marathon |
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