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Calendar

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Week # Topics Key dates
1 Introduction: The Methods and Applications of Econometrics  
2-4 Multiple Regression, the Linear Statistical Model, Tests of Hypothesis  
5 Large Sample Statistical Theory: Consistency, Asymptotic Normality, and Efficiency  
6 Heteroskedasticity, Autocorrelation, and Robust Variance Estimation  
7 Review Midterm Exam
8-9 Generalized Least Squares, Heteroskedasticity and Serial Correlation  
10-11 Nonorthogonality of Regressors and Errors: Correlation Between Regressors and Errors, Errors in Variables, Instrumental Variables and Specification Tests  
12 Panel Data  
13-14 Nonlinear Specifications, Limited Dependent Variables and Maximum Likelihood Estimation  
15 Review Final Exam