ECON 6220 - Econometric Analysis II

This course covers modern causal inference methods to evaluate economic policies. The course distinguishes point, global and partial identification of structural economic parameters and stresses the importance of identification for meaningful policy evaluation. The theory of instrumental variables estimation of structural economic models is extensively developed. Rubin's causal model is used to formally define the concept of a causal regression. The course introduces differences-in-differences, propensity scores and regression discontinuity experimental designs for evaluating economic programs in observational studies. All of the econometric methods are implemented using the R statistical programming language.

Note: Open to graduate students only.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ECON 6190 with a grade of "C" or better

Credits: 3 hours

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