ECON 3370 Experiments and Causality in Economics 3.0 Credits
This course covers state-of-the-art statistical techniques for identifying causal effects including matching models, field experiments, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables, event studies, fixed effects, difference in differences, partial identification, and simulation. Students will study these techniques by applying them to data used in published papers from a variety of fields in economics and social science (e.g., health, labor, environment, business, taxation).
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: (ECON 201 [Min Grade: C] or ECON 1201 [Min Grade: C]) and (ECON 202 [Min Grade: C] or ECON 1202 [Min Grade: C]) and (STAT 201 [Min Grade: C] or STAT 2201 [Min Grade: C] or MATH 311 [Min Grade: C] or MATH 2801 [Min Grade: C]) and (ECON 350 [Min Grade: C] or ECON 2350 [Min Grade: C])