Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis"

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Interpreting multiple regression outputs effectively.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

• Planning and executing a basic empirical research project, beginning from formulating the research question to making conclusions and providing straightforward policy recommendations.
• Acquiring quantitative methods that are valuable for a quantitative dissertation.

INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT
(Limited) Ability to evaluate scientific articles using basic econometric tools, highlighting their strengths and limitations.

LEARNING SKILLS
Ability to autonomously develop the study of econometric methods not covered in the course.

It will provide tools for analyzing cross-sectional and panel data using a non-experimental approach. The ultimate goal of the course is to define causal effects and analyze the challenges associated with identifying causal effects.

There will be lectures where:

• Econometric methods will be taught using slides.
• The results of selected papers by the instructor will be interpreted.
• Exercises will be carried out using a laptop and Stata.

The entire course will be managed on the Moodle platform. It is mandatory to register for both the Moodle course page, which will contain all the educational materials, and the course page on Campusnet (which will not contain educational materials).

[To be evaluated] Assignment where a dataset will be provided and students will be asked to write Stata code for a specific empirical analysis.

Final written exam where both the theoretical understanding of the econometric tools taught during the course and the comprehension of scientific papers will be assessed. To this end, students will be provided with a paper to study independently, and their comprehension skills will be evaluated based on that paper.

Students affected by Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) or disability are invited to read carefully the supporting tools (https://en.unito.it/services/students-special-needs-0) and facilities made available by the University of Turin (SLD: https://en.unito.it/services/students-special-needs/students-specific-learning-disability-sld/services-students-sld; disability: https://en.unito.it/services/students-special-needs/disabled-students/services-disabled-students), and, in particular, the procedures to follow in order to receive support for the exams (SLD: https://en.unito.it/services/students-special-needs/students-specific-learning-disability-sld/support-taking-exams; disability: https://en.unito.it/services/students-special-needs/disabled-students/support-taking-exams-disabled-students).