Professor Elisabeth Sadoulet (esadoulet@berkeley.edu)
GSI Kyle Emerick (kemerick@berkeley.edu)
Lectures: Tuesday & Thursday 9:30-11
am, 141 Giannini Hall
Sections: Wednesday 8-9 am (243 Dwinelle
Hall)
3-4
pm (234 Dwinelle Hall)
Office Hours
Professor Sadoulet: Wednesday 10am-12pm (213 Giannini Hall)
GSI Kyle Emerick: Thursday 1-2pm (234 Giannini Hall)
Monday 10-11am (234 Giannini Hall, only on weeks when problem sets are due)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
October 4:
The midterm review session will be held on
Sunday October 16th from 11-12:30. The room will be posted soon.
You must spend time with the midterm practice exercises before
this session and bring your questions to the session.
September 11:
For those that tried to derive the Method of
Moments estimators for a single variable regression, here is
a solution.
September 6:
For those that tried to derive the OLS
estimators for a single variable regression using calculus, here
is a solution.
August 31:
In response to a question in section today,
please see this link for links to many datasets from Wooldridge: http://fmwww.bc.edu/ec-p/data/wooldridge/.
You can find short descriptions of the data at http://fmwww.bc.edu/ec-p/data/wooldridge/datasets.list.html.
You can use these links to download many datasets referenced in
the text. There are multiple links to the four different types of
data that we discussed in lecture and section.
August 31:
Some of you inquired about having trouble
accessing the textbooks on reserve at Moffitt Library. I checked
the reserves system in Oskicat
(http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/search/r). If you type Environmental
Economics and Policy 118 in the search field you will see the
status of the books and be able to get the call number. You can
borrow the book (for up to 2 hours) at the circulation desk. I
hope this information helps.
August 28:
For those of you wondering about Stata, please
note that you can use any version (9,10,11, or 12) for this
course. Version 12 is the newest version that you will obtain if
you purchase online as described below.
August 25:
Two Introduction to Stata sessions have been
scheduled. It would be good to attend one to familiarize yourself
with Stata. They will be on Tuesday 9/6 and Wednesday 9/7. Both
will be from 5-6:30 pm in 234 Giannini.
August 25:
Your first daily assignment (from today's
lecture) has been posted in the Daily Assignments Section. Please
check here after lectures for your daily assignments and any data
needed.
August 11:
Text
We will use Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, by
Jeffrey M. Wooldridge. The most recent edition is the 4th, but earlier editions are
acceptable substitutes. There will be several copies on
reserve at Moffitt Library. Reserve call numbers will be
posted here when they are available.
Software
Problem sets will require you to use a data analysis and
statistical software program called Stata. We will begin
using Stata in a tutorial during the second week of class. If you want to
purchase your own copy of the software for your laptop or home
computer, a single-user six-month license for Small Stata (sufficient for
this course) is available through Berkeley’s GradPlan for $32. (An
annual license is $49.) Note that a license allows you to
install the software on up to three of your own computers. See http://www.stata.com/order/schoollist.html
to purchase (Select University of California, Berkeley, then look
for the product you want). Software is delivered to campus for
pick-up after your online purchase. There are often delays in
delivering copies of Stata at the beginning of the semester, so
if you are sure that you will take this class you should order a
copy ASAP to ensure you receive it on time.