Summer Term 2022

Downloads

• Exam Results Summer Term 2022 (German)​​​​​​​

Replacement room

• Practical session: 05.05., 12.00 - 14.00, H06, instead of H08

Exam

• Written exam (90 min.)

Creditable as

• B.BM.VWL.410, B.VM.VWL.510, BA-600, BA-P-601, B51

Content

This course deals with fundamental statistical methods and their applicability in business administration and economics. Students will be enabled to analyze economic theories and issues statistically and to interpret the results with regard to their content. After completion the students should have a methodological base for further studies.

Topics

• Descriptive Statistics
• Data Collection and Data Presentation
• Probability Calculus
• Inferential Statistics

Literature

• Schira, J. (2016): Statistische Methoden der VWL und BWL. Pearson Studium.
• Schlittgen, R. (2012): Einführung in die Statistik. Oldenbourg Verlag. 

Students enroll in this colloquium during their Bachelor thesis.

* All events take place online via Zoom.

Creditable as

• Economics: B.FK.VWL.110, B.KO.PUW.110

The course is held in English.

Downloads

• Time Schedule
• General Information on Theoretical Sessions
• General Information on Practical Sessions
• Exam Results Summer Term 2022 Lecture Master (German)
• Exam Results Summer Term 2022 Applications Master (German)

Exam

• Written exam (90 min)
• Active participation and presentation in practical sessions
• Term paper

Creditable as

• MA-S-600, MA-061

Requirements

• MA: Advanced Microeconometrics strongly recommended

Content

The aim of this course is to provide participants with a deeper understanding of microeconometric estimation techniques. We will use the topic “Policy Evaluation” to illustrate and discuss several methods under various types of assumptions.

Topics

• Causality and the Potential Outcome Framework
• Experiments
• Unconfoundedness
• Matching
• Difference-in-Differences
• Instrumental Variables
• Regression Discontinuity

The lecture will be complemented by a practical computer session where the estimators will be implemented using STATA.

Literature

• Caliendo, M. and Hujer, R. (2006): The Microeconometric Estimation of Treatment Effects - An Overview, Journal of the German Statistical Society / Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv, 90(1), 197-212.
• Imbens, G., and J.M. Wooldridge (2009): Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation, Journal of Economic Literature, 47(1), 5-86.
• A detailed reading list with relevant papers will be distributed in due time.