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Her time series course notes are [relatively] more accessible: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-384-time-series-analysis-fall-2013/ http://ocw.mit.edu/co
by grayclhn 11y ago
Her time series course notes are [relatively] more accessible: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-384-time-series-analysis-fall-2013/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-384-time-series-anal... A less technical but less up to date time series reference is Cochrane's free book: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/research/papers/time_series_book.pdf http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/research/paper...
"Econometrics" is just "statistics for economic applications." Time-series plays a big role (because macroeconomics and finance) but self-selection is really the dominant thread. People tend to make choices that they expect to benefit from, and it is often important to account for that in estimation. If that sounds cool to you, definitely check out econometrics. Somewhat shameless plug, but there's a list of the free resources I'm aware of at http://www.econometricslibrary.org/ http://www.econometricslibrary.org/
- animefan 11y agoI always thought that the primary difference between econometrics and statistics was the focus on causality/endogeneity. But I guess that in most cases, the endogeneity is caused by self-selection, e.g. selection into a treatment group, so both viewpoints are valid.
- grayclhn 11y agoThat's a good point and I probably agree with you. "Self-selection" was my quick attempt to translate "endogeneity" into english :)