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4.00 Credits
Focuses on recent developments in econometrics, especially structural estimation. Topics include nonseparable models, models of imperfect competition, auction models, duration models, and nonlinear panel data. Results illustrated with economic applications.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.382
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2.00 Credits
Covers core econometric ideas and widely used empirical modeling strategies. Begins with instrumental variables, concepts, and methods; then moves on to discussion of differences-in-differences and regression discontinuity methods. Concludes with discussion of standard errors, focusing on issues such as clustering and serial correlation.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.382
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0.00 Credits
Paper in econometrics required of all PhD candidates. Paper due at the end of IAP.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.382 or 14.32
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2.00 Credits
Recitation: M2.30-4 (E52-244) or M4-5.30 (E52-244, E51-151) or T2.30-4 (HARVARD) or T4-5.30 (E62-550) or T2.30-4 (E52-244) or W4-5.30 (E51-151) or R EVE (4-6 PM) (E51-151, E53-482) or R EVE (4.30-6 PM) (E52-244) or M EVE (5.30-7 PM) (E51-395)
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.124, 14.454
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2.00 Credits
Develops research ability of students through intensive discussion of dissertation research as it proceeds, individual or group research projects, and critical appraisal of current reported research. Workshops divided into various fields, depending on interest and size.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.124, 14.454
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4.00 Credits
Explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic microeconomics to answer important policy questions such as government response to global warming, school choice by K-12 students, Social Security versus private retirement savings accounts, government versus private health insurance, setting income tax rates for individuals and corporations.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.01
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4.00 Credits
Foundations of modern financial economics; individuals' consumption and portfolio decisions under uncertainty; valuation of financial securities. Topics include expected utility theory; stochastic dominance; mutual fund separation; portfolio frontiers; capital asset pricing model; arbitrage pricing theory; Arrow-Debreu economies; consumption and portfolio decisions; spanning; options; market imperfections; no-trade theorems; rational expectations; financial signaling. Primarily for doctoral students in accounting, economics, and finance.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.121, 14.122
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4.00 Credits
No course description available.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.01
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4.00 Credits
Investigates the proper role of government in the regulation of the environment. Explores the tools necessary to estimate the costs and benefits of environmental regulations and to evaluate a series of current policy questions regarding air and water pollution, the costs of climate change in the US and abroad, and whether there is a "race to the bottom" in environmental regulation. Students help design and execute a research project that tests whether air pollution causes infant mortality. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Completion of 14.30 recommended.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.01
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4.00 Credits
Structured around choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and governments, introduces managerial, economic, political, social and cultural frameworks for describing and explaining behavior at various levels of aggregation. Includes examples of cost-benefit, organizational and institutional analyses of energy generation, distribution, and consumption. Topics include the role of markets and prices; financial analysis of energy-related investments; institutional path dependence; economic and political determinants of government regulation and the impact of regulation on decisions; and other forms of government action and social norms regarding desired behavior and opportunities for businesses and consumers, including feedback into the political/regulatory system. Examples drawn from a wide range of countries and settings.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 14.01 or permission of instructor
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