ECON 443 — Econometrics I
Economics · University of Ghana
The Meaning and Purpose of Econometrics: Econometrics of Demand. Econometric demand equations. Theory of the disturbance term. Cross-sectional analysis, and Engel curves. Econometric Methods: Least Square (LS), Tests of original hypotheses, and analysis of residuals. A battery of statistical and economic tests of the economic and statistical hypotheses of the equation of relation; co-efficient of correlation, determination, variation; t-tests; test for randomness or serial correlation of the disturbances, of graphing the residuals, and by the Durbin- Watson ‗d‘ statistic. The general linear equation of relation with many variables estimated by classical least square, and using matrix methods. The sample error co-variance matrix of estimated parameters. Econometrics of the Firm and of Supply.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
- Prerequisites
- ECON 315 and 316
Other courses on this programme
- ECON 441 — Economic Theory I (Micro) (Pre-req: ECON 311 and 312.
- ECON 442 — Economic Theory II (Macro) (Pre-req: ECON 313 and 314.
- ECON 444 — Econometrics II
- ECON 445 — Cost Benefit Analysis
- ECON 446 — Project Work
- ECON 447 — International Economics I (Pre-req: a good background in
- ECON 448 — International Economics II
- ECON 449 — Industrial Economics I
- ECON 452 — Industrial Economics II
- ECON 453 — Public Finance I
- ECON 454 — Public Finance II
- ECON 457 — Agricultural Economics I
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).