Michael Lawlor
Department of Economics, Wake
Forest University
Fall 2008
Basic resources
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Syllabus ( file) | |
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Website for the gretl
econometrics program (local Windows download here). |
Readings and assignments by unit
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Introduction | |
| What are data? | ||
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Introduction to GRETL | |
| Basic gretl skills | ||
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The Basics of Regression Analysis |
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| Simple Regression and Gretl | ||
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The Comparative Health Spending of Nations | |
| Health Spending Unit Description | ||
| "It's the Prices Stupid" | ||
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Analysis of variance | |
| Analysis of variance homework | ||
| Basic statistical formulae | ||
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Macroeconomic time-series | |
| Extracts from Keynes's General Theory | ||
| Macroeconomic time-series: the consumption function | ||
| Consumption function assignment | ||
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Classroom Powerpoint Presentations | |
Data sources
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Cross-country health data from the OECD | |
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The Economic Report of the President | |
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The Federal Reserve Board |
Pioneering time-series graph by William Playfair, 1786