ECON 503


ECON 503	Econometrics I	Mehmet Balcilar

Welcome to ECON 503 Web Site!

EMU
Department of Economics

ECON 503: Econometrics I
Fall 2008/2009

“At all times, the economic problem is the master; the necessary
mathematics is neither complicated for reasons of elegance nor
skimped for reasons of popularity.”
-- Kenneth Arrow (Nobel Laureate in Economics)

“Econometrics is not a good tool when wielded blindly”
--Makoto Ohta and Zvi Griliches

All material related to this course will be provided at this web site. Please check the site often. Latest announcements will be posted on the announcements page.

Additional Readings

Papers referred in the class

You Can't Keep a Good Prophet Down	Doctored Data
Economic Forecasts May Be Biased	A Nation of Nuts?
The Myths and Realities of Sampling Error	Texas Truck Crashes
A Note on the Census Abstract	Lies, Damn Lies, and...
New Thoughts on Crime	On the Efficacy of Econometrics Software
A Weibell Distribution
Bill to Prove Racial Bias?

Discover Electoral Fraud Using Econometrics: In Search of the Black Swan: Analysis of the Statistical Evidence of Electoral Fraud in Venezuela
Signifying Nothing
The Point of Econometrics
Discussions on Distributions,
McCloskey and Ziliak on Economic Significance[Recommended]
An Econometric Analysis of U.K. Money Demand in Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom by Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz, by David F. Hendry; Neil R. Ericsson [Recommended]
Alternative Approaches to Analyzing Economic Data, by Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz [Required]
Reporting Econometric Results: Believe It or Not, by Rod F. Ziemer [Required]

Data on TRNC

Communities & Forums

Basic Economic and Social Indicators including sectoral data published by State Planning Organization of TRNC. (Thanks Kemal Bagzibagli for providing this data). A Turkish version is also available here.

Following are the communities/organizations I am interested

How can you save the earth? Click here to learn more at OneEarth.net
How can you help the children? Click here to learn more at Children International
How can you help the the poor? Click here to learn more at PovertyNet