Econ 273B

This is a graduate level course in econometrics. The …rst part of the course is devoted to basic nonparametric methods and studying their large sample properties. The second part of the course develops asymptotic theory for parametric and semiparametric estimators and the theory will be illustrated with several important examples. The latter half of the course will cover a number of microeconometric models as well as as the Bootstrap and other resampling methods. Evaluation: There will be (approximately) three problem sets and a take-home exam. You are also expected to do a class presentation of a research paper or to do a (small) paper on a speci…c topic you saw in class. Some of the readings below are principal sources for the course while others are back- ground material. We will not cover all the material in the reading list at the same depth. There are no required textbooks for the course although the following will be useful refer- ences.