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Research School of Economics · ANU College of Business and Economics
This course will examine modern applied research on macroeconomic and financial issues. The main objective is to allow students to understand and critically appraise applied work on macroeconomic and financial topics.
Assessment may consist of a Final Exam, mid-semester exam(s), quizzes, assignment(s) or some combination thereof. See the Class Summary for details.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Four contact hours per week, plus 6 hours personal study per week.
Primarily, the reading material will comprise the journal research papers listed on the reading list. Although pitched at a slightly higher level than EMET3008 and EMET8010, the following text is helpful to dip into: Canova, F. (2007) Methods for Applied Macroeconomic Research, Princeton. Other helpful background books include: Enders, W. Applied Econometric Time Series,Wiley, 1995, Hamilton, J. D., Time Series Analysis, Princeton, 1994, Verbeek, M., A Guide to Modern Econometrics, Wiley, 2008.