Japanese rice symbol. Rice prices may be analyzed by nonparametric estimation. Learn more about nonparametric estimation, generalized method of moments, quantile regression, and other methods in the lecture notes. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare, based on an image by Nyoiti Sakurasawa.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Victor Chernozhukov
Prof. Whitney Newey
MIT Course Number
14.385
As Taught In
Fall 2007
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course presents micro-econometric models, including large sample theory for estimation and hypothesis testing, generalized method of moments (GMM), estimation of censored and truncated specifications, quantile regression, structural estimation, nonparametric and semiparametric estimation, treatment effects, panel data, bootstrapping, simulation methods, and Bayesian methods. The methods are illustrated with economic applications.