Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics

1. Develop knowledge about estimation and inference using the ordinary least squares (OLS) method in the context of modelling cross-sectional data. 2. Understand the assumptions that make OLS estimation valid and its limitations. Be able to test the specified assumptions and know alternative robust estimation procedures. 3. Learn estimation and inference methods for regressions with binary dependent variables. 4. Develop familiarity with empirical applications to real data using appropriate software, focusing on result interpretation and validity

Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics

Licenciatura Bolonha em Finance

The students finishing the course must have learned: 1) how to use statistical methods to extract the relevant information from a data set; 2) how to specify simple probability models in order to explain economic facts and to estimate and test the crucial parameters; 3) the fundamental assumptions of the linear regression model for cross-section data; 5) how to develop simple and adequate econometric studies for cross-section data; 6) how to use the basic software to apply the studied techniques of statistics and econometrics; 7) the basic knowledge to follow the course of econometrics;