Organization

We start on April 13th 2021 and meet on Tuesdays (14:15-15:45pm) and Wednesdays (10:15-11:45pm).

Lecturer Philipp Eisenhauer

Assistant Carolina Alvarez

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The student projects are due on the 23rd of July.

Lecture plan

Date

Topic

13/04/2021

Kickoff, Introduction

14/04/2021

Tools for data science

20/04/2021

Counterfactuals and the potential outcome model

21/04/2021

Counterfactuals and the potential outcome model

27/04/2021

Problem set: Potential outcome model

28/04/2021

Causal graphs

04/05/2021

Causal graphs

05/05/2021

Identification criteria for conditioning estimators

11/05/2021

Matching estimators for causal effects

12/05/2021

Matching estimators for causal effects

18/05/2021

Matching estimators for causal effects

19/05/2021

Dies Academicus, office hours

25/05/2021

Pentecost holidays

26/05/2021

Pentecost holidays

01/06/2021

Problem set: Matching estimators

02/06/2021

Guest lecture: Alexander Sommer (Ernst & Young)

08/06/2021

Regression estimators for causal effects

09/06/2021

Self-selection, heterogeneity, and causal graphs

15/06/2021

Instrumental variable estimators of causal effects

16/06/2021

Instrumental variable estimators of causal effects

22/06/2021

Mechanisms and causal explanations

23/06/2021

Guest lecture: Dr. Nils Wittman (McKinsey & Company)

29/06/2021

Regression discontinuity design

30/06/2021

Regression discontinuity design

06/07/2021

Guest lecture: Dr. Sebastian Garmann (Bundesrechnungshof)

07/07/2021

Problem set: Regression discontinuity design

13/07/2021

Introduction to structural econometrics

14/07/2021

Guest Lecture: Susane Scholten and Martin Slowik (Deutsche Bank)

20/07/2021

Maximum Likelihood Estimation

21/07/2021

Simulated Methods Moments