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
We will conduct all course communications using the bonn-econ-teaching Zulip chat, so please be sure to join us there. To join the Zulip organization, please click on the button below.
The student projects are due on the 23rd of July.
Lecture plan
Date |
Topic |
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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 |
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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 |
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29/06/2021 |
Regression discontinuity design |
30/06/2021 |
Regression discontinuity design |
06/07/2021 |
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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 |
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21/07/2021 |