Laboratory of Applied Econometrics

The Laboratory of Applied Econometrics aims at providing students with the basic procedures of the empirical analysis; starting from the analysis of the economic model of interest, up to the interpretation of the obtained results, with particular emphasis of the reference economic theory.

At the end of the laboratory, thanks also to the theoretical notions taught during the course of Econometrics, students will be able to deal independently with an empirical study on microeconomic and macroeconomic topics. Students will be able to define the research question, to obtain the data from institutional databases, as well as to specify an econometric model based on linear and nonlinear regression techniques. Moreover, students will be able to estimate the unknown parameters through an appropriate econometric software and interpret critically the estimated coefficients according to the main theoretical economic frameworks. The empirical studies proposed during the lessons will represent a starting point for students intending to pursue an empirical final thesis.