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Byron
Gangnes Spring 2010
TR 1:30-2:45 |
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Byron
Gangnes Spring 2010
TR 1:30-2:45 |
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| Economics 427 studies and applies methods of forecasting for business and economics. The emphasis is on time series statistical forecasting tools and their application to practical forecasting challenges for the U.S., Asian and Hawaii economies. Topics include statistical methods for modeling and forecasting trend, seasonal and cyclical components of economic time series, multivariate regression models, forecast evaluation, and forecasting in the presence of unit roots. |
Midterm date has been changed to Thursday, March 4.
Classroom has been changed to BusAd E204.
The required text and software for this course are:
Diebold, Francis X., Elements of Forecasting, 4th ed., (with EViews Software 6.0) Thomson South-
Western, 2007. ISBN 0324817606.This is available as a bundle from University bookstore. The bundle is quite expensive, and you are free to order the book and software separately online. If you do, be sure that you are ordering the 4th edition of the text and version 6 of the EViews software. Information about ordering the student version of the software is available at the QMS web site.
Other Resources: