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Teaching – Current Courses

Spring Semester 2025

  • Grundlagen der Ökonometrie (Bachelor)

    Hinweise:

    • Beachten Sie bitte, dass die Übungen in der ERSTEN Vorlesungswoche beginnen!

    Art der Veranstaltung

    Vorlesung und Übung

    Titel der Veranstaltung

    Grundlagen der Ökonometrie

    Dozent

    Prof. Dr. Carsten Trenkler

    Semester

    Frühjahrsemester 2025

    Zeit & Ort Vorlesung

    Di 13.45 – 15.15, A001 (B6, 23–25, Bauteil A)

    Zeit & Ort Übung

    12 Übungsgruppen, Termine und Räume finden Sie im Portal2

    Methode (Stunden pro Woche):

    Vorlesung und Übung (2+2)

    Kurssprache

    Deutsch

    Voraussetzungen

    Statistik I+II 

    Prüfung

    schriftlich (90 Minuten)

    ECTS

    6

    Kursbeschreibung

    Der Kurs gibt eine Einführung in die wichtigsten Methoden der Ökonometrie. Besprochen werden das multiple Regressionsmodell, bedingte Erwartungswertfunktion, KQ-Schätzer und seine Eigenschaften, Inferenz, nichtlineare Modellierungen, Kausalanalyse: potentielle Ergebnisse, OV-Bias, BMU-Annahme, Schätzung  kausaler Effekte, inklusive Instrumentalvariablenschätzung, sowie Zeitreihenanalyse. Neben der  Diskussion der konzeptionellen Grundlagen und der Methoden, wird die Anwendung der Methoden demonstriert und die empirisch relevanten Aspekte diskutiert. Die Vorlesung wird durch methodische und empirische Übungen im PC-Pool begleitet.

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    Hier finden Sie den Vorlesungsplan.

    Weitere Details (inklusive Vorlesungsfolien) finden Sie auf der Ilias Seite zum Kurs.

  • Introduction to Multiple Time Series Analysis (Bachelor)

    Type

    Lecture and Tutorials

    Title

    Introduction to Multiple Time Series Analysis

    Lecturer

    Prof. Dr. Carsten Trenkler

    Semester

    Spring Semester 2025

    Target Audience

    Bachelor

    Time & Location

    Mon 5:15pm-6:45pm in room 357; L7, 3–5, Tue 8:30am-10am in room 157, L7, 3–5

    Course language

    English

    Prerequisites

    Grundlagen der Ökonometrie (Basic Econometrics); Statistik I+II (Statistics I + II)

    Grading

    Exam (90 minutes, 70%), 2 assignments with two to three problems (30%)

    ECTS

    6

    Course description

    The course will provide an introduction to multiple time series analysis with a focus on impulse response analysis using vector autoregressive (VAR) models. We start with a short introduction of univariate time series concepts and then turn to the VAR model framework and estimation. Then, we look into structural VAR (SVAR) models that are commonly applied for impulse response analysis, i.e., the analysis of the effects of so-called structural shocks that are (economically) interpretable. We deal with basic identification schemes to recover the structural shock(s) of interest. Finally, we discuss empirical papers using structural VAR tools. The lectures are accompanied by tutorial sessions that deal with some algebraic issues and, in particular, empirical applications. 'Introduction to Multiple Time Series Analysis' complements well the course 'Time Series and Forecasting' but it can also be taken independently without any problems.

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    You can find the syllabus here. Further information will be made available in the Ilias group.

  • E806 Advanced Econometrics III (PhD)

    Notes:

    Type

    Lecture and Tutorial

    Title

    E806 Advanced Econometrics III (PhD)

    Lecturer

    Prof. Dr. Carsten Trenkler

    Semester

    Spring Semester 2025

    Target AudiencePhD
    Start/End

    Start: 2.4., End: 30.5.

    Time & Location Lecture

    Wed 10:15 a.m. – 11.45 a.m., Thur 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. P043 (L7, 3–5)

    Alternative dates for holidays:  April 30 and May 28: 8:30–10:00am (009, L9, 1–2), May 30, 8:30–10:00am (001, L7, 3–5)

    Time & Location Tutorial

    Thur 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. P043 (L7, 3–5)

    Course language

    English

    Prerequisites

    Advanced Econometrics I+II

    Homework and grading

    Grading for this course will be based on the final exam (100 points). You can earn up to 10 bonus points if you submit solutions to the assignments that demonstrate a sufficient attempt to solve problems. To each of the three assignments a pre-announced number of bonus points is allocated. The assignments will mainly involve methodological questions but also contain some empirical questions or coding exercises. You may use any of the following (matrix) programming languages: STATA, R, or Matlab to address the latter types of questions. You will usually have a week to complete an assignment. Your solutions and programming code must be sent by email. Answers will be (partly) discussed in the tutorial sessions.

    ECTS

    5

    Course description

    Part I is devoted to the analysis of panel data models. Besides discussing fixed- and random effects settings we also look into GMM/IV estimation and dynamic panel models. Part II deals with univariate time series analysis. We start with discussing theoretical foundations of time series analysis and then turn to linear models, including autoregressions. Finally, we deal with non-stationary unit root time series if time permits.

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    The course material will be provided via the Ilias group.

Autumn Semester 2024

  • E823 Advanced Time Series Analysis (PhD)

    Type

    Lecture

    Title

    E823 Advanced Time Series Analysis

    Lecturer

    Prof. Dr. Carsten Trenkler

    Semester

    Autumn Semester 2024

    Target Audience

    PhD

    Start/EndStart: 02.09., End: 05.12.

    Time & Location

    Monday, 3:30 to 5:00pm (L7, 3–5, P043) and Thursday, 10:15 to 11:45am (L7, 3–5, 410)

    Course language

    English

    Prerequisites

    E703, E803, E806 Advanced Econometrics I – III

    Examination

    Assignments (30%), presentation (30%), paper (40%)

    ECTS

    9

    Course description

    The course will focus on multivariate time series models. After reviewing a few general concepts from probability theory and time series analysis, we will first deal with stable VAR models and their use for Granger causality, impulse response analysis, historical decompositions, and forecast error variance decompositions. To this end, we will also discuss important issues on asymptotic- and bootstrap-based inference.

    Then, we deal with univariate unit root processes and introduce the relevant asymptotic approach for this set-up. In a next step, we turn to a treatment of multivariate unit root processes which are assumed to be integrated of order one, I(1). Afterwards, we briefly introduce the concept of cointegration and learn how cointegration can be integrated into VAR framework leading to a so-called vector error correction model (VECM). As cointegration is not that popular anymore in empirical work, we will only summarize how to do appropriate inference in potentially cointegrated VARs with I(1) variables.

    If time permits, I would like to give an overview on estimating high-dimensional VARs and factor models in the last part of the course.

    The course both addresses asymptotic analyses as well as implementation issues. Accordingly, tutorial sessions are also devoted to coding and empirical problems besides addressing theoretical problems.

    In the last part of the course, participants introduce or discuss in more details (further) model classes by giving presentations and writing a paper. This year, I will provide a set of recent papers on network analysis using multiple time series approaches. This shall give an impression and overview on a recent strand in the literature.

    Our course is complementary to the course offered by Matthias Meier. While the latter course focus on structural modeling approaches from an applied macro perspective, we take an econometric approach on multiple time series frameworks.

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