Study programme competencies |
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Study programme competences
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A1 |
CE1 - Conocimiento de las herramientas matemáticas, estadísticas y econométricas necesarias para manejar con rigor los modelos económicos |
A8 |
CE8 - Analizar y proponer cambios en el diseño de las organizaciones y de los sistemas de incentivos que mejoren el funcionamiento de los mismos en tener de su eficiencia. |
A10 |
CE10 - Participar en grupos de trabajo interdisciplinarios ligados al estudio de las tendencias socio- económicas de largo plazo. |
A12 |
CE12 - Analizar las ventajas y los inconvenientes de la regulación y de las políticas económicas y proponer alternativas. |
B6 |
CG1 - Aplicar los conocimientos de economía a la identificación, previsión y solución de los problemas económicos en general, y en particular los relativos al nivel de especialización, en entornos nuevos o poco conocidos. |
B13 |
CG8 - Capacidad para entender y explicar datos económicos y para trabajar con ellos mediante las técnicas más actuales. |
C1 |
CT1 - Capacidad para comprender el significado y aplicación de la perspectiva de género en los distintos ámbitos de conocimiento y en la práctica profesional con el objetivo de alcanzar una sociedad más justa e igualitaria. |
C2 |
CT2 - Capacidad para comunicarse por oral e por escrito en lengua gallega. |
C3 |
CT3 - Sostenibilidad y compromiso ambiental. Uso equitativo, responsable y eficiente de los recursos. |
C4 |
CT4 - Capacidad para interaccionar y defender con rigor, claridad y precisión ante otro especialistas trabajos, propuestas, nuevas ideas etc. |
C7 |
CT7 - Capacidad para comunicarse por oral y por escrito en lengua inglesa. |
Learning aims |
Learning outcomes |
Study programme competences |
Understanding the basic mathematical tools necessary for the formalization of economic behavior. |
AC1 AC8 AC10 AC12
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CC1 CC3 CC4 CC7
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Acquiring skills in the search, identification and interpretation of relevant economic information sources and their content. |
AC1 AC8 AC10 AC12
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CC1 CC3 CC4 CC7
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Being able to formulate simple models of relation of the economic variables, based on the use of technical instruments. |
AC1 AC8 AC10 AC12
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BC6 BC13
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CC1 CC3 CC4 CC7
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Evaluating, using empirical techniques, the consequences of different action alternatives and select the most suitable ones. |
AC1 AC8 AC10 AC12
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BC6
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CC1 CC3 CC4 CC7
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Encouraging a critical and self-critical attitude. Be able to generate their own reflections on problems of an economic nature and their social and ethical effects.
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AC8 AC10 AC12
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BC6 BC13
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CC1 CC4 CC7
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Self-control in the work system, with respect to time and planning. |
AC10
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BC6
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CC1 CC3 CC4 CC7
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Encouraging the research spirit, developing the ability to analyze new problems with the instruments acquired. |
AC1 AC8 AC10 AC12
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BC6 BC13
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CC1 CC4 CC7
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Acquiring competences related to the search of documentation organization and to the presentation of the work in a suitable way to the audience. |
AC1 AC8 AC10 AC12
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BC6 BC13
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CC1 CC3 CC4 CC7
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Reading and communicating in English in the professional field. Ability to prepare economic advisory reports. |
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CC7
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Respect for ethical and civic values. Ethical commitment to work. Capacity for teamwork. |
AC10
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CC4
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Responsibility and ability to assume commitments. Skills to argue coherently and intelligibly, both orally and in writing. |
AC10
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CC2 CC4 CC7
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Contents |
Topic |
Sub-topic |
Lecture 1.- Models of limited dependent variables and corrections in the sample selection |
1.1. Logit and probit models for binary response
1.2. The tobit model for corner solutions
1.3. The Poisson regression model
1.4. Censored and truncated regression models
1.5. Corrections of the sample selection |
Lecture 2.- Panel data models |
2.1. Combination of cross sections in time: simple methods for panel data
2.1.1. Independent combination of cross sections over time
2.1.2. Analysis of panel data for a period of two years
2.1.3. Differentiation with more than two periods
2.2. Advanced methods for panel data
2.2.1. Estimation of fixed effects
2.2.2. Random effects models
2.2.3. Application of panel data methods to other data structures |
Lecture 3.- Quantile regression and other econometric techniques. Spatial econometric models. |
3.1. Quantile regression
3.2. Bootstrap
3.3. Nonparametric regression
3.4. Spatial econometric models |
Planning |
Methodologies / tests |
Competencies |
Ordinary class hours |
Student’s personal work hours |
Total hours |
Objective test |
A1 A8 A12 B6 C1 C2 C4 C7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
A1 A8 A12 B6 B13 C1 C3 C4 C7 |
10 |
19 |
29 |
Supervised projects |
A1 A8 A10 A12 B6 B13 C1 C3 C4 C7 |
0 |
19 |
19 |
ICT practicals |
A1 A8 A10 A12 B6 B13 C1 C3 C4 C7 |
5 |
20 |
25 |
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Personalized attention |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
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(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies |
Methodologies |
Description |
Objective test |
Test to evaluate the ability that the student has to assimilate the concepts and interrelate them. |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
Oral presentation, supported by audiovisual media, which includes theoretical concepts and practical examples. |
Supervised projects |
Each student must perform, under supervision, a work with real data applying the techniques that have been taught in the course. |
ICT practicals |
Students must carry out, with the support and direction of the professors, the empirical applications that are proposed to them. |
Personalized attention |
Methodologies
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ICT practicals |
Guest lecture / keynote speech |
Supervised projects |
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Description |
Practices through ICT, master session and supervised works. To carry out these activities, students need advice and, where appropriate, the supervision of teachers.
Each student must perform, under supervision, a course work with real data applying the techniques that have been taught in the course. |
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Assessment |
Methodologies
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Competencies |
Description
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Qualification
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Objective test |
A1 A8 A12 B6 C1 C2 C4 C7 |
Written exam |
25 |
Supervised projects |
A1 A8 A10 A12 B6 B13 C1 C3 C4 C7 |
Individual work of up to 1000 words |
75 |
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Assessment comments |
Se requieren conocimientos de inglés, especialmente en la comprensión lectora, ya que una parte del material que se facilitará al alumno está en esta lengua.
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Sources of information |
Basic
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• Cameron, A.C. & Trivedi, P. (2005). Microeconometrics: Methods and Applications, Cambridge University Press. Capítulos 4.6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 y 25.
http://cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/mmabook/mma.html
• Wooldridge, J. M., Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, 4ta Edición, Cenage, Capítulos 13, 14, 17.
• Koenker, Roger, and Kevin F. Hallock (2001), Quantile Regression, Journal of Economic Perspectives 15 (4), 143-156. www.econ.uiuc.edu/~roger/research/rq/QRJEP.pdf
• Hansen, B. (2018), Econometrics, Chapters 13, 17. https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~bhansen/econometrics/
• Software básico: Gretl. http://gretl.sourceforge.net/ y R: www.r-project.org. RStudio (Versión Desktop- Open Source Edition): www.rstudio.com, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/wooldridge/index.html
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Complementary
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• Hansen, B. (2018), Econometrics, Chapters 16, 21. https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~bhansen/econometrics/
• Wooldridge, J. M. (2002), Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England.
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Recommendations |
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before |
Quantitative Methods/611532004 | Research Techniques/611532006 | Econometric Techniques/611532003 | Aggregate Economic Analysis and Growth/611532002 | Economic Thought and Institutions/611532005 | Economic Decisions and Market Analysis/611532001 |
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Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously |
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Subjects that continue the syllabus |
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