| Dozent/in |
Prof. Dr. Simon Lüchinger |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Masterseminar |
| Code |
HS191560 |
| Semester |
Herbstsemester 2019 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Politische Ökonomie |
| Studienstufe |
Master |
| Termin/e |
Fr, 20.09.2019, 14:15 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B54
Fr, 11.10.2019, 08:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 4.B51
Fr, 22.11.2019, 08:15 - 18:00 Uhr, 4.B51
Fr, 29.11.2019, 08:15 - 18:00 Uhr, 4.B51 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Turnus |
Blockveranstaltung |
| Inhalt |
Part I of the course covers important empirical tools in public economics such as instrumental variables, differences-in-differences, regression discontinuity designs, and synthetic control methods. Each empirical method will be presented by one student or a group of students. The short presentations (approx. 20 minutes) should outline in a non-technical manner the main idea, advantages, disadvantages, and practical issues of the method as well as present one or two exemplary applications. Presentations must be submitted by October 4, 2019.
Part II of the course covers selected topics in public economics. Each student (or groups of two students) will do a short presentation about one of the topics (approx. 25 minutes) and about his or her own research proposal related to the topic (approx. 15 minutes). In the presentations, students should discuss the main research questions addressed in the previous literature, challenges in identifying causal effects, common identification strategies, main results and open issues. The written research proposals (approx. 4 pages) should include the following aspects: (i) Statement of research question; (ii) relevance of research question; (iii) theoretical framework and hypotheses; (iv) brief literature review; (v) empirical strategy; (vi) data. Presentations and research proposals must be submitted by November 15, 2019. |
| Lernziele |
Students will learn to critically evaluate existing empirical studies in public economics and to plan their own research project. The course covers the most important empirical approaches in public economics. We will discuss how these empirical approaches are used to analyze selected issues in public economics and for policy evaluation. |
| Voraussetzungen |
Successful completion of econometrics course (BA level) |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Anmeldung |
Für den Besuch der Lehrveranstaltung / Übung wird die Einschreibung über die E-Learning-Plattform OLAT vorausgesetzt. Die Einschreibung ist vom 2. bis 27. September 2019 möglich. Die Studierenden sind selbst dafür verantwortlich, die Anrechenbarkeit der Lehrveranstaltung an ihren Studiengang zu überprüfen.
Direktlink zum OLAT-Kurs:
https://lms.uzh.ch/url/repositoryentry/16616980721 |
| Prüfung |
Two short presentations 60%; research proposal 40%
***IMPORTANT*** For the crediting of the service a registration for the seminar via the Uni Portal is REQUIRED. Further information on registration:
www.unilu.ch/wf/pruefungen |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Aktive Teilnahme (Referat) / 4 Credits
|
| Hörer-/innen |
Nein |
| Kontakt |
simon.luechinger@unilu.ch |
| Literatur |
Main texts
Angrist, Joshua D. and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2009). Mostly harmless eco-nometrics. An empiricist’s companion. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Hindriks, Jean and Gareth D. Myles (2006). Intermediate public economics. Cambrigde: MIT Press. |