Examples of empirical macroeconomic models using latest computer programming and estimation techniques. Models used by the Bank of Canada and other central banks to quantitatively and empirically evaluate macroeconomic models using current data from Canada and other countries. Introduces students to applied dynamic, stochastic general equilibrium modelling techniques that are used in empirical macroeconomic models. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 385.
Examples of empirical macroeconomic models using latest computer programming and estimation techniques. Models used by the Bank of Canada and other central banks to quantitatively and empirically evaluate macroeconomic models using current data from Canada and other countries. Introduces students to applied dynamic, stochastic general equilibrium modelling techniques that are used in empirical macroeconomic models. Prerequisites: ECON 109 and ECON 385.
