Computational tools used in modern economic research; applications of data science and machine learning in economics; generating data from the web and text; software tools for reproducible research. Course restricted to ECON PhD students only. External students may request permission to take this course from the ECON graduate program office. Prerequisite: ECON 627. Prior graduate-level work in econometrics is required. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Computational tools used in modern economic research; applications of data science and machine learning in economics; generating data from the web and text; software tools for reproducible research. Course restricted to ECON PhD students only. External students may request permission to take this course from the ECON graduate program office. Prerequisite: ECON 627. Prior graduate-level work in econometrics is required. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.