P000149, En introduktion till spatial ekonometrik: Metoder och tillämpningar, 5.0 Hp
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Kursplan

Fastställd av: Jens Rommel, 2025-09-04
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Nivå

Forskarnivå

Ämne

Other social science

Betygsskala

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Kursspråk

Engelska

Behörighetskrav

Mål

At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Quantify spatial dependence in empirical variables
2. Appreciate and interpret spatial aspects of economic relationships from geographic and nongeographic perspectives
3. Understand spatial econometric estimation methods
4. Explain the conditions for identification of spatial models
5. Use statistical/econometrics software to estimate models with spatial elements
6. Test and interpret estimated relationships that contain spatial elements

Innehåll

This course provides an introduction to spatial econometrics. Spatial econometrics is concerned with the spatial aspects present in cross-sectional and space-time observations. "Space" is interpreted not merely in a geographic sense, but also in economic or sociological terms. The course is specifically designed for PhD students with a basic background in econometrics.

Examinationsformer

Students will deliver a seminar presentation on their own research or replicate a provided study demonstrating the purpose and importance of spatial econometric techniques. The presentation should clearly explain the methodological steps taken, show how potential sources of error were identified and addressed, and provide a well-structured interpretation of the results.

Ansvarig institution eller motsvarande

Institutionen för ekonomi

Kompletterande uppgifter

Övrig information

The primary software applications used in this course will be R, which is “free and open source software”. Stata may be used sparingly in the course.