(in Polish) Zastosowanie metody badań ilościowych w ekonomii

Master's seminars

Seminar is intended for graduate students. The aim of the seminar is to help in writing master's thesis in the subject of empirical economics. The classes will discuss proposals and results of research conducted by students and will end submission of the MA thesis

Seminar is intended for graduate students. The aim of the seminar is to help in writing master's thesis in the subject of empirical economics. The classes will discuss proposals and results of research conducted by students.

The seminar will start with looking for the subject of the master's thesis. Students are expected to begin with the review of the literature in the search for topics and research methods of interest to them. Then students present their research proposals and the databases they want to use. The process ends with my approval of the topic. Until the end of the first semester of the seminar, I expect students to write a review of the literature and a description of the database.

Two subsequent semesters are devoted to writing a thesis. Partial results of the conducted research are presented during the master's seminar. At the end of the second semester students are expected to submit the outline of the MA thesis, main research questions, the outlines of all chapters and preliminary empirical results.

In the first semester, regular meetings will take place each week or every two weeks, dependently on the number of students. In the second and third semester, also regular individual meetings are foreseen.

Selected for each student/topic individually.

After completing this course, the student should have the knowledge necessary to:

1. formulate research hypothesis which can be realistically verified using empirical data.

2. find the necessary data and construct the data base needed for the estimation of the empirical model

3. use the econometric literature to select suitable econometric model and to estimate it using an advanced estimation method.

Assessment of first and second semesters of the seminar is based on the evaluation of the presentation of the partial results of the study being the subject of the master's thesis and attendance at the classes. Passing the second semster of the third semester is based upon the submission of the MA thesis.