Econ 138: Financial and Behavioral Economics Problem Set #1 Due Date: February 5‚ 2015 • Please submit the homework before the class starts. Late homework will not be accepted. • Please put your name‚ student ID & your GSI’s name at the up right corner of the front page. • Please staple the pages of your homework together. • Homework will be returned in sections. 1. According to the World Bank’s Mind‚ Society‚ and Behavior‚ which two economists are associated with the removal of psychological factors
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General Information Part One (approximately 70 - 80% weight) Overview: Covers Chapters 1 – 5 Part One will begin promptly at 2:10 and end at 3:25. Students arriving late will not be given additional time. If you have a diagnosed learning disability which requires extra time‚ you must make arrangements with me at least one week in advance so arrangements can be made for you to take the exam at the ARC. Consists of multiple-choice‚ true-false‚ short answer and short essay questions. There
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Exercise 9 1. A farmer wanted to find the relationship between the amount of fertilizer used and the yield of corn. He selected seven acres of his land on which he used different amounts of fertilizer to grow corn. The following table gives the amount of fertilizer (in pounds) used and the yield of corn (in bushels)for each of the seven acres. Fertilizer Used (x) 120 80 100 70 88 75 110 Yield of Corn(y) 138 112 129 96 119 104 134 a. Find the least squares regression line. a. Calculate r and r2
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What is Mode Choice Model? Mode Choice models define travelers’ choice towards choosing various modes like public transport or private transport modes. These models take into account all the input variables about each possible mode of transport that the traveler has available for the trip and gives the proportion of travelers which would use each mode of transport. This model sometimes called a mode split model. Mode choice model helps in building trip matrix and mode split model separates this matrix
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Intelligence vs. Brain size Project 2: Data Collection College Algebra 161 November 15‚ 2012 Intelligence vs. Brain size The Data Collection project was designed to teach students how to collect‚ and organize‚ describe and document data using Excel lists and graphs. I chose this particular subject to research to further my understanding of the evolution of human species. “Can intelligence and brain size be directly related‚ and as intelligence increases‚ what happens to the size of our
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Hieu Nguyen – FIN 5309 Section 1 Assignment 1 2.3 Table 2.2 X=0 X=1 Total Y=0 0.15 0.07 0.22 Y=1 0.15 0.63 0.78 Total 0.30 0.70 1.00 With W = 3+6X and V = 20-7Y‚ we have: (W|X=0)=3 (W|X=1)=9 Total (V|Y=0)=20 0.15 0.07 0.22 (V|Y=1)=13 0.15 0.63 0.78 Total 0.30 0.70 1.00 a. E(W) = 3 x 0.3 + 9 x 0.7 = 7.2 E(V) = 20 x 0.22 + 13 x 0.78 = 14.54 b. = (3 – 7.2)2 x 0.3 + (9 - 7.2)2 x 0.7 = 7.56 = (20 – 14.54)2 x 0.22 + (13 – 14.54)2 x 0.78 = 8.4084 c. cov
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eAUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ECON2206 / ECON3290 (ARTS) Introductory Econometrics Course outline SESSION 2‚ 2011 Lecturer in Charge: Dr. Rachida Ouysse Room ASB441 Telephone: 9385 3321 Email: rouysse@unsw.edu.au Lectures: Fridays 9am-11am Venue: Law Theatre G04 Website: http://telt.unsw.edu.au/ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 12 13 13 13
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RESEARCH My principal research interests lie in the field of conservation and impacts upon the South Wales economy. I am currently investigating the impact of tourism‚ government policy and demography on conservation for my PhD. Using the latest econometric modelling and e-factor analysis techniques. My future research plans are to build on the foundations of my PhD to further develop models and tools in conjunction with government bodies‚ environmental agencies and city financial modellers. I have
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ECONMET C32 : Final Paper For this final paper‚ I was tasked to look at the Thailand’s time series data to examine the relationship between the Current Account Balance in USD as the dependent variable‚ and the average exchange rate‚ USD to 1 Thai Baht and Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Constant 2000 USD as the independent variables. i.) Data of the Current Account Balance in USD (Y)‚ and the average exchange rate‚ USD to 1 Thai Baht (X1) and Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Constant 2000
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Answers to Selected Exercises For Principles of Econometrics‚ Fourth Edition R. CARTER HILL Louisiana State University WILLIAM E. GRIFFITHS University of Melbourne GUAY C. LIM University of Melbourne JOHN WILEY & SONS‚ INC New York / Chichester / Weinheim / Brisbane / Singapore / Toronto CONTENTS Answers for Selected Exercises in: Probability Primer 1 Chapter 2 The Simple Linear Regression Model 3 Chapter 3 Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
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