Course Information

• Syllabus
• Lecture Notes
  • Limited Dependent Variable Models
  • Data Issues
  • Panel Data
• Readings:

• Limited Dependent Variable Models

  • Talley, W.K., D. Jin, and H. Kite-Powell (2005), “Determinants of Crew Injuries in Vessel Accidents, “Maritime Policy and Management, 32, 263-278 (Poisson)

  • Co, C.Y. and J.A. List (2004), “Is Foreign Direct Investment Attracted to ‘Knowledge Creators’?” Applied Economics, 36, 1143-1149 (Conditional Logit)

  • Kalb, G. and J. Williams (2003), “Delinquency and Gender,” Applied Economics Letters, 10, 425-429 (Ordered Probit)

• Data Issues

  • Arabsheibani, G.R., J.M. Emami, and A. Marin (2004), “The Impact of Computer Use on Earnings in the UK,” Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 51, 82-94 (Selection)

  • Solon, G. 1992. “Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States,” American Economic Review, 82, 393-408.

  • Ashenfelter, O. and A. Krueger. 1994. “Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins,” American Economic Review, 84, 1157-1173.

  • Murray, M.P. (2006), “Avoiding Invalid Instruments and Coping with Weak Instruments,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20, 111-132 (IV)

• Panel Data

  • Card, D. and A.B. Krueger (1994), “Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” American Economic Review, 84, 772-793 (DID)

  • Garcia-Mila, T., T. McGuire, and R. Porter. 1996. “The Effect of Public Capital in State-Level Production Functions Reconsidered,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 78, 177-180

  • Keller, W. and A. Levinson. 2002. “Pollution Abatement Costs and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to U.S. States,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 84, 691-703

Example STATA do-files

• Class #1
  • class1a.do
  • class1b.do
• Class #2
  • class2a.do
  • class2b.do
  • class2c.do
• Other examples
  • truncated regression examples
  • sample selection examples
  • OVB examples
  • ME examples
  • IV1 examples
  • IV2 examples
  • panel1 examples
  • panel2 examples

Problem Sets

• Problem Set #1    Due 
  • Answer Key    
• Problem Set #2    Due 
  • Answer Key    
• Problem Set #3    Due
  • Answer Key    
• Problem Set #4    Due
  • Answer Key    
• Problem Set #5    Due
  • Answer Key
• Problem Set #6    Due
  • Answer Key    

Data Sets (Stata format)

• 401KSUBS [description]
• APPLE [description]
• CARD [description]
• CRIME4 [description]
• EZUNEM [description]
• FERTIL1 [description]
• FRINGE [description]
• GPA3 [description]
• HTV [description]
• JTRAIN [description]
• JUE
• KIELMC [description]
• KL
• LOANAPP [description]
• MROZ [description]
• MURDER [description]
• NY
• PNTSPRD [description]
• RENTAL [description]
• SMOKE [description]
• SBP
• VOTE2 [description]
• WAGE2 [description]
• WAGEPAN [description]

Presentation Papers

• Fang, T. and J.S. Heywood (2006), “Unionization and Plant Closure in Canada,” Canadian Journal of Economics, 39, 1173-1194 (Probit, Panel)
• Gabe, T.M. (2005), “The Effects of Industry Instability on Sector Entry: The Case of Maine,” Review of Regional Studies, 35, 64-79 (Poisson)
• Scott, D.M., P.A. Coomes, and A.I. Izyumov (2005), “The Location Choice of Employment-Based Immigrants among U.S. Metro Areas,” Journal of Regional Science, 45, 113-145 (Multinomial Logit)
• Lopez, E.J. and D. Sutter (2004), “Ignorance in Congressional Voting? Evidence from Policy Reversal on the Endangered Species Act,” Social Science Quarterly, 85, 891-912 (Probit, Multinomial Logit)
• Gabriel, S.A. and S.S. Rosenthal (1989), “Household Location and Race: Estimates of a Multinomial Logit Model,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 71, 240-249 (Multinomial Logit)
• Davies, P.S., M.J. Greenwood, J. Michael, and H. Li (2001), “A Conditional Logit Approach to U.S. State-to-State Migration,” Journal of Regional Science, 41, 337-360 (Conditional Logit)
• Mixon, J. W., Jr., A. Sen, and E.F. Stephenson (2004), “Are the Networks Biased? ‘Calling’ States in the 2000 Presidential Election,” Public Choice, 118, 53-59 (Tobit)
• Duquette, C.M. (1999), “Is Charitable Giving by Nonitemizers Responsive to Tax Incentives? New Evidence,” National Tax Journal, 52, 195-206 (Tobit)
• Carlson, A. and B. Senauer (2003), “The Impact of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children on Child Health,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85, 479-491 (Ordered Probit)
• Grubaugh, S.G. (1987), “The Process of Direct Foreign Investment,” Southern Economic Journal, 54, 351-360 (Selection)
• Czujack, C. and M.F.O. Martins (2004), “Do Art Specialists Form Unbiased Pre-sale Estimates? An Application for Picasso Paintings,” Applied Economics Letters, 11, 245-249 (Selection)
• Young, D.J. and A. Bielinska-Kwapisz (2006), “Alcohol Prices, Consumption, and Traffic Fatalities,” Southern Economic Journal, 72, 690-703 (ME/IV)
• Basker, E. (2005), “Job Creation or Destruction? Labor Market Effects of Wal-Mart Expansion,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 87, 174-183 (ME/IV)
• Harbaugh, W.T., A. Levinson, and D.M. Wilson (2002), “Reexaming the Empirical Evidence for an Environmental Kuznets Curve,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 84, 541-551 (Panel)
• Egger, P. (2000), “A Note on the Proper Econometric Specification of the Gravity Equation,” Economics Letters, 66, 25-31 (Panel)
• Söderbom, M., F. Teal, and A. Wambugu (2005), “Unobserved Heterogeneity and the Relation Between Earnings and Firm Size: Evidence from Two Developing Countries,” Economics Letters, 87, 153-159 (Panel)

Exam Information

• Mid-Term ... 
  • In-Class Review:
  • Office Hours:
  • Covers: Section #1; PS #1-2
• Final ... Both sections due
  • Office Hours: 
  • Covers: Sections #2-3; PS #3-6
  • Computer portion: [pdf] To be posted on
  • Problems: [pdf] To be posted on