Quantitative Methods for Economics

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Quantitative methods for advanced study in economics and finance. Topics include calculus of functions of several variables; matrices and quadratic forms; distribution theory; expectations, with applications to problems in economics and finance.

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12 Months

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Quantitative methods for advanced study in economics and finance. Topics include calculus of functions of several variables; matrices and quadratic forms; distribution theory; expectations, with applications to problems in economics and finance.

Students who pass this course should be able to:

  • explain and use formal intermediate level multivariate calculus, linear algebra, and probability theory

  • use linear algebra to analyse selected applications in economics and finance

  • derive properties of discrete and continuous random variables

  • manipulate conditional and independent random variables and their expectations

  • derive method of moments and maximum likelihood estimators for selected random variables

  • Wellington Branch

    Kelburn St., Wellington

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