316-350 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

To be advised.

Prerequisites

316-317 Econometrics or 316-316 Basic Econometrics or both 620-201 Probability and 620-202 Statistics.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial/practice class per week

Subject Description

Normally topics will include current techniques used in forecasting in finance, accounting and economics such as regression models, Box-Jenkins, ARIMA models, vector autoregression, causality analysis, cointegration and forecast evaluation, and ARCH models. The computer software used is Eviews.

Assessment

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (60%) and empirical exercises (40%).

Prescribed Texts

  • W Enders, Applied Econometric Time Series. Wiley.


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