Economic and Financial Research Methods, 7.5 credits

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge about research methodology and econometric methods in the subject areas of economics and finance and to develop students’ ability to design and carry out scientific research studies. In the course, both cross-sectional and time series data are analyzed using statistical/econometric software. The course contains the following main areas: hypothesis testing, correlation and linear regression (simple and multiple), univariate time series analysis and regression with time series variables.