SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
                  Department of Economics

                       Course Outline

COURSE:  Econ. 435-5               SEMESTER:  Spring 1999

TITLE:  Quantitative Methods       INSTRUCTOR:  D. Maki

Course Requirements:  The course grade will be based on a
midterm examination (25%), a final examination, closed book,
in class, during the regular examination period (50%) and an
individualized computer problem assignment (25%) made in
week 10 of the semester, due on the last day of class.  If
the final exam grade is better than the midterm exam grade,
the final exam will count for 75% and the midterm will be
ignored.

Text:     Ramanathan, Ramu, Introductory Econometrics with  
          Applications, 4th edition, Dryden, 1998.

Recommended:

          White, K. J. S., Donna Wong, Diana Whistler and   
          S. A. Haun, SHAZAM Users Reference Manual,        
          latest version.

          Kennedy, Peter, A Guide to                        
          Econometrics, latest edition.

Week      Topic and Text Chapter

 1        Review of Statistics.
               Chapters 1, 2
 2, 3     Two-Variable Regression.
               Chapter 3
 4, 5     Multiple Regression and Multicollinearity.
               Chapters 4, 5
 6, 7     Functional Form and Specification Tests
               Chapter 6
               MIDTERM IN WEEK 7
 8        Dummy Variables.
               Chapter 7
 9        Heteroscedasticity and Autocorrelation.
               Chapters 8, 9
10        Lag Models.
               Chapter 10
11, 12    Identification and Systems Estimation.
               Chapter 13
13        Selected Topics and Catch-up.