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This course gives the basis that is needed to enable students to empirically analyse economic data without making unrealistic assumptions. Modern econometric techniques are treated, and at the same time considerable emphasis is placed on…

The content of the course is the following topics: • Elementary set theory (set inclusion, union, intersection), • Elementary number theory (natural numbers, rational numbers, real numbers), • Elementary functions …

This course covers modern econometric tools and empirical strategies used by economists and demographers for the analysis of cross-sectional and panel micro-data. The course teaches the econometric theory behind these techniques but also…

The course gives an introduction to basic concepts within time series analysis. The univariate analysis of time series in this course is based upon ARMA/ARIMA and ARCH-/GARCH models. Multivariate time series analysis is based on VAR models…

The course deals primarily with the short run, i.e. business cycle phenomena and stabilization policy. In addition, the determinants of long-run inflation and unemployment are studied. The course begins with consumption and investment…

The course focuses on macroeconomic issues that arise when studying and analysing open economies. The content of the course is focused on understanding how international flows of goods, services and capital affect open economies, and how…

These areas usually include individual health related behaviour, the physician-patient relationship, health insurance, competition in the hospital industry, innovation and diffusion of medical technology, equity in theory and practice,…

The course covers and discusses recent advances in Labour Economics, with an emphasis on empirical applications. Each lecture focuses on a specific topic. The course starts by discussing theories of labour supply and demand, and proceeds…

The course deals with both regional and multilateral economic integration, and the institutional and economic context within which they take place. Examples of issues covered include the current challenges faced by the World Trade…

The course deals with the mechanisms behind and the effects of international trade. The course uses an advanced treatment in terms of topics and methodology, qualifying the student to carry out advanced analyses and the study of issues…

The course aims at deepening the student's theoretical and methodological knowledge of development economics. The point of departure is that economies are low-income because of a lack of economic growth. This in turn depends on low…

The course contains the following building blocks: Investment decision under certainty: the risk free rate and Fisher-separability Risk aversion and expected utility Arrow-Debreu securities Portfolio theory Market equilibrium:…

The course begins with a brief discussion of estimation methods that can be used to analyse financial models, such as Least Square (LS), Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Generalised Method of Moment (GMM). This is followed by a description of…

The objective of this course is to give the students an understanding and hands-on knowledge of fundamental methods within financial risk management. The course deals with two main topics: measurement and management of market risk and…

The course primarily treats issues related to economic growth using advanced dynamic macroeconomic models with intertemporally optimising agents. Within the framework of growth theory, dynamic models in continuous and discrete time…

The course provides an advanced, organised, and comprehensive discussion of theoretical and empirical research in public economics. It focuses on the relationship between the government and the market and arguments for and against…

A pass on the course is compulsory if the student is to obtain a master’s degree in Physical Geography. The course is carried out as an independent project. In the project the student should display an ability to apply and compile…

The aim of this course is to provide students with the theoretical understanding of how a geographic database is built-up and how it can be used. You will study key concepts for handling geographic databases with special focus on spatial…

The course contains a number of different basic components of spatial analysis, both in terms of theoretical background and analytical methods. Some of the concepts and techniques covered in the course are point pattern analysis,…

The aim of this course is to give the underlying mathematical and computer science theory required in GIS. This knowledge is necessary to evaluate the results in an analysis and to carry out more advanced analyses where the tools not are…