Register for Training

Class size will be small and content tailored to fit participants' interests. The teaching approach is interactive and practical, with the instructor discussing relevant concepts and then working through examples of model selection, estimation and forecasting with illustrative macroeconomic and financial datasets.

Breakfast, lunch, and coffee will be provided.

* Discounts are available for multiple participants from the same firm/institution.

For more information please contact:
Paul LeBlanc
Product Manager
Phone: +1 212 986 9300
E-mail: paul@haver.com

Course Descriptions

EViews Bootcamp

Monday, May 14th
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

EViews Bootcamp is a 'hands on' introduction to the power of EViews econometric software version 6.0 or 7 for data handling, manipulation, analysis and presentation. We highly recommend you take EViews Bootcamp even if you consider yourself to be an experienced EViews user, as we’ll work with Haver databases using EViews and you’ll learn to write EViews programs.

Topics will include:

• EViews navigation: importing data (time series, cross-section and panel data), transforming series, graphing, exporting output to Word and Excel, descriptive statistics
• Using the Command window as well as 'Mouseland' to navigate
• Powerful data import features in EViews 6.0 or 7, including importing Haver Analytics data
• Data transformations including the new auto update series features
• Calculating means, variance, covariances, and moving averages
• Basic regressions and exporting estimation results to Excel-based models
• P-values and their extensive use in EViews
• Introduction to robust standard errors and hypothesis testing

Econometric Tools

Tuesday, May 15th to Wednesday, May 16th
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Econometric Tools is a two-day intermediate course. The objective is to review fundamental econometric concepts and teach their implementation with a wide selection of the advanced econometric tools available in EViews.

Tuesday's topics will include:

• Regression with Robust Standard Errors
• Hypothesis Testing
• Model Selection: Nesting and Testing, Akaike and Schwarz information criteria
• Univariate Time Series Models, Estimation and Forecasting
• Serial Correlation Correction
• ARMA models

Wednesday's topics will include:

• Simulating Stochastic Processes; Monte Carlo
• Stationarity Issues
• Simple Programs for Carrying out repetitive tasks
• Vector Autoregressions: Estimation and Forecasting
• Granger Causality
• Impulse Response Analysis

Required Equipment and Software

Participants are required to bring their own laptop with EViews 6.0 or 7, Excel and the Adobe Acrobat Reader programs installed. Other course materials will be provided. Those without a licensed copy of EViews can make arrangements to have a 30-day demo copy of the program installed. Ideally, participants should have the Enterprise Edition of EViews to enable direct access to Haver Analytics databases.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received prior to two full business days before the date of the seminar will be honored. For cancellations received after the two day deadline but before the date of the seminar, the full fee less $150 will be converted to a transferable, nonrefundable credit to be applied toward a future seminar. Any credits issued must be used within one year. If notification of cancellation is not received prior to the first day of the seminar the full fee is payable.

Note: Colleague substitution permitted with no penalty.

or call +1 212 986 9300 or email paul@haver.com