Syllabus/achievement requirements

Books and compendiums can be bought in Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus. You will need a valid semester card to buy compendiums.

Essential texts

Studenmund, A. H. (2017). Using Econometrics: A Practical Guide. Pearson.

Stock, James H. and Mark W. Watson. (2012). Introduction to Econometrics. Pearson International Edition. Pearson.

Online articles and books

Beck, Nathaniel and Jonathan N. Katz. (1995). “What to Do (and Not to Do) with Time-Series Cross-Section Data." American Political Science Review 89(3): 634–647.

Beissinger, Mark R., Amaney Jamal, and Kevin Mazur. (2015). “Explaining Divergent Revolutionary Coalitions: Regime Strategies and the Structuring of Participation in the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions,” Comparative Politics 48 (1): 1-24.

Dhattiwala, Raheel and Michael Biggs. (2012) “The Political Logic of Ethnic Violence: The Anti-Muslim Pogrom in Gujarat, 2002” Politics and Society 40(4): 481-514.

Hilbe, Joseph M. (2011) Negative Binomial Regression, Cambridge University Press

Kalyvas, Stathis. (2008). “Ethnic Defection in Civil War”. Comparative Political Studies 41 (8): 1043–1068.

Kawalerowicz, Juta and Michael Biggs. (2015). “Anarchy in the UK: Economic Deprivation, Social Disorganization, and Political Grievances in the London Riot of 2011,” Social Forces 94(2): 673-698.

Lacina, Bethany. (2006). “Explaining the Severity of Civil Wars”. Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 (2): 276–289.

Lall, Ranjit. (2016). "How Multiple Imputation Makes a Difference," Political Analysis 24(4): 414-433

Notes.

  • Selected lecture notes may also be considered part of the curriculum. Further information will be provided at the start of the course

Recommended further reading

Kennedy, Peter. (2008). A guide to econometrics. Wiley-Blackwell

Online articles:

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