Sebastian Fossati Pereira, PhD, MA, BS

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept

Personal Website: http://ualberta.ca/~sfossati/

Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
Email
sfossati@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-3127
Address
7-11 Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H4

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Econometrics Time Series Forecasting Prediction Causal Inference


About

PhD, University of Washington, 2010

MA, University of Washington, 2006

Licenciado en Economia, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, 2003


Research

ualberta.ca/~sfossati/research.html

Courses

ECON 497 - Econometric Methods

Econometric problems and techniques with emphasis on regression methods and hypothesis testing. Single equation techniques and introduction to simultaneous equation systems. Matrix algebra is used extensively. Prerequisites: ECON 109, ECON 386, 387 and 399 or equivalent. Prerequisite or Corequisite: ECON 481 and 482. Credit will not be granted for both ECON 497 and 400.


ECON 500 - Selected Topics in Economics

Content varies from year to year. Topics announced prior to registration period. Additional prerequisites may be required; consult the department for further information.


ECON 504 - Applied Economics Projects II

This is an applied projects course in which you will be interacting directly with a partner organization in industry, government, or the non-profit sector, with an Economics faculty member to provide guidance and supervision. No in-class meeting pattern; group meetings and advisor meetings will be scheduled throughout the term as needed.


ECON 593 - Prediction and Machine Learning for Economics

Statistical methods for modeling and forecasting economic data. Topics may include data wrangling and exploration, visualization, cross-validation, regression models, machine learning methods, classification, predictive analytics, and forecasting with time series data.


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