2022-04-21
The podcast episode by the Applied Macroeconomic Research Division brings a conversation about the aims and objectives of economic research, the role of econometrics, and the difference between theoretical and empirical research. It also discusses whether big data and neural networks will ever displace econometrics in socio-economic research.
The podcast interviews Ovidijus Stauskas, PhD graduate from Lund University, lecturer in the Quantitative Economics Programme at Vilnius University, and future researcher at BI Norwegian Business School.