Essays on Machine Learning in Economics
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ThesisThesis type
Doctor of PhilosophyAuthor/s
Deng, SinanAbstract
This thesis presents three studies exploring how machine learning can be applied to understand and model complex phenomena in economics. Chapter 2 investigates how machine learning can be used to examine geographic diversity within global economics research. Chapter 3, published ...
See moreThis thesis presents three studies exploring how machine learning can be applied to understand and model complex phenomena in economics. Chapter 2 investigates how machine learning can be used to examine geographic diversity within global economics research. Chapter 3, published in Energy Economics (2024), develops a seasonal deep learning model for Great Britain’s electricity imbalance prices, showing that incorporating seasonality improves forecasting accuracy. Chapter 4 extends this framework by applying distributional deep learning methods to model full price distributions and distinguish between aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty.
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See moreThis thesis presents three studies exploring how machine learning can be applied to understand and model complex phenomena in economics. Chapter 2 investigates how machine learning can be used to examine geographic diversity within global economics research. Chapter 3, published in Energy Economics (2024), develops a seasonal deep learning model for Great Britain’s electricity imbalance prices, showing that incorporating seasonality improves forecasting accuracy. Chapter 4 extends this framework by applying distributional deep learning methods to model full price distributions and distinguish between aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty.
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Date
2026Rights statement
The author retains copyright of this thesis. It may only be used for the purposes of research and study. It must not be used for any other purposes and may not be transmitted or shared with others without prior permission.Faculty/School
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of EconomicsAwarding institution
The University of SydneyShare