Besides choosing a useful textbook, an interesting aspect of teaching Applied Econometrics has been the choice of the software package. As a student, I had a hard time dealing with textbooks that were not integrated with the software used in homework problems. The issue was that I had to spend a lot of time finding other sources to learn more about the software. In hindsight, I think it was very inefficient. Anyway, I came across a very nice textbook of Applied Econometrics that is well integrated with R, and it includes some data and examples. This textbook is called “Applied Econometrics with R” by Christian Kleiber and Achim Zeileis. It also has a companion website with slides, handouts, and some R code that I find extremely useful.