Econometrics Seminars Fall 2008

Fridays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified)
Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Tae-Hwy Lee & Aman Ullah

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

DATE NAME TITLE OF PRESENTATION
9/26/2008 Moshe Buchinsky UCLA Residential Location, Work Location, and Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Israel
10/3/2008* Siddhartha Chib, Washington University, St. Louis

*NOTE: This seminar will be from 4:10 to 5:45 p.m. Two papers.

(1) MCMC Methods for Bayesian Estimation of DSGE Models

(2) Casual Effects from Panel Data in Randomized Experiments with Partial Compliance

10/15/2008* Daniel Henderson SUNY, Binghamton

*NOTE: Joint with Econometrics Colloquium

Imposing Economic Constraints in Nonparametric Estimation (Paper 1 and Paper 2)
10/24/2008 Donggyu Sul, University of Auckland New Growth Econometrics Under Economic Transition
10/31/2008 Robert Taylor, University of Nottingham, U.K Testing for Unit Roots in the Presence of Uncertainty over Both the Trend and Initial Condition (Paper 1 | Paper 2)
11/7/2008 Han Hong, Stanford University Estimating a Dynamic Oligopolistic Game with Serially Correlated Unobserved Production Costs
11/21/2008 Rustam Ibragimov, Harvard University T-Statistic Based Correlation and Heterogeneity Robust Inference
11/24/2008 Antoni Espasa, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid Forecasting A Macroeconomic Aggregate Which Includes Components With Common Trends
12/5/2008 Shruti Kapoor, UCR TBA
12/12/2008 Aditi Bhattacharyya, UCR Adjustment of Inputs and Measurement of Technical Efficiency: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis