Econometrics and Statistics Colloquium

Paper and titles will be posted on this page when they become available. If you have any questions about the schedule, please email Nick Polson or phone at 773.702.9298.

Fall Schedule

Thursdays 1:20 - 2:50 p.m.*

Location HP

C05*
(*Unless otherwise noted below)

Autumn Quarter 2007

September 27

No workshop

October 4

A Note on Inference with "Difference in Differences" with a Small Number of Policy Changes PDF

Tim Conley Chicago GSB

Switching Regression Tests of Borrowing Constraints: with Application to Intergenerational Economic Transmission PDF

Sheng Guo, Chicago GSB

October 11

Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program PDF

Alberto Abadie, Harvard

October 18

Break or Time Varying Parameter?

Graham Elliott, UCSD

October 25

Instrumental Variable Estimation in a Data Rich Environment PDF

Jushan Bai, New York University

November 1

A Maximum Likelihood Method for the Incidental Parameter Problem

Marcelo Moreira, Harvard

November 7 *NOTE: Different day - Wednesday in HP 219*

Bayesian Inference in a Cointegrating Panel Data Model PDF

Rodney Strachan, University of Queensland

November 8

Inferring Optimal Resource Allocations from Experimental Data with Application to Peer Assignment in College PDF

Debopam Bhattacharya, Dartmouth

November 15

Stochastic Model Specification Search for Gaussian and Non-Gaussian State Space Models PDF

Sylvia Frühwirth-Schnatter, Johannes Kepler University TBA Carlos Carvahlo, Chicago GSB

November 29

Some Topics in Convolution-Based Spatial Modeling PDF

Catherine Calder, Ohio State University

December 6

Some Policy Experiments Using A Marshallian Macroeconometric Model: Case of South Africa PDF

Jaques Kibambe and Tomohiro Ando, Chicago GSB

Past Workshops

Spring 2007

Winter 2007

Autumn 2006

Spring 2006