Econometrics/Applied Economics - Workshop Schedule 2011-2012
Program Director:
First Term
Wednesday, September 21: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Jinyong Hahn - University of California, Los Angeles
"The Asymptotic Variance of
Semi-parametric Estimators with Generated Regressors"
(joint with Geert Ridder)
Wednesday, September 28: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Maria Ponomareva - University of Western Ontario
"Quantile Regression for Panel
Data Models with Fixed Effects and Small T: Identification and
Estimation"
Wednesday, October 5: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Jeremy Fox - University of Michigan
"Unobserved Heterogeneity in Matching
Games"
(joint with Chenyu Yang)
Wednesday, October 19: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Daniel Xu - Duke University
"Demand, Cost, and Profitability Across
Chinese Exporting Firms"
(joint with Xiaoyan Fan)
Thursday, October 20: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Michael McCausland - University of Western Ontario
"A Collection of Portfolio Management Issues"
Departmental Thesis Defense
Wednesday, October 26: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Erick Gong - Middlebury College
"HIV Testing & Risky Sexual Behavior"
Monday, October 31: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Alan Bester - The Chicago Booth School of Business
"Option Prices and the Probability of
Success of Cash Mergers"
(joint with Victor H. Martinez and Ioanid Roşu)
Friday, November 11: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Peter Schmidt - Michigan State University
"Consistent Estimation of the
Fixed Effects Stochastic Frontier Model"
(joint with Yi-Yi Chen and Hung-Jen Wang)
Wednesday, November 16: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Andrew Shephard - Princeton University
"Equilibrium Search and Tax Credit
Reform"
Friday, November 18: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Giorgio Topa - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
"Measuring Mismatch in the U.S. Labor
Market"
(joint with Ayşegül Şahin, Joseph Song & Giovanni L. Violante)
Wednesday, November 30: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Javier Cano Urbina - University of Western Ontario
"The Role of the Informal
Sector in the Early Careers of Less-Educated Workers"
Monday, December 5: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Steven Durlauf - University of Wisconsin-Madison
"TBA"
POSTPONED
Tuesday, December 6: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Steven Durlauf - University of Wisconsin-Madison
"TBA"
POSTPONED
Wednesday, December 7: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Amil Petrin - University of Minnesota
"Identification and Estimation in
Discrete Choice Demand Models when Endogenous Variables Interact with
Error"
(joint with Amit Gandhi and Kyoo il Kim)
Thursday, December 15: 2:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Jing Wu - University of Western Ontario
"TBA"
Departmental Thesis Defense
Second Term
Friday, January 13: 12:00 p.m., 4161 SSC
John Kennes - University of Copenhagen
"Sex and Marital Prospects: An
Equilibrium Analysis"
(joint with John Knowles)
Monday, January 23: 11:45 a.m., 4161 SSC
David Ong - Peking University
"Tiger Women of Chinese Universities: An All-Pay Auction Experiment on
Gender Signaling of Desire to Win"
(joint with Zhuqiong (Charlie) Chen)
Wednesday, March 7: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Ilze Kalnina - University of Montreal
"TBA"
Wednesday, April 4: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Katja Kaufmann - Bocconi University
"TBA"
Wednesday, April 11: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Min Seong Kim - Ryerson University
"TBA"
Thursday, April 26: 3:30 p.m., 4161 SSC
Chris Taber - University of Wisconsin-Madison
"TBA"
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