Seminars and Research

Econometrics Workshop 2012-2013

The seminar series are supported by the generosity of Vanderbilt alumni K. Terry Dornbush (BA ’55), Joe L. Roby (BA ’61), and Douglas Grey (BE ’83)

Econometrics Workshop coordinator: Yanqin Fan

All seminars will take place in room 204, Calhoun Hall from 4:00-5:20 pm (unless otherwise noted)

 

Spring 2013

Thursday, March 21, 2013
Andres Santos, University of California, San Diego
"Asymptotically Efficient Estimation of Models Dened by Convex Moment Inequalities"

Friday, March 29, 2013
Xuming He, University of Michigan
"Bayesian empirical likelihood for quantile regression"

Thursday, April 11, 2013
Matias Cattaneo, University of Michigan
"Robust Nonparametric Bias-Corrected Inference in the Regression Discontinuity Design"

 

FALL 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012
Arthur Lewbel, Boston College
"Generalized Random Coefficients With Equivalence Scale Applications"

Thursday, October 11, 2012
Yuanyuan Wan, University of Toronto
"An Integration-Based Approach to Moment Inequality Models"

Thursday, October 25, 2012
Stefan Hoderlein, Boston College
"Estimating Treatment Effects with a Nonparametric Random Coefficients Selection Equation"

Thursday, November 8, 2012
Shengjie Hong, Tsinghua University
"Inference in Semiparametric Conditional Moment Models with Partial Identification"

Thursday, December 6, 2012
Vadim Marmer, University of British Columbia
"Efficient Inference in Econometric Models When Identification Can Be Weak"