Statistics Study Group Seminar Series
2006-2007

This seminar series is made possible through the generosity of two prominent Vanderbilt alumni, Ambassador K. Terry Dornbush (BA '55) and Joe L. Roby (BA '61)

Statistics Study Group Seminar Series (coordinator: Yanqin Fan)

Department Seminar Series (coordinator: Peter Rousseau)
Empirical Economics Seminar Series (coordinator: Tong Li)
International Economics Seminar Series (coordinator: Rick Bond)

All seminars will take place in room 204, Calhoun Hall from 3:10-4:30 pm (unless otherwise noted)

JANUARY 2007

Friday, January 12th
Xiaohong Chen
New York University
Semi-nonparametric IV estimation of shape-invariant Engel curves

Thursday, January 25th
Robert DeJong
Ohio State University
Nonlinear time series models and weakly dependent innovations

FEBRUARY 2007

MARCH 2007

Thursday, March 15th
Peter Robinson
London School of Economics
"Efficient Estimation of the Semiparametric Spatial Autoregressive Model"

Tuesday, March 20th
Francesca Molinari
Cornell University
"Asymptotic Properties for a Class of Partially identified Models"

APRIL 2007

Thursday, April 26th
Taisuke Otsu
Yale University
Robustness, Infinitesimal Neighborhoods, and Moment Restrictions

MAY 2007

Thursday, May 17th
Emma Iglesias
Michigan State University
"Testing for Breaks Using Alternating Observations"