Univertsity of Chicago: Department of Economics

News and Workshops

Econometrics Workshop



Spring 2008

See also Applied Dynamics Workshop

This workshop meets every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in Ro 301.
If you have any questions, please contact Alison Baulos and/or Azeem Shaikh.
Archives (Winter 2006), Archives (Spring 2006), Archives (Fall 2006), Archives (Spring 2007).

 

April 2 Philippe Fevrier "Identification and Estimation of Incentive Problems: Adverse Selection"

April 9 Aureo de Paula (University of Pennsylvania) "Interdependent Durations"

April 17 **note - Thursday in W302*** Heleno Pioner "Semiparametric Identification of Multidimensional Screening Models"

April 23 Ali Hortacsu and Jakub Kastl "Testing for Common Valuation in the Presence of Bidders with Informational Advantage"

April 30 Jesus Fernandez-Villa Verde (University of Pennsylvania)

May 7 Philip Haile (Yale) "Nonparametric Identification of Multinomial Choice Demand Models with Heterogeneous Consumers"

May 12 Jaap Abbring **note - Monday** (Netherlands) "Mixed Hitting-Time Models" http://www.tinbergen.nl/discussionpapers/07057.pdf

May 21 Ulrich Mueller (Princeton) "Low-Frequency Robust Cointegration Testing," with Mark Watson www.princeton.edu/~umueller/coint.pdf

May 28 Edward Vytlacil (Yale) "Monotonicity, Instrumental Variables, and the Sign of the Average Treatment Effect" by Cecilia Machado, Azeem Shaikh, and Edward Vytlacil

 

 

Fall 2007/Winter 2008

September 26 Shakeeb Khan (Duke) "Irregular Identification, Support Conditions and Inverse Weight Estimation "

October 3 Steve Tadelis (Berkeley) "The Power of Shame and the Rationality of Trust "

October 10 Joel Horowitz (NWU) "Asymptotic Properties of Bridge Estimators in Sparse High-Dimensional Regression Models "

October 17 Alexei Onatski (Columbia) "Large random matrix approach to generalized factor analysis"

October 24 Chris Timmins (Duke) "Nonparametric Identification and Estimation in a Generalized Roy Model" and "Roy Model Sorting and Non-Random Selection in the Valuation of a Statistical Life"

October 31 CANCELED [Chris Hsee (University of Chicago) "Value and experience: A psychological perspective"]

November 7 Yuichi Kitamura (Yale) "Nonparametric Estimation in Random Coefficients Binary Choice Models "

November 14 Stefan Hoderlein (University of Mannheim) "Preference Heterogeneity -- Implications for Nonparametric Econometrics"

November 21 NO WORKSHOP (Thanksgiving)

November 28 Elie Tamer (NWU) "The Identification Power of Equilibrium in Simple Games"

February 27 Ricardo Paes de Barros "The Counterfactual Analysis of Income Inequality and Equality of Opportunity"

 


Economics Workshops and Seminars:
500 Economic Theory
512 Econometrics
516 Applied Dynamic Economics
530 Money & Banking
590 Applications of Economics
Rational Choice
592 Economics Policy and Public Finance