ECONOMICS 242

Econometrics Seminar
Spring 2007
Instructor: Bryan Graham
E-mail:
Seminar Room: 608-7 Evans
Schedule: Thursday, 4-6 pm


*Seminar date, time, and location may vary when held in conjunction with another seminar

February 8 Organizational Meeting

February 15 No Meeting

February 22 Micheal Jansson, UC Berkeley
"Optimal Inference for Instrumental Variables Regression with non-Gaussian Errors"
(with Matias D. Cattaneo and Richard K. Crump)
March 1 No Meeting

March 8 Jerry Hausman, M.I.T.
"Testing for causal effects in a generalized regression model with endogenous regressors"
(with Jason Abrevaya, Shakeeb Khan)
March 15 Benedikt M. Pötscher, University of Vienna
Topic: Model Selection and Inference
"Can One Estimate The Unconditional Distribution of Post-Model-Selection Estimators?"
(with Hannes Leeb)
Also see related items #56, 58, 60
March 22 Shakeeb Khan, Duke University
"Irregular Identification, Support Conditions and Inverse Weight Estimation"
(with Elie Tamer)
April 5 Robert Anderson, UC Berkeley
"Time-Varying Risk Premia and Stock Return Autocorrelation"
and "Stock Return Autocorrelation is Not Spurious"
(with Kyong Shik Eom, Sang Buhm Hahn, and Jong-Ho Park)
April 12 Matias Damian Cattaneo , UC Berkeley
"Efficient Semiparametric Estimation of Dose-Response Functions"
April 19
Roger Moon, University of Southern California
  "Boosting Your Instruments: Estimation with Overidentifying Inequality Moment Conditions"
(with Frank Schorfheide)
April 26 Jack Porter, University of Wisconsin
"Asymptotics for Statistical Treatment Rules"
(with Kei Hirano)
May 10
Andres Aradillas-Lopez, Princeton University
  (Work in progress, no copies available for distribution)
"The Identification Power of Rational Behavior in Simple Games"
(with Elie Tamer)

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