Econometric Research Program


Oskar Morgenstern Memorial Seminar Fall 2008
Tuesdays: 2:40 - 4:10pm 200 Fisher Hall


September 16, 2008	Patrick Bajari, University of Minnesota, "Estimating Static and Dynamic Models of Strategic Interaction", joint with Han Hong, John Krainer, and Denis Nekipelov.
September 23, 2008	Stephane Bonhomme, CEMFI, "Identifying Distributional Characteristics in Random Coefficients Panel Data Models", joint with Manuel Arellano.
September 30, 2008	Richard Chiburis, Princeton University, "Approximately Most Powerful Tests for Conditional Moment Inequalities".
October 7, 2008	John Geweke, University of Iowa, "Optimal Prediction Pools", joint with Gianni Amisano, European Central Bank.
October 14, 2008	Victor Chernozhukov, MIT, "Improving Point and Interval Estimates of Monotone Functions by Rearrangement", joint with Ivan Fernandez-Val and Alfred Galichon.
October 21, 2008	Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Berkeley, "Estimation of DSGE Models When The Data Are Persistent", joint with Serena Ng.
October 28, 2008	Break Week
November 4, 2008	Department Wide Seminar Week
November 11, 2008	Ken Wolpin, University of Penn, "The Transition from School to Jail: Youth Crime and High School Completion Among Black Males".
November 18, 2008	Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke University, "Working with Epstein-Zin Preferences: Computation and Likelihood Estimation of DSGE Models with Recursive Preferences", joint with Jules H. van Binsbergen, Jesύs Fernández-Villaverde, and Ralph S.J. Koijen.
November 25, 2008	Shige Peng, Columbia, "A Generalized Central Limit Theorem with Applications to Econometrics and Finance".
December 2, 2008	Michael Keane, University of Technology Sydney, "The Generalized Multinomial Logit Model", joint with Prof. Fiebig, Prof. Louviere, and Prof. Wasi.