Econometric Research Program


Oskar Morgenstern Memorial Seminar Spring 2013
Tuesdays: 2:40 - 4:00pm 200 Fisher Hall Speaker's Office: TBD
February 4, 2013	Classes Begin
March 12, 2013	Christoph Rothe, Columbia University, "Semiparametric Estimation and Inference using Doubly Robust Moment Conditions"
March 16-24, 2013	Spring Recess
March 26, 2013	Enrique Sentana, CEMFI ES, "Dynamic specification tests for dynamic factor models", joint work with Gabriele Fiorentini, University of Florence.
April 2, 2013	Edward Vytlacil, "Instrumental Variables and the Sign of the Average Treatment Effect", ( joint with Labor)
April 11, 2013	Department Wide Seminar
April 15, 2013	Donald Rubin, Harvard University, "Evaluating the Effect of Training on Wages in the Presence of Noncompliance, Nonemployment, and Missing Outcome Data". *( Labor slot, Monday 4:15)
April 16, 2013	Maximilian Kasy, Harvard University 1) "Why experimenters should not randomize, and what they should do instead," http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kasy/files/experimentaldesign.pdf 2) "Optimal policy and statistical decisions," http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kasy/files/policydecisions.pdf
April 23, 2013	Benjamin Connault, Princeton Grad Student, "Identifiability of Discrete Models with Hidden State", abstract
April 29, 2013	Richard Blundell, University College London, "Consumption Inequality and Family Labor Supply", *(Labor slot, Monday 4:15)
April 30, 2013	Matt Shum, Caltech, (joint with Applied Micro), "Words get in the Way? Partial Identification in a Strategic Deliberation Model"

	*Joint with Labor held on Monday at 4:15