Econometrics Workshop

Schedule for Spring 2008

Seminars are held on Wednesdays from 4:00 - 5:20 pm in Bunche Hall 9294, unless otherwise noted.

The workshop organizer is Rosa Matzkin.

Apr 9	Geert Ridder  (USC) :  "Instrumental Variables Estimation of Nonlinear Models with Nonclassical Measurement Error Using Control Variates"
Apr 16	Quang Vuong  (Penn State (visiting UCLA)) :  "Nonparametric Identification of Risk Aversion in First-Price Auctions Under Exclusion Restrictions"
Apr 23	Ivana Komunjer  (UCSD) :  "Global Identification in Nonlinear Semiparametric Models"
Apr 30	Marine Carrasco  (University of Montreal) :  "A Regularization Approach to the Many Instruments Problem"
May 7	Yuichi Kitamura  (Yale) :  "Nonparametric Estimation in Random Coefficients Binary Choice Models"
May 14	Hyungsik Roger Moon  (USC) :  "A Bayesian Look at Partially Identified Models"
May 21	Joseph Altonji  (Yale)
May 28	Lars Nesheim  (UCL) :  "Consumers willingness to pay for organic products"