Econometric Society European Meeting 1999, Santiago, EC Sessions


Session number Slot Session Title First Name Last Name Affiliation Paper Title
EC01 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Bootstrap methods Miguel Delgado Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Significance Testing in Nonparametric Regression Based on the Bootstrap
EC01 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Bootstrap methods Melvyn Weeks University of Cambridge Non-nested Models and the Likelihood Ratio Statistic: A Comparison of Simulation and Bootstrap-Based Tests
EC01 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Bootstrap methods Gonzalo Camba-Mendez National Institute of Economic and Social Research Bootstrap and Asymptotic Tests of Rank for Reduced Rank Regression Models
EC01 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Bootstrap methods Russell Davidson GREQAM and Queen's University Bootstrap Tests of Nonnested Linear Regression Models
EC02 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Hypothesis tests I Geert Dhaene Université de Mons-Hainaut Bartlett Identities Tests
EC02 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Hypothesis tests I Ingmar Prucha University of Maryland On the Asymptotic Distribution of the Moran I Test Statistic
EC02 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Hypothesis tests I Jonathan Hill University of Colorado Alpha-Stable Consistent Model Specification Tests for Heavy Tailed Distributions of Single-Layer Feed-Forward Neural Network
EC02 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Hypothesis tests I Werner Ploberger University of Rochester A Complete Class of Tests when the Likelihood is Locally Asymptotically Quadratic
EC03 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Panels and repeated cross sections : inference Mette Ejrnaes University of Copenhagen A Two Step Estimator for Repeated Cross Sections
EC03 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Panels and repeated cross sections : inference Pierre Hoonhout Free University Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Selective Attrition and Refreshment Samples
EC03 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Panels and repeated cross sections : inference Frank Windmeijer Institute for Fiscal Studies Projection Estimators for Autoregressive Panel Data Models
EC03 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Panels and repeated cross sections : inference Sébastien Lecocq Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sarbonne Estimation of Conditionally Linear Demand Systems on Panel Data
EC04 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: derivative pricing René Garcia Université de Montréal Asymmetric Smiles, Leverage Effects and Structural Parameters
EC04 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: derivative pricing Antoon Pelsser ABN-AMRO Bank Libor and Swap Market Models for the Pricing of Interest Rate Derivatives: An Empirical Comparison
EC04 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: derivative pricing Christian Hafner Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Option Pricing under Linear Autoregressive Dynamics, Heteroskedasticity, and Conditional Leptokurtosis
EC04 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: derivative pricing Bertrand Melenberg Tilburg University Pricing Information: An Empirical Analysis
EC05 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Inflation G.J. Wyatt Heriot-Watt University Inference From Partial Orders: Central Bank Independence and Inflation
EC05 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Inflation Alex Lammertsma CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis Exchange Rate Accommodation and Inflation Persistence in Europe: 1970-1988
EC05 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Inflation David Byers Cardiff University Non-linear Dynamics of Inflation in High Inflation Economies
EC05 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Inflation Jesús Vázquez Universidad del Pais Vasco Does the Lucas Critique apply during Hyperinflation? Empirical Evidence from Four Hyperinflationary Episodes
EC06 August 29, 09:30-11:30 International trade and multinationals Jarko Fidrmuc Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna Verification of The New Trade Theory in EU's Trade with CEECs
EC06 August 29, 09:30-11:30 International trade and multinationals Hélène Erkel-Rousse Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances Trade Performances and the Estimation of Price-Elasticities: Quality Matters
EC06 August 29, 09:30-11:30 International trade and multinationals Pehr-Johan Norbäck The Research Institute of Industrial Economics Multinational firms, Technology and Location
EC06 August 29, 09:30-11:30 International trade and multinationals James Anderson Boston College Trade, Insecurity, and Home Bias: An Empirical Investigation
EC07 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Children fertility and the household Nathalie Picard-Tortorici Université de Cergy-Pointoise and LEA, INRA A New Approach for Studying Dynamic Fertility Models
EC07 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Children fertility and the household Adriaan Kalwij Oxford University Female Employment and Fertility Decisions: An Analysis of the Effects of Household Financial Wealth
EC07 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Children fertility and the household Juan Sanchis-Llopis Universitat de Valencia Children and Demand Patterns: Evidence from Panel Data
EC07 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Children fertility and the household Denis Fougère CNRS and CREST-INSEE The Impact of Public Subsidies on the Demand for Services in the Home: The French Case
EC08 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Consumption and saving I Ekaterini Kyriazidou UCLA On the Relevance of Borrowing Constraints: Paremetric and Non-Parametric Evidence from Car Loans
EC08 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Consumption and saving I Xiaodong Gong Tilburg University No Sexual Bias in Household Consumption? A Semiparametric Analysis of Engel Curves in Rural China
EC08 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Consumption and saving I Charles Grant University College London Changes in Consumption Behaviour: Italy in the Early 1990's
EC08 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Consumption and saving I Guglielmo Weber Universitá di Padova A Two Sample Procedure to Correct Recall Consumption Data
EC09 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Innovation and R&D I José Pernías Universitat Jaume I Innovation Complementarity and Scale of Production
EC09 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Innovation and R&D I César Alonso-Borrego Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Factor Demands and Innovation Activity: Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing Firms
EC09 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Innovation and R&D I Elena Cefis Universitat Pompeu Fabra and University of Bergamo Persistence in Profitability and Innovative Activities
EC09 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Innovation and R&D I Ulrich Kaiser ZEW R&D Cooperation and R&D Intensity: Theory and Micro-econometric Evidence for Germany
EC10 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Program and policy evaluation Francis Kramarz CREST Working 40 Hours or Not-Working 39: Lessons from the 1981 Mandatory Reduction of Weekly Working Hours
EC10 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Program and policy evaluation Reinhard Hujer Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University The Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training on Unemplyoment Duration in West Germany- A Discrete Hazard Rate Model based on a Matched Sample
EC10 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Program and policy evaluation Jan C. van Ours Tilburg University Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Programs in the Slovak Republic
EC10 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Program and policy evaluation Michael Lechner University of St. Gallen Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects of Multiple Treatments under the Conditional Independence Assumption
EC11 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Cointegration: Applications and performance Herman van Dijk Erasmus University Rotterdam Bayes Estimates of Markov Trends in Possibly Cointegrated Series: An Application to US Consumption and Income
EC11 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Cointegration: Applications and performance Simon van Norden École des Hautes Études Commerciales Reconsidering Cointegration in International Finance: Three Case Studies of Size Distortion in Finite Samples
EC11 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Cointegration: Applications and performance Hans Kongsted University of Copenhagen Testing the Nominal-to-Real Transformation
EC11 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Cointegration: Applications and performance Neil Ericsson Federal Reserve Board Finite Sample Properties of Error Correction Tests for Cointegration
EC12 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Long memory models Alan Kirman GREQAM Microeconomic Models for Long-Memory in the Volatility of Financial Time Series
EC12 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Long memory models Ignacio Lobato Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico Long Memory in Stock Market Trading Volume
EC12 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Long memory models Claudio Michelacci CEMFI Cross-Sectional Heterogeneity and the Persistence of Aggregate Fluctuations
EC12 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Long memory models Marc Henry Columbia University in the City of New York Averaged Periodogram Spectral Density Estimation with Long Memory Conditional Heteroscedasticity
EC13 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Markov regime switching models: theory Edoardo Otranto ISTAT A Nonparametric Bayesian Approach to Detect the Number of Regimes in Switching Models
EC13 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Markov regime switching models: theory Jean-Michel Zakoïan Université de Lille 1 and CREST Linear-representations based estimation of Switching-regime GARCH Models
EC13 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Markov regime switching models: theory Christian Francq Université du Littoral - Côte d'Opale Stationarity of Multivariate Markov-Switching ARMA Models
EC13 August 29, 09:30-11:30 Markov regime switching models: theory Hans-Martin Krolzig University of Oxford Predicting Markov-Switching Vector Autoregressive Processes
EC14 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Panel data: inference I M. Hashem Pesaran University of Cambridge and University of Southern California Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Fixed Effects Dynamic Panel Models Covering Short Time Periods
EC14 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Panel data: inference I Hugo Kruiniger Queen Mary and Westfield College London Conditional Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data Models
EC14 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Panel data: inference I Franz Palm University of Maastricht Testing for Serial Correlation Common Features in Panel Data Models
EC15 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Quantile regression and high breakdown point estimation Franco Peracchi Tor Vergata University On the Relationship Between Regression Quantiles and Conditional Distribution Functions
EC15 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Quantile regression and high breakdown point estimation Bernd Fitzenberger University of Mannheim Improving the Computation of Censored Quantile Regressions
EC15 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Quantile regression and high breakdown point estimation Victoria Zinde-Walsh McGill University Asymptotic Theory for some High Breakdown Point Estimators via Generalized Functions
EC16 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Financial econometrics: volatility and risk Paul Kofman University of New South Wales Simultaneous Claims Analysis
EC16 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Financial econometrics: volatility and risk Roman Liesenfeld University of Tübingen A Generalised Bivariate Mixture Model for Stock Price Volatility and Trading Volume
EC16 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Financial econometrics: volatility and risk Peter Christoffersen McGill University Testing, Comparing, and Combining Value-at-Risk Measures
EC17 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Investment and financial policy Bengt Assarsson Sveriges Riksbank Investment in Swedish Manufacturing: Analysis and Forecasts
EC17 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Investment and financial policy Nicholas Bloom Institute for Fiscal Studies Uncertainty, Irreversibility and Firm Level Investment Equations
EC17 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Investment and financial policy Jean-Bernard Chatelain Banque de France Exogeneity Tests in Investment Euler Equations Facing Various Financial Constraints
EC18 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Macroeconomics I Johannes Fedderke University of the Witwatersrand South African Capital Flows and Capital Flight over the 1960-95 period
EC18 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Macroeconomics I Panicos Demetriades South Bank University Unproductivity Credit and the South Korean Crisis
EC18 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Macroeconomics I Raffaela Giordano Bank of Italy Budget Deficits and Coalition Governments
EC19 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Inequality measurement Christian Schluter University of Bristol Welfare Measurement and Measurement Error
EC19 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Inequality measurement Ilpo Suoniemi Labour Institute for Economic Research Decompositions of the Gini and the Variation Coefficient by Population Groups and Income Sources
EC19 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Inequality measurement Frank Cowell London School of Economics Estimating Welfare Indices: Household Weights and Sample Design
EC20 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Panel data: Applications Günter Lang University of Augsburg Global Warming and German Agriculture: Impact Estimation Using a Restricted Profit Function
EC20 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Panel data: Applications Josef Perktold University of Chicago Panel Data Analysis of Household Brand Choices
EC20 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Panel data: Applications Alban Thomas Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse Estimation of Dynamic Panel Data Models with Time-Varying Individual Effects, with an Application to Residential Water Demand
EC21 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Search Michael Svarer Nielsen University of Aarhus An Estimable Equilibrium Search-Matching Model of the Labour Market
EC21 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Search Aico van Vuuren Tinbergen Institute and Vrije Universiteit Measuring the Equilibrium Effects of Unemployment Benefits Dispersion
EC21 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Search Gary Koop University of Edinburgh Bayesian Inference in Models Based on Equilibrium Search Theory
EC22 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Time preference / risk James Griffin Texas A&M University The Econometrics of Rational Addiction: The Case of Cigarettes
EC22 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Time preference / risk Bas Donkers Tilburg University Explaining Time Preference Anomalies: A Quantification
EC22 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Time preference / risk Yoel Haitovsky The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Economics of Lotteries: The Optimal Lottery Tax
EC23 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Business cycles I Richard Paap Erasmus University Rotterdam Modeling Asymmetric Persistence over the Business Cycle
EC23 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Business cycles I Zenon Kontolemis International Monetary Fund Analysis of the Business Cycle with a Vector-Markov-Switching Model
EC23 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Business cycles I Jesper Lindé Stockholm School of Economics Testing for the Lucas Critique: A Quantitative Investigation
EC24 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Cointegration: Estimation and testing I David Harris University of Melbourne Stochastic Cointegration I: Estimation and Inference
EC24 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Cointegration: Estimation and testing I Jan Groen Erasmus University Rotterdam Likelihood-Based Panel Cointegration Analysis
EC24 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Cointegration: Estimation and testing I Michael Jansson University of Aarhus Point Optimal Invariant Tests of the Null Hypothesis of Cointegration
EC25 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Seasonality Josu Arteche University of the Basque Country New Techniques for the Analysis of Seasonal Long Memory: The Case of Spanish Inflation
EC25 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Seasonality Paulo Rodrigues University of Algarve Near Seasonal Integration
EC25 August 29, 12:00-13:30 Seasonality Gianluca Cubadda Istituto Nazionale di Statistica Seasonality, Productivity Shocks and Sectoral Comovements in a Real Business Cycle Model for Italy
EC26 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Model selection and evaluation Grayham Mizon Southampton University & European University Institute On Selecting Policy Analysis Models by Forescast Accuracy
EC26 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Model selection and evaluation Frank Schorfheide University of Pennsylvania A Unified Econometric Framework for the Evaluation of DSGE Models
EC26 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Model selection and evaluation Svend Hylleberg University of Aarhus Specifying Nonlinear Econometric Models by Flexible Regression Models and Relative Forecast Performance
EC27 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Panel data: inference II Badi Baltagi Texas A&M University The Unbalanced Nested Error Component Regression Model
EC27 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Panel data: inference II Bernard Lejeune University of Liège A Distribution-free Joint Test for Random Individual Effects and Heteroscedasticity Allowing for Incomplete Panels
EC27 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Panel data: inference II François Laisney Université Louis Pasteur and ZEW Mannheim Almost Consisitent Estimation of Panel Probit Models with Fixed Effects
EC28 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: cost of capital and returns Ralf Runde University of Dortmund On the Existence of Moments - With an Application to German Stock Returns
EC28 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: cost of capital and returns Olivier Allais Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne The Equity Premium Puzzle: An Evaluation of the French Case
EC28 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: cost of capital and returns Mathijs van Dijk Maastricht University The Cost of Capital in International Financial Markets: Local versus Global Beta
EC29 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Macroeconomics II Annette Conzelmann Universität Basel The Influence of Constitutional Settings and Operating Procedures of Monetary Policy on the Term Structure
EC29 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Macroeconomics II Marianne Nessén Sveriges Riksbank World-Wide Purchasing Power Parity
EC29 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Macroeconomics II Silvia Marchesi University of Warwick Adoption of an IMF Programme and Debt Rescheduling. An Empirical Test of their Relationship
EC30 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Experimental economics Simon Peters University of Manchester Testing for the Presence of a Tremble in Binary Data Models
EC30 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Experimental economics Philippe Février CREST A Study of Consumer Behavior Using Laboratory Data
EC30 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Experimental economics Peter Moffatt University of East Anglia Modelling the Role of Experience in Choice over Lotteries: A Microeconometric Analysis
EC31 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Inequality and distribution Eric Gould Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Retail Price of Inequality
EC31 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Inequality and distribution Christian Kleiber Universität Dortmund Tail Dominance of Income Distributions
EC31 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Inequality and distribution Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez Tilburg University Bounding the Distribution of Wealth with three Levels of Response
EC32 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Market structure and prices Rafael Macatangay University of Manchester Space-Time Collusion in Wholesale Electricity Markets of England and Wales
EC32 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Market structure and prices Niklas Arvidsson Stockholm School of Economics Price Adjustments in an Economic Downturn
EC32 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Market structure and prices Fidel Castro-Rodriguez Universidade de Vigo Seeking 0īs desperately: estimating the distribution of consumers under increasing block rates
EC33 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Wages and labor turnover Adriana Kugler Universitat Pompeu Fabra The Impact of Firing Costs on Worker Turnover: Evidence from a "Quasi-Experiment"
EC33 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Wages and labor turnover Giovanni Bruno Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Intertemporal Duality in an Efficiency Wage Model with Adjustment Costs: The Theory and an Application to a Panel of U.K. Firms
EC33 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Wages and labor turnover Niels Westergaard-Nielsen Centre for Labour Market and Social Research Three Elements of Personnel Policy: Worker Flows, Retention and Pay
EC34 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Cointegrated VAR models Antti Ripatti Bank of Finland Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive Processes with Continuous Structural Changes
EC34 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Cointegrated VAR models Martin Wagner Institute for Advanced Studies - Vienna VAR Cointegration in VARMA Models
EC34 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Cointegrated VAR models Cheng Hsiao University of Southern California Identification and Dichotomization of Long- and Short- Run Relations of Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive Models
EC35 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Nonlinear time series: theory Serge Darolles CREST Kernel Based Nonlinear Canonical Analysis
EC35 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Nonlinear time series: theory Rolf Tschernig Humbolt University Non- and Semiparametric Identification of Seasonal Nonlinear Autoregression Models
EC35 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Nonlinear time series: theory Javier Hidalgo London School of Economics Prediction of Strong Dependent Processes in the Frequency Domain with Application to Signal Extraction
EC36 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Structural breaks I Fabio Busetti London School of Economics Testing for the Presence of a Random Walk in Series with Structural Breaks
EC36 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Structural breaks I Filippo Altissimo Bank of Italy A Simple Almost Sure Rule for Detecting the Number of Breaks in a Time Series
EC36 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Structural breaks I David Hendry Nuffield College On Detectable and Non-detectable Structural Change
EC37 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Unit root tests I Junsoo Lee University of Central Florida Minimum LM Unit Root Tests
EC37 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Unit root tests I Peter Lildholdt University of Aarhus On the Sizes and Local Power Functions of Tests for Double Unit Roots
EC37 August 29, 15:00-16:30 Unit root tests I Miguel Arranz Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Unit Root Test on the Trend Component Are Robust to Additive Outliers
EC38 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Econometric methodology Jan Magnus CentER, Tilburg University The Traditional Pretest Estimator
EC38 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Econometric methodology Gianluigi Rech Stockholm School of Economics A Simple Variable Selection Technique for Nonlinear Models
EC38 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Econometric methodology Aris Spanos University of Cyprus The Problem of Multicollinearity Revisited: Statistical Parameterisations vs Ceteris Paribus Clauses
EC38 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Econometric methodology Herman Bierens Pennsylvania State University The Econometric Consequences of the Ceteris Paribus Condition in Economic Theory
EC39 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Semi- and non-parametric methods: dynamic models Thanasis Stengos University of Cyprus Testing Serial Correlation in Semiparametric Time Series Models
EC39 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Semi- and non-parametric methods: dynamic models Carlos Velasco Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Gaussian Semiparametric Estimation of Fractional Cointegration
EC39 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Semi- and non-parametric methods: dynamic models Mario Fernández Universidad de A Coruña A New Class of Local Polynomial Regression Smoothers with AR-Error Structure
EC39 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Semi- and non-parametric methods: dynamic models Douglas Hodgson Universty of Rochester Efficient Semiparametric Estimation of Dynamic Nonlinear Systems under Elliptical Symmetry
EC40 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Specification tests / measurement error Lynda Khalaf GREEN, Université Laval Monte Carlo Homoskedasticity Tests
EC40 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Specification tests / measurement error José Passos ISEG-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Heteroscedasticity and Autocorrelation Consistent Covariance Matrix Estimator with Improved Finite-Sample Properties
EC40 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Specification tests / measurement error Hans Schneeweiss University of Munich A Small Sample Estimator for a Polynomial Regression with Errors in the Variables
EC40 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Specification tests / measurement error João Santos Silva Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Glejser's Test Revisited
EC41 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: term structure Michel Lubrano GREQAM-CNRS and CORE Bayesian Non Linear Modellings of the Short Term US Interest Rate
EC41 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: term structure Manuel Moreno Universitat Pompeu Fabra A Two-Mean Reverting-Factor Model of the Term Structure of Interest Rates
EC41 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: term structure Peter Schotman Maastricht University Direct Estimation of the Risk Neutral Factor Dynamics of Affine Term Structure Models
EC41 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: term structure Peter Spencer Birkbeck College Rival Models of the Term Structure: Non-Nested Tests for the US Treasury Market 1982-92
EC42 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Banks and credit markets Sergio Schmukler The World Bank Do Depositors Punish Banks for "Bad" Behavior?: Examining Market Discipline in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico
EC42 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Banks and credit markets Tor Jacobson Sveriges Riksbank Bank Lending Policy, Credit Scoring and Value at Risk
EC42 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Banks and credit markets Sophie Larribeau University of Cergy-Pontoise A Structural Model of Discrimination in Mortgage Lending, with some Evidence on Neutral Ground
EC42 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Banks and credit markets Juan Reboredo Universidade de Santiago de Compostela A Markov Model for Risk Evaluation in Banking
EC43 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Growth and convergence Werner Smolny University of Konstanz Post-war Growth, Productivity Convergence, and Reconstruction: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
EC43 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Growth and convergence Abdulnasser Hatemi-J Lund University Time-Series Support for Balassa's Export-Led Growth Hypothesis: Further Evidence
EC43 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Growth and convergence Joseph Pearlman London Guildhall University Twin Peaks - A Reassessment
EC43 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Growth and convergence Jens Wächter ZEI Bonn Productivity Convergence and Catch-up in the Manufacturing Sector
EC44 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Income and poverty dynamics Eswar Prasad Research Department, IMF Consumption and Income Inequality in Poland during the Economic Transition
EC44 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Income and poverty dynamics Peter Steiner University of Berne Evaluating Theories of Income Dynamics: A Probabilistic Approach
EC44 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Income and poverty dynamics Georges Heinrich Heriot-Watt University Does (Event) History matter? A Spell based Approach to Poverty Dynamics
EC44 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Income and poverty dynamics Gordon Anderson University of Toronto Poverty in America 1979-1990: Who Did Gain Ground?
EC45 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Productivity and efficiency measurement Christopher Cornwell University of Georgia Measuring and Decomposing Productivity Change: Stochastic Distance Function Estimation vs. DEA
EC45 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Productivity and efficiency measurement Rien Wagenvoort European Investment Bank The Recursive Thick Frontier Approach to Estimating Efficiency
EC45 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Productivity and efficiency measurement Luis Murillo-Zamorano University of Extremadura The Measurement of Productive Efficiency in the Industrial Sector. A Methodological Analysis of Parametric and Non Parametric Techniques
EC45 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Productivity and efficiency measurement Xosé Rodríguez Universidad de Santiago de Compostela A Proposal for Decomposing and Adjustiing the Conventional Divisia Index for the Measure of Productivity
EC46 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Returns to schooling Jörgen Hansen Concordia University Household Characteristics, Ability and Education: Evidence from a Dynamic Expected Utility Model
EC46 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Returns to schooling Dean Jolliffe Charles University Whose Education Matters in the Determination of Household Income: Evidence from a Developing Country
EC46 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Returns to schooling Jörn-Steffen Pischke M.I.T. Does Shorter Schooling Hurt School Performance and Earnings? Evidence from the German Short School Years
EC46 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Returns to schooling Enrico Moretti University of California Berkeley Social Returns to Education and Human Capital Externalities: Evidence from Cities
EC47 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Wages and employment I Juhana Vartiainen Labour Institute for Economic Research Job Assignment and the Gender Wage Differential: Evidence on Finish Metalworkers
EC47 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Wages and employment I Aurora Galego Universidade de Évora An Empirical Analysis of the Transitions Into and Out of Self-Employment in Portugal
EC47 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Wages and employment I Kaare Johansen Norwegian University of Science and Technology Nonlinear Wage Responses to Internal and External Factors
EC47 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Wages and employment I David Margolis University of Paris Worker Displacement in France
EC48 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Contributed papers in honour of Clive Granger: I Mark Watson Princeton University A Comparison of Linear and Nonlinear Univariate Models for Forecasting Macroeconomic Time Series
EC48 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Contributed papers in honour of Clive Granger: I Kenneth Wallis University of Warwick Evaluating Density Forecasts of Inflation: The Survey of Professional Forecasters
EC48 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Contributed papers in honour of Clive Granger: I Helmut Lütkepohl Humboldt University Order Selection in Testing for Cointegrating Rank of a VAR Process
EC48 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Contributed papers in honour of Clive Granger: I David Hendry Nuffield College The Pervasiveness of Granger Causality in Econometrics
EC49 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Stochastic volatility Wolfgang Härdle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Adaptive Estimation of a Stochastic Volatility Model
EC49 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Stochastic volatility Pieter van der Sluis CentER, Tilburg University Forecasting Volatility under Multivariate Stochastic Volatility Model via Reprojection
EC49 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Stochastic volatility George Jiang University of Groningen Efficient Estimation of the Continuous Time Stochastic Volatility Model via the Empirical Characteristic Function
EC49 August 30, 09:30-11:30 Stochastic volatility Peter Boswijk University of Amsterdam Some Distribution Theory for Stochastic Volatility Models
EC50 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Bootstrap methods: time series Alexander Benkwitz Humboldt-Universität Comparison of Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for Impulse Responses of German Monetary Systems
EC50 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Bootstrap methods: time series Nikolay Gospodinov Boston College Bootstrap-Based Inference in Models with a Large Moving Average Component
EC50 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Bootstrap methods: time series John Nankervis University of Surrey Testing for Autocorrelation in the Presence of Statistical Independence: The Bootstrap and Alternatives
EC51 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Hypothesis tests II Marine Carrasco CREST, INSEE Chi-square Tests when a Nuisance Parameter is Present only under the Alternative
EC51 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Hypothesis tests II Richard Kleijn Erasmus University Rotterdam The Bayesian Score Statistic
EC51 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Hypothesis tests II Rodney Strachan Monash University Bayesian Trace Statistics for the Reduced Rank Regression Model
EC52 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: high frequency data and diffusions Ola Elerian Nuffield College Likelihood Inference for Discretely Observed Non-Linear Diffusions
EC52 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: high frequency data and diffusions Joachim Grammig Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt Modeling the Interdependence of Volatility and Inter-Transaction Duration Processes
EC52 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: high frequency data and diffusions Timo Teräsvirta Stockholm School of Economics Modelling Economic High-Freqency Time Series with STAR-STGARCH Models
EC53 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Aggregation Gabriel Talmain University of York Aggregation and Persistence in a Macromodel
EC53 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Aggregation Attila Rátfai University of Michigan Linking Individual and Aggregate Price Changes
EC53 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Aggregation Antoni Espasa Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Modelling Inflation: Experience with US and Spanish Data
EC54 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Money and interest rates Elena Bogatcheva Center for Economic Research & Graduate Education (CERGE) A General Equilibrium Model of Demand for Money in an Economy with Costly Credit
EC54 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Money and interest rates Luca Fanelli University of Bologna New Evidence on the Credit Channel of Monetary Policy in Italy
EC54 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Money and interest rates Mariam Camarero University Jaume I Who is Ruling Europe? Empirical Evidence on the German Dominance Hypothesis
EC55 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Auctions and games Costin Protopopescu GREQAM and Université de la Meditéranée Functional Estmation of the Equilibrium of a Stochastic game in the Context of Incomplete Information
EC55 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Auctions and games Bas van der Klaauw Free University Structural Empirical Analysis of Dutch Flower Auctions and Minimum Prices
EC55 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Auctions and games Quang Vuong University of Southern California Asymmetry and Joint Bidding in OCS Wildcat Auctions
EC56 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Migration / spatial econometrics Stefan Klotz University of Konstanz Estimating Discrete Choice Decisions with Neighborhood Influence: An Analysis of Innovation Behaviour
EC56 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Migration / spatial econometrics Esther Vayá University of Barcelona Growth and Externalities Across Economies. An Empirical Analysis Uisng Spatial Econometrics
EC56 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Migration / spatial econometrics Olympia Bover Bank of Spain Learning About Migration Decisions from Migrants: An Exercise in Endogenous Sampling and Complementary Datasets
EC57 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Productivity and technological progress Michael Obersteiner Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna Efficiency and Economies of Scale in Academic Knowledge Production
EC57 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Productivity and technological progress Olivier Cadot INSEAD Contribution to Productivity or Pork-Barrel? The two Faces of Infrastructure Investment
EC57 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Productivity and technological progress Gerard H. Kuper University of Groningen Asymetric Adaptations to Energy Price Changes: An Analysis of Substitutability and Technological Progress in the Duch Economy
EC58 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Wages and bargaining Christopher Flinn Ney York University Minimum Wage Effects on Labour Market Outcomes under Search with Bargaining
EC58 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Wages and bargaining Rozenn Desplatz Université de Paris 1- Panthéon Sorbonne Price Cost Margins, Scale Economies and Workers' Bargaining Power: Estimates from a Panel of French Manufacturing Firms
EC58 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Wages and bargaining Bernd Fitzenberger University of Mannheim Heterogeneous Labor in a Structural Empirical Model of Wage Bargaining in West Germany
EC59 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Contributed papers in honour of Clive Granger: II Søren Johansen European University Institute Granger's Representation Theorem and Multicointegration
EC59 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Contributed papers in honour of Clive Granger: II Changli He Stockholm School of Economics Statistical Properties of the Asymmetric Power ARCH Process
EC59 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Contributed papers in honour of Clive Granger: II Katarina Juselius European University Institute Price Convergence in the Medium and Long Run. An I(2) Analysis of six Price Indices
EC59 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Contributed papers in honour of Clive Granger: II Robert Engle University of California at San Diego A Long-Run and Short-Run Component Model of Stock Return Volatility
EC60 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Structural breaks II Alain Guay Université du Québec du Montréal EMM Simulated Score and Structural Change Tests
EC60 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Structural breaks II Philippe Andrade Université de Paris X-Nanterre Estimation of Long-run Relationships with Structural Breaks in a Multivariate Framework
EC60 August 30, 15:00-16:30 Structural breaks II Simone Grose Monash University Testing for a Structural Break in the Linear Model with Non-Stationary Regressors
EC61 August 30, 15:00-16:30 VAR models Wolfgang Polasek University of Basel Intersectoral Labour Reallocation and Employment Volatility: A Bayesian Analysis using a VAR-GARCH-M Model
EC61 August 30, 15:00-16:30 VAR models João Issler Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro The Importance of Common Cyclical Features in VAR Analysis: A Monte Carlo Study
EC61 August 30, 15:00-16:30 VAR models Heikki Kauppi University of Helsinki On the Robustness of Hypothesis Testing Based on Fully Modified Vector Autoregression when Some Roots are Almost One
EC62 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Exact distributions and asymptotic approximations Grant Hillier University of Southampton The Density of a Quadratic Form in a Vector Uniformly Distributed on the n-Sphere
EC62 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Exact distributions and asymptotic approximations Frank Kleibergen Erasmus University Rotterdam An Alternative Approach for Constructing Small Sample and Limiting Distributions of Maximum Likelihood Estimators
EC62 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Exact distributions and asymptotic approximations Montezuma Dumangane University of Bristol Duration Response Measurement Error
EC62 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Exact distributions and asymptotic approximations Garry Phillips University of Exeter The Effectiveness of Bias Correction for Coefficient and Variance Estimation in Stable First-Order Dynamic Regression Models
EC63 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Indirect and simulation inference Ramdan Dridi London School of Economics Simulated Asymptotic Least Squares Theory
EC63 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Indirect and simulation inference Carla Rampichini Università di Firenze Alternative Simulation-Based Estimators of Logit Models with Random Effects
EC63 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Indirect and simulation inference Vassilis Hajivassiliou London School of Economics Low Discrepancy Simulation: Sobol Numbers and Generalized Fauré Sequences for Multivariate Normal Rectangle Probabilities
EC63 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Indirect and simulation inference Enrique Sentana CEMFI Constrained EMM Estimation
EC64 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Panel data: inference III Kaddour Hadri City University Testing for Stationarity in Heterogenous Panel Data
EC64 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Panel data: inference III Matteo Ciccarelli Universitat Pompeu Fabra Bayesian Estimation, Inference and Forecasting in VAR Models with Panel Data
EC64 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Panel data: inference III Johan Lyhagen Stockholm School of Economics Likelihood-based Cointegration Tests for Heterogenous Panels
EC64 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Panel data: inference III Arvid Raknerud University of Oslo Maximum Likelihood Estimation of VAR Models for Panel Data with Dynamic Latent Components
EC65 August 31, 09:30-11:30 International finance Angel Ubide International Monetary Fund Crises, Contagion and the Closed-end Country Fund Puzzle
EC65 August 31, 09:30-11:30 International finance Helmut Herwartz Humboldt-University Berlin Dynamic Relationships Between International Bond Markets
EC65 August 31, 09:30-11:30 International finance Elena Andreou University of Manchester Testing the International Linkages among Stock Market Returns
EC65 August 31, 09:30-11:30 International finance Ignacio Palacios-Huerta Brown University The Human Capital of Stockholders and the International Diversification Puzzle
EC66 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Growth convergence and integration Dimitrios Malliaropulos National Bank of Greece EMU and European Stock Market Integration
EC66 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Growth convergence and integration Sugata Ghosh Cardiff Business School Regional Inequality, Output Taxes and Growth in India: Theory and Evidence
EC66 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Growth convergence and integration Etsuro Shioji Yokohama National University Public Capital and Regional Output Dynamics: A US-Japan Comparison
EC66 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Growth convergence and integration Zinan Liu London Guildhall University Openness, Convergence and Growth Towards the Global Frontier of Technology: Evidence from OECD Manufacturing Industries
EC67 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Wages and employment II Pierre-Yves Henin Université de Paris I Testing for Hysteresis: Unemployment Persistence and Wage Adjustment
EC67 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Wages and employment II Jens D.J. Larsen Bank of England Estimating an Efficiency Wage Model
EC67 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Wages and employment II Cenk Gökçe Adas   Efficiency Wages, Productivity Unemployment and Labour-Unrest Index in the Turkish Manufactoring Sector
EC67 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Wages and employment II Marco Manacorda University of California Berkeley Regional Imbalances and Aggregate Performance in a Leading Sector Model of the Labour Market: An Analysis on Italian Data, 1977-1991
EC68 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Household behaviour Alan Duncan University of York Household Labour Supply, Childcare Costs and In-Work Benefits: Modelling the Impact of the Working Families Tax Credit in the U.K.
EC68 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Household behaviour Olivier Donni DELTA The Incidence of Income Taxation: A Collective Model and some Evidence from French Data
EC68 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Household behaviour Stefan Dercon Oxford and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven In Sickness and in Health... Risk Sharing within Households in Rural Ethiopia
EC68 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Household behaviour Daniela del Boca New York University Visitations and Transfers in Non-Intact Households
EC69 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Innovation and R&D II Duncan McVicar University of Southampton Knowledge Spillovers, Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in UK Manufacturing
EC69 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Innovation and R&D II Nigel Pain National Institute of Economic and Social Research Inward Investment and Technical Progress in The United Kingdom
EC69 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Innovation and R&D II Hans van Ophem Institute of Acturial Science and Econometrics Patents and R&D: Taking Account of Endogeneity
EC69 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Innovation and R&D II Bronwyn Hall Oxford University and UC Berkeley Investment and R&D in France and the U.S.
EC70 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Labour supply Arie Kapteyn CentER, Tilburg University The Myth of Worksharing
EC70 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Labour supply Hugo Benitez-Silva Yale University Micro Determinants of Labor Force Status Among Older Americans
EC70 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Labour supply Sonia Bhalotra University of Bristol Is Child Work Necessary?
EC70 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Labour supply Bernard Salanié INSEE Breaking Down Female Non-employment in France
EC71 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Forecasting Michael Clements University of Warwick Forecasting with Difference-stationary and Trend-stationary Models
EC71 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Forecasting Prasad Bidarkota La Trobe University Alternate Regime Switching Models for Forecasting Inflation
EC71 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Forecasting Spyros Skouras European University Institute Risk Neutral Forecasting
EC71 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Forecasting Denise Osborn University of Manchester Leading Indicators, Nonlinear Models and Forecasts for UK Macroeconomic Variables
EC72 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Fractional integration and cointegration Laura Mayoral Universidad Carlos III de Madrid A Fractional Dickey-Fuller Test
EC72 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Fractional integration and cointegration Marius Ooms Erasmus University Rotterdam Inference and Forecasting for Fractional Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Models, with Application to US and UK Inflation
EC72 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Fractional integration and cointegration Escribano Alvaro Universidad Carlos III de Madrid A New Instrumental Variable Approach for Estimation and Testing in Fractional Cointegrating Regressions
EC72 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Fractional integration and cointegration Walter Krämer Universität Dortmund The Power of Residual-Based Tests for Cointegration when Residuals Are Fractionally Integrated
EC73 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Threshold models Robert-Paul Berben University of Nijmegen Unit Root Tests and Asymmetric Adjustment
EC73 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Threshold models Markku Lanne University of Helsinki Threshold Autoregressions for Strongly Autocorrelated Time Series
EC73 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Threshold models Ana-Maria Fuertes London Guildhall University Asymmetric Adjustment of Real Interest Rates: The Fisher Relation Revisited
EC73 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Threshold models Raquel Montesinos Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Threshold Stochastic Unit Root Models
EC74 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Unit root tests II Christian Müller Humboldt University Unit Root Tests for Time Series with a Structural Break When the Break point is Known
EC74 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Unit root tests II Michael Wolf Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Subsampling Confidence Intervals for the Autoregressive Root
EC74 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Unit root tests II Bent Nielsen Nuffield College The Asymptotic Distribution of Unit Root Tests of Unstable Autoregressive Processes
EC74 August 31, 09:30-11:30 Unit root tests II Ulrich Müller University of St.Gallen Nearly Efficient Unit Root Tests when the Alternative is Stationary
EC75 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Inference: asymptotic approximations Richard Smith University of Bristol Asymptotic Approximations to the Distribution of Conditional Moment Test Statistics in a Likeklihood Framework
EC75 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Inference: asymptotic approximations Patrick Marsh University of York Direct Density Approximations
EC75 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Inference: asymptotic approximations Rolf Larsson Stockholm University The Order of the Asymptotic Error Term for Moments of the Log Likelihood Ratio Test for Cointegration
EC75 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Inference: asymptotic approximations Offer Lieberman Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Valid Asymptotic Expansions for the Maximum Likelihood Estimator of the Parameter of a Stationary Gaussian Strongly Dependent Process
EC76 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Non- and semi-parametric methods Pascal Lavergne INRA-ESR Minimax rates for nonparametric specification testing in regression models
EC76 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Non- and semi-parametric methods Songnian Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Rank Estimation of Transformation
EC76 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Non- and semi-parametric methods Pedro Delicado Universidad Pompeu Fabra Another Look at Principal Curves and Surfaces
EC76 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Non- and semi-parametric methods Eric Renault CREST-ENSAI Nonparametric Instrumental Regression
EC77 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Semiparametric methods: microeconometrics Stefan Sperlich Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Semiparametric Three Step Estimation Methods in Labor Supply Models
EC77 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Semiparametric methods: microeconometrics Shakeeb Khan University of Rochester Root-n Consistent Estimation of Heteroscedastic Ordered Response Models
EC77 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Semiparametric methods: microeconometrics María Rochina-Barrachina University College London and Universidad de Valencia New Semiparametric Pairwise Difference Estimators for Panel Data
EC77 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Semiparametric methods: microeconometrics Tue Gørgens University of New South Wales Semiparametric Estimation of Single-Index Transition Intensities
EC78 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: trading and exchanges Anthony Hall University of Technology Limits to Linear Price Behaviour: Target Zones for Futures Regulated by Price Limits
EC78 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: trading and exchanges Dick van Dijk Erasmus University Rotterdam SETS, Arbitrage Activity, and Stock Price Dynamics
EC78 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: trading and exchanges David Veredas CORE The Stochastic Conditional Duration Model: A Latent Factor Model for the Analysis of Financial Durations
EC78 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Financial econometrics: trading and exchanges Ian Tonks University of Bristol Measuring Microstructure Effects in Less-Liquid Stocks on the London Stock Exchange
EC79 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Exchange rates Georgios Kouretas University of Crete The Monetary Model in the Presence of I(2) Components: Long-Run Relationships, Short-Run Dynamics and Forecasting of the Greek Drachma
EC79 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Exchange rates Chor-yiu Sin City University of Hong Kong The Robustness of Hong Kong Linked Exchange Rate System as a Currency Board Arrangement
EC79 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Exchange rates Giuseppe De Arcangelis Universitá di Bari Economic Interdependence Across the Atlantic: European or Dollar
EC79 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Exchange rates Philip Marey Maastricht University Chartists and Fundamentalists: Evidence from an Artificial Foreign Exchange Market
EC80 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Count and binary data Kurt Brännäs Umeå University A New Approach to Modelling and Forecasting Monthly Guest Nights in Hotels
EC80 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Count and binary data Rainer Winkelmann University of Canterbury Bayesian Analysis of Multivariate Count Data
EC80 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Count and binary data Jochen Mayer University of Munchen Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: A Varying Coefficient Count Data Model
EC80 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Count and binary data Mars Cramer Tinbergen Institute Logit Analysis of Rare Attributes: Adding a Variable Upper Limit for Greater Flexibility
EC81 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Human capital and labour markets Martin Fournier CERDI, CREST-INSEE & DELTA Female Labor Supply: In the Course of Taiwan's Development, 1979-1994
EC81 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Human capital and labour markets Pantelis Kalaitzidakis University of Cyprus Measures of Human Capital and Nonlinearities in Economic Growth
EC81 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Human capital and labour markets Christiane Schäper University of Hamburg Does Education Policy Influence Income Distribution and Economic Growth? An Empirical Analysis
EC81 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Human capital and labour markets Francesca Fabbri University College London Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the U.K.
EC82 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Labour demand Pieter Gautier Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam Worker Turnover at the Firm Level and Crowding Out of Lower Educated Workers
EC82 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Labour demand Thierry Debrand Université Panthéon-Assas Paris 2 Relations between Labour Demand and Working Time: A study of effectiveness of working time
EC82 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Labour demand Oivind Nilsen University of Bergen Investment or Production Factors: Alternative Explanation of the Demand for Young Workers in Norway
EC82 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Labour demand Corinne Perraudin Université d'Evry-Val-d'Essone, Université Paris I and CREST Labour Demand and Asymmetric Adjustment Costs: A Comparison of the French and the American Cases
EC83 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Matching George Sheldon University of Basle The Efficiency of Public Employment Services: A Nonparametric Matching Function Analysis for Switzerland
EC83 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Matching F. Mihoubi Université D'Artois Estimating the Mortensen & Pissarides Model with Indirect Inference Methods
EC83 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Matching Matthew Shum University of Toronto An Empirical Matching Model of Pharmaceutical Demand
EC83 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Matching Markus Frölich University of St. Gallen Bivariate Index Estimator for Evaluation
EC84 September 1, 09:30-11:30 GARCH models Stefan Lundbergh Stockholm School of Economics Evaluating GARCH Models
EC84 September 1, 09:30-11:30 GARCH models Paolo Zaffaroni Banca d'Italia Contemporaneous Aggregation of GARCH Processes
EC84 September 1, 09:30-11:30 GARCH models Ruhi Tuncer Galatasaray University Convergence in Probability of the Maximum Likelihood Estimators of a Multivariate ARMA Model with GARCH(1,1) Errors
EC84 September 1, 09:30-11:30 GARCH models Anders Rahbek University of Copenhagen Stationarity and Asymptotics of Multivariate ARCH Time Series with an Application to Robustness of Cointegration Analysis
EC85 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Markov regime switching models: applications Bertrand Candelon Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Université Catholique de Louvain Determining a Credible OCA: A Markov Switching VAR Analysis
EC85 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Markov regime switching models: applications Giampiero Gallo Università di Firenze It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Switch: Markov Switching Conditional Volatility as a Measure of Credibility
EC85 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Markov regime switching models: applications Qaisar Akram Central Bank of Norway Multiple Unemployment Equilibria: Do Transitory Shocks Have Permanent Effects?
EC85 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Markov regime switching models: applications Maria Peria The World Bank A Regime Switching Approach to the Study of Speculative Attacks: A Focus on EMS Crises.
EC86 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Seasonal unit roots Robert Kunst Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna Testing Common Deterministic Seasonality, with an application to industrial production
EC86 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Seasonal unit roots Stéphane Gregoir CREST -INSEE Efficient Tests for the Presence of a Couple of Complex Conjugate Unit Roots in Real Time Series
EC86 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Seasonal unit roots Robert Taylor University of York Regression-Based Seasonal Unit Root Tests with Recursive Mean Adjustment
EC86 September 1, 09:30-11:30 Seasonal unit roots Peter Burridge University of Birmingham On Regression-Based Tests for Seasonal Unit Roots in the Presence of Periodic Heteroscedasticity
EC87 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Hypothesis tests III Giovanni Forchini University of York On Diagnostic Tests
EC87 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Hypothesis tests III Francesco Bravo University of Southampton Testing for Overidentifying Restrictions via Empirical Likelihood
EC87 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Hypothesis tests III Juan Toro European University Institute Testing for Cobreaking and Super Exogeneity in the Presence of Deterministic Shifts
EC88 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Markov chain Monte Carlo Philippe Deschamps Université de Fribourg, Switzerland Exact Small Sample Inference in Stationary, Fully Regular, Dynamic Demand Models
EC88 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Markov chain Monte Carlo Charles Bos Erasmus University Rotterdam Adaptive Polar Sampling with an Application to a Bayes Measure of Value-at-Risk
EC88 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Markov chain Monte Carlo Tom Wansbeek University of Groningen A Decision Theoretic Framework for Profit Maximization in Direct Marketing
EC89 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: high frequency data Frank de Jong University of Amsterdam and CEPR Price Discovery on Foreign Exchange Markets with Differentially Informed Traders
EC89 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: high frequency data Geir Bjønnes Norwegian School of Management FX Trading... Live! Dealer Behavior and Trading Systems in Foreign Exchange Markets
EC89 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Financial econometrics: high frequency data Ramazan Gencay University of Windsor Real-Time Trading Models and the Statistical Properties of Foreign Exchange Rates
EC90 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Monetary and fiscal policy Karen Dury National Institute of Economic and Social Research An Encompassing Framework for Evaluating Simple Monetary Policy Rules
EC90 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Monetary and fiscal policy Yunus Aksoy Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Monetary Policy Effectiveness and Central Bank Voting Rules in Open Economies
EC90 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Monetary and fiscal policy Kenneth Wallis Warwick University Fiscal Policy Rules in Macroeconomic Models: Principles and Practice
EC91 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Wages and prices Dimitrios Sideris Bank of Greece and University of Crete Modelling Wages, Prices, Productivity and Unemployment in Greece: An "Encompassing the VARS" Application
EC91 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Wages and prices Eilev Jansen Central Bank of Norway The Econometrics of Inflation Targeting
EC91 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Wages and prices Silvia Sgherri University of Warwick Inflation Targetry and the Modelling of Wages and Prices
EC92 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Consumption and saving II Agar Brugiavini Università di Venezia & Northwestern University Social Security and Housholds' Saving
EC92 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Consumption and saving II Thomas Lindh Uppsala University Age Distributions and the Current Account - A Changing Relation?
EC92 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Consumption and saving II Angelika Eymann University of Mannheim Portfolio Choice with Behavioral Decision Mechanism
EC93 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Search and dynamic decision models Pedro Mira CEMFI Swapping the Nested Fixed Point Algorithm: A Class of Estimators for Discrete Markov Decision Models
EC93 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Search and dynamic decision models Espen Bratberg University of Bergen Transitions from School to Work: Search Time and Job Duration
EC93 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Search and dynamic decision models Hans Bloemen Tilburg University Job Search, Search Intensity and Labour Market Transitions: An Empirical Analysis
EC94 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Strategic behaviour Mbolatiana Rambonilaza Université d'Auvergne Is Adverse Selection Relevant? An Empirical Test Based on LDC Cost-Sharing Contracts
EC94 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Strategic behaviour Hanan Jacoby The World Bank Hazards of Expropriation: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Rural China
EC94 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Strategic behaviour Carlos Diaz-Moreno University of Minnesota Perfect Information, Delays and Collective Bargaining
EC95 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Business cycles II Katrin Wesche University of Bonn European Business Cycles: New Indices and Analysis of their Synchronicity
EC95 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Business cycles II Marianne Sensier University of Manchester Modelling Business Cycle Movements in the UK Economy
EC95 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Business cycles II Don Harding The University of Melbourne Knowing the Cycle
EC96 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Cointegration / co-trending Uwe Hassler Free University of Berlin Co-Trending Regressors in Single Equation Estimation
EC96 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Cointegration / co-trending Nikitas Pittis University of Cyprus Estimation and Inference in Single-Equation Models of Cointegration in Cases of Near-Cointegration
EC96 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Cointegration / co-trending Valentina Corradi Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London Sample Conditioned Inference
EC97 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Cointegration: Estimation and testing II Umberto Triacca Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, Rome Cointegration and Distance between Information Sets
EC97 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Cointegration: Estimation and testing II Paolo Paruolo University of Bologna The Limit Distribution of Cointegration Rank Tests when some Cointegrating Relations are Known
EC97 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Cointegration: Estimation and testing II Michael Wickens University of York Using a VECM to Identify Impulsive Response Functions
EC98 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Nonlinear time series / Filtering Andrew Harvey University of Cambridge Estimating the Underlying Change in UK Unemployment
EC98 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Nonlinear time series / Filtering Víctor Gómez Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda Butterworth Filters: A New Perspective
EC98 September 1, 15:00-16:30 Nonlinear time series / Filtering James Davidson Cardiff University

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