Canadian Econometrics Study Group, 2006 Meetings

Summary of All Sessions

#Date/TimeLocationTypeTitlePapersOrganizer
1October 19, 2006
18:00-21:00
Portarana Room invited Opening Reception0
2October 20, 2006
8:00-8:45
Salon A Crush Area invited Registration and Breakfast0
3October 20, 2006
8:50-9:00
Salons B-C invited Welcoming Remarks0
4October 20, 2006
9:00-10:30
Salons B-C contributed Panel Data2
5October 20, 2006
10:30-10:45
Salon A Crush Area invited Refreshment Break0
6October 20, 2006
10:45-12:15
Salons B-C contributed Model Selection2
7October 20, 2006
12:15-2:15
Portarana/Fallsview and Molinara Rooms invited Lunch: Steven Durlauf (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Design Limits and Dynamic Policy Analysis1
8October 20, 2006
14:15-15:45
Salons B-C contributed Structural Vector Autoregressions2
9October 20, 2006
15:45-16:00
Salon A Crush Area invited Refreshment Break0
10October 20, 2006
16:00-17:30
Salons B-C contributed Volatility2
11October 20, 2006
17:30-19:00
Salon A poster Poster 2
12October 20, 2006
17:30-19:00
Salon A poster Poster 4
13October 20, 2006
17:30-19:00
Salon A poster Poster 3
14October 20, 2006
17:30-19:00
Salon A poster Poster 5
15October 21, 2006
8:00-8:30
Salon A invited Breakfast0
16October 21, 2006
8:30-10:00
Salons B-C contributed Semi and Non Parametric Methods2
17October 21, 2006
10:00-10:15
Salon A Crush Area invited Refreshment Break0
18October 21, 2006
10:15-11:45
Salons B-C contributed Macroeconometrics2
19October 21, 2006
11:45-13:45
Portarana/Fallsview and Molinara Rooms invited Lunch: Eric Ghysels (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill): On the Economic Sources of Volatility0
20October 21, 2006
13:45-15:15
Salons B-C contributed Nonstationarity2
21October 21, 2006
15:15-15:30
Salon A Crush Area invited Refreshment Break0
22October 21, 2006
15:30-17:00
Salons B-C contributed Instrumental Variables and GMM2
23October 21, 2006
19:00-22:00
N/A invited Conference Diner: Queenston Heights Restaurant (Departure from Marriott at 5:40pm)0
 

23 sessions, 31 papers


 

Canadian Econometrics Study Group, 2006 Meetings

Complete List of All Sessions


Session 1: Opening Reception

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 19, 2006
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Location: Portarana Room

Session 2: Registration and Breakfast

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 8:00 - 8:45
Location: Salon A Crush Area

Session 3: Welcoming Remarks

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 8:50 - 9:00
Location: Salons B-C

Session 4: Panel Data

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Thanasis Stengos, University of Guelph
Session type: contributed
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: Salons B-C
 

A Generalized Spatial Panel Data Model with Random Effects
JEL codes: C23; C12
   Presented by: Badi Baltagi, Syracuse University
   Discussant: Russell Davidson, McGill University
 

Panel Cointegration with Global Stochastic Trends
   Presented by: Chihwa Kao, Syracuse University
   Discussant: Artem Prokhorov, Concordia University

Session 5: Refreshment Break

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 10:30 - 10:45
Location: Salon A Crush Area

Session 6: Model Selection

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Jeffrey Racine, McMaster University
Session type: contributed
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 10:45 - 12:15
Location: Salons B-C
 

A model selection method for S-estimation
JEL codes: C22 C52
   Presented by: Shinichi Sakata, University of British Columbia
   Discussant: Abderrahim Taamouti, Université de Montréal
 

Simplified order selection and efficient linear estimation for VARMA Models with a macroeconomic application
   Presented by: Tarek Jouini, CIREQ, Université de Montréal
   Discussant: Vadim Marmer, University of British Columbia

Session 7: Lunch: Steven Durlauf (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Design Limits and Dynamic Policy Analysis

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: James MacKinnon, Queen's University
Session type: invited
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 12:15 - 2:15
Location: Portarana/Fallsview and Molinara Rooms
 

Design Limits and Dynamic Policy Analysis
JEL codes: C52, E6
   Presented by: Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin

Session 8: Structural Vector Autoregressions

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Liqun Wang, University of Manitoba
Session type: contributed
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 14:15 - 15:45
Location: Salons B-C
 

Inference in Nearly Nonstationary SVAR Models with Long-Run Identifying Restrictions
JEL codes: C22, C32, F40
   Presented by: Nikolay Gospodinov, Concordia University
   Discussant: Alex Maynard, Wilfrid Laurier University
 

Reduced Rank Identification of Structural Shocks in VARs
   Presented by: Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Univeristy of Michigan
   Discussant: Marcel Voia, Carleton University

Session 9: Refreshment Break

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 15:45 - 16:00
Location: Salon A Crush Area

Session 10: Volatility

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Nikolay Gospodinov, Concordia University
Session type: contributed
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Location: Salons B-C
 

Asymptotic normality of the QMLE of possibly nonstationary GARCH with serially dependent innovations
   Presented by: Emma Iglesias, Michigan State University
   Discussant: Yu Ren, CESG
 

Stochastic Volatility Model under Discrete Mixtures of Normal Specification
   Presented by: Dinghai Xu, University of Western Ontario
   Discussant: William McCausland, public

Session 11: Poster

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: poster
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Location: Salon A
 

Structural Estimation and Evaluation of Calvo-Style Inflation Models
JEL codes: C13, C52, E31
   Presented by: Maral Kichian, Bank of Canada
 

Approximate Risk Minimization
   Presented by: Chris Bennett, University of Western Ontario

Session 12: Poster

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: poster
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Location: Salon A
 

A Note on Covariance Structure Models: First and Second Order Asymptotics
JEL codes: c13
   Presented by: Artem Prokhorov, Concordia University
 

Dependence Structure between the Equity Market and the Foreign Exchange Market--A Copula Approach
   Presented by: Cathy Ning, Ryerson University
 

Job Search, Bargaining, and Wage Dynamics
   Presented by: Shintaro Yamaguchi, McMaster University
 

Panel Cointegration Estimates of the Effect of Interest Rates, Capital Goods Prices, and Taxes on the Capital Stock
   Presented by: Huntley Schaller, Carleton University

Session 13: Poster

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: poster
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Location: Salon A
 

Dynamic Multinomial Ordered Choice with an Application to the Estimation of Monetary Policy Rules
JEL codes: C 25, C 32
   Presented by: Deepankar Basu, private
 

Nonparametric Inferences on Conditional Quantile Processes
   Presented by: Chuan Goh, University of Toronto
 

Simulation-based Least Squares Estimation for Nonlinear Panel Data Models
   Presented by: Liqun Wang, University of Manitoba

Session 14: Poster

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: poster
Date: October 20, 2006
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Location: Salon A
 

Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Finite Mixture Models of Dynamic Discrete Choices
JEL codes: C13, C14, C23,
   Presented by: Katsumi Shimotsu, Queen's University
 

Sensitivity analysis of distortion risk measures
   Presented by: Wei Liu, University of Toronto
 

Conditionally Heteroskedastic Factor Models with Skewness and Leverage Effects
   Presented by: Prosper Dovonon, University of Montreal
 

REGIME SWITCHING GARCH MODELS
   Presented by: Jeroen Rombouts, HEC Montreal and CIRANO
 

Maximization by Parts in Extremum Estimation
   Presented by: Yanqin Fan, private

Session 15: Breakfast

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 8:00 - 8:30
Location: Salon A

Session 16: Semi and Non Parametric Methods

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Victoria Zinde-Walsh,
Session type: contributed
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Salons B-C
 

Semiparametric Identification and Estimation Multi-Object, English Auctions
JEL codes: C14,D44,L1,Q22
   Presented by: Harry Paarsch, University of Iowa
   Discussant: Victor Aguirregabiria,
 

NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION WHEN DATA ON DERIVATIVES ARE AVAILABLE
   Presented by: Adonis Yatchew, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
   Discussant: David Giles, University of Victoria

Session 17: Refreshment Break

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 10:00 - 10:15
Location: Salon A Crush Area

Session 18: Macroeconometrics

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Cathy Ning, Ryerson University
Session type: contributed
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 10:15 - 11:45
Location: Salons B-C
 

Do Actions Speak Louder Than Words? Household Expectations of Inflation Based on Micro Consumption Data
JEL codes: D12,D84,E31
   Presented by: Atsushi Inoue, NCSU
   Discussant: Jason Allen, Bank of Canada
 

Sticky contracts or sticky information? Evidence from an estimated Euro area DSGE model
   Presented by: Matthias Paustian, Bowling Green State University
   Discussant: Hashmat Khan, Carleton University

Session 19: Lunch: Eric Ghysels (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill): On the Economic Sources of Volatility

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Victoria Zinde-Walsh,
Session type: invited
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 11:45 - 13:45
Location: Portarana/Fallsview and Molinara Rooms

Session 20: Nonstationarity

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Prosper Dovonon, University of Montreal
Session type: contributed
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 13:45 - 15:15
Location: Salons B-C
 

Nonstationary Censored Regression
JEL codes: C22
   Presented by: Robert de Jong,
   Discussant: Masayuki Hirukawa, Concordia University
 

Testing for structural breaks in a nonstationary linear model
   Presented by: Oleg Glouchakov, York University
   Discussant: Jean-Marie Dufour, Universite de Montreal

Session 21: Refreshment Break

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 15:15 - 15:30
Location: Salon A Crush Area

Session 22: Instrumental Variables and GMM

Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: James MacKinnon, Queen's University
Session type: contributed
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Location: Salons B-C
 

Instrumental variables estimator based on principal components
JEL codes: C13
   Presented by: Marine Carrasco, Universite de Montreal
   Discussant: John Galbraith, McGill University
 

Efficient GMM with Semi-Weak Identification
   Presented by: Eric Renault,
   Discussant: Lonnie Magee, McMaster University

Session 23: Conference Diner: Queenston Heights Restaurant (Departure from Marriott at 5:40pm)

Session Organizer: ,
Session type: invited
Date: October 21, 2006
Time: 19:00 - 22:00

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