24th Symposium of the Society of Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

 

Summary of All Sessions

Session
ID code
Date/TimeLocationTitlePapers
1March 10, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Birmingham Special Session in honor of Walter Enders: Monetary Policy4
2March 10, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Smith Organized Session: Growth Dynamics and Nonparametric Approaches4
3March 10, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Central Bank Organized Session: Nowcasting and Forecasting at Central Banks4
4March 10, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Wilson Special Session in honor of Charles R. Nelson: Weak Identification and Yields Dynamics4
5March 10, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Logan Time Series Analysis I4
6March 10, 2016
10:40-12:10
Wilson Room: Wilson Business Cycles and Policy Interactions4
7March 10, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Smith Special Session in honor of Walter Enders: Monetary and Government Policy4
8March 10, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Logan Financial Markets and Monetary Policy4
9March 10, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Birmingham Special Session in honor of Charles R. Nelson: Empirical Macro4
10March 10, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Central Bank Structural Model and Estimations4
11March 10, 2016
13:20-14:30
Room: Hotel Capstone - Ballroom Plenary I: "A Downside Risk Puzzle," with Craig Burnside (Duke University)0
12March 10, 2016
14:40-16:20
Room: Birmingham Organized Session: Financial Econometrics4
13March 10, 2016
14:40-16:20
Room: Logan Global Business Cycles and Monetary Policy4
14March 10, 2016
14:40-16:20
Room: Smith Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy4
15March 10, 2016
14:40-16:20
Room: Central Bank Organized Session: Regional Analysis and Distribution Dynamics4
16March 10, 2016
14:40-16:20
Room: Wilson Organized Session: Uncertainty4
17March 10, 2016
16:50-18:30
Room: Smith Financial and Commodity Markets3
18March 10, 2016
16:50-18:30
Room: Logan Macro Theory: Monetary Policy4
19March 10, 2016
16:50-18:30
Room: Central Bank Monetary Policy Impacts and Spillovers4
20March 10, 2016
16:50-18:30
Room: Birmingham Special Session in honor of Charles R. Nelson: Nonlinear Time Series 4
21March 10, 2016
16:50-18:30
Room: Wilson New Approaches to Forecasting4
22March 11, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Central Bank Business Cycles and Policy Asymmetries4
23March 11, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Birmingham Special Session in honor of Walter Enders: Time Series Models4
24March 11, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Logan Nonlinear Time Series4
25March 11, 2016
8:30-10:10
Room: Wilson Yields Dynamics and Portfolio Choice4
26March 11, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Birmingham Special Session in honor of Walter Enders: Finance and Financial Economics4
27March 11, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Logan Forecasting: Applications4
28March 11, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Smith Macro Theory4
29March 11, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Central Bank Time Series Analysis II4
30March 11, 2016
10:40-12:10
Room: Wilson Trend and Cycle Decomposition4
31March 11, 2016
13:20-14:30
Room: Hotel Capstone - Ballroom Plenary II: "Testing and Modelling the Unconditional Variance Component in Multiplicative Time-varying GARCH Models," with Timo Terasvirta (Aarhus University)0
 

31 sessions, 115 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers


 

24th Symposium of the Society of Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Detailed List of Sessions

 
Session ID 1: Special Session in honor of Walter Enders: Monetary Policy
March 10, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Birmingham
 
Session Chair: Eric Olson, West Virginia University
 

(Taylor) Rules versus Discretion in U.S. Monetary Policy
By Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy; Lehigh University
David Papell; University of Houston
Ruxandra Prodan; University of Houston
   presented by: Ruxandra Prodan, University of Houston
 

The Time Varying Effect of Monetary Policy Surprise on Stock Returns: Bursting Bubble Beating Forward Guidance
By Anastasia Zervou; Texas A&M University
   presented by: Anastasia Zervou, Texas A&M University
 

Public Debt and Economic Growth: Are There any Thresholds After All?
By Vladimir Arčabić; Faculty of economics & business Zagreb
Josip Tica; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economi
Junsoo Lee; University of Alabama
Robert Sonora; Fort Lewis College
   presented by: Vladimir Arčabić, Faculty of economics & business Zagreb
 

Is the Federal Reserve “Opportunistic” with Inflation Forecasts?
By Jun Ma; The University of Alabama
Eric Olson; West Virginia University
Mark Wohar; University of Nebraska-Omaha
   presented by: Eric Olson, West Virginia University
 
Session ID 2: Organized Session: Growth Dynamics and Nonparametric Approaches
March 10, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Smith
 
Session Chair: Thanasis Stengos, University of Guelph
 

Praying for Rain
By Kim Huynh; Bank of Canada
David Jacho-Chavez; Emory University
Alexander Lundberg; Emory University
   presented by: Alexander Lundberg, Emory University
 

The Bias of Technological Change: A Nonparametric Analysis.
By Marijn Verschelde; IESEG School of Management
Michel Dumont; Federal Planning Bureau
Bruno Merlevede; Ghent University
Glenn Rayp; Ghent University
Ruben Dewitte; Ghent University
   presented by: Ruben Dewitte, Ghent University
 

Non-Geometric Discrete Kernel Functions for Panel Data
By Chi-Yang Chu; University of Alabama
Daniel Henderson; University of Alabama
Christopher Parmeter; University of Miami
   presented by: Chi-Yang Chu, University of Alabama
 

Detecting Convergence Clubs
By Fuat Beylunioğlu; Istanbul Bilgi University
Thanasis Stengos; University of Guelph
M. Ege Yazgan; Istanbul Bilgi University
   presented by: Fuat Beylunioğlu, Istanbul Bilgi University
 
Session ID 3: Organized Session: Nowcasting and Forecasting at Central Banks
March 10, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Central Bank
 
Session Chair: Knut Are Aastveit, Norges Bank
 

Nowcasting Business Cycles: A Bayesian Approach to Dynamic Heterogeneous Factor Models
By Domenico Giannone; Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Michele Lenza; European Central Bank
Michele Modugno; Federal Reserve Board of Governors
   presented by: Michele Modugno, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
 

Time-Varying Mixed-Frequency Vector Autoregressive Models
By Thomas Götz; Deutsche Bundesbank
Klemens Hauzenberger; Deutsche Bundesbank
   presented by: Thomas Götz, Deutsche Bundesbank
 

Density nowcasts of euro area real GDP growth: does pooling matter?
By Marta Banbura; European Central Bank
Lorena Saiz; European Central Bank
   presented by: Marta Banbura, European Central Bank
 

Is Housing REALLY the Business Cycle?
By Knut Are Aastveit; Norges Bank
Andre Anundsen; Norges Bank
   presented by: Knut Are Aastveit, Norges Bank
 
Session ID 4: Special Session in honor of Charles R. Nelson: Weak Identification and Yields Dynamics
March 10, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Wilson
 
Session Chair: James Morley, University of New South Wales
 

Spanned and Unspanned Macro-Factor Augmented Affine Term Structure Models and Investor's Optimal Portfolio Decision
By Thomas Cosimano; University of Notre Dame
Jun Ma; The University of Alabama
   presented by: Jun Ma, The University of Alabama
 

Regression with Weak Instruments and Time-Varying Volatility
By Shih-Tang Hwu; University of Washington
   presented by: Shih-Tang Hwu, University of Washington
 

Do Estimated Taylor Rules Suffer from Weak Identification?
By Chris Murray; Department of Economics
Juan Urquiza; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
   presented by: Chris Murray, Department of Economics
 

Weak Identification and the Pile-up Problem in ARMA models
By James Morley; University of New South Wales
Charles Nelson; University of Washington
Irina Panovska; Lehigh University
   presented by: James Morley, University of New South Wales
 
Session ID 5: Time Series Analysis I
March 10, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Logan
 
Session Chair: J. Isaac Miller, University of Missouri
 

A Multivariate Invariance Principle for Modified Wild Bootstrap Methods with an Application to Unit Root Testing
By Stephan Smeekes; Maastricht University
Jean-Pierre Urbain; Maastricht University
   presented by: Jean-Pierre Urbain, Maastricht University
 

Asymptotic Inference for Common Factor Models in the Presence of Jumps
By Yohei Yamamoto; Hitotsubashi University
   presented by: Yohei Yamamoto, Hitotsubashi University
 

Pythagorean Generalization of Testing the Equality of Two Symmetric Positive Definite Matrices
By Jin Seo Cho; Yonsei University
Peter Phillips; Yale University
   presented by: Jin Seo Cho, Yonsei University
 

Time Series Analysis of Global Temperature Distributions: Identifying and Estimating Persistent Features in Temperature Anomalies
By Yoosoon Chang; Indiana University
Chang Sik Kim; Sungkyunkwan University
J. Isaac Miller; University of Missouri
Joon Park; Indiana University
Sungkeun Park; Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
   presented by: J. Isaac Miller, University of Missouri
 
Session ID 6: Business Cycles and Policy Interactions
March 10, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Wilson Room: Wilson
 
Session Chair: Kevin Lansing, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
 

A Test of Identification for Government Spending Shocks
By Anna Kormilitsina; Southern Methodist University
   presented by: Anna Kormilitsina, Southern Methodist University
 

Monetary-Fiscal Interactions and the Euro Area's Malaise
By Marek Jarocinski; European Central Bank
Bartosz Mackowiak; European Central Bank
   presented by: Marek Jarocinski, European Central Bank
 

Business Cycles, Working Capital, and On the Job Search
By Marek Antosiewicz; Warsaw School of Economics and Institute for Structural Research
Jacek Suda; National Bank of Poland
   presented by: Marek Antosiewicz, Warsaw School of Economics and Institute for Structural Research
 

The Zero Lower Bound with Temporary and Permanent Shocks to the Natural Rate of Interest
By Kevin Lansing; Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
   presented by: Kevin Lansing, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
 
Session ID 7: Special Session in honor of Walter Enders: Monetary and Government Policy
March 10, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Smith
 
Session Chair: Robert Reed, University of Alabama
 

Monetary Policy and Housing Market Activity
By Ejindu Ume; Miami University
   presented by: Ejindu Ume, Miami University
 

Why Concessions Should Not Be Made to Terrorist Kidnappers
By Patrick Brandt; University of Texas at Dallas
Justin George; University of Texas at Dallas
Todd Sandler; University of Texas at Dallas
   presented by: Todd Sandler, University of Texas at Dallas
 

Monetary Policy Surprieses and the Shadow Bank Lending Channel: Evidence from the Fed Funds Futures Market
By Karl Boulware; Wesleyan University
Kota Uno; Wesleyan University
   presented by: Karl Boulware, Wesleyan University
 

Banking Concentration, Capital Accumulation, and Monetary Policy
By Robert Reed; University of Alabama
Edgar Ghossoub; University of Texas at San Antonio
   presented by: Robert Reed, University of Alabama
 
Session ID 8: Financial Markets and Monetary Policy
March 10, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Logan
 
Session Chair: Philip Rothman, East Carolina University
 

Financial Integration in the Eurozone Post Debt Crisis
By Renee McKibbin; Australian National University
Cody Yu-Ling Hsiao; The University of New South Wales
Vance Martin; University of Melbourne
   presented by: Renee McKibbin, Australian National University
 

Time-varying Integration of the Sovereign Bond Markets In European Post-transition Economies
By Petra Posedel; Zagreb School of Economics and Management
Marina Tkalec; Institute of Economics, Zagreb
Maruska Vizek; Institute of Economics, Zagreb
Junsoo Lee; University of Alabama
   presented by: Maruska Vizek, Institute of Economics, Zagreb
 

What Drives International Equity Portfolio Rebalancing?
By Kyungkeun Kim; University of Washington
Dongwon Lee; University of California, Riverside
   presented by: Dongwon Lee, University of California, Riverside
 

Housing Starts and the Federal Funds Rate
By Fredj Jawadi; University of Evry Val d’Essone & Amiens School of Management
Philip Rothman; East Carolina University
   presented by: Philip Rothman, East Carolina University
 
Session ID 9: Special Session in honor of Charles R. Nelson: Empirical Macro
March 10, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Birmingham
 
Session Chair: Richard Startz, UCSB
 

The Role of Inflation Expectations, Core Inflation, and Slack in Real-Time Inflation Forecasting
By N. Kundan Kishor; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
   presented by: N. Kundan Kishor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
 

Household Income Process with Correlated Risk
By Arpita Chatterjee; University of New South Wales
James Morley; University of New South Wales
Aarti Singh; University of Sydney
   presented by: Aarti Singh, University of Sydney
 

Testing for State-Dependent Predictive Ability
By Sebastian Fossati; University of Alberta
   presented by: Sebastian Fossati, University of Alberta
 

Are Recoveries All the Same?
By Yu-Fan Huang; Capital University of Economics and Business
Sui Luo; Capital University of Economics and Business
Richard Startz; UCSB
   presented by: Richard Startz, UCSB
 
Session ID 10: Structural Model and Estimations
March 10, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Central Bank
 
Session Chair: Christopher Otrok, University of Missouri
 

Estimating Non-Linear DSGEs with the Approximate Bayesian Computation: an application to the Zero Lower Bound
By Valerio Scalone; HEC Montréal
   presented by: Valerio Scalone, HEC Montréal
 

Business Cycles with Long Run Uncertainty
By Daniel Tortorice; Brandeis University
   presented by: Daniel Tortorice, Brandeis University
 

Time-Varying Inflation Target and Price Indexation in the New Keynesian DSGE Model
By Yunjong Eo; University of Sydney
   presented by: Yunjong Eo, University of Sydney
 

Estimating Macroeconomic Models of Financial Crises: An Endogenous Regime Switching Approach
By Gianluca Benigno; London School of Economics
Andrew Foerster; Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Christopher Otrok; University of Missouri
Alessandro Rebucci; The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
   presented by: Christopher Otrok, University of Missouri
 
Session ID 11: Plenary I: "A Downside Risk Puzzle," with Craig Burnside (Duke University)
March 10, 2016 13:20 to 14:30
Room: Hotel Capstone - Ballroom
 
 
Session ID 12: Organized Session: Financial Econometrics
March 10, 2016 14:40 to 16:20
Room: Birmingham
 
Session Chair: Christian Conrad, University of Heidelberg
 

Time-Varying Volatility Persistence in a GARCH-MIDAS Framework
By Karin Loch; University of Heidelberg
   presented by: Karin Loch, University of Heidelberg
 

The Value of News
By Vegard Larsen; BI Norwegian Business School
Leif Anders Thorsrud; BI Norwegian Business School
   presented by: Vegard Larsen, BI Norwegian Business School
 

The Role of Jumps in Volatility Spillovers in Foreign Exchange Markets: Meteor Shower and Heat Waves Revisited
By Jerome Lahaye; Fordham University
Christopher Neely; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
   presented by: Jerome Lahaye, Fordham University
 

Statistical Properties of the GARCH-MIDAS Model
By Christian Conrad; University of Heidelberg
   presented by: Christian Conrad, University of Heidelberg
 
Session ID 13: Global Business Cycles and Monetary Policy
March 10, 2016 14:40 to 16:20
Room: Logan
 
Session Chair: Hilde Bjornland, BI Norwegian Business School
 

The Global Business Cycle: Testing the Decoupling Hypothesis
By Tino Berger; University of Goettingen
Julia Richter; University of Goettingen
   presented by: Julia Richter, University of Goettingen
 

Business Cycles in Commodity Economies
By Drago Bergholt; Norges Bank
Vegard Larsen; BI Norwegian Business School
   presented by: Drago Bergholt, Norges Bank
 

Business Cycle Comovements in Industrial Subsectors
By Michael Owyang; Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Daniel Soques; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
   presented by: Daniel Soques, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 

Global Shocks, Economic Fluctuations and Timeliness of Monetary Policy.
By Hilde Bjornland; BI Norwegian Business School
Leif Anders Thorsrud; BI Norwegian Business School
Sepideh Zahiri; BI Norwegian Business School
   presented by: Hilde Bjornland, BI Norwegian Business School
 
Session ID 14: Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy
March 10, 2016 14:40 to 16:20
Room: Smith
 
Session Chair: Yamin Ahmad, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
 

Inflation Uncertainty, Disagreement and Monetary Policy: Evidence from the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters
By Matthias Hartmann; Heidelberg University
   presented by: Matthias Hartmann, Heidelberg University
 

Measuring Inflation Persistence: A Time-Varying GARCH-in-mean Approach
By Panagiotis Koutroumpis; Brunel University
   presented by: Panagiotis Koutroumpis, Brunel University
 

In‡flation Convergence in the EMU and the Link Between Infl‡ation Differentials and their Uncertainty
By Veni Arakelian; university of crete
Menelaos Karanasos; Brunel University
Yiannis Karavias; University of Nottingham
Panagiotis Koutroumpis; Brunel University
   presented by: Menelaos Karanasos, Brunel University
 

Exploring International Differences in Inflation Dynamics
By Yamin Ahmad; University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Olena Mykhaylova; College of the Holy Cross
   presented by: Yamin Ahmad, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
 
Session ID 15: Organized Session: Regional Analysis and Distribution Dynamics
March 10, 2016 14:40 to 16:20
Room: Central Bank
 
Session Chair: Laura Jackson, Bentley University
 

On the Determinants of Distribution Dynamics
By Davide Fiaschi; University of Pisa
Andrea Mario Lavezzi; Università di Palermo
Angela Parenti; IMT Lucca
   presented by: Davide Fiaschi, University of Pisa
 

Spatial Distribution Dynamics
By Stefano Magrini; Ca' Foscari University Venice
Margherita Gerolimetto; Ca' Foscari University Venice
   presented by: Stefano Magrini, Ca' Foscari University Venice
 

An Estimate of the Degree of Interconnectedness between European Regions: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach
By Davide Fiaschi; University of Pisa
Angela Parenti; IMT Lucca
   presented by: Angela Parenti, IMT Lucca
 

A Factor-Augmented VAR for Regional Analysis
By Laura Jackson; Bentley University
Michael Owyang; Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
Sarah Zubairy; Texas A&M University
   presented by: Laura Jackson, Bentley University
 
Session ID 16: Organized Session: Uncertainty
March 10, 2016 14:40 to 16:20
Room: Wilson
 
Session Chair: Tatevik Sekhposyan, Texas A&M University
 

What Are The Macroeconomic Effects of High-Frequency Uncertainty Shocks?
By Laurent Ferrara; Banque de France
Pierre Guerin; Bank of Canada
   presented by: Pierre Guerin, Bank of Canada
 

A New Approach to Identifying the Real Effects of Uncertainty Shocks
By Minchul Shin; University of Illinois
   presented by: Minchul Shin, University of Illinois
 

Measuring Global and Country-Specific Macroeconomic Uncertainty
By Ezgi O. Ozturk; International Monetary Fund
Xuguang Sheng; American University
   presented by: Ezgi O. Ozturk, International Monetary Fund
 

Understanding the Sources of Macroeconomic Uncertainty
By Barbara Rossi; ICREA Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Tatevik Sekhposyan; Texas A&M University
   presented by: Tatevik Sekhposyan, Texas A&M University
 
Session ID 17: Financial and Commodity Markets
March 10, 2016 16:50 to 18:30
Room: Smith
 
Session Chair: Bruce Mizrach, Rutgers University
 

Speculation in Commodity Futures Markets, Inventories and the Price of Crude Oil
By Sung Je Byun; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
   presented by: Sung Je Byun, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
 

Comparing Behavioural Heterogeneity across Asset Classes
By Saskia ter Ellen; Norges Bank
Cars Hommes; University of Amsterdam
Remco Zwinkels; VU University Amsterdam
   presented by: Saskia ter Ellen, Norges Bank
 

Market Quality Breakdowns in Equities
By Cheng Gao; Rutgers University
Bruce Mizrach; Rutgers University
   presented by: Bruce Mizrach, Rutgers University
 
Session ID 18: Macro Theory: Monetary Policy
March 10, 2016 16:50 to 18:30
Room: Logan
 
Session Chair: Gregory Givens, University of Alabama
 

Should Monetary Policy Lean Against Housing Market Booms?
By Sami Alpanda; University of Central Florida
Alexander Ueberfeldt; Bank of Canada
   presented by: Sami Alpanda, University of Central Florida
 

Optimal Monetary Policy Regime Switches
By Andrew Foerster; Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
   presented by: Andrew Foerster, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
 

Forward Guidance and the State of the Economy
By Benjamin Keen; University of Oklahoma
Alexander Richter; Auburn University
Nathaniel Throckmorton; College of William & Mary
   presented by: Benjamin Keen, University of Oklahoma
 

On the Gains from Monetary Policy Commitment under Deep Habits
By Gregory Givens; University of Alabama
   presented by: Gregory Givens, University of Alabama
 
Session ID 19: Monetary Policy Impacts and Spillovers
March 10, 2016 16:50 to 18:30
Room: Central Bank
 
Session Chair: Ji Zhang, Tsinghua University
 

The Effects of Monetary Policy on Industry-Level Stock Returns in a Changing World
By Danilo Leiva-Leon; Central Bank of Chile
   presented by: Danilo Leiva-Leon, Central Bank of Chile
 

The Effects of Monetary Policy Announcements at the Zero Lower Bound
By Natsuki Arai; National Chengchi University
   presented by: Natsuki Arai, National Chengchi University
 

Monetary Policy Private debt and Financial Stability Risks
By Eleonora Granziera; Bank of Canada
   presented by: Eleonora Granziera, Bank of Canada
 

Hot Money and Quantitative Easing: The Spillover Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy on the Chinese Economy
By Ji Zhang; Tsinghua University
   presented by: Ji Zhang, Tsinghua University
 
Session ID 20: Special Session in honor of Charles R. Nelson: Nonlinear Time Series
March 10, 2016 16:50 to 18:30
Room: Birmingham
 
Session Chair: Jeremy Piger, University of Oregon
 

Regime Shifts in Price-dividend Ratios and Expected Stock Returns: A Present-value Approach
By Kwanghoon Choi; Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
Chang-Jin Kim; University of Washington
Cheolbeom Park; Korea University
   presented by: Chang-Jin Kim, University of Washington
 

Does Economic Growth Affect the Female Labor Force Participation Rate? A Study of the U.S. Time Series Data
By Mana Komai; St. Cloud State University
Ming Lo; Metropolitan State University
   presented by: Ming Lo, Metropolitan State University
 

Efficient Bayesian Inference in Non-linear Switching State Space Models using Particle Gibbs Sampling Approaches
By Jaeho Kim; University of Oklahoma
   presented by: Jaeho Kim, University of Oklahoma
 

N-State Endogenous Markov Switching Models
By Shih-Tang Hwu; University of Washington
Chang-Jin Kim; University of Washington
Jeremy Piger; University of Oregon
   presented by: Jeremy Piger, University of Oregon
 
Session ID 21: New Approaches to Forecasting
March 10, 2016 16:50 to 18:30
Room: Wilson
 
Session Chair: Riccardo Maria Masolo, Bank of England
 

Model Selection with Factors and Variables
By Jack Fosten; University of East Anglia
   presented by: Jack Fosten, University of East Anglia
 

Macroeconomic Stress-Testing with Nonlinear BVARs
By Ching Wai Chiu; Bank of England
   presented by: Ching Wai Chiu, Bank of England
 

Deflation Probability in the UK and the Slope of the Yield Curve
By Alex Haberis; Bank of England
Riccardo Maria Masolo; Bank of England
Kate Reinold; Bank of England
   presented by: Kate Reinold, Bank of England
 

A Time-Varying COMPASS Model
By George Kapetanios; Queen Mary, University of London
Riccardo Maria Masolo; Bank of England
Katerina Petrova; Queen Mary University London
Matthew Waldron; Bank of England
   presented by: Riccardo Maria Masolo, Bank of England
 
Session ID 22: Business Cycles and Policy Asymmetries
March 11, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Central Bank
 
Session Chair: Irina Panovska, Lehigh University
 

The Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Stock Marke
By Cheng Jiang; Temple University
   presented by: Cheng Jiang, Temple University
 

U.S. Wage Growth in the Aftermath of Deep Recessions: The Roles of Unemployment and Inflation
By Luiggi Donayre; University of Minnesota - Duluth
Irina Panovska; Lehigh University
   presented by: Luiggi Donayre, University of Minnesota - Duluth
 

Asymmetric Impact of Uncertainty in Recessions -: Are Emerging Countries More Vulnerable?
By Pratiti Chatterjee; University of California, Irvine
   presented by: Pratiti Chatterjee, University of California, Irvine
 

The Asymmetric Effects of Fiscal Stimulus and Austerity Across the Business Cycle
By Steven Fazzari; Washington University in St. Louis
James Morley; University of New South Wales
Irina Panovska; Lehigh University
   presented by: Irina Panovska, Lehigh University
 
Session ID 23: Special Session in honor of Walter Enders: Time Series Models
March 11, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Birmingham
 
Session Chair: Jing Li, Miami University
 

Unit Root Testing Against a Non-Linear Stationary Alternative with Uncertainty Over the Presence of a Linear Trend
By David Harvey; University of Nottingham
Stephen Leybourne; University of Nottingham
Emily Whitehouse; University of Nottingham
   presented by: Emily Whitehouse, University of Nottingham
 

Cointegration Tests Using Fourier series to Approximate Smooth Breaks
By Piyali Banerjee; University of Alabama
Junsoo Lee; University of Alabama
Vladimir Arčabić; Faculty of economics & business Zagreb
   presented by: Piyali Banerjee, University of Alabama
 

The Comparative Performance of Alternative Out-of-sample Predictability Tests with Non-linear Models
By Yu Liu; University of Texas / El Paso
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy; Lehigh University
Ruxandra Prodan; University of Houston
   presented by: Yu Liu, University of Texas / El Paso
 

Effects of Filtering Data on Testing Asymmetry in Threshold Autoregressive Models
By Jing Li; Miami University
   presented by: Jing Li, Miami University
 
Session ID 24: Nonlinear Time Series
March 11, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Logan
 
Session Chair: Philip Bertram, University of Hanover
 

Structural Volatility Impulse Response Functions and Asymptotic Distributions
By Xiaochun Liu; University of Central Arkansas
   presented by: Xiaochun Liu, University of Central Arkansas
 

Co-Jumps Between Crude Oil Market and Euro/Dollar Exchange Rate
By Fredj Jawadi; University of Evry Val d’Essone & Amiens School of Management
   presented by: Fredj Jawadi, University of Evry Val d’Essone & Amiens School of Management
 

Housing Prices and Bubbles
By Michael Bradley; George Washington University
Dennis Jansen; Texas A&M University
   presented by: Dennis Jansen, Texas A&M University
 

Real Exchange Rates and Economic Fundamentals: An Investigation Based on a Markov-STAR Model
By Philip Bertram; University of Hanover
Jun Ma; The University of Alabama
Philipp Sibbertsen; Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
   presented by: Philip Bertram, University of Hanover
 
Session ID 25: Yields Dynamics and Portfolio Choice
March 11, 2016 8:30 to 10:10
Room: Wilson
 
Session Chair: Thomas Cosimano, University of Notre Dame
 

UK Term Structure Decompositions at the Zero Lower Bound
By Andrea Carriero; Queen Mary Univerity of London
Sarah Mouabbi; Banque de France
Elisabetta Vangelista; UK Debt Management Office, HM Treasury
   presented by: Sarah Mouabbi, Banque de France
 

Federal Reserve Credibility and the Term Structure of Interest Rates
By Aeimit Lakdawala; Michigan State University
Shu Wu; University of Kansas
   presented by: Aeimit Lakdawala, Michigan State University
 

Modelling the Short-Term Interest Rate with Stochastic Differential Equation in Continuous Time: Linear and Nonlinear Models
By Josine Uwilingiye; University of Johannesburg
   presented by: Josine Uwilingiye, University of Johannesburg
 

Optimal Portfolio Choice in a Banking Model under Regulatory Constraints
By Ralph Chami; IMF
Thomas Cosimano; University of Notre Dame
Jun Ma; The University of Alabama
Celine Rochon; International Monetary Fund
   presented by: Thomas Cosimano, University of Notre Dame
 
Session ID 26: Special Session in honor of Walter Enders: Finance and Financial Economics
March 11, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Birmingham
 
Session Chair: Stan Hurn, Queensland University of Technology
 

Searching High and Low: Extremal Dependence of International Sovereign Bond Markets
By Bojan Basrak; Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics
Petra Posedel; Zagreb School of Economics and Management
Marina Tkalec; Institute of Economics, Zagreb
Maruska Vizek; Institute of Economics, Zagreb
   presented by: Marina Tkalec, Institute of Economics, Zagreb
 

A Reexamination of Real Stock Returns, Real Interest Rates, Real Activity, and Inflation: Evidence from a Large Dataset
By Paul Jones; Pepperdine University
Eric Olson; West Virginia University
Mark Wohar; University of Nebraska-Omaha
   presented by: Paul Jones, Pepperdine University
 

Stock Market Quality and the Securities and Exchange Commission
By Kristin Scheyer; Simple Meetings
   presented by: Razvan Pascalau, SUNY Plattsburgh
 

Testing for Speculative Bubbles: Revisiting the Rolling Window
By Stan Hurn; Queensland University of Technology
Jieyang Chong; Queensland University of Technology
   presented by: Stan Hurn, Queensland University of Technology
 
Session ID 27: Forecasting: Applications
March 11, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Logan
 
Session Chair: Pao-Lin Tien, Wesleyan University
 

The Term Structure of Exchange Rate Predictability: Commonality, Scapegoat and Disagreement
By Huichou Huang; University of Glasgow
Ronald MacDonald; Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
   presented by: Huichou Huang, DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research)
 

Forecasting Inflation: Phillips Curve Effects on Services Price Measures
By Ellis Tallman; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Saeed Zaman; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
   presented by: Saeed Zaman, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
 

Evaluating the Impact of the Labor Market Conditions Index on Labor Market Forecasts
By Laura Connolly; The University of Alabama
Alice Sheehan; The University of Alabama
Walter Enders; University of Alabama
   presented by: Alice Sheehan, The University of Alabama
 

Do Fed Forecast Errors Matter?
By Pao-Lin Tien; Wesleyan University
Tara Sinclair; George Washington University
Edward Gamber; Congressional Budget Office
   presented by: Pao-Lin Tien, Wesleyan University
 
Session ID 28: Macro Theory
March 11, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Smith
 
Session Chair: Philip Brock, University of Washington
 

Ambiguous Information, Permanent Income, and Consumption Fluctuations
By Donghoon Yoo; University of Lausanne
   presented by: Donghoon Yoo, University of Lausanne
 

The (Ir)relevance of Alternative Savings Mechanisms: Borrowing constraints and the Durable Goods Co-Movement Puzzle
By Chris Perks; Australian National University
   presented by: Chris Perks, Australian National University
 

Risk and the Income-pollution Path
By Roberto Pasten; Universidad de Talca
   presented by: Roberto Pasten, Universidad de Talca
 

Growth Rate Accelerations and the Welfare Gain from International Financial Integration
By Philip Brock; University of Washington
   presented by: Philip Brock, University of Washington
 
Session ID 29: Time Series Analysis II
March 11, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Central Bank
 
Session Chair: Guillaume Chevillon, ESSEC Business School
 

Identifying Structural VARs with a Proxy Variable and a Test for a Weak Proxy
By Kurt Lunsford; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
   presented by: Kurt Lunsford, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
 

Multivariate Spurious Long Memory And A Robust Local Whittle Estimator
By Christian Leschinski; Leibniz Universität Hannover
Philipp Sibbertsen; Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
   presented by: Philipp Sibbertsen, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
 

Is Robust Inference with OLS Sensible in Time Series Regressions? Investigating Bias and MSE Trade off with Alternative GLS and Full System, VAR Approaches
By Richard Baillie; Michigan State University
Kun-Ho Kim; Hanyang University
   presented by: Richard Baillie, Michigan State University
 

Robust Inference in Structural VARs with Long-Run Restrictions
By Guillaume Chevillon; ESSEC Business School
Sophocles Mavroeidis; Oxford University
Zhaoguo Zhan; Tsinghua University
   presented by: Guillaume Chevillon, ESSEC Business School
 
Session ID 30: Trend and Cycle Decomposition
March 11, 2016 10:40 to 12:10
Room: Wilson
 
Session Chair: Tino Berger, University of Goettingen
 

Detecting Unemployment Hysteresis: A Simultaneous Un-Observed Components Model with Markov Switching
By Enzo Weber; University of Regensburg
   presented by: Enzo Weber, University of Regensburg
 

Digitization and Productivity: Where is the Growth? Measuring Cycles of Technological Progress
By Shushanik Papanyan; BBVA Compass
   presented by: Shushanik Papanyan, BBVA Compass
 

The Effects of Seasonal Heteroskedasticity in Time Series on Trend Estimation and Seasonal Adjustment
By Thomas Trimbur; Census Bureau
William Bell; US Census Bureau
   presented by: Thomas Trimbur, Census Bureau
 

Is Potential Output Growth Time-Varying?
By Tino Berger; University of Goettingen
   presented by: Tino Berger, University of Goettingen
 
Session ID 31: Plenary II: "Testing and Modelling the Unconditional Variance Component in Multiplicative Time-varying GARCH Models," with Timo Terasvirta (Aarhus University)
March 11, 2016 13:20 to 14:30
Room: Hotel Capstone - Ballroom
 

This program was last updated on 2016-03-07 23:02:28 EDT