7^th Annual Advances in Econometrics Conference

Nonparametric Econometric Methods

Lod and Carol Cook Conference Center www.cookconferencecenter.com

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

November 14-16, 2008

       Arrive at LSU in the afternoon.

       5:30-6:30 Reception

       6:30-8:30 Dinner at Lod Cook Conference Center [Clemons room]

       Breakfast (complimentary at the LSU Conference Center)

       9:00-10:20

      Kim Huynh and David Tomas Jacho-Chavez, A Nonparametric Quantile Analysis of Growth and Goverance

      Chinman Chui and Ximing Wu,  Exponential Series Estimation of Empirical Copulas with Application to Financial Returns

       10:20-10:40 Coffee Break

       10:40-12:00

       Liangjun Su , Ye Chen and Aman Ullah, Functional Coefficient Estimation with Both Categorical and Continuous Data

       Daniel Henderson and Christopher F. Parmeter, Imposing Economic Constraints on Nonparametric Regression

       12:00-1:30 Lunch Break (Box Lunches provided in LSU Conference Center)

        Poster Sessions

       Gaosheng Ju, Rui Li and Zhongwen Liang, Nonparametric Estimation of Multivariate CDF with Categorical and Continuous Data

       Raquel Andres and Samuel Calonge, Inference Methods on Income Inequality and Tax Progressivity Indices: An empirical application to Spanish data

       Hector O. Zapata, Krishna Paudel, and Charles Moss, Functional Form of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

1:30-2:50

       Jeffrey S. Racine, Nonparametric Econometrics using R

       Zongwu Cai and Yongmiao Hong, Some Recent Developments in Nonparametric Finance

       2:50-3.10 Coffee Break

       3.10-4:30

       Subal C. Kumbhakar and Efhtymios G. Tsionas, Nonparametric Estimation of Production Risk and Risk Preference Functions

       Peter Bearse and Paul Rilstone, Higher Order Bias Reduction of Kernel Density and Density Derivative Estimators at Boundary Points

      5:30-8:00 Dinner at Juban’s, a “Louisiana Style” restaurant www.jubans.com

       Breakfast (complimentary at the LSU Conference Center)

       9:00-10:20

       Zongwu Cai and Qi Li,  Recent Developments in Nonparametric Econometrics &  Zongwu Cai  Quantile Regression Methods

       Yiguo Sun and Raymond J. Carroll, Semiparametric Estimation of Fixed Effects Panel Data Varying Coefficient Models

       10:20-10:40 Coffee Break

       10:40-12:00

       Thanasis Stengos, Brennan S. Thompson and Ximing Wu, The Joint Evolution of the Conditional Joint Distribution of Life Expectancy and Per Capita Income Growth

       Yanqin Fan and Sang Soo Park, Partial Identification of the Distribution of Treatment Effects and its Confidence Sets

       12:00 Lunch (Box Lunches provided in LSU Conference Center) and Departure

For information on the Advances in Econometrics conference, contact Carter Hill (eohill@lsu.edu). 

For more information on the Department of Economics or the Ourso College visit www.bus.lsu.edu.