The Editors of Advances in Econometrics, a research annual published by Elsevier Science, are currently soliciting abstracts and papers covering applied or theoretical topics relevant to the application of nonparametric methods. Papers chosen will appear in the volume Advances in Econometrics: Nonparametric Econometric Methods (Volume 24, 2009).

 A special conference for contributors is planned for November 14-16, 2008 at the Lod and Carole Cook Conference Center http://cookconferencecenter.com/ on the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Financial support to attend the conference will be provided to the authors chosen to present their papers at the conference.  This will be the seventh such conference held by Advances in Econometrics on the topics of the volume. See http://www.bus.lsu.edu/hill/aie/aie_main.htm for information on the previous conferences.

 The research annual’s editorial policy is to publish papers that are in sufficient detail so that econometricians who are not experts in the topics of the volume will find them useful in their research. To that end, authors should provide, upon request, computer programs utilized in their papers.  For more information on the Advances in Econometrics series and the titles and contents of its previous volumes go to http://faculty.smu.edu/tfomby/aie.htm.  Please e-mail your abstracts or papers no later than July 1, 2008 to Professor Thomas B. Fomby (tfomby@smu.edu), Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 (phone: 214-768-2559, fax: 214-768-1821) or Professor R. Carter Hill (eohill@lsu.edu), Department of Economics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (phone: 225-578-1490; fax: 225.578.3807). In addition to Professors Fomby and Hill, there will be two guest co-editors, Professors Qi Li (Department of Economics, Texas A&M  University) and Jeffrey S. Racine (Department of Economics, McMaster University).