Program of The 2013 International Symposium on Analysis of Panel Data

 

 

 

 

[1] 8:50am-9:20am: Econometric Reflections, Takeshi Amemiya, Standford University, USA

[2] 9:20am-9:50am: Quantitative Economics in China, Tongsan Wang, China Academy of Social Sciences, China

 

 

[1]10:20am-10:50am: Mean Reversion and Test for Unit Root in Diffusion Models, Joon Park, Indiana University, USA

[2]10:50am-11:20am: Theory and Methods of Panel Data Models with Interactive Effects, Jushan Bai, Columbia University, USA

[3] 11:20am-11:50am: Factor Analysis on U.S. Housing Price Indexes, Yongheng Deng, National University of Singapore

[4] 11:50am-12:20pm: IV, GMM or (Q)MLE to Estimate Dynamic Panel Data Models, Cheng Hsiao, University of Southern California, USA

 

 

[1] 2:00pm-2:30pm: Statistical Analysis of Human Growth Pattern: Evidence from the Japanese Panel Data, Yukinobu Kitamura, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

[2] 2:30pm-3:00pm: Set Identification of the Censored Quantile Regression Model for Short Panels with Fixed Effects, Tong Li, Vanderbilt University, USA

[3] 3:00pm-3:30pm: Instrumental Variable Estimation of Dynamic Panel Regression Model with Incidental Trends, Hyungsik Roger Moon, University of Southern California, USA

[4] 3:30pm-4:00pm: Testing for a General Class of Functional Inequalities, Yoon-Jae Whang, Seoul National University, Korea

 

 

[1] Estimation and Inference for Varying-coefficient Model with Nonstationary Regressors using Penalized Splines,

Haiqiang Chen, Xiamen University, China, Ying Fang, Xiamen University, China, Yingxing Li, Xiamen University, China.

[2] A New Semiparametric STAR Model with an Application to Forecasting Exchange Rates,

Nan Cai, Xiamen University, China,  USA, Ying Fang, Xiamen University, China.

[3] Generalized Bispectrum: A New Analytic Tool for Nonlinear Time Series,

Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University, USA, Zhaogang Song, Federal reserve Board, USA.          

[4] Characteristic Function Based Testing for Conditional Independence: A Nonparametric Regression Approach,

Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University, USA, Xia Wang, Xiamen University, China                                             

[1] Disease Management Evaluation in Expenditures for a Chronically-Ill Medicaid Population,

Kannika Damrongplasit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

[2] Home-Purchase Restriction, Property Tax and Housing Price in China: A Counterfactual Analysis,

Zaichao Du, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.

[3] Functional Data Analysis of Generalized Quantile Regression,

Mengmeng Guo, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.

[4] Discrete Heterogeneity and Learning in First Price Auctions: Withering Rationality and Gender Differences ,

Jason Shachat, Xiamen University, China, Lijia Wei, Xiamen University, China.

 

[1] 8:30am-9:00am: Nonstationarity in the Time Series of State Densities, Yoosoon Chang, Changsik Kim and Joon Park, Indiana University, USA

[2] 9:00am-9:30am: Multiperiod Corporate Default Prediction with Partially-Conditioned Forward Intensity, Jin-Chuan Duan, National University of Singapore

[3] 9:30am-10:00am: A New Method for Estimating a Limited Information Density, Jae-Young Kim, Seoul National University, Korea

[4] 10:00am-10:30am: LIML in the Linear Panel Data Model, Thomas Wansbeek, Groningen University, Netherland

 

 

[1] Quantile Panel Data Models with Partially Varying Coefficients: Estimating the Growth Effect of FDI,

Linna Chen, Fudan University, China, Ying Fang, Xiamen University, China.                                                     

[2] Nonparametric Testing for Smooth Structural Changes in Panel Data Models,

Bin Chen, University of Rochester, USA, Liquan Huang, University of Rochester, USA.                                                      

[3] Semiparametric Estimation of Partially Varying-Coefficient Dynamic Panel Data Models,

Linna Chen, Fudan University, China, Ying Fang, Xiamen University, China.                                                            

[1] Interactive Fixed Effects in Nonlinear Panel Data, Mingli Chen, Boston University,USA, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Boston University, USA, Martin Weidner, University College London, UK.

[2] Hybrid Generalized Empirical Likelihood Estimators: Instrument Selection with Adaptive Lasso,

Mehmet Caner, North Carolina State University, USA, Qingliang Fan, Xiamen University, China.

[3] Unbalanced Panel Data Models with Interactive Effects,

Jushan Bai, Columbia University, USA, Yuan Liao, University of Maryland, USA, Jisheng Yang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

 

 

[1] 2:00pm-2:30pm: Identifying Latent Structures in Panel Data, Liangjun Su, Singapore Management University

[2] 2:30pm-3:00pm: Efficient Estimation for Time-varying Coefficient Longitudinal Models, Zhijie Xiao, Boston College & Shandong University, USA

[3] 3:00pm-3:30pm: Patien Safety in Hospital - An Analysis of Unobservable Hospital and Specialty Level Risk Factors for Performance Measurement, Xueyan Zhao, Monash University, Australia

[4] 3:30pm-4:00pm: Quantile Regression of Longitudinal Data with Information Observation, Yong Zhou, Chinese Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China

 

 

 

[1] 4:30pm-5:00pm:TBA, Shaoping Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

[2] 5:00pm-5:30pm: Agricultural Production Risk, Urban-Biased Economic Policies  and China’s Urbanization, Pingfang Zhu, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China