First Conference in Econometric Theory at UdeSA

Co-sponsored by the Center for Econometrics at Northwestern University and the Department of Economics at UdeSA

The First Conference in Econometric Theory brings together leading international scholars to present and discuss the latest advances in the field. It is organized jointly by the Department of Economics of Universidad de San Andres and the Center for Econometrics at Northwestern University.

The conference will be held on December 18th, 2013 at the UdeSA campus in Victoria, Buenos Aires. It is aimed at researchers in econometrics and statistics as well as advanced graduate students.

Program

First Conference in Econometric Theory at Universidad de San Andrés Co-sponsored by the Center for Econometrics at Northwestern University and the Department of Economics at UdeSA
8:30	Breakfast
9:00	Welcome words by Walter Sosa Escudero
9:30	Ilze Kalnina (Universidad de Montreal): “Model-Free Leverage Effect Estimators at High Frequency”
10:00	Kirill Evdokimov (Princeton University): “Diagnostics for Exclusion Restrictions in Instrumental Variables Estimation”
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Alex Torgovitsky (Northwestern University): “Instrumental Variables Estimation of a Generalized Correlated Random Coefficients Model”
11:30	Gabriel Montes Rojas (CONICET – Universidad de San Andrés): “Modeling endogeneity bias using observables”
12:00	Lunch
13.30	Matias Cattaneo (University of Michigan) : “Higher-order Properties of Small Bandwidth Asymptotics for Linear Semiparametric Estimators”
14:00	Azeem Shaikh (University of Chicago): “Inference with Imperfect Randomization: The case of the Perry Pre-School Program”
14:30	Coffee Break
15:00	Federico Bugni (Duke University): “Inference for Functions of Partially Identified Parameters in Moment Inequality Models”
15:30	Ivan Canay (Northwestern University): “Randomization Test under a Weak Convergence Assumption”
16:00	Conference closes

Place: Room 14 – UdeSA Campus in Victoria, Vito Dumas 284, Victoria, Buenos Aires