University of Houston/Rice University 

Econometrics Seminar Series

Fall 2003

Seminars are on Friday, unless otherwise noted

Sept. 5             Ivana Komunger, Caltech

                        “Estimating Loss Function Parameters” or

                        “Biases in Macroeconomic Forecasts: Irrationality or Asymmetric Loss?”

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Sept. 12           Barbara Rossi, Duke University

Small Sample Confidence Intervals for Multivariate Impulse Response Functions at Long Horizons

                        Seminar at UH at 3:00

Sept. 19           Benoit Perron, University of Montreal

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Oct. 3              Cheng Hsiao, USC

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Oct 9               Raffaella Giacomini, Boston College                                                                          Thursday Seminar

                        “Tests of Conditional Predictive Ability”

                        Seminar at UH at 3:00

                       
Oct. 10            Marine Carrasco, University of Rochester

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Oct. 16            Ulrich Mueller, Princeton                                                                                               Thursday Seminar

                        Seminar at UH at 3:00

Oct. 17            Patrik Guggenberg, UCLA
”Generalized Empirical Likelihood Estimators and Tests under Partial, Weak and Strong Identification”

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Oct. 20            Donggyu Sul, University of Aukland                                                                            Monday Seminar

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Oct. 24            Yanqin Fan, Vanderbilt University

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Oct. 31            Deockhyun Ryu, Rice University

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Nov. 7             Nick Kiefer, Cornell University

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Nov. 14           Ingmar Prucha, University of Maryland

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Nov. 21           Javier Hidalgo, LSE

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00

Dec. 5              Robin Sickles, Rice University

                        Seminar at Rice at 3:00