schedule

Saturday, Feb 23
12:45
Introductory Remarks
Robin Sickles - Rice U

1:00
Keynote Address:
"Nonstationary Nonlinearity: An Outlook for New Opportunities."

Joon Park-Rice U

2:00
"Consistent Model Specification Tests with Mixed Discrete and Continuous Variables"
Qi Li - TAMU

2:30
"Estimating labor supply under piecewise budget constraints with measurement error"
Li Gan - UT Austin

3:00
" Language-Skill Complementarity"
Eli Berman - Rice U, BU, NBER

3:30-4:00
Break

4:00
"Long-Run Labor Market Effects of the Japanese-American Internment During World War II

Aimee Chin - U of Houston

4:30
"Some Genericity Analyses in Semi-Nonparametric Econometrics
Max Stinchcombe - UT Austin

5:00
"Identification and Inference in Nonlinear Difference-In-Differences Models"

Guido Imbens - UC Berkeley

5:30
"Panel unit root tests in the presence of cross-sectional dependency and heterogeneity"
Yoosoon Chang - Rice U,

Wonho Song - Rice U

7:00-9:00
Dinner

9:00
Conference entertainment

Sunday, Feb. 24
8:00 - 9:00
Breakfast

9:00
"State of the art Unit Root Tests and the PPP Puzzle,"
Claude Lopez - U of Houston, Chris Murray - U of Houston, David Papell - U of Houston

9:30
"Long term PPP and Short Memory in Mean"
Mahmoud El-Gamal -Rice U, Deockhyun Ryu - Rice U

10:00

"Testing cost differences among US hospitals across ownership types"
Paul W. Wilson - UT Austin

10:30
"Do State Borders Matter for U. S. Intranational Trade? The Role of History and Internal Migration"

Thomas Osang -SMU

Jeff Racine -USF

11.00
"The Study of the Effects of Language on Immigration"
Jim Wollscheid - SMU

11:45-1:00
Lunch

1:00
"Growth and Convergence"

Esfandiar Maasoumi -SMU

Jeff Racine - USF

2:00
"Spatial Panels"

Badi Baltagi - TAMU

2:30
"Empirical Likelihood Estimation and Consistent Tests with
Conditional Moment Restrictions"

Stephen Donald -UT Austin,

Guido Imbens -UC Berkeley

3:00
Conference ends

Saturday, Feb 23	12:45	Introductory Remarks	Robin Sickles - Rice U
	1:00	Keynote Address: "Nonstationary Nonlinearity: An Outlook for New Opportunities."	Joon Park-Rice U
	2:00	"Consistent Model Specification Tests with Mixed Discrete and Continuous Variables"	Qi Li - TAMU
	2:30	"Estimating labor supply under piecewise budget constraints with measurement error"	Li Gan - UT Austin
	3:00	" Language-Skill Complementarity"	Eli Berman - Rice U, BU, NBER
	3:30-4:00	Break
	4:00	"Long-Run Labor Market Effects of the Japanese-American Internment During World War II	Aimee Chin - U of Houston
	4:30	"Some Genericity Analyses in Semi-Nonparametric Econometrics	Max Stinchcombe - UT Austin
	5:00	"Identification and Inference in Nonlinear Difference-In-Differences Models"	Guido Imbens - UC Berkeley
	5:30	"Panel unit root tests in the presence of cross-sectional dependency and heterogeneity"	Yoosoon Chang - Rice U, Wonho Song - Rice U
	7:00-9:00	Dinner
	9:00	Conference entertainment
Sunday, Feb. 24	8:00 - 9:00	Breakfast
	9:00	"State of the art Unit Root Tests and the PPP Puzzle,"	Claude Lopez - U of Houston, Chris Murray - U of Houston, David Papell - U of Houston
	9:30	"Long term PPP and Short Memory in Mean"	Mahmoud El-Gamal -Rice U, Deockhyun Ryu - Rice U
	10:00	"Testing cost differences among US hospitals across ownership types"	Paul W. Wilson - UT Austin
	10:30	"Do State Borders Matter for U. S. Intranational Trade? The Role of History and Internal Migration"	Thomas Osang -SMU Jeff Racine -USF
	11.00	"The Study of the Effects of Language on Immigration"	Jim Wollscheid - SMU
	11:45-1:00	Lunch
	1:00	"Growth and Convergence"	Esfandiar Maasoumi -SMU Jeff Racine - USF
	2:00	"Spatial Panels"	Badi Baltagi - TAMU
	2:30	"Empirical Likelihood Estimation and Consistent Tests with Conditional Moment Restrictions"	Stephen Donald -UT Austin, Guido Imbens -UC Berkeley
	3:00	Conference ends