This seminar series is jointly organised by the Department of Economics and the Centre for Macro and Financial Econometrics based in Essex Business School. These seminars showcase cutting-edge research in modern econometrics and encourage the exchange of ideas. The webinars will be delivered by leading researchers covering the whole range of econometric fields. These include, but are not limited to, financial econometrics, microeconometrics, network and spatial econometrics, panel-data, semi/nonparametric methods and time series analysis.
This seminar series will be presented on campus and will normally be held on Wednesday afternoons between 4pm and 5.30pm, please check individual events for finalised dates and times. This is an open seminar series and all levels of study and members of the public are welcome. In order to reserve your place, please contact our seminar organisers.
Seminar information will be added once details are available.
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30 April 2025 | Separating the Structural and Composition Impacts of Financial Aid on the Choice of Major. by Christian Belzil |
21 May 2025 | On the Pointwise Behavior of Recursive Partitioning and Its Implications for Heterogeneous Causal Effect Estimation by Matias Cattaneo |
28 May 2025 | Graph Neural Networks: Theory for Estimation with Application on Network Heterogeneity by Yike Wang |
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New Developments in Econometrics by Michael Knaus |
Asymptotic Properties of Empirical Quantile-Based Estimators by Martin Mugnier |
Testing Sign Agreement by Deborah Kim |
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Does One Size Fit All? The Country-Specific Effects of ECB Monetary Policy by Deborah Gefang |
A (Plea) Offer you Can’t Refuse by Luke Taylor |
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Endogenous linear regressions with included instrumental variables by Rui Wang |
How Biased are Observational Methods in Practice? Accumulating Evidence Using Randomised Controlled Trials with Imperfect Compliance by Jasmin C. Fliegner |
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Semiparametric Bayesian Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models by Kenichi Shimizu |
Policy evaluation in housing market using Spatial Autoregression by Jungyoon Lee |
Bounds on Average Effects in Discrete Choice Panel Data Models by Cavit Pakel |
Causal Spillover Effects Using Instrumental Variables by Gonzalo Vazquez-Bare
Identification and Estimation of Average Marginal Effects in Fixed Effects Logit Models by Louise Laage