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2009
February 23 Exchange the latest news on our econometric life
March 2 Joerg Stoye, NYU, "Treatment Choice as a Statistical Decision Problem"
March 23 Yoko Konishi, Japanese Society of Promotion of Science, "Measuring Firm-Specific Productivies"
2008
February 25 Taisuke Otsu, Discussion of J.P. Romano and M. Wolf (2000), "Finite Sample Nonparametric Inference and Large Sample Efficiency," Annals of Statistics, 28: 756-778
March 3 Patrik Guggenberger, "The Asymptotic Size of Testing Procedures"
March 24 Xiaoxia Shi, Discussion of D.W.K. Andrews (1994), "Empirical Process Methods in Econometrics," in: R.F. Engle and D.L. McFadden (eds.), Handbook of Econometrics, vol. 4, pp. 2247–2294
March 31 Zhipeng Liao, Discussion of David Pollard and Peter Radchenko (2006), "Nonlinear Least Squares Estimation," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 97: 548-562
April 7 Igor Kheyfets, Discussion of Hong and Li (2005), "Nonparametric Specification Testing for Continuous-Time Models with Applications to Term Structure of Interest Rates," Review of Financial Studies, 18
April 14 Christian Bontemps, Discussion of C. Bontemps, T. Magnac and E. Maurin, "Set Identified Linear Models" (Seminar)
April 21 Xu Cheng, Discussion of B.E. Hansen (1996) "Inference when a Nuisance Parameter is Not Identified under the Null Hypothesis," Econometrica, 64: 413-430
April 28 Sunyoung Park, Discussion of R.L. Matzkin, "Nonparametric Identification," Handbook of Econometrics, vol. 6, pp. 5307-5368
September 15 Peter Phillips, "The Yale Econometrics Lunch" and Roundtable Raconteurs
September 22 Tassos Magdalinos and Job Market Mini Presentations
September 29 Xu Cheng, Mini Presentation and Peter Phillips, Elements of a Good Seminar
October 6 Xu Cheng and Ilze Kalnina, 15 Minute Technical Outlines on Repeat Billings
October 13 Peter Phillips, "Financial Exuberance and Mildly Explosive Processes," DVD
October 20 Xiaohong Chen, "Sieve Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Copula-Based Markov Models"
October 27 Alice Klynge, 15 Minute Mini Presentation, "Returns to Literacy, Creativity and Other Competencies"
November 3 Chris Conlon, "Adventures in Estimating Demand (with Empirical Likelihood)"
November 10 Ed Vytlacil, "Weighted Average Derivatives and Marginal Policy Effects"
November 17 Yoon Whang, "Non Nested Testing for Conditional Moment Restrictions"
December 1  Peter Phillips, "Unit Roots in Life: People and Places"
2007
September 10 Peter Phillips, Introducing the Yale Econometrics Lunch
September 17 Chris Conlon, "Semiparametric Estimation of Multinomial Discrete Choice Models Using a Subset of Choices"
September 24 Alon Eizenberg, Discussion of Chib and Jacobi (2007), "Analysis of Treatment Response Data from Eligibility Designs"
October 1 Jiti Gao and Peter Phillips, Discussion of Newbold Conference, Durham Conference and Northern Rock Bank Run in the UK
October 8 Ilze Kalnina, "Estimating Quadratic Variation Consistently in the Presence of Endogenous and Diurnal Measurement Error"
October 15 Jiti Gao, "Estimation in Continuous-time Financial Models"
October 22 Peter Phillips, DVD: Yacine Ait Sahalia's Durham talk
October 29 Scott Murdock, "Convergence Properties of the Likelihood of Computed Dynamic Models"
November 5 Peter Phillips, DVD: Richard Baillie’s Durham talk
November 12 Huaming Peng, "Factor Count Choice Using Posterior Information"
November 26 Huaming Peng, 5min Job Talk
December 3 Yixiao Sun

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