科斯研究所应用计量经济学学Seminar
The Ronald Coase Institute
Applied Econometrics Seminar for the Analysis of Micro Data
December 8-11, 2008 Hong Kong, China
Co-sponsored by the University of Hong Kong
Apply by October 8, 2008
Location: The University of Hong Kong
Faculty: Professor Sebastian Galiani
Who is eligible?
Graduate students and postdoctoral social scientists/faculty who have previously studied some econometrics. The seminar is limited to 20 participants.
Seminar content
This seminar will focus on the use of econometric methods to study the institutions – laws, rules, customs, and norms—that govern real economies and affect transaction costs. Topics to be covered include the investigation of micro data, the evaluation of social programs, and the management of panel data. The sessions will be both theoretical and applied. STATA will be used in a computer lab.
Topics will include
Basics: linear estimation models, exogeneity and causality, bootstrapping
Endogeneity: instrumental variables and two-stage least squares
Linear models for panel data
Program evaluation: random and stratified design, inference in small samples,
matching estimators
Regression discontinuity designs. double inference methods
Dynamic panel data models
Professor Sebastian Galiani has published widely in the field of institutions. He is a faculty member of the Ronald Coase Institute and of Washington University
in St. Louis, USA (http://economics.wustl.edu/faculty/faculty.php?id=43).
He has twice won the Research Medal of the Global Development Network and numerous other awards for his research.
Three of the four days will be spent on econometric technique. On the remaining day, participants will hear lectures on institutions by Nobel laureate Douglass North and other distinguished scholars from China and abroad, in a conference held at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
How to apply
E-mail a copy of your curriculum vita - including your research interests –
to seminar2008hk@coase.org.
Do this before the deadline October 8, 2008.
As e-mail subject line, use Application for 2008 Hong Kong Seminar.
Attach your CV as a Microsoft Word .doc file, using filename yyy cv.doc,
where yyy is your surname.
Costs
Tuition costs will be covered by the Ronald Coase Institute and the University of Hong Kong. You will be responsible for your own transportation and living expenses. Hotel rooms for participants can be arranged for approximately $105 USD per night, including breakfast and taxes.
For further information about the Ronald Coase Institute, see www.coase.org
