The Business and Economic Statistics Section

SECTION NEWS

• Greetings from the Section Chair, Dr. Sastry Pantula.
• Results of the 2007 Officer Elections have been announced.

ZELLNER THESIS AWARD

• The recipient of the 2007 Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic Statistics was officially announced at the Section's Business Meeting at the 2007 Joint Statistical Meetings in Salt Lake City : Panle Jia, Yale University thesis, "Entry and Competition in the Retail and Service Industries.".
• One researcher received honorable mention:  Azeem M. Shaikh, for the Stanford University thesis, "Environmental Regulation in a Concentrated Industry".
• More information on the 2008 Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic Statistics is available on this web site, including links to the 2007 award winning theses. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2008.

JULIUS SHISKIN AWARD

• Arthur B. Kennickell, Senior Economist and Head of the Microeconomic Surveys Unit at the Federal Reserve Board, will receive the 2007 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics. The award recognizes Dr. Kennickell for his leadership of the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances and his achievements as an international expert on the design and implementation of household economic surveys. For more details, access the press release (PDF) on this website.
• This award is jointly sponsored by the National Association for Business Economics, The Washington Statistical Society and the Business and Economics Section of the American Statistical Association.
• Nominations are invited for the 2008 Julius Shiskin Award for Economic Statistics. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2008. More information on the Shiskin Award is available on this web site, including nomination forms.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

• The Joint Program in Survey Methodology has several short courses on topics in survey methodology and economic statistics that are open for registration. Access the JPSM website at http://www.jpsm.umd.edu and select "JPSM Short Courses" on the top menu bar for online registration and course information.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

• Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings
  Pittsburgh, PA
  June 19 - 22, 2008
• 28th International Symposium on Forecasting
  Nice, France
  June 22 - 25, 2008
• 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings
  Denver, CO
  August 3 - 7, 2008
• Econometric Society North American Winter Meetings
  San Francisco, CA
  January 3 - 5, 2009
• For more complete listings, access the conference section of econometriclinks.com