The Business and Economic Statistics Section
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SECTION NEWS
JSM 2010
- The 2010 Business and Econommics program chair encourages
you to organize a topic-contributed session for the
2010 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). The theme of
JSM 2010 will be "Statistics: A Key to Innovation in a Data-Centric World."
If you are interested in organizing a topic-contributed session, please contact
Graham Elliott ( grelliott@ucsd.edu )
by December 1, 2009 and provide a brief session description as well as a list
of speakers and/or discussants.
ZELLNER THESIS AWARD
- The recipient of the 2009 Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic Statistics
was officially announced at the Section's Business Meeting at the 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC :
Amanda Ellen Kowalski, for the MIT thesis
"Essays on Medical Care Using Semiparametric and Structural Econometrics".
- One researcher received honorable mention:
Xun Tang, for the Northwestern University thesis
"Essays in Empirical Auctions and Partially Identified Econometric Models".
- More information on the 2010 Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic
Statistics is available on this web site, including links to the 2008 award winning theses.
The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2010.
JULIUS SHISKIN AWARD
- Helen Stone Tice, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Civil Society Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics.
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 2010 Julius Shiskin Award for Economic Statistics;
nomination forms are available on this website.
The deadline for nominations is March 5, 2010.
- More information on the Shiskin Award is available on this web site.
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
- American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting
Atlanta, GA January 3-5, 2010
- 6th ECB Workshop on Forecasting Techniques
Frankfurt am Main March 5-6 2010
- Annual Meeting of Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada May 23 - May 26, 2010
- International Symposium of Forecasters 2010
San Diego, California June 20-23, 2010
- 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
July 31 - August 5, 2010
- For more complete listings, access the conference section of econometriclinks.com
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