The Business and Economic Statistics Section
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SECTION NEWS
- Officers were recently elected for 2011: Chair-Elect: John M. Abowd, Cornell University, Program Chair-Elect: Alan L. Montgomery, Carnegie Mellon University.
- Minutes for the business meeting of the B & E section are available from this website.
- The section is pleased to announce that SAS will co-sponsor the Zellner award for 2012.
- JBES Search for Co-Editors: Do you know someone who would be perfect to serve as Co-Editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics?
The deadline for nominating candidates for JBES Co-Editor is December 23, 2011.
If you'd like to apply for the Co-Editorship, the deadline for applications is February 10, 2012.
Please see http://pubs.amstat.org/page/JBES_Search for more information
or send nominations to
journals@amstat.org.
JSM 2012
- Edward Leamer to Speak at the Economic Outlook Luncheon:
The Business and Economic Statistics section of the American Statistical Association is very pleased to announce that Dr. Edward Leamer will speak at the Economic Outlook Luncheon at the Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego on Tuesday, 31 July 2012.
Edward Leamer is the Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Statistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was formerly Chair of the Economics department at UCLA.
Dr. Leamer is the author of over 100 articles and 5 books, including Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories and, most recently, The Craft of Economics.
Dr. Leamer is also the Director of the well-respected UCLA Anderson Forecast. For fifty years, the UCLA Anderson Forecast has provided forecasts for the economies of California
and the United States. The Anderson National Forecast is recognized as one of the most accurate and reputable independent sources of U.S. economic forecasts available.
he is uniquely qualified to speak on the Economic Outlook. Please plan to join us for lunch in San Diego.
(The Economic Outlook Luncheon is a fee event. Please look for and select it on your JSM registration form.)
ZELLNER THESIS AWARD
The sponsors for the 2012 Zellner award are the Business and Economic Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association
under the auspices of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, and
SAS Institute, Inc.
The officers of the Business and Economic Statistics Section and the editors of the Journal of Business &
Economic Statistics wish to thank the SAS Institute for their generous support of the 2012 prize.- More information on the 2012 Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic
Statistics is available on this web site.
The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2012.
- The Business and Economics Statistics Section of the
American Statistical Association, along with co-sponsor Thomson Reuters, is pleased to announce that
Kirill Evdokimov is the 2011 winner of the Zellner Award.
The award is given
annually for the best Ph.D. thesis dealing with an applied problem in business and economic statistics,
and a portion of the winning thesis is eligible for publication in the Journal of Business and Economics
Statistics (JBES).
- In addition to the first place award, Xu Cheng (2010 dissertation from Yale University) and
Bryan Kelly (2010 dissertation from New York University) received honorable mentions for their excellent dissertations.
- A press release is available on the ASA website.
- Dr. Arnold Zellner, a pioneer in econometrics, past Chair of the Business and Economic Statistics Section,
past President of the American Statistical Association, and founding editor of the
Journal of Business and Economics Statistics, passed away on August 10, 2010.
Some tribute pages on the web marking the life and career of Dr. Arnold Zellner:
JULIUS SHISKIN AWARD
- Thomas L. Mesenbourg Jr., the Deputy Director of the U.S. Census Bureau, has received the 2011 Shiskin award
for his contributions to developing and advancing economic statistics programs that meet the needs of a rapidly changing economy.
For more details, access the press release
on the WSS 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 2012 Julius Shiskin Award for Economic Statistics;
nomination forms are available on this website.
The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2012.
- 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
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