Summer on the go

This summer will be the most valuable one for my future academic career. Several things are urgent to be done as descriped in the check-list below:
1. A complete summary of the basics of Econometrics( Regression analysis/Time series models/Nonparametrics/Panel data models/Bootstrap/...)
2. A review of basics of R/Matlab/GAMS programming
3. Several research papers to be completed
4. Econometrics Society Meeting in Tokyo

Jefferey Racine is Visiting UCR on May 7th and 8th

The world's most well-known computational/Nonparametric Econometrician, Jefferey Racine, a prior student of Aman Ullah, is visiting UCR on May 7th and 8th. Racine is known already for his nonparamtric-package in R, beside his nonparametric book, Nonparamtric Econometrics---Theory and Practice, written together with Qi Li.

This time he will present a paper on economic constraints in nonparametric modelling. His visit to US including UCLA, UCSD and UCR. Although he has visited UCR for several times, his coming this time is highly appreciated and expected.

Behave as an Econometrician

Dream of being an Econometrican? Look at what they do, as follows,
1. Study Economics
2. Develope Econometric tools
3. Reading econometric journal articles
4. Learning mathematics and statistics
5. Improve programming skills
6. Go to seminars and comment on others work
7. Referee journal articles
8. Reading history of Econometrics
9. Teach econometrics in a way that could be understood to child and the old as well
10. Go to conferences and present papers
11. Educate young economics Ph. D. students
12. Sell Econometrics to applied economists, financialists, government agents and other institutions as well
13. Travel for tour sight-seeing
14. Help to develope economic research centers and institutes
15. Provide deeper insight into economic questions
16. Writing and publishing articles on top journals
17. Passing down anecdotes of great econometricans to the next generations
18. Create their own history of contributing to a better/more desirable world to live
19. Talk and write in symbols
20. Enjoy their lives with their families
21. Invest their time and money in a way to minimize SSR
22. Estimate whatever they do not know
23. Live on statistics and produce statistics as well
24. Being smart everyday
25. Ask quantitive questions
26. Writing books for the young and others interested
27. Welcomed everywhere except by those economists in history
28. Great heros

Not enough? Add more to the list!

Yongmiao Hong is visiting UCR on April 27th and 28th

Yongmiao Hong at Cornell is visiting UCR as a distinguished visitor on 27th and 28th. He will give a lecture on Nonparametric Financial Economics, besides a seminar talk.
See: www.economics.ucr.edu

LungFei Lee is visiting UCR on April 16th and 17th

The world leading Econometrican, Professor LungFei Lee at OSU, is visiting UC, Riverside on 16th and 17th, April 2009. He will give a lecture on Spatial Panel data models on Thursday from 5:10 to 6:30 and present in Econometrics seminar on Friday.

NBER Macroeconomic Anual Conference

NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Twenty-fourth Annual Conference on Macroeconomics

Daron Acemoglu, Kenneth Rogoff and Michael Woodford, Organizers

April 10-11, 2009

The Royal Sonesta Hotel
Riverfront Room
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

UCR CONFERENCE---BUSINESS CYCLES

UCR CONFERENCE
BUSINESS CYCLES:
THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ADVANCES

Do you know this about Tenure?

See Econjeff's comments on the article: What I Wish I'd Known About Tenure , where there are plenty of discussion over the topic.