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ADVANCING APPLIED MICROECONOMETRICS
August 23-25, 2010 Beijing
CONFERENCE BROCHURE
SPONSORS
Center for Microdata Methods and Practice, University College London
Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
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ADVANCING APPLIED MICROECONOMETRICS
COFERENCE PROGRAM
SPONSORS
Center for Microdata Methods and Practice, University College London
Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
ORGANIZERS
Phil Haile, Simon Lee, and Hongbin Cai
Monday (August 23rd
)
09:00 Jean-Marc Robin (University of Paris), "Marriage with Labor
Supply" (with Nicolas Jacquemet)
09:45 Donald Andrews (Yale University), "Estimation and Inference with
Weak Identification" (with Xu Cheng)
10:30 Break
11:00 Rosa Matzkin (UCLA), "Conditions for the Existence of Control
Functions in Nonseparable Simultaneous Equations Models" (with
Richard Blundell)
11:45 Joseph Altonji (Yale University), "Methods for Using Selection on
Observed Variables to Address Selection on Unobserved
Variables" (with Timothy Conley, Todd Elder, and Christopher
Taber)
12:30 Lunch
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13:30 Joel Horowitz (Northwestern University), "Estimating a
Conditional Mean Function with a High-Dimensional Covariate"
14:30 Travel to the sites for group sightseeing
15:00 Guided tour in the National Stadium (Bird’s Nest)
15:25 Guided tour in the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube)
15:50 Travel to the Summer Palace
16:15 Guided tour in the Summer Palace
18:00 Dinner at Quan Ju De Roast Duck Restaurant
20:30 Travel back to hotel
Tuesday (August 24th
)
09:00 Ivan Fernandez-Val (Boston University), "Quantile and Average
Effects in Panel Nonseparable Models” (with Victor Chernozhukov
and Whitney Newey)
09:45 Han Hong (Stanford University), "Dynamic Entry with Cross
Product Spillovers: An Application to the Generic Drug Industry"
(with A.Ronald Gallant and Ahmed Khwaja)
10:30 Break
11:00 Steven Berry (Yale University), "Identification in Differentiated
Products Markets Using Market Level Data" (with Philip Haile)
11:45 Li-An Zhou (Peking University), "Microinsurance, Trust and
Economic Development: Evidence from a Randomized Natural
Field Experiment" (with Hongbai Cai, Yuyu Chen, and Hanming
Fang)
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12:30 Lunch
13:30 POSTER SESSION
Hongbin Cai (Peking University), "China's Land Market Auctions:
Evidence of Corruption" (with V. Henderson and Q. Zhang)
Ivan Canay (Northwestern University), "Asymptotic Distortions in
Locally Misspecified Moment Inequality Models" (with F.A. Bugni
and P. Guggenberger)
Sokbae Lee (University College London), "Testing for Marginal
Treatments" (with K Song and Y.J. Whang)
Robert Miller (Carnegie Mellon University), "Identifying and
Testing Models of Managerial Compensation" (with G.L. Gayle)
Andriy Norets (Princeton University), "Bayesian Modeling of
Conditional Distributions"
Xun Tang (University of Pennsylvania), "Identification of
Stochastic Sequential Bargaining Models"
14:30 Travel to Tian’anmen Square for group sightseeing
15:15 Guided tour at Tian’anmen Square
15:50 Guided tour through the Forbidden City
18:00 Travel Tianjin Dumpling Restaurant for dinner
18:45 Dinner at Tianjin Dumpling Restaurant
20:45 Travel back to hotel
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Wednesday (August 25th
)
09:00 Edward Vytlacil (Yale University), "Nonparametric Identification
and Estimation of a Binary Choice Model of Loan Approval Using
Only Approved Loans" (with Wei Jiang and Ashlyn Nelson)
09:45 Aureo de Paula (University of Pennsylvania), "Identification and
Estimation of Preference Distributions When Voters Are
Ideological" (with Antonio Merlo)
10:30 Break
11:00 Yuyu Chen (Peking University), "Peer Migration in China" (with
Ginger Zhe Jin and Yang Yue)
11:45 Richard Blundell (University College London), "Stochastic
Demand and Revealed Preference" (with Dennis Kristensen and
Rosa Matzkin)
12:30 POSTER SESSION
Debopam Bhattacharya (Oxford University), "Detecting Treatment
Misallocation"
Andrew Chesher (University College London), "Set Identifying
Models with Discrete Outcomes and Endogenous Variables" (with
K. Smolinski)
Kirill Evdokimov (Yale University), "Further Results on
Identification of Panel Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity"
Ying Fan (University of Michigan), "Financial Constraints and the
Franchising Decision" (with K.U. Kuhn and F. Lafontaine)
Wanchuan Lin (Peking University), "The Effect of Patient
Knowledge and Involvement on Antibiotic Abuse and Health Care
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Services-Evidence from an Audit Study in China" (with W. Zhang)
Christoph Rothe (Toulouse School of Economics), "Nonparametric
Regression with Nonparametrically Generate Regressors" (with E.
Mammen and M. Schienle)
13:30 Travel to the Great Wall (lunch will be provided on the coach)
15:00 Guided tour on the Great Wall
17:30 Travel back into town
19:00 Dinner at the Royal Compound
21:00 Travel back to hotel
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CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
Joseph Altonji Yale University
Donald Andrews Yale University
Timothy Armstrong Stanford University
Steven Berry Yale University
Debopam Bhattacharya Dartmouth College
Richard Blundell University College London
Hongbin Cai Peking University
Ivan Canay Northwestern University
Xiaohong Chen Yale University
Yuyu Chen Peking University
Xu Cheng University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Chesher University College London
Andrew Ching University of Toronto
Aureo de Paula University of Pennsylvania
Kirill Evdokimov Yale University
Ying Fan University of Michigan
Ivan Fernandez-Val Boston University
Han Hong Stanford University
Joel Horowitz Northwestern University
Hidehiko Ichimura University of Tokyo
Sung Jae Jun Pennsylvania State University
Kyoo il Kim University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Toru Kitagawa University College London
Sokbae Simon Lee University College London
Arthur Lewbel Boston College
Wanchuan Lin Peking University
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Rosa Matzkin University of California, Los Angeles
Blaise Melly Brown University
Robert Miller Carnegie Mellon University
Andriy Norets Princeton University
Harry Paarsch University of Melborne
Juan Pantano Washington University in St. Louis
Ju Qiu Toulouse School of Economics
Jean-Marc Robin Sciences Po Paris & UCL
Christoph Rothe Toulouse School of Economics
Xiaoxia Shi Yale University
Konrad Smolinski Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice
Che-Lin Su University of Chicago
Xun Tang University of Pennsylvania
Anne Vanhems Toulouse Business School
Edward Vytlacil Yale University
Hui Wang Peking University
Yoon-Jae Whang Seoul National University
Jihai Yu Peking University
Li-An Zhou Peking University
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ABOUT THE SPONSORS
Center for Microdata Methods and Practice, University College
London
The Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (Cemmap) develops
and applies methods for modeling individual behavior, the influences on
it and the impact of policy interventions.
Cemmap conducts research and organizes conferences, symposia,
workshops and training courses. Academic and professional economists
and social scientists from the UK and abroad are welcome at Cemmap
events.
Cemmap maintains an extensive network of fellows at home and abroad,
it has organized over 50 training courses, 15 masterclasses and is home
to one of the world's leading working papers series in the field of
microeconometrics with over 100 titles many now published in leading
journals.
Cemmap is a joint venture by the Department of Economics University
College London and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Its offices are at the
IFS in Bloomsbury in central London.
Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University
The Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics at Yale University
has as its purpose the conduct and encouragement of research in
economics and related fields. The Foundation seeks to foster the
development and application of rigorous logical, mathematical, and
statistical methods of analysis.
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The Cowles Foundation provides support for research and research
related activities through Research Programs in four core areas of
interest to Cowles: Econometrics, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics,
and Structural Microeconomics. Each of these broad areas has deep ties
to the Cowles tradition and provides a foundation for other fields of
inquiry in economics and related fields. Cowles Program Areas sponsor
visiting faculty and post-docs, organize conferences, and provide other
research resources at Yale.
From time to time, Cowles also sponsors shorter-term research
initiatives in areas of emerging interest. Currently, Cowles is supporting
a special initiative in Optimization.
Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Established in December 1993 by merging the Department of
Economics and Management, the School of Economics, and the Center
of Management Science, Guanghua was originally called the Peking
University Business School. The name was changed in 1994 to honor
the generous donation from the Guanghua Education Foundation in
Hong Kong.
Just as China is undergoing dynamic changes, the School finds itself in
the position of meeting the future challenges facing the world
economies. Through its educational initiatives, Guanghua seeks to
enable its graduates to develop and implement responsible and
innovative successful business solutions.
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ADVANCING APPLIED MICROECONOMETRICS
SIGHTSEEING AGENDA
Aug. 23, 2010
The Olympic Park
The National Stadium hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies,
athletic events, and football final of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The
stadium cost US$423 million. The design, which originated from the
study of Chinese ceramics, implemented steel beams in order to hide
supports for the retractable roof; giving the stadium the appearance of a
"Bird's nest".
The Beijing National Aquatics Center, nicknamed the Water Cube, is an
aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium for the
swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite its
nickname, the building is not an actual cube, but a rectangular box.
Swimmers at the Water Cube broke 25 world records during the 2008
Olympics.
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Summer Palace
First built in 1750, the Summer Palace is the most renowned imperial
garden of Qing Dynasty. It covers 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters
of which is Kunming Lake. The Lake was entirely manmade and the
excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. In the Summer Palace,
one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and classical architectures. The
Palace is also renowned for its 17-Arch Bridge and Long Corridor, a
covered walkway famous for its length and more than 14,000 decoration
paintings.
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Aug. 24, 2010
Tian’anmen Square
Tian’anmen Square is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, named
after the Tian’anmen (or Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north,
separating it from the Forbidden City. Tian’anmen Square is the largest
city square in the world, covering 440,000 square meters.
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming
Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of
Beijing, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost five hundred
years, it served as the home of emperors and their households. The
palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and
has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and
elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in
1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved
ancient wooden structures in the world.
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Aug. 25, 2010
The Great Wall
The Great Wall of China, listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in
1987, winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and
plateaus, stretching approximately 8,851.8 kilometers (5,500 miles)
from east to west of China. With a history of more than 2000 years, it is
still a most appealing attraction owing to its architectural grandeur and
historical significance.
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ADVANCING APPLIED MICROECONOMETRICS
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE
If you are taking a flight to Beijing International Airport, you might
arrive in the Terminal 1, 2, or 3. Regardless of which terminal you are,
you are suggested to take a taxi. Under normal traffic conditions, it takes
about 45 minutes to arrive at Peking University (PKU), and costs about
90-110 RMB.
Destination: Lakeview Hotel of PKU (北京大学博雅宾馆)
Address: #127, Zhongguancun North Street, Haidian District
It is important to note that we are located in the New Building of the
Guanghua School of Management (or Building #2). Just in case the taxi
driver is not familiar with the place, you can ask him/her to:
1. Drive to the west Gate of Tsinghua University.
2. Then make a U-turn and head towards the south.
3. Turn right at the first traffic light.
4. Turn right after the first block and you will arrive at the
Lakeview Hotel, which is a few minutes’ walk to the conference
venue at Room 109, New Building of Guanghua School of
Management.
There is a map of the Lakeview Hotel on the next page. The red route is
suggested.
NOTE: When taking a taxi in Beijing, always make sure the first
English letter on the car plate is “B” (e.g. “京 B 12345”). Cars with any
other kinds of plates are illegal taxis that should never be taken.
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This is the Chinese version of the Transportation Guide. You could give
it to the taxi driver if necessary.
交通指示
如果您乘坐航班到达北京国际机场,您可能从第 1、2或者 3
号航站楼出来。建议您乘坐计程车。在正常的交通情况下,大
概需要 45分种到达北京大学博雅宾馆。总共花费大概在
90-110元之间。
地点:北京大学博雅宾馆
地址:北京市海淀区中关村北大街 127 号
如果司机对此地点不甚了解,那么您可以请他:
1. 开车到清华大学西门
2. 掉头向南
3. 在第一个红绿灯处右转
4. 请在顶头处右转,即是北大博雅宾馆
下一页有博雅宾馆周边地图,红色路线是建议的出租车行车路
线。
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LOCAL CONTACTS
The local organization team at Guanghua School of Management would
like to give their warm welcome to all conference attendees and wish
you a fruitful exchange of ideas, along with a pleasant stay in Beijing!
If you need our help with regard to airport/train station transfer,
conference material, sightseeing arrangements, or in case of emergency,
please do not hesitate to contact the following conference organization
assistants.
Moyan Zhao
Mobile: (+86)130-2194-5099
Email: zhmy@gsm.pku.edu.cn
Guang Shi
Mobile: (+86)138-1165-0497
Email: shiguangpku@gmail.com
Fei Li
Mobile: (+86)138-1058-5508
Email: fei@sas.upenn.edu
Rongzhang Wang
Mobile: (+86)138-1119-1745
Email: wangrongzhang@gsm.pku.edu.cn
Qing Gong
Mobile: (+86)159-0103-0423
Email: gongqing@gsm.pku.edu.cn