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Legend: = Applied Session, = Theme Session, = Presenter
Colorado Convention Center = “CC”, Hyatt = “HY”

144 Mon, 8/4/08, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-107
Econometric Modeling, Robustness, and Heavy Tails - Contributed - Papers
Business and Economics Statistics Section, Section on Nonparametric Statistics
Chair(s): Mengchen Hsieh, Morgan Stanley
    10:35 AM   Small Sample Performance of Instrumental Variables Probit Estimators: A Monte Carlo InvestigationLee C. Adkins, Oklahoma State University
    10:50 AM   Use of Optimal Instrument Variables for Estimating Spatial Modeling Parameters with Application to Crime Survey DataKrista Collins, Statistics Canada; Avinash C. Singh, Statistics Canada
    11:05 AM   A Robust LOESS Smooth Approach to Problem Bank Identification — Randall Kimmel, Kent State University; David Booth, Kent State University; Stephane Booth, Kent State University
    11:20 AM   Finite Sample Tests for the Composite Hypothesis of Stable LawThomas R. Willemain, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Albert S. Paulson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;
    11:35 AM   Bootstrap Prediction Intervals for Large Financial Data SetsWilliam L. Seaver, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Donglin Wang, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    11:50 AM   What Has Been the Government's Role in the Erosion of Auto Sales by U.S. Firms?Ronald Tracy, Oakland University
    12:05 PM   Competitiveness of different groups of Italian enterprises detected using classification methods — Luigi Biggeri, Italian National Institute of Statistics; Matilde Bini, University of Florence; Filippo Oropallo, Italian National Institute of Statistics
 

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