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Washington Convention Center = “CC”, Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel = “RH”

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130 Mon, 8/3/09, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-Hall D
Contributed Oral Poster Presentations - Contributed - Poster Presentations
Business and Economic Statistics Section
Chair(s): Lara Schmidt, RAND Corporation
Poster Topic: Business, financial, and marketing statistics:
36: The Determinants of Economic Growth in ECOWAS CountriesBrian W. Sloboda, U.S. Postal Service; Kalamogo Coulibaly, U.S. Postal Service; Yaya Sissoko, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Poster Topic: Time series, wavelet analysis, signal processing:
37: Efficiently Forecasting Thousands of Employment Series for Sub-State AreasDavid E. Byun, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Thomas Evans, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Poster Topic: Reliability and survival modeling, risk analysis:
39: A Copula Model for Dependent Competing RisksRalf Wilke, University of Nottingham; Simon Lo, University of Freiburg
Poster Topic: Bootstrap, resampling methods:
40: Sieve Bootstrap Prediction Intervals for Multivariate ARMA Models Purna Mukhopadhyay, The University of Kansas Medical Center; V. A. Samaranayake, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Poster Topic: Time series, wavelet analysis, signal processing:
41: Modeling Hourly Real-Time Electricity Load in the MISO Market Prasenjit Shil, Ameren Services; V. A. Samaranayake, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Asitha Edirisingha, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Poster Topic: Applications and case studies:
42: Modeling Hourly Day-Ahead Electricity Demand in the MISO MarketV. A. Samaranayake, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Prasenjit Shil, Ameren Services; Asitha Edirisingha, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Poster Topic: Business, financial, and marketing statistics:
43: Modeling Conditional Variance Functions in Nonparametric Transfer Function ModelsJun M. Liu, Georgia Southern University
44: Dynamic Pricing the Revenue Insurance Contracts: A Time-Varying Copula ModelYing Zhu, North Carolina State University; Sujit Ghosh, North Carolina State University; Barry Goodwin, North Carolina State University
Poster Topic: Semiparametric and nonparametric methods:
45: Asymptotic Efficiency and Finite-Sample Properties of the Generalized Profiling Estimation of the Parameters in Ordinary Differential EquationsXin Qi, Yale University; Hongyu Zhao, Yale University; Hongyu Zhao, Yale University
Poster Topic: Business, financial, and marketing statistics:
46: Foreign Direct Investment in Mobile Technology: An Exploratory Study in Emerging African Market — Charles A. Malgwi, Bentley University; Olumayokun Soremekun, Bentley University; Dominique Haughton, Bentley University
47: A New Way of Gini Coefficient Decomposition and Its Application to the Chinese National Macro-Economy DataXu Cao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Poster Topic: Transportation statistics:
48: Network Analysis of U.S. Domestic Air Transportation NetworkGuangying Hua, Bentley University; Yingjie Sun, Boston University; Dominique Haughton, Bentley University
Poster Topic: Spatial statistics, spatio-temporal modeling, GIS:
49: Space-Time Modeling and Boundary Analysis of European Unemployment RatesKevin Bartz, Harvard University
Poster Topic: Linear models, GLMs, parametric methods:
51: Restricted Linear Models: Which Estimator Performs Better?Luis Frank, University of Buenos Aires
Poster Topic: Economics, game theory:
52: Do Laspeyres Preferences Still Hold True? An Evaluation of the Expenditure Weights from the Consumer Price IndexJoshua Klick, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Poster Topic: Computational statistics, numerical methods, simulation:
53: Improving Prediction Accuracy of Logistic RegressionZhiyuan Dong, University of Cincinnati; Martin Levy, University of Cincinnati; Yan Yu, University of Cincinnati
Poster Topic: Business, financial, and marketing statistics:
54: Investment Strategy and Decisions — Les Yen, University of Phoenix; Gretchen Colon-Miranda, University of Phoenix/NVA
Poster Topic: Bayesian statistics, hierarchical models:
55: The Application of the Bayesian Statistics in Portfolio Selection: Background and Case Study of the S&P 500 Yearly ReturnsIsaac Kpodonou, University of the District of Columbia
Poster Topic: Spatial statistics, spatio-temporal modeling, GIS:
56: Cautionary Tales on Spatial WeightsJerry Platt, University of Redlands
Poster Topic: Business, financial, and marketing statistics:
57: Nonlinear Models of the Bond/Commodity Price Interaction: Evidence from Daily DataYuliya V. Yurova, University of Illinois at Chicago; Houston H. Stokes, University of Illinois at Chicago
58: Efficient Quantile RegressionYoonsuh Jung, The Ohio State University; Yoonkyung Lee, The Ohio State University; Steven N. MacEachern, The Ohio State University
Poster Topic: Economics, game theory:
59: Recession Statistics 101 — Les Yen, University of Phoenix; Heather Posey, University of Phoenix/NVA
Poster Topic: Mathematical statistics, distribution theory, robust statistics:
60: Variable Selection, Constrained and Shrinkage Estimation in Multivariate Regression Models Ejaz Syed Ahmed, University of Windsor; Severien Nkurunziza, University of Windsor
Poster Topic: Computational statistics, numerical methods, simulation:
61: Searching for the Perfect Storm: Regime Switching Correlations and Value at Risk Lu Zhang, Penn State University
Poster Topic: Business, financial, and marketing statistics:
62: A Model of Leadership and Team Processes: A Multivariate ApplicationAndrea Roofe, Florida International University
Poster Topic: Semiparametric and nonparametric methods:
63: Volatility and Jump Dynamics in US Energy Futures MarketsJames E. Gentle, George Mason University; Carl J. Bjursell, George Mason University; George H.K. Wang, George Mason University
Poster Topic: Business, financial, and marketing statistics:
64: A Statistician Hedges OptionsJames Delaney, Temple University
65: Modeling Uncertainty in Daily Asset Returns Using ARCH/GARCH ModelsLinda Njoh, Baylor University; Jane L. Harvill, Baylor University
 

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