Seminar Series Spring 2009

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Spring 2009 Seminar Schedule

DateTimeLocationPresenterTitle
Friday, 1/169:15-10:45Brewster C-305Fan-chin KungPrivate Benefits, Warm Glow and Reputation in the Free and Open Source Software Production Model
Wednesday, 1/219:15-10:45Brewster B-104Yang Wang (Duke)Subjective Expectations: Test for Bias and Implications for Choices
Wednesday, 1/289:15-10:45Brewster B-104Alex Marten (NCSU)Valuing Browneld Remediation and Redevelopment Projects: The Impact of Uncertain Entitlement Regulation
Friday, 1/309:15-10:45Brewster B-104Dajing Shang (U. Wisc-Madision)Robust Interval forecasts of Value-at-Risk for Nonparametric ARCH with Heavy-tailed errors
Wednesday, 2/49:15-10:45Brewster B-104Yang Wang (Duke)Subjective Expectations: Test for Bias and Implications for Choices
Friday, 2/69:15-10:45Brewster B-104Ibrahim Ergen (Rice)VaR Prediction and Extremal Dependence for Portfolio of Emerging Stock Markets
Tuesday, 4/147:00PMHowell Sci Complex Room B103Wally Adamchik
(Expert Speaker)
NC Chapter of The National Speakers’ Association: “Great Leaders, Their Qualities, and You!”
Friday, 4/2412:15-1:30Brewster B-104Denis Pelletier (NCSU)Non-Nested Testing in Models Estimatednvia Generalized Method of Moments
Friday, 5/112:15-1:30Brewster B-104Ai-Ru Cheng (UC Santa Cruz)Volatility Estimation and Jump Detection in HighnFrequency Financial Data with Applications
Wednesday, 5/1312:15-1:30Brewster B-104Mehmet Caner (NCSU)TBA

Usually Wednesdays are reserved for shorter work in progress presentations or workshops by ECU faculty, whereas Fridays are usually devoted to regular seminars for outside speakers.