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July 30 - 31 - NBER Japan Project Meeting 2018 - Tokyo, Japan
July 30 - 31 - NBER Japan Project Meeting 2018 - Tokyo, Japan
The annual general research conference on the Japanese economy will be held July 30, 2018 in Tokyo. This years conference...
June 12-15 - North American Productivity Workshop - Miami FL
June 12-15 - North American Productivity Workshop - Miami FL
The North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW) is a major biennial conference on the topics of productivity, efficiency and performance analysis....
May 4-7 – POMS – Houston TX
May 4-7 – POMS – Houston TX
Welcoming environment that offers opportunities to meet and network with scholars, researchers, practitioners present and receive...
Jan 28-Feb 2, 2018 - Shape-Constrained Methods: Inference, Applications, and Practice - Banff International Research Station, Alberta, Canada
Jan 28-Feb 2, 2018 - Shape-Constrained Methods: Inference, Applications, and Practice - Banff International Research Station, Alberta, Canada
Estimation in shape-constrained statistical models dates back at least as far as Hildreth [(1954); J. Amer. Statist. Assoc., 49, 598--619],...
July 31 - August 1 - NBER Japan Project Meeting 2017 - Tokyo, Japan
July 31 - August 1 - NBER Japan Project Meeting 2017 - Tokyo, Japan
The annual general research conference on the Japanese economy will be held July 31, 2017 in Tokyo. The conference...

Ongoing work

Direction Selection in Stochastic Directional Distance Functions
Direction Selection in Stochastic Directional Distance Functions
A distance function allows multiple product production using multiple resources to be modeled. A stochastic directional distance function (SDDF) allows...
Shape Constrained Nonparametric IV Estimators for Production Function Estimation
Shape Constrained Nonparametric IV Estimators for Production Function Estimation
We propose a shape constrained nonparametric IV estimator which imposes a set of shape constraints on a nonparametric IV approach....
Iterative S-shape production function estimation
Iterative S-shape production function estimation
A production function satisfying the Regular Ultra Passum (RUP) law is characterized by increasing returns to scale followed by decreasing...
Sweet or Sour? The Potential for U.S.-Cuban Trade in Sugar
Sweet or Sour? The Potential for U.S.-Cuban Trade in Sugar
This project seeks to analyze the potential for U.S.-Cuban sugar trade with a particular focus on Cuban sugar production. Cuba...
Evaluating Production Function Estimators on Manufacturing Survey Data
Evaluating Production Function Estimators on Manufacturing Survey Data
Organizations like census bureaus rely on non-exhaustive surveys to estimate industry population-level production functions. In this paper we propose selecting...