DIW Graduate Center Masterclasses

Summer Semester 2013

Masterclasses are a series of one- or two-day courses on various topics in Economics, organized by the DIW Graduate Center. The target audience consists of graduate students in Economics at Berlin universities and research institutes. The GC Masterclasses are held on an irregular basis at DIW Berlin (about once a month) and are open to all affiliates of DIW Berlin, those of the BDPEMS program, and anyone else upon inquiry. For proposals of Masterclasses please contact Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl.

The upcoming DIW Graduate Center Masterclasses will be announced in the DIW weekly newsletter and on the DIW website. If you want to participate, or have a
question, please contact Yun Cao at

Place: DIW Berlin, Mohrenstr. 58

Room: Eleanor-Dulles-Room (5.2.010).


Summer/Winter 2013

Program Summer/Winter Semester 2013
DateSpeakerInstituteTopicTime
11.03.2013
12.03.2013
Marco LippiSapienza University of RomeFactor Models | PDF, 58.98 KB 14:00-18:00(11.03.)
09:00-13:00(12.03.)
 
25.04.2013
26.04.2013
Roland StraubEuropean Central BankTopics in Macroeconomics: Business Cycle Analysis | PDF, 39.47 KB 14:00-18:00(25.04.)
09:00-12:30(26.04.)
 
23.05.2013
24.05.2013
Sanjay ChughBoston CollegeMacro-Labor Analysis | PDF, 137.42 KB 14:00-18:00(23.05.)
09:00-12:30(24.05.)
 
06.06.2013
07.06.2013
John H. RogersUS Federal Reserve Board Open Economy Macroeconomics | PDF, 91.41 KB 14:00-18:00(06.06.)
09:00-12:30(07.06.)
 
June 17-21Jeremy EckhauseLogictics Management InstituteAdvanced Operations Research | PDF, 20.26 KB R12026 
24.06.2013
25.06.2013
Sauleh SiddiquiJohns Hopkins UniversityEquilibrium Problems and Equilibrium Constraints | PDF, 16.46 KB R12026 
18.07.2013
19.07.2013
Ulrich DoraszelskiUniversity of Pennsylvania Dynamic Games: Numerical Methods and Applications14:00-18:00(18.07.)
09:00-13:00(19.07.)
 
10.10.2013
11.10.2013
Jörg BreitungUni BonnPanel Data Analysis
14:00-18:30(10.10) 09:00-12:30(11.10)
21.11.2013
22.11.2013
Rainer WinkelmannUni ZurichEconometric Analysis of Discrete Dependent Variables
14:00-18:30(21.11) 09:00-12:30(22.11)

Winter 2012/13

Program Winter Semester 2012/13
DateSpeakerInstituteTopic
20/21.09.2012Gary KoopUniversity of StrathclydeBayesian Methods for Empirical Macroeconomics
04/05.10.2012Miklos KorenCentral European UniversityRecent Topics in International Trade
10/11.12.2012Eric GhyselsUniversity of North CarolinaEconometrics of Mixed Data Sampling (MIDAS) regressions and related methods
10/11.01.2013Carsten TrenklerUni MannheimBootstrap Inference in Econometrics
17/18.01.2013Victoria ProwseCornell UniversityStructural Models of Labor Supply

Summer 2012

Program Summer Semester 2012
DateSpeakerInstituteTopic
12/13.04.2012Michel JuillardBank of FranceBayesian estimation of DSGE models
10/11.05.2012Marco CaliendoPotsdam UniversityIntroduction to Matching and Weighting Estimators
29/30.05.2012Lutz KilianUniversity of MichiganThe Relationship between Oil Markets and the Macro Economy: Theory and Empirics
07/08.06.2012John HamUniversity of MarylandUsing duration models for public policy evaluation
18-22.06.2012Jeremy EckhauseUniversity of MarylandAdvanced Operations Research

Winter 2011/12

Program Winter Semester 2011/12
DateSpeakerInstituteTopic
17.10.2011Matthias SchündelnUni Frankfurt am MainExperimental and quasi-experimental methods in development economics
19.10.2011Nicola Fuchs-SchündelnUni Frankfurt am MainConsumption: Theory and Empirics
04.11.2011Mathias TrabandtEuropean Central BankFinancial and Labor Market Frictions
10/11.11.2011Jochen MankartUni St. GallenHeterogeneity and Macroeconomics
29/30.03.2012Juan de Dios Ortúzar Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDiscrete choice: Basics, new developments and applications in the transport sector

Summer 2011

Program Summer Semester 2011
DateSpeakerInstituteTopic
29.04.2011Jörg BreitungUniversity BonnTopics in Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
05/06.05.2011Magne MogstadStatistics NorwayBeyond Mean Impacts in Empirical Research
20.05.2011Victoria ProwseUniversity of OxfordStructural Modeling
26/27.05.2011Walter BeckertUniversity of LondonDynamic Econometric Models
16/17.06.2011Steffen HuckUniversity College LondonBehavioral Economics and Firms
04-08.07.2011Steven Gabriel and Jeremy EckhauseUniversity of MarylandOperations Research Course

Winter 2010/11

Program Winter Semester 2010/11
DateSpeakerInstituteTopic
12.11.2010Adeline DelavandeUniversity Nova de LisboaMeasuring Expectations and Predicting Choice Behavior
07.01.2011Peter WakkerErasmus UniveristyProspect Theory and Other Models of Choice under Risk and Ambiguity

Summer 2010

Program Summer Semester 2010
DateSpeakerInstituteTopic
16.04.2010Jayant GanguliUni CambridgeDecision-making under ambiguity and its economic implication
21.05.2010Dirk BergemannYale UniversityModern Mechanism Design
28.05.2010Sanjay ChughUniversity MarylandTheory and Empirics of Optimal Monetary Policy
18.06.2010Frank RiedelUniversity BielefeldInvestment under Uncertainty: Entry, Real Options, and Irreversibility

Winter 2009/10

Program Winter Semester 2009/10
DateSpeakerInstituteTopic
25.09.2009Michelle GoereeUniversity of ZurichEmpirical Industrial Organization: Static Models
20.11.2009Rachel NgaiLSEDynamic Optimization
27.11.2009Jörg BreitungUniversity of BonnPanel Data Analysis
11.12.2009Philipp Schmidt-DenglerLSEEmpirical Industrial Organization: Dynamic Models
29.01.2010Luigi GuisoEuropean University InstituteThe Role of Trust and Social Capital in Economic Decisions and Outcomes
22/23.02.2010Jörn-Steffen PischkeLSETopics in Regression Analysis