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ECONOMETRIC FORECASTING AND HIGH-FREQUENCY DATA ANALYSIS
(5 Apr - 22 May 2004)

Jointly organized by Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore and School of Economics and Social Sciences, Singapore Management University

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Detailed Activities

Venue:

IMS Auditorium
Institute for Mathematical Sciences, NUS
3 Prince George's Park
Singapore 118402

 

6 Apr 2004 · 15 Apr 2004 · 19 Apr 2004 · 26 - 29 Apr 2004 · 3 - 6 May 2004 · 7 - 8 May 2004 · 10 - 13 May 2004

Tuesday, 6 Apr 2004

10:00am - 11:00am

An integrated smoothed maximum score estimator for a generalized censored Quantile regression model
Songnian Chen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

11:00am - 12:00nn

The BSP’s structural long-term inflation forecasting model for the Philippines
Francis Dakila, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
  Paper: PDF...         Presentation: PPT...

 

6 Apr 2004 · 15 Apr 2004 · 19 Apr 2004 · 26 - 29 Apr 2004 · 3 - 6 May 2004 · 7 - 8 May 2004 · 10 - 13 May 2004

Thursday, 15 Apr 2004

03:00pm - 04:00pm

Wavelet transform for log periodogram regression in long memory stochastic volatility model
Jin Lee, National University of Singapore

04:00pm - 05:00pm

Statistical analysis of high frequency financial data and modeling of financial time series
Baosheng Yuan, National University of Singapore
  Presentation: PPT....

 

6 Apr 2004 · 15 Apr 2004 · 19 Apr 2004 · 26 - 29 Apr 2004 · 3 - 6 May 2004 · 7 - 8 May 2004 · 10 - 13 May 2004

Monday, 19 Apr 2004

02:00pm - 03:00pm

Intraday periodicity, long memory volatility, and macroeconomic announcement effects on China Treasury bond market
Wu Jie, National University of Singapore
  Paper: PDF....

03:00pm - 04:00pm

A smooth test for density forecast evaluation
Anil K. Bera, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

04:00pm - 05:00pm

Constructing a coincident index of business cycles without assuming a one-factor model
Yasutomo Murasawa, Osaka Prefecture Universitye
  Paper: PDF....

 

6 Apr 2004 · 15 Apr 2004 · 19 Apr 2004 · 26 - 29 Apr 2004 · 3 - 6 May 2004 · 7 - 8 May 2004 · 10 - 13 May 2004

Monday, 26 Apr 2004

10:45am - 12:00nn

Forecasting seasonal time series (Tutorial lecture 1)
Seasonality properties of macro, financial and marketing data
Philip Hans Franses, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 03:15pm

Univariate and multivariate analysis and modeling of high-frequency financial data (Tutorial lecture 1)
Wolfgang Breymann, Institut für Physik, Switzerland
  Presentation: PDF....

 

Tuesday, 27 Apr 2004

10:45am - 12:00nn

Forecasting seasonal time series (Tutorial lecture 2)
Basic models for stable and non-stable seasonality
Philip Hans Franses, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 03:15pm

Univariate and multivariate analysis and modeling of high-frequency financial data (Tutorial lecture 2)
Wolfgang Breymann, Institut für Physik, Switzerland
  Presentation: PDF....

 

Wednesday, 28 Apr 2004

10:45am - 12:00nn

Forecasting seasonal time series (Tutorial lecture 3)
Advanced models for non-stable seasonality
Philip Hans Franses, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 03:15pm

Univariate and multivariate analysis and modeling of high-frequency financial data (Tutorial lecture 3)
Wolfgang Breymann, Institut für Physik, Switzerland
  Presentation: PDF....

 

Thursday, 29 Apr 2004

10:45am - 12:00nn

Forecasting seasonal time series (Tutorial lecture 4)
Further topics: Multivariate models, panels and nonlinearity
Philip Hans Franses, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 03:15pm

Univariate and multivariate analysis and modeling of high-frequency financial data (Tutorial lecture 4)
Wolfgang Breymann, Institut für Physik, Switzerland
  Presentation: PDF....

 

6 Apr 2004 · 15 Apr 2004 · 19 Apr 2004 · 26 - 29 Apr 2004 · 3 - 6 May 2004 · 7 - 8 May 2004 · 10 - 13 May 2004

Monday, 3 May 2004

09:00am - 10:15am

Forecast uncertainty, its representation and evaluation
(Tutorial lecture 1)
Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick
  Outline and references: PDF...

10:15am - 10:45am

--- Tea Break ---

10:45am - 12:00nn

Econometric analysis of high- frequency financial data
(Tutorial lecture 1)
Jeffrey Russell, University of Chicago
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 03:15pm

Affine processes with financial applications (Tutorial lecture 1)
Christian Gourieroux, CREST, CEPREMAP and University of Toronto
  Reference: PDF....

 

Tuesday, 4 May 2004

09:00am - 10:15am

Forecast uncertainty, its representation and evaluation
(Tutorial lecture 2)
Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick
  Outline and references: PDF...

10:15am - 10:45am

--- Tea Break ---

10:45am - 12:00nn

Econometric analysis of high- frequency financial data
(Tutorial lecture 2)
Jeffrey Russell, University of Chicago
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 03:15pm

Affine processes with financial applications (Tutorial lecture 2)
Christian Gourieroux, CREST, CEPREMAP and University of Toronto
  Reference: PDF....

 

Wednesday, 5 May 2004

09:00am - 10:15am

Forecast uncertainty, its representation and evaluation
(Tutorial lecture 3)
Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick
  Outline and references: PDF...

10:15am - 10:45am

--- Tea Break ---

10:45am - 12:00nn

Econometric analysis of high- frequency financial data
(Tutorial lecture 3)
Jeffrey Russell, University of Chicago
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 03:15pm

Affine processes with financial applications (Tutorial lecture 3)
Christian Gourieroux, CREST, CEPREMAP and University of Toronto
  Reference: PDF....

03:15pm - 03:40pm

--- Tea Break ---

03:40pm - 04:30pm

A comparison of U.S. and Hong Kong cap-floor volatility dynamics
Paul McNelis, Georgetown University
  Paper: PDF....

04:30pm - 05:20pm

How volatile are East Asian stocks during high volatility periods?
Carlos Bautista, University of the Philippines
  Paper: PDF...          Presentation: PPT...

 

Thursday, 6 May 2004

09:00am - 10:15am

Forecast uncertainty, its representation and evaluation
(Tutorial lecture 4)
Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick
  Outline and references: PDF...

10:15am - 10:45am

--- Tea Break ---

10:45am - 12:00nn

Econometric analysis of high- frequency financial data
(Tutorial lecture 4)
Jeffrey Russell, University of Chicago
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 03:15pm

Affine processes with financial applications (Tutorial lecture 4)
Christian Gourieroux, CREST, CEPREMAP and University of Toronto
  Reference: PDF....

03:15pm - 03:40pm

--- Tea Break ---

03:40pm - 04:30pm

The University of Pennsylvania models for high-frequency macroeconomic modeling
Lawrence R. Klein, University of Pennsylvania
   Paper: PDF...          Presentation: PPT...

04:30pm - 05:20pm

Temporal aggregation, causality distortions, and a sign rule
Tilak Abeysinghe, National University of Singapore
  Paper: PDF...          Presentation: PDF...

 

6 Apr 2004 · 15 Apr 2004 · 19 Apr 2004 · 26 - 29 Apr 2004 · 3 - 6 May 2004 · 7 - 8 May 2004 · 10 - 13 May 2004

Symposium (7 - 8 May 2004)

Online Registration

Friday, 7 May 2004

Symposium (Day 1)

Venue:

IMS Auditorium
Institute for Mathematical Sciences
National University of Singapore
3 Prince George’s Park
Singapore 118402
Tel: 6874 1897

08:30am - 08:50am

Registration

08:50am - 09:00am

Opening Address

09:00am - 09:50am

An assessment of Bank of England and National Institute inflation forecast uncertainties
Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick
  Paper: PDF....

09:50am - 10:40am

Forecasting jumps in conditional volatility: The GARCH-IE model
Philip Hans Franses, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  Presentation: PDF....

10:40am - 11:00am

--- Tea Break ---

11:00am - 11:50am

Using out-of-sample mean squared prediction errors to test the martingale difference hypothesis
Kenneth D. West, University of Wisconsin
  Paper: PDF....       Appendix: PDF...          Presentation: PDF...

11:50am - 12:40pm

Are the directions of stock price changes predictable? Statistical theory and evidence
Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University
  Paper: PDF...

12:40pm - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 02:50pm

Microstructure noise, realized volatility, and optimal sampling
Federico Bandi, University of Chicago
  Paper1: PDF...        Paper2: PDF...

02:50pm - 03:40pm

Intraday diversified world stock indices: dynamics, return distributions, dependence structure
Wolfgang Breymann, Institut für Physik, Switzerland
  Paper: PDF...         Presentation: PDF...

03:40pm - 04:00pm

--- Tea Break ---

04:00pm - 04:50pm

A multivariate threshold GARCH model with time-varying correlations
Wai Keung Li, The University of Hong Kong
  Paper: PDF...

04:50pm - 05:40pm

Dynamic leverage and threshold effects in stochastic volatility models
Michael McAleer, University of Western Australia
  Paper: PDF....

 

Saturday, 8 May 2004

Symposium (Day 2)

Venue:

SMU Auditorium
Singapore Management University
469 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259756
Tel: 6822 0832

09:00am - 09:50am

Full-information transaction costs
Jeffrey Russell, University of Chicago
  Paper: PDF....       Presentation: PPT...

09:50am - 10:40am

An unbiased measure of realized variance
Asger Lunde, Aarhus School of Business
  Paper1: PDF...        Paper2: PDF...

10:40am - 11:00am

--- Tea Break ---

11:00am - 11:50am

Properties of realized variance for pure jump processes: calendar time sampling versus business time sampling
Roel Oomen, University of Warwick
  Paper1: PDF...        Paper2: PDF...       Presentation: PDF...

11:50am - 12:40pm

Wishart quadratic term structure models
Christian Gourieroux, CREST, CEPREMAP and University of Toronto
  Paper: PDF...

12:40pm - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 02:50pm

Interpreting multi-sectoral versus multi-time-period analysis in forecasting
Lawrence R. Klein, University of Pennsylvania

02:50pm - 03:40pm

Downside risk and its implications for financial management
Robert Engle, New York University
  Presentation: PPT

 

 

Forum on Econometrics Today
(Saturday, 8 May 2004)

Venue:

SMU Auditorium
Singapore Management University
469 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259756
Tel: 6822 0832

Panel Discussion by:

Robert F. Engle, New York University
Lawrence R. Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick

Chairperson:

Roberto S. Mariano, Singapore Management University

03:45pm - 04:00pm

Arrival of participants and guests

04:00pm - 04:05pm

Welcome address

04:05pm - 05:00pm

Panelists’ address

05:00pm - 05:30pm

Discussion

05:30pm - 05:35pm

Closing Remarks

 

6 Apr 2004 · 15 Apr 2004 · 19 Apr 2004 · 26 - 29 Apr 2004 · 3 - 6 May 2004 · 7 - 8 May 2004 · 10 - 13 May 2004

Monday, 10 May 2004

09:30am - 10:20am

A continuous-time measurement of the buy-sell pressure in a limit order book market
Nikolaus Hautsch, University of Copenhagen
  Paper: PDF...

10:20am - 10:45am

--- Tea Break ---

10:45am - 12:00nn

Multivariate time series analysis and forecasting (Tutorial lecture 1)
Manfred Deistler, Technische Universität Wien
  Presentation: PDF....

12:00nn - 02:00pm

--- Lunch break ---

02:00pm - 02:50pm

System identifiation general aspects and structure
Manfred Deistler, Technische Universität Wien
  Presentation: PDF....

02:50pm - 03:40pm

Extreme value analysis of Taiwan stock market
Jin-Lung (Henry) Lin, Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University

03:40pm - 04:00pm

--- Tea Break ---

04:00pm - 04:50pm

Stock market volatility: examining North America, Europe and Asia
Gamini Premaratne, National University of Singapore
  Paper: PDF....

 

Tuesday, 11 May 2004

10:45am - 12:00nn

Multivariate time series analysis and forecasting (Tutorial lecture 2)
Manfred Deistler, Technische Universität Wien
  Presentation: PDF....

 

Wendesday, 12 May 2004

10:45am - 12:00nn

Multivariate time series analysis and forecasting (Tutorial lecture 3)
Manfred Deistler, Technische Universität Wien
  Presentation: PDF....

 

Thursday, 13 May 2004

10:45am - 12:00nn

Multivariate time series analysis and forecasting (Tutorial lecture 4)
Manfred Deistler, Technische Universität Wien
  Presentation: PDF....

 

Friday, 14 May 2004

Venue:

Seminar Room 3 (Level 1)
The Federal Building
Singapore Management University
469 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259756

04:00pm - 05:00pm

On portfolio optimization: how do we benefit from high-frequency data
Qianqiu Liu University of Hawaii
  Paper: PDF....       Presentation: PPT...

 

 

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