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Papers Presented
- 1. Generalized Principal Components in Seemingly Unrelated Regressions
- Business and Economic Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, Chicago, August 1986.
- 2. The Role of Principal Components in Econometric Analysis
- Midwest Economics Association, St. Louis, March 1987.
- 3. Estimating Spline Knots in Time Series Polynomial Regression Models
- The Institute of Management Sciences and Operations Research Society of America, St. Louis, October 1987.
- 4. Where to Build Your New Home?: Using Bi-Cubic Spline Knots to Estimate the Value of Alternative Building Sites
- presented at the Midwest Economics Association on April 1, 1989 in Cincinnati.
- 5. A Lower Bound for Quadratic Risk for the Class of Conditionally Linear Regression Estimators
- presented to the Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois., May 1989.
- 6. Principal Elements Regression
- with K. Brunson and T. Urbine, presented to the Department of Economics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, November 1989.
- 7. Principal Elements Regression: A New Method of Dealing with Multicollinearity
- with K. Brunson, presented to the Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 1990.
- 8. A New Approach to Measuring Utility and Output Levels in Microeconomics
- with D. Brummett, presented to the Sixteenth Annual Convention of the Eastern Economics Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 1990.
- 10. Alternative Methods of Estimating Piecewise Linear and Higher Order Regression Models Using SAS
- with M. Maudgal and J. Raman, presented to the Fifteenth Annual SAS Convention, Nashville,Tennessee, April 1990.
- 11. A New Calibration Technique for Determining the Effect of Location on Property Values
- presented to the International Association of (Property Tax) Assessing Officers, Montreal, Canada, October 1990.
- 12. Using SAS/IML Software in a New Approach to Dealing with Multicollinearity
- with A. Sindone, presented to SAS Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, with K. Brunson, February 1991.
- 13. Emerging Stratification in Black South African Villages
- presented to Eastern Economic Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with M. Leibbrandt, March 1991.
- 14. A New Method of Dealing with Multicollinearity
- presented to Eastern Economic Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with K. Brunson, March 1991.
- 15. Reducing Uncertainty in the Housing Market
- presented to the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, with A. Sindone, June 1991.
- 16. Testing Multiple Inequality Restrictions
- presented to Western Economic Association, Seattle, Washington, with G. Echecopar, July 1991.
- 17. Mean Square Error Reduction Through Improved Data Analysis Transformations: A New Principal Elements Statistical Method
- presented to the American Statistical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, with K. Brunson, August 1991.
- 18. Testing Inequality Restrictions with a Computer Intensive Method
- presented to the American Statistical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, with G. Echecopar, August 1991.
- 19. Consumer Demand Preference Patterns: Using PROC IML to Forecast Future Demand
- presented to the Midwest SAS Conference, Chicago, Illinois, with D. Brummett, September 1991.
- 20. A Principal Elements Regression Approach to Forecasting Fatalities in Bituminous Coal Production
- presented to the InterAmerican Statistics Seminar, Mexico City, Mexico, with K. Brunson, September 1991.
- 21. Home Value - Location, Location, Location: An Application of Real Property Global Response Surface Technology
- presented to the MidWest SAS Conference, Chicago, Illinois, with A. Sindone, October 1991.
- 22. Comparing Alternative Shrinkage Estimators to Reduce Mean Square Error
- presented to the Southern Economic Association, Nashville, Tennessee, with K. Brunson, November 1991.
- 23. Forecasting International Growth Rates using Principal Elements Regression
- presented to the North American Economics and Finance Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1992, with graduate student Kevin Brunson.
- 24. Determinants of Achievement in Graduate Statistics Courses
- presented to the Winter Conference of the American Statistical Association, Nashville, Tennessee, January 1992.
- 25. Production Functions: A Back-Propagating Neural-Networks Approach
- presented to the Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 1992, with graduate student Daric Brummett.
- 26. A Method for Analyzing Relationships Among Interdependent Nonlinear Time Series
- presented to the Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 1992, with graduate student David Carrier.
- 27. Approaches to Reducing Quadratic Risk Using Principle Elements Regression and Shrinkage Estimators
- with K. Brunson, invited speaker presented to the Department of Economics at Indiana University at Bloomington, March 1992.
- 28. Comparing Traditional Econometric Simultaneous Model with an Unstructured Neural Network Simultaneous Output Model
- presented to the Eastern Economics Association, New York, March 1992, with graduate student David M. Brennan.
- 29. A Principal Elements Evaluation of Selected Shrinkage Estimators
- presented to the American Statistical Association, Boston, August 1992, with graduate student Kevin D. Brunson.
- 30. Changes in the Major and Marginal Breadwinner Status of Husbands and Wives During the Period 1967-1987
- presented to the American Statistical Association, Boston, August 1992, with graduate student Kim Montgomery.
- 31. Selected Shrinkage Estimators and Principal Elements Evaluation
- presented to the Midwest Econometrics Group, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, September 1992, with graduate student Kevin D. Brunson.
- 32. Determining Primary and Secondary Wage Earner Status Within the Family as a Response to Marginal Tax Rates
- presented to the Southern Economic Association, Washington, DC, November 1992, with graduate student Kim Montgomery.
- 33. Predicting Family Work Hours
- presented to the Winter Conference of the American Statistical Association, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 1993, with graduate student David M. Brennan.
- 34. How Do You Choose the Best Estimator to Fit Your Particular Application?
- presented to the Eastern Economic Association, Washington, DC, March 1993, with graduate student Kevin D. Brunson.
- 35. Analyzing Relationships Among Interdependent Nonlinear Time Series
- presented to the Midwest Business Economics Association, Chicago, March 1993, with graduate student David Carrier.
- 36. Appropriate Econometric Loss Functions for Economics
- presented to the Midwest Economics Association, Indianapolis, April 1993, with graduate student Jill Krus.
- 37. A Truncated Errors-in-Variables Model for Automobile Miles-per-Gallon Estimation
- presented to the Midwest Economics Association, Indianapolis, April 1993, with graduate student Brad Lemler.
- 38. Estimating Neural Network Flexible Form Production Functions
- presented to the SAS Conference, New York, NY, May 1993, with graduate student Daric L. Brummett.
- 39. Nonparametric Neural Network Estimators of Production Function Models
- presented to the Empirical Economics Workshop of the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, June 1993, with graduate student Daric L. Brummett
- 40. Nonparametric Neural Network Estimators of Production Function Models
- presented to the Midwest Econometrics Group at the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 1993, with graduate student Daric L. Brummett
- 41. An Econometric Method for Detecting Relative Power and Agreement/ Disagreement in Joint Decision Making
- presented to the Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, November 1993, with graduate student Aijun Huang.
- 42. Causality and Nonlinear Feedback in a Model of Investment and Finance
- North American Economics and Finance Association at the Allied Social Science Association Convention, Boston, December 1993, with graduate student David Carrier.
- 43. Principal Elements Regression and Shrinkage Estimators
- North American Economics and Finance Association at the Allied Social Science Association Convention, Boston, December 1993, with graduate student Kevin Brunson.
- 44. Econometric Estimation of "Inefficient" Disequilibrium Models of the Housing Market
- North American Economics and Finance Association at the Allied Social Science Association Convention, Boston, December 1993, with graduate student Tatre Jantarakolica.
- 45. Computer Presentation using Electronic MultiMedia
- presented to faculty at the University of Chicago at the request of Arnold Zellner, Chicago, January 1994, with Robert Sandy.
- 46. Detecting Relative Power and Conflict in Joint Decision Making
- Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, March 1994, with Aijun Huang.
- 47. Econometric Estimation of 'Inefficient' Disequilibrium Models of the Housing Market
- invited presentation to Department of Economics, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, April 1994, with Tatre Janatarokolica.
- 48. Interpreting Complex Nonlinear Models
- SAS Convention, Dallas, May 1994, with Maureen McGlynn and Debopam Chakraborty.
- 49. Bayesian Solutions to Selection Problems
- Valencia Conference on Bayesian Statistics, Alicante, Spain, June 1994, with Arnold Zellner.
- 50. Bayesian Solutions to Selection Problems
- International Society for Bayesian Analysis, Alicante, Spain, June 1994, with Arnold Zellner.
- 51. Bayesian Solutions to Selection Problems
- International Society for Bayesian Analysis, Toronto, Canada, August 1994, with Arnold Zellner.
- 52. Detecting Relative Power and Conflict in Joint Decision Making
- Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, Toronto, Canada, August 1994, with Aijun Huang.
- 53. Econometric Estimation of 'Inefficient' Disequilibrium Models of the Housing Market
- Business and Economics Statistics Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, Toronto, Canada, August 1994, with Tatre Janatarokolica.
- 54. Bayesian Solutions to Selection Problems
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), University of Iowa, Iowa City, September 1994, with Arnold Zellner.
- 55. Transforming Data in SAS: Restructuring Data Sets, Creating Look-Up Tables, and Forming Event-Person Records for Event History Analysis in SAS
- Midwest SAS Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, September 1994, with Karin L. Wells.
- 56. An "Inefficient" Disequilibrium Model: with an Application to the Housing Market
- invited lecture to Department of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, December 1994, with Tatre Jantarakolica.
- 57. The Impact of Financial Flows on U.S. Investment, 1948-1992; An Empirical Model of Institutional Investment Theory
- Association for Evolutionary Economics, Washington, D.C., January 1995, with David Carrier.
- 58. Karnaugh Maps, Interaction Effects, and Creating Composite Dummy Variables for Regression Analysis
- SAS Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 1995 with Karin L. Wells.
- 59. Bayesian Estimation for Discrete Product Demand with Simultaneous Estimation of Product Supply and Demand Under Various Market Conditions
- American Statistical Association, Orlando, Florida, August 1995, with Arnold Zellner.
- 60. A Monte Carlo Simulation of Alternative Principal Elements Regression Estimators
- General Methodology Section, American Statistical Association, Orlando, Florida, August 1995, with Kevin D. Brunson.
- 61. Using Karnaugh Maps and Composite Dummy Variables in Logistic Regression: Transforming Dependent and Independent Variables
- General Methodology Section,.American Statistical Association, Orlando, Florida, August 1995, with Karin L. Wells.
- 62. Bayesian Optimal Promotional Activity for Firms Facing Discrete Product Demand
- World Meeting of International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA), Oaxaca, Mexico, September 1995, with Arnold Zellner.
- 63. Bayesian Optimization Procedures for Firms Facing Discrete Product Demand, Economic Random Utility Models and Industry Equilibrium
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, October 1995, with Arnold Zellner.
- 64. An Analysis of Changes in the Public Employment of Black Women, White Women, Black Men and White Men Using a New Method of Accounting for Missing Data on Job Loss Status
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA), Chicago, Illinois, March 1996, with Karin L. Wells.
- 65. Bayesian Optimization Procedures for Firms Facing Discrete Product Demand, Economic Random Utility Models and Industry Equilibrium
- Econometric Society (ES), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, June 1996, with Arnold Zellner.
- 66. An Application of Bayesian Selection Procedures
- Bayesian Statistical Science - American Statistical Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 1996, with Arnold Zellner.
- 67. Racial Differences in the Return to Education: Multicollinearity and Alternative Shrinkage Estimators
- Business and Economic Statistics American Statistical Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 1996, with Kevin D. Brunson.
- 68. Testing for and Correcting for Missing Data in Survey Responses
- Midwest SAS Users Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 1996, with Shelley S. Baxter.
- 69. An Econometric Method of Determining Market Efficiency When Buyers and Sellers Have Reservation Prices
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, November 1996, with Tatre Jantarakolica.
- 70. Chow's Lagrangian Dynamic Optimization Procedure
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, October 1997.
- 71. Nested Logit Analysis of Missing Response Observations
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, October 1997, with Byung-Joo Lee.
- 72. Discrete Nonparametric Regression
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA), Chicago, Illinois, March 1998, with Kajal Mukhopadhyay.
- 73. Sample Selection Bias Correction for Missing Response Observations
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA), Chicago, Illinois, March 1998, with Byung-Joo Lee.
- 74. U.S. and Canadian Interest Rate Policy: A Bivariate Trinomial Analysis
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA), Chicago, Illinois, March 1998, with Kajal Mukhopadhyay.
- 75. Chow's Lagrangian Dynamic Optimization Procedure
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA), Chicago, Illinois, March 1998.
- 76. An Approach to Nonparametric Kernel Regression for Count Data
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), University of Indiana, Bloomington, September 1998, with Kajal Mukhopadhyay.
- 77. An Approach to Nonparametric Kernel Regression for Count Data
- Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 1998, with Kajal Mukhopadhyay.
- 78. A Bivariate Trinomial Analysis of U.S. and Canadian Interest Rate Policy
- North American Economics and Finance Association at the ASSA meetings in New York City, January 1999, with Kajal Mukhopadhyay.
- 79. Count Regression Models Using the Kernel Approach
- Joint meeting of the Midwest Economics Association (MEA) and Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Nashville, Tennessee, March 27-28, 1999, with Kajal Mukhopadhyay.
- 80. Are U.S. and Canadian Interest Rate Policies Correlated After Controlling for Economic Conditions?
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA) and Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Nashville, Tennessee, March 27-28, 1999, with Kajal Mukhopadhyay.
- 81. Discrete Nonparametric Regression
- Business and Economics Statistics Section - American Statistical Association, Baltimore, Maryland, August 1999, with Kajal Mukhopadhyay.
- 82. Alternative Approaches to Correcting for Missing Categorical Dependent Variable Responses
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa , October 1999.
- 83. Correcting for Missing Categorical Dependent Variable Responses
- Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 1999.
- 84. Correcting for Missing Discrete Responses in Business Surveys
- Department of Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, February 2000.
- 85. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Missing Discrete Responses in Business Surveys
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA) and Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Chicago, Illinois, April 2000.
- 86. Business Surveys with Missing Data: How to Test for and Correct for Biased Sample Selection
- invited presentation at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, September 2000.
- 87. Sample Augmentation Method (SAM) Multiple Imputation Approach to Missing Discrete Response Data Estimation
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA) and Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Cleveland, Ohio, March 2001.
- 88. Direct Maximum Likelihood and Alternative Methods of Estimating Incomplete Categorical Response Models
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Kansas City, Missouri, October 2001.
- 89. Fixed Effects Estimation of Unobserved Heteroskedasticity in Discrete Choice Models
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA) and Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Chicago, Illinois, March 2002.
- 90. Bayesian Solutions to Graduate Admissions and Related Selection Problems
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG) conference at Department of Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 2002.
- 91. The Economic Impact of Democrat vs. Republican Control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives
- Midwest Economics Association (MEA) and Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), Cleveland, Ohio, March 2003.
- 92. Using Spline Regression Models to Compare the Economic Performance of Democrat and Republican Administrations
- invited presentation at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, April 2003.
- 93. A New Approach to Likelihood Ratio and Related Methods of Hypothesis Testing
(with Joe Stevano)
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG) meeting at the Department of Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, October 2003.
- 94. The Bootstrap's Finite Sample Distribution: An Analytical Approach
- Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG) meeting at the Department of Economics,Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, October 2004.
- 95. The Bootstrap's Finite Sample Distribution: An Analytical Approach
- Econometrics and Statistics Colloquium Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, February 2005.
- 96. The Bootstrap's Finite Sample Distribution: An Analytical Approach
- Econometrics Seminar at the Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 2005.
- 97. Aspects of the Bootstrap's Finite Sample Distribution
- Business and Economics Statistics Section - American Statistical Association, Minneapolis, Minneasota, August 2005.
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