Title: The Identification Zoo (Survey on Identification) Speaker: Prof. Arthur Lewbel, Boston College Host: Zaichao Du, Professor, RIEM Time: 10:00-12:00, 14:30--16:30, Jan.13, Wednesday; 9:45-11:15 Jan.14, Thursday Venue: GeZhi Building 1211, Liulin Campus Abstract: A survey on Identificaiton. Topics covered include: Ordinary identification. Coherence. Set and nonparametric identification. Causal vs structural identification. Local and generic identification. Weak and other inference related identification. About the speaker: Professor Arthur Lewbel is the inaugural holder of the Barbara A. and Patrick E. Roche chair in economics at Boston College. He is a co-editor of Econometric Theory, a former co-editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics and of Economics Letters, and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Econometrics and the Journal of Applied Econometrics. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and the Journal of Econometrics. His research is mainly in the areas of microeconometrics and consumer demand. He has published in journals like Econometrica, the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics, among many others. For more information on his work, see his website https://www2.bc.edu/arthur-lewbel/.
