20th Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, April 5-6, 2012
The 20th Annual Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics will be held at the Istnabul Bilgi University in Istanbul, Turkey on April 5-6, 2012. The aim of the meeting is to present and discuss recent developments in theoretical and empirical analysis of nonlinearity in economics and finance. The Craig Hiemstra Memorial speaker will be M. Hashem Pesaran (Cambridge University).
Conference sponsors include the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, Istanbul Bilgi University, and the Journal of Applied Econometrics. The local organizing committee is
- Rehim Kilic, Koc University
- Burak Saltoglu, Bogazici University
- Serda Selin Ozturk, Istanbul Biligi University
- Ege Yazgan, Istanbul Bilgi University (Chair of the Local Committee)
Conference Organizing Committee Members:
- Marco Airaudo, Drexel University
- Tino Berger, University of Cologne
- Marcelle Chauvet, University of California, Riverside
- Carl Chiarella, University of Technology Sydney
- Christian Conrad, University of Heidelberg
- James Costain, Bank of Spain
- Ana Golvao, Queen Mary, University of London
- Ramazan Gencay, Simon Fraser University
- Mark Jensen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Kevin Lansing, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Sebastiano Manzan, Baruch College
- Agnieszka Markiewicz, Erasmus University
- Bruce Mizrach, Rutgers University
- Claudio Morana, University of Milan, Bicocca
- James Morley, University of New South Wales (Chair of the Program Committee)
- Michael Owyang, Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis
- Ivan Paya, Lancaster University
- Jeremy Piger, University of Oregon
- Seth J Pruitt, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Tara Sinclair, George Washington University
- Shaun Vahey, Australian National University
All registrants, including presenters (invited and contributed) must pay the registration fee, which helps defray the cost of the meeting. The registration fee is 300 USD (250 USD before February 15, 2012). Please note that all registration fees are non-refundable.
Papers presented at the conference may be considered for publication (subject to the standard refereeing process) in the Society’s Journal: Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, published by Berkeley Electronic Press. The journal’s home page is at http://www.bepress.com/snde/ .
Confirmed Invited Speakers:
- Erdem Basci, Ph.D. (Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey)
- M. Hasem Pesaran (Cambridge University)
Awards:
The Society will award two $500 prizes: the James B. Ramsey prize for the top paper in econometrics presented by a graduate student; and the Gerald P. Dwyer prize for the top paper in finance presented by a graduate student. Graduate students’ electronic submissions should be followed up by a letter on official university stationary from a professor certifying that the submitter is a graduate student in good standing. An electronic version of this letter should be emailed to James Morley at james.morley@unws.ed.au by March 16, 2012.
Istanbul Bilgi University has also applied to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for funds to sponsor doctoral students who present their research at the conference. Doctoral students are encouraged to submit their research.
If you have any questions regarding paper submission or registration, please e-mail the administrative contact for SNDE 2011, Kristin Scheyer, at sndesymposia@live.com.