Applied Econometrics

 

October 25-28, 2022

4 days, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
NABE Office Conference Center
Washington, DC

The Applied Econometrics Certificate Program is not like academic econometric courses, which are often long on theory and short on practical applications. This certificate program focuses on business applications and covers techniques for fitting and predicting variables of interest and determining causal effects. More course information

Please note: Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required of all course participants.

Advance Registration*:

NABE Member:  $1,900
U.S. Government Employee: $2,000
Non-Member (includes one-year membership dues): $2,050

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NOTE: To be eligible for a refund less $50 fee, registration cancellation must be received in writing by September 28, 2022. Refunds will not be permitted past that date. Registration transfers can be considered upon request; however, a $75 processing fee will be assessed for all registration transfers. NABE reserves the right to cancel the seminar if sufficient registration is not achieved. Questions? Please contact NABE at [email protected] or 202-463-6223.

 

Location

NABE Office Conference Center
1020 19th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Need accommodations? 

NABE has secured a discounted room block of $329/night for course attendees at the nearby AC Hotel Washington DC Downtown (a Marriott property), located at 1112 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. To make a reservation, book online here.

Please note: the room block is available until Monday, October 3.

 
About the Instructor

Robert McNown is Professor of Economics and Faculty Research Associate with the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his BA in Economics from UCLA and his PhD in Economics from UC San Diego. His primary areas of research and teaching interest are Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Demography, and International Economics. He has published over sixty research articles in academic journals covering these fields of specialization. Dr. McNown has held visiting faculty positions at Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu, Nepal) as a Fulbright Lecturer, People’s University (Beijing) under World Bank sponsorship, Semester at Sea, the Department of Econometrics at Sydney University (Australia), and at the National Economics University in Hanoi, Vietnam as a Fulbright Scholar. In addition, he has presented lectures on his research as well as econometrics workshops at universities in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Namibia, Libya, Norway, and Egypt.

Robert McNown has an outstanding record of teaching econometrics at the University of Colorado and around the world. He was recognized twice for teaching excellence through the Stanford Calderwood Teaching Award from the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado. His teaching approach emphasizes applications of econometric methods using EViews exercises involving models and data that illustrate a variety of statistical problems encountered in economic research. Dr. McNown has conducted  highly successful training sessions in applied econometrics and time series econometrics at the Bank of Kenya (2007), the National Bank of Croatia (2007, 2008), the National Bank of Canada in Montreal (2009), Haver Analytics in New York (2013, 2014, 2015), the International Monetary Fund (2013,2014), and the Bank of Korea (2014).  He has also been involved in the development and application of macro-econometric models for forecasting Colorado and local district tax revenues.