The Business and Economic Statistics Section
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SECTION NEWS
JSM 2010
- The Business and Economic Statistics Section will offer up to two travel awards (amount to be determined, but roughly $350) for students in doctoral programs in business, economics, econometrics, statistics, or allied disciplines.
- Support is offered for students to attend the Joint Statistical Meetings, to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 31 – August 5, 2010; and applicants should be either presenting a paper or participating in a poster session.
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- Applications must include an endorsement and a letter of support from a faculty advisor or a member of the B&E Section of the ASA. Winners are expected to attend JSM sessions.
- If you have any questions, please contact Stuart Scott (scott.stuart@bls.gov).
- The application form (PDF and Word) is available on this website. Applications will be accepted until March 31, 2010.
ZELLNER THESIS AWARD
 The Zelllner award for 2010 is co-sponsored by the Business and Economic Statistics Section of ASA, the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, and Thomson Reuters.- More information on the 2010 Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic
Statistics is available on this web site, including links to the 2008 award winning theses.
The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2010.
- The recipient of the 2009 Zellner Thesis Award in Business and Economic Statistics
was officially announced at the Section's Business Meeting at the 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC :
Amanda Ellen Kowalski, for the MIT thesis
"Essays on Medical Care Using Semiparametric and Structural Econometrics".
- One researcher received honorable mention:
Xun Tang, for the Northwestern University thesis
"Essays in Empirical Auctions and Partially Identified Econometric Models".
JULIUS SHISKIN AWARD
- Helen Stone Tice, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Civil Society Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics.
For more details, access the press release (PDF)
on this website.
- This award is jointly sponsored by the National Association for Business Economics, The Washington Statistical
Society and the Business and Economics Section of the American Statistical Association.
- Nominations are invited for the 2010 Julius Shiskin Award for Economic Statistics;
nomination forms are available on this website.
The deadline for nominations is March 5, 2010.
- More information on the Shiskin Award is available on this web site.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
- The Joint Program in Survey Methodology has several short courses on topics in survey methodology and economic statistics
that are open for registration. Access the JPSM website at http://www.jpsm.umd.edu
and select "JPSM Short Courses" on the top menu bar for online registration and course information.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
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