The 13th Australasian workshop on econometrics and health economics will be a forum for the development and dissemination of applications of econometrics and other quantitative approaches in health economics.

Papers in all areas of Bayesian econometrics are welcome.

This intensive week-long course will provide attendees with knowledge of many issues surrounding structural equation and multilevel modeling, including practical application in Mplus. Models incorporating both cross-sectional and longitudinal/panel data will be treated. Econometric methods for...

This is a three-day intensive course on advanced methods for performance measurement for multi-input multioutput firms. Among other things, participants will learn how advanced methods in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) can be used to estimate and draw...

Topic: "Semiparametric and Nonparametric Econometrics" In this course we shall study a unified framework for nonparametric and semiparametric kernelbased analysis. We focus on kernel-based methods capable of handling the mix of categorical (nominal and ordinal) and continuous datatypes one...

Focus: Monte Carlo Simulation, Stochastic Volatility, Credit Risk, Portfolio Optimization, Insider Trading and other areas of Quantitative Finance.

This three-day intensive course presents methods for performance measurement for multi-input multioutput firms. Among other things, participants will learn how Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) can be used to decompose indexes of profitability and...

The conference will provide an opportunity for researchers in areas of quantitative and qualitative techniques to present papers with innovative applications of statistical methods in the economic and the administrative sector of business.

Topics: Design of experiments; Data mining/warehousing; Reliability and Safety; Risk Management; Process Modelling and Control; Quality improvement; Statistical consultancy; Measurement uncertainty; Pharma (non-clinical); Teaching Statistics; Six-Sigma; Computer Experiments; Statistical methods...

The ISBA conferences are held every two years, with every second one held jointly with the Valencia meetings. These conferences have become one of the premier events in Bayesian statistics. ISBA08 will broadly follow the tradition of these meetings, combining an excellent scientific program that...