Preliminary program: SESSION I - Peter HANSEN (European University Institute), Guillaume Horel (Stanford University) "Limit Theory for the Long Run Variance of Finite Markov Chains" - Alexei ONATSKI (University of Cambridge) "Local Asymptotic Normality of the Spectrum of High-Dimensional Spiked...

China’s integration into the world economy has passed a watershed – its growth over the past decade has accounted for two-thirds of Asia’s overall reduction of poverty, and its GDP is projected to exceed Germany’s by 2006. China’s deepening trade relationship with Japan, Korea and the...