Seminars

Invited Seminars and Presentations in 2016-2015

Nov (PhD Conference, UWA, Perth)

Invited Discussant of “Non-linear time-varying stochastic frontier model” by Kelly Trinh, PhD conference

July (SEM Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Flexible Productivity Analysis, Invited Presentation at Society for Economic Measurement Conference

July (BAM Workshop, Melbourne)

Inference for Large Bayesian VARs using Variational Bayes, Invited Presentation at Melbourne Bayesian Econometrics Workshop

April (Griffith University, Brisbane)

Inference for Lorenz Curves, Invited Presentation

April (University of Queensland, Brisbane)

Fast and Accurate Computation of Marginal Likelihood, Invited Presentation

Nov (University of Queensland, Brisbane)

Inference for Lorenz Curves, Invited Presentation at AETE Workshop

Nov (UWA, Perth)

How to Estimate Lorenz Curves, Invited Seminar

Seminars and Presentations in 2014

13 Nov: (PhD Conference, Monash, Melbourne)

Discussant of "the Effects of R&D on Agricultural Productivity of Australian Broadcare Agriculture: A Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Approach"

11 July: (Invited Seminar, APPC 2014, UQ, Brisbane)

A Semiparametric Stochastic Frontier Model with Correlated Effects

9 July: (APPC 2014, UQ, Brisbane)

Flexible Productivity Analysis

7 July: (Invited Seminar, Australian Statistical Society Conference)

Variational Inference for Large Bayesian VARs

1 July: (ESAM 2014, Hobart)

Stochastic Approach to Index Numbers for International Price Comparisons (ICP)

10 March: (Melbourne)

Stochastic Approach to Index Numbers for International Price Comparisons

Seminars and Presentations in 2013

31 October: (UQ, Productivity and Econometrics Workshop, Brisbane)

A Semiparametric Stochastic Frontier Model with Correlated Effects

2 August: (Monash Economics Seminar Series, Melbourne)

Nonparametric Panel Data Models with Penalized Splines

12 July: (ESAM 2013, Sydney)

Estimation and Testing of Stochastic Frontier Models using Variational Bayes

19 June: (EWEPA 13, Helsinki)

Estimation and Testing of Stochastic Frontier Models using Variational Bayes

This paper was selected as one of the 3 most interesting papers and was presented in a plenary session in the conference.

24 May: (QUT Econs & Fin Seminar, Brisbane)

Using Mixtures to Estimate Income Distributions from Grouped Data (Presented by my co-author Bill Griffiths)

22 May: (ANU Macro Seminar Series, Canberra)

Estimation and Forecasting of Large Bayesian VARs using Variational Bayes

13 May: (Dep. Of Economics Brown Bag Series, Melbourne)

Nonparametric Panel Data Models using Penalized Splines

1 May: (FBE Time Series Econometrics Workshop, Melbourne)

Estimation and Forecasting of Large Bayesian VARs using Variational Bayes

10 April: (UQ CEPA Seminar Series, Brisbane)

Estimation and Testing of Stochastic Frontier Models using Variational Bayes

25 February: (Bayesian Econometrics Workshop, Melbourne)

Estimation and Testing of Stochastic Frontier Models using Variational Bayes