We invite you to attend a one-day “Course on Panel Data Models” at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, on May 29th 2013. The event is intended towards researchers interested in topics related to panel data models, and in particular postgraduate students who would like to update and enhance their research skills on panel data analysis. The course will include a series of technical presentations and product demonstrations that will provide attendees with new knowledge and skills that they can start applying immediately. The course is free of charge.

Highlights:

• A lecture on spatial panel data (speaker: Prof. Badi H. Baltagi, Syracuse University)
• Lessons on large panel data models (speaker: Prof. George Kapetanios, Queen Mary, University of London)
• A lecture on panel data models (speaker: Prof. M. Hashem Pesaran, University of Cambridge)
• Developments in panel data modelling (speaker: Prof. Ron Smith, Birkbeck College, University of London)
• An overview of the GVAR Toolbox (speaker: Dr. L. Vanessa Smith, University of Cambridge)

The deadline for applications for the “Course on Panel Data Models” has now passed.

Travel grants: Recipients of the travel grants have been notified individually.

Important dates:

• Deadline for applications: 28th September 2012
• Decisions: by 21st December 2012
• Course date: 29th May 2013

The course is sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Journal of Applied Econometrics and the Bank of England.