2026 Midwest Econometrics Group Annual Meeting

• 8:05 a.m. — Time-Varying Variable Selection for Macroeconomic Forecasting: A Bayesian Regression Tree Approach — Mentee Stephen Chu, University of Notre Dame; Mentor Liang Hu, Wayne State University
• 8:25 a.m. — Risk-Optimal Curvature Selection for Finite-Sample Cressie–Read Moment Estimation — Mentee Jieun Lee, Emory University; Mentor Bertille Antoine, Simon Fraser University
• 8:45 a.m. — Prior Selection for VAR Forecasts — Mentee Nayoung Lee, Indiana University Bloomington; Mentor Marcelle Chauvet, University of California Riverside

• 9:25 a.m. — Forecasting U.S. Bank Credit Risk with Macroeconomic Latent Factors: Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19 — Mentee Ruixuan Zhang, Auburn University; Mentor Irina Panovska, University of Texas at Dallas
• 9:45 a.m. — Measuring the Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks on U.S. Output in a Markov-Switching Bayesian VAR — Mentee Kenneth Rich, University of Mississippi; Mentor Tatjana Dahlhaus, Bank of Canada
• 10:05 a.m. — Distributional Decomposition of Consumption Inequality Change During COVID-19 — Mentee Utkarsh Anand, Washington State University; Mentor Victoria L. Prowse, Purdue University

• 10:45 a.m. — Misplaced at Home? A Partial Observability Approach to Foster Care Placement Decisions — Mentee Suchetana Das, Southern Methodist University; Mentor Ruli Xiao, Indiana University
• 11:05 a.m. — Does Consumption of Internet Pornography Trigger Violence? — Mentee Hamida Mubasshera, Temple University; Mentor Suqin Ge, Virginia Tech
• 11:25 a.m. — Telehealth for Mental Health: Lowering Barriers to Care or Lowering the Bar? — Mentee Namgyoon Oh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mentor Alyssa Carlson, University of Missouri

1A: Causal Inference with Networks and Interference — Alice Room — Chair: Long Hong

• 2:10 p.m. — #50 — Nonparametric Estimation of Treatment Effects with Endogenous Peers — Haoran Pan, Boston University
• 2:30 p.m. — #82 — Sharp Closed-Form Bounds for Interference Contamination in Linear ATT Designs — Joao Alipio-Correa, University of Pittsburgh
• 2:50 p.m. — #208 — Mediated Interference — Meng Hsuan Hsieh, University of Michigan
• 3:10 p.m. — #178 — Design-Based Identification of Endogenous Network Effects in Randomized Experiments — Kensuke Sakamoto, McGill University
• 3:30 p.m. — #158 — Estimation and Inference in a Peer Effects Model under Heteroskedasticity — Long Hong, Arizona State University

1B: Monetary, Fiscal, and Inflation Dynamics — Leonard Baehr Room — Chair: Sebastian Laumer

• 2:10 p.m. — #28 — Estimated Output Gap in a Wage-Inflation Expectations Model — Irina Panovska, University of Texas at Dallas
• 2:35 p.m. — #154 — Improving Limited Influence Core Inflation Estimators via Debiasing in Real Time — Randal Verbrugge, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• 3:00 p.m. — #190 — Inflation in a Dollarized Economy: The Role of Fiscal Policy — Maria Teresa Gonzalez Perez, Banco de España
• 3:25 p.m. — #222 — Signaling Processing Monetary Policy Surprises — Policy, Information, and News in High-Frequency Data — Sebastian Laumer, University of Richmond

1C: Statistical Decisions under Model Uncertainty — Corn Hole Room — Chair: Jeff Mills

• 2:10 p.m. — #23 — Informativeness under Model Uncertainty: Shadow Prices and Ridge Penalties — Jieun Lee, Emory University
• 2:30 p.m. — #38 — A Model Confidence Set for Learner Selection in Generic Machine Learning — Pierce Plucker, Oklahoma State University
• 2:50 p.m. — #181 — Uncertainty in Compound Decisions — Andreas Petrou-Zeniou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 3:10 p.m. — #193 — Asymptotic Analysis of Point Decisions with General Loss Functions — Han Xu, Texas A&M University
• 3:30 p.m. — #214 — Posterior Density Ratios for Precise Bayesian Hypothesis Testing: A Decision-Theoretic Alternative to Bayes Factors — Jeff Mills, University of Cincinnati

1D: Auctions, Demand, and Market Design — Joseph Strauss Room — Chair: Zachary Zhang

• 2:10 p.m. — #101 — Counterfactual Revenues in Ascending Auctions: Estimation and Inference — Federico Zincenko, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• 2:30 p.m. — #173 — Matching-Based Split Auctions in Public Procurement: Evidence from India's Drug Procurement — Akriti Dureja, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 2:50 p.m. — #53 — Structural Analysis of Posted-Price Selling in Online Markets: A Nonparametric Approach — Jun Zhao, York University
• 3:10 p.m. — #58 — Vertical Integration in a Consumer Packaged Goods Industry: Impacts on Product Variety, Prices, and Consumer Welfare — Justice Enyetornye, University of Kentucky
• 3:30 p.m. — #129 — Demand Estimation with a Misrecorded Binary Variable: A Partial-Identification Approach — Zachary Zhang, University of Wisconsin–Madison

1E: Healthcare, Housing, and Social Policy — Beast Amphitheater — Chair: Bo Hu

• 2:10 p.m. — #95 — The Role of Racial Concordance in Doctor Referral Decisions — Yuki Ito, Indiana University
• 2:35 p.m. — #48 — Inequality and Housing-Led Boom–Bust Cycles — Kuhelika De, Butler University
• 3:00 p.m. — #172 — It Adds Up: The Cumulative Impact of Police Deployments — Alejandro Abarca, Texas Tech University
• 3:25 p.m. — #122 — Is There a Poverty Trap in the United States? — Bo Hu, Indiana University

1F: Staggered Adoption, Synthetic Controls, and Applied Causal Designs — Fountain Square Room — Chair: Sanchari Choudhury

• 2:10 p.m. — #221 — Efficient Estimation and Pretrend Testing for Staggered Difference-in-Differences Designs: A GMM Approach — Jingyue Cui, Michigan State University
• 2:30 p.m. — #211 — An L-infinity Norm Counterfactual and Synthetic Control Approach — Le Wang, Virginia Tech
• 2:50 p.m. — #113 — Sensitivity to Misspecification of Linear Projection Based Control Functions — Alyssa Carlson, University of Missouri
• 3:10 p.m — #102 — State Subsidy for Data Centers: Impact on Employment and Net Firm in the USA — Vijay Prakash, University of Delaware
• 3:30 p.m. — #175 — Divided State Governments and Income Inequality in the U.S.: A Causal Analysis — Sanchari Choudhury, Midwestern State University

2A: Network Formation, Games, and Sampling — Alice Room — Chair: Erhao Xie

• 4:10 p.m. — #11 — Recovering Latent Heterogeneity in Network Formation Using Triads — Shuo Qi, William & Mary
• 4:30 p.m. — #69 — Specification Testing in Conditional Moment Models with Time-Varying Parameters — Bertille Antoine, Simon Fraser University
• 4:50 p.m. — #139 — Partial Sampling for Network Centrality — Yang Xu, University of Oxford
• 5:10 p.m. — #119 — Learning Linear-Quadratic Network Games via Inverse Optimization — Emerson Melo, Indiana University
• 5:30 p.m. — #41 — A Cognitive Hierarchy Model of Social Interactions — Erhao Xie, Bank of Canada

2B: Climate Risk, Weather, and Environmental Spillovers — Leonard Baehr Room — Chair: Marcelle Chauvet

• 4:10 p.m. — #60 — Bivariate Weather Extremes and the US Economy — Tatjana Dahlhaus, Bank of Canada
• 4:30 p.m. — #81 — Temperature Fluctuations and Economic Conditions: Evidence from Weekly U.S. Data — Kimberly Berg, Miami University
• 4:50 p.m. — #131 — Spillover or Homegrown? Nonparametric Analysis of East Asia's Cross-Border Air Pollution and Its Sources from Recent Data — Yong Ju Lee, Ashland University
• 5:10 p.m. — #206 — Physical Climate Shocks and Macroeconomic Asymmetry: A Two-Country E-DSGE Model — Daniel Kebede, Colgate University
• 5:30 p.m. — #228 — Climate Risk and Financial Spillovers in Europe — Marcelle Chauvet, University of California Riverside

2C: Finite-Sample Estimation, Measurement, and Decomposition — Corn Hole Room — Chair: Robert de Jong

• 4:10 p.m. — #155 — Contamination, Bias, and Correction in Text-Based Measurement — Daisoon Kim, North Carolina State University
• 4:35 p.m. — #213 — Targeted Feasible Generalized Least Squares — Saraswata Chaudhuri, McGill University
• 5:00 p.m. — #210 — A Neighborhood-Based Local Decomposition of Group Differences — Simon Rudkin, University of Manchester
• 5:25 p.m. — #120 — Exact Calculation of the Ordinary Least Squares Estimator — Robert de Jong, Ohio State University

2D: Housing Markets, Rents, and Urban Change — Joseph Strauss Room — Chair: Eunjee Kwon

• 4:10 p.m. — #84 — Valuing Neighborhood Amenities with Continuous Spatial Difference-in-Differences — Sean McCulloch, Brown University
• 4:35 p.m. — #140 — When Do Households Adjust Consumption to Housing Wealth Shocks? Understanding the Joint Transmission of Income and Wealth Changes — Youn Seol, Kyungpook National University
• 5:00 p.m. — Keeping the House in the Family: Non-Market Transfers and the Supply of American Homes — Saani Rawat, Marquette University
• 5:25 p.m. — #188 — From Walk-Ins to Log-Ins: Commercial Reshuffling and Retail Rent Decline — Eunjee Kwon, University of Cincinnati

2E: Macroeconomic Forecasting and Model Selection — Beast Amphitheater — Chair: Tatsuma Wada

• 4:10 p.m. — #54 — New Combination Forecasts for Cointegrated Time Series — Mohitosh Kejriwal, Purdue University
• 4:30 p.m. — #12 — The Output Gap: Method Choice, Data Revisions, and Predictive Performance — Labesh Kumar, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
• 4:50 p.m. — #209 — Tensor Forecast Combinations — Tianyan Tu, University of California, Riverside
• 5:10 p.m.  — Sufficient Dimension Reduction for High-Dimensional Multivariate Time Series — S. Yaser Samadi, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• 5:30 p.m. — #106 — Forecasting Structural Change Models Using Band Spectral Regression — Tatsuma Wada, Keio University

2F: Difference-in-Differences and Event-Study Designs — Fountain Square Room — Chair: Nicholas Brown

• 4:10 p.m. — #22 — Event-Study Designs for Discrete Outcomes under Transition Independence — Young Ahn, University of Pennsylvania
• 4:30 p.m. — #14 — Rolling Difference-in-Differences with Reversible Treatment Paths and Moderating Effects — Soo Jeong Lee, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
• 4:50 p.m. — #55 — Beyond Parallel Trends: An Identification-Strategy-Robust Approach to Causal Inference with Panel Data — Derek Dyal, University of Georgia
• 5:10 p.m. — #72 — Model-Based Interpretation of Pretrend Tests in Difference-in-Differences — Doosoo Kim, Toronto Metropolitan University
• 5:30 p.m. — #112 — An Averaging Alternative to Pre-Trend Testing — Nicholas Brown, Florida State University

3A: Labor Markets, Technology, and Inequality — Alice Room — Chair: Victoria Prowse

• 8:30 a.m. — #111 — Does a High Minimum Wage Insulate or Expose Workers to the Effects of Technological Change? Evidence from U.S. States — Mahesh Dhole, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
• 8:55 a.m. — #59 — The Role of Mass Layoff Size on Earnings and Employment Losses — Nathaniel Pinhas, University of Kentucky
• 9:20 a.m. — #161 — Occupational Artificial Intelligence Exposure and Adult Mental Health in the United States: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey — Sakib Sharaf Protik, Virginia Tech
• 9:45 a.m. — #194 — Compensating for Disadvantage? Family Background and the Returns to Childhood Creative, Cognitive, and Non-Cognitive Skills — Victoria Prowse, Purdue University

3B: Local Projections, VARs, and Impulse Responses — Leonard Baehr Room — Chair: Hunter Ng

• 8:30 a.m. — #92 — Projected Local Projections — Sean McCrary, Ohio State University
• 8:50 a.m. — #93 — The (Fragile) Geometry of Set Identified Impulse Response Functions — Eva Frieda Janssens, University of Michigan
• 9:10 a.m. — #141 — Scanning for Significance: False Discovery Control for Impulse Responses — Giorgi Nikolaishvili, Wake Forest University
• 9:30 a.m. — #192 — Impulse Response Inference for Matrix Time Series — Ivan Ricardo, Maastricht University
• 9:50 a.m. — #18 — Vine Copula VAR — Hunter Ng, Baruch College, City University of New York

3C: Partial Identification, Selection, and Rank-Based Inference — Corn Hole Room — Chair: Yujin Kwon

• 8:30 a.m. — #79 — Inference After Double Selection on Ranks — Yehao Gu, The Ohio State University
• 8:50 a.m. — #94 — Identification in Partially Ordered Choice with Unobserved Budgets — Woohun Son, The Ohio State University
• 9:10 a.m. — #117 — Partial Identification with Auxiliary Moment Restrictions — Behrooz Moosavi Ramezanzadeh, University of Pittsburgh
• 9:30 a.m. — #150 — Nonparametric Sample Selection Models with Endogenous Regressors — Deniz Ozabaci, University of New Hampshire
• 9:50 a.m. — #196 — Partial Identification in Models with Selectivity: Application to Texas Direct — Yujin Kwon, University of Texas at Austin

3D: Policy Learning and Dynamic Treatment Effects — Joseph Strauss Room — Chair: Thomas Cunningham

• 8:30 a.m. — #67 — Difference-in-Differences for Policy Learning — Toru Kitagawa, Brown University
• 8:50 a.m. — #91 — Identification Under Universal Policy Exposure — Vedant Vohra, UC San Diego
• 9:10 a.m. — #105 — Policy Learning with Network-Shaping Treatments — Zhenxiao Chen, University of Pennsylvania
• 9:30 a.m. — #127 — Dynamic Treatment Effects and Dynamic Selection with Time-Varying Instruments — Joshua Shea, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 9:50 a.m. — #217 — Doubly Robust Nonlinear Difference-in-Differences — Thomas Cunningham, Michigan State University

3E: Energy, Currency, and Financial Volatility — Beast Amphitheater — Chair: Nikhil Patel

• 8:30 a.m. — #52 — Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy ETFs Volatility: The Role of Climate Change Risk — Oluwafemi Ogunjemilua, University of Missouri
• 8:50 a.m. — #62 — Does Oil Price Volatility Delay Natural Gas Infrastructure Investment? Evidence from 1997–2025 — Sofia Baker, University of Missouri
• 9:10 a.m. — #77 — When Oil Markets Become Volatile: Evidence from U.S. Bilateral Oil Trade — Han Tran, Wayne State University
• 9:30 a.m. — #146 — Volatility Spillover Across Crude Oil Benchmarks — Liang Hu, Wayne State University
• 9:50 a.m. — #88 — Financial Shocks in Currency Markets: Evidence from UIP Premia — Nikhil Patel, International Monetary Fund

4A: Development, Culture, and Household Behavior — Alice Room — Chair: Juan Yamin

• 10:30 a.m. — #21 — People from Historically Rice-Farming Cultures Perform Better on Exams — Suqin Ge, Virginia Tech
• 10:55 a.m. — #26 — Do Households Spend to Be Seen? Ceremonial Visibility and Political Connections in India — Pallabi Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
• 11:20 a.m. — #65 — Farm Losses, Consumption Gains: The Uneven Effects of Gold Mining on Ghana's Cocoa Farmers — Joseph Eshun, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• 11:45 a.m. — #103 — Poverty Targeting with Imperfect Information — Juan Yamin, Brown University

4B: Macroeconomic Uncertainty, Expectations, and Shock Propagation — Leonard Baehr Room — Chair: Sara Katanchian

• 10:30 a.m. — #167 — Identification of Uncertainty Shocks using Higher-Order Moments — Priyadarshini Chatterjee, Texas A&M University College Station
• 10:50 a.m. — #169 — The Roots of Economic Uncertainty: Common Factors and the Effects of Shocks — Celia Schurman, University of Notre Dame
• 11:10 a.m. — #114 — Predictive Information in Disaggregated Foreign Economic Growth about US Exports — Arabinda Basistha, West Virginia University
• 11:30 a.m. — #202 — Permanent and Transitory Shocks to the Expected Inflation Term Structure — Fabio Gomez-Rodriguez, Lehigh University
• 11:50 a.m. — #164 — The Geography of Consumption: Local Responses to National Shocks — Sara Katanchian, University of Cincinnati

4C: Panel Heterogeneity and Common Shocks — Corn Hole Room — Chair: Pei Yu

• 10:30 a.m. — #40 — Conditional FDAC in Short Panels: Forest Localization and Partial Identification — Khatai Aliyev, Indiana University Bloomington
• 10:50 a.m. — #71 — Spillovers under Common Shocks in Panel Data: Estimation and Inference — Qiyang Yu, University of Rochester
• 11:10 a.m. — #142 — Type Heterogeneous Effects in Panel Data Models — Jorge Rivero, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 11:30 a.m. — #145 — Estimation and Testing in Functional-Coefficient Panel Model with State-Varying Factor Loadings — Jimin Shin, The University of Kansas
• 11:50 a.m. — #148 — Estimation of Random-Coefficient Dynamic Panel Data Models with a Fixed T — Pei Yu, Rice University

4D: Regression Discontinuity, Instruments, and Robust Identification — Joseph Strauss Room — Chair: David Brasington

• 10:30 a.m. — #85 — Global Testing in Multivariate Regression Discontinuity Designs — Artem Samiahulin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 10:50 a.m. — #89 — Sensitivity Analysis in Sharp Regression Discontinuity Designs — Beomsu Kim, Sogang University
• 11:10 a.m. — #219 — Generated Instruments with Validation Data — Xinran Liu, University of California, Riverside
• 11:30 a.m. — #230 — Judge IV Designs with Multiple Treatments and Instruments — Myunghyun Song, Columbia University
• 11:50 a.m. — #39 — Dynamic Regression Discontinuity with Doubly Robust Scores — David Brasington, University of Cincinnati

4E: Specification Testing and Robust Inference — Beast Amphitheater — Chair: Yanping Chen

• 10:30 a.m. — #19 — Projection-Based Corrections for Consistent Specification Tests — Ivan Korolev, Binghamton University
• 10:50 a.m. — #110 — Specification Test for Spillover Structure — Hyunseok Jung, University of Arkansas
• 11:10 a.m. — #13 — A Grid-Rate Condition for Valid Uniform Inference — Emmanuel Tsyawo, Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama
• 11:30 a.m. — #37 — Endogenous Heteroskedasticity in Linear Models — Antonio Galvao, Michigan State University
• 11:50 a.m. — #134 — Robust Variance Estimation in Linear Regression: A Projection-Geometry Perspective — Yanping Chen, Indiana University Bloomington

5A: Distributional and Quantile Econometrics — Alice Room — Chair: Qiankun Zhou

• 1:10 p.m. — #9 — IV Regression with Distribution-Valued Outcomes — David Van Dijcke, University of Virginia
• 1:30 p.m. — #63 — Maximum Entropy Approaches to Expectile Regression for Multinomial Response Data — Collin Philipps, University of North Alabama
• 1:50 p.m. — #87 — Distributional Weak σ-Convergence and Quantile Treatment Effects — Abhishek Pandey, University of Texas at Dallas
• 2:10 p.m. — #90 — Aggregating Treatment Effects across Multiple Outcomes — Chun Pong Lau, The University of Chicago
• 2:30 p.m. — #5 — Robust Matrix Completion via Quantile-Based Intervals: Inference and Applications to Treatment Effects — Qiankun Zhou, Louisiana State University

5B: Structural Change, Dependence, and Long-Run Prediction — Leonard Baehr Room — Chair: Gary Cornwall

• 1:10 p.m. — #70 — Using Parameter Instability to Test for Structural Exogeneity — John Keating, University of Kansas
• 1:35 p.m. — #49 — Long-Run Prediction Uncertainty with Persistent Heteroskedasticity — Kurt Lunsford, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• 2:00 p.m. — #100 — Time-Uniform Dependent Central Limit Theory — Spencer Ge, University of Michigan
• 2:25 p.m. — #231 — The Seasons They Are A-Changin': A Century of Definitions and a Way Forward — Gary Cornwall, Bureau of Economic Analysis

5C: Dynamic Choice, Games, and Behavioral Identification — Corn Hole Room — Chair: Keh-Kuan Sun

• 1:10 p.m. — #43 — Sufficient Statistics for Markovian Feedback Process and Unobserved Heterogeneity in Dynamic Panel Logit Models — Sukgyu Shin, The Ohio State University
• 1:30 p.m. — #116 — Dynamic Decision-Making under Model Misspecification: A Stochastic Stability Approach — Xinyu Dai, Brown University
• 1:50 p.m. — #157 — Multi-Margin Selection in Leniency Designs — Lonjezo Sithole, University of Michigan
• 2:10 p.m. — #186 — Estimating Dynamic Games with Multiple Equilibria and Unobserved Heterogeneity — Ruli Xiao, Indiana University
• 2:30 p.m. — #205 — Shaded Truth under Consequential Risk: Theory and Identification for Discrete Choice Experiments — Keh-Kuan Sun, Fairfield University

5D: Spatial Markets, Infrastructure, and Institutions — Joseph Strauss Room — Chair: Yihan Guo

• 1:10 p.m. — #99 — Network Multipliers in Gravity Models — Jieun Lee, Emory University
• 1:30 p.m. — #201 — A Dynamic Model of Residential Sorting Using Aggregate Data: Welfare Implications of Urban Fracking — Kyung Tae Cho, Texas A&M University
• 1:50 p.m. — #144 — Examining the Long-Run Relationship between Highways and Economic Growth: Evidence from Indian States — Swarna Parameswaran, Goa Institute of Management
• 2:10 p.m. — #136 — Colonialism, Institutional Trust and Out-Group Bias: Evidence from Morocco — Enel Shirinli, University of South Florida
• 2:30 p.m. — #149 — The Sanctions Paradox: Financial Sanctions, Payment Rails, and Currency Diversification — Evidence from Staggered Difference-in-Differences and Penalized Synthetic Control — Yihan Guo, Nanyang Technological University

5E: Welfare, Preferences, and Policy under Uncertainty — Beast Amphitheater — Chair: Cesar Chavez Padilla

• 1:10 p.m. — #78 — Risk-Averse Welfare Maximization via Marginal Treatment Effects — Jarrod Burgh, Grinnell College
• 1:30 p.m. — #97 — Sensitivity Analysis for Ordinal Outcome Indices — David Kaplan, University of Missouri
• 1:50 p.m. — #147 — Policy Menus under Unresolved Welfare Weights, with an Application to Pluralistic LLM Alignment — Zhiheng You, University of Pennsylvania
• 2:10 p.m. — #143 — Evidence-Based Policy Choice in Macroeconomics — Simone Martinelli, Brown University
• 2:30 p.m. — #224 — Relating Cognitive Skills and Personality Traits to Economic Preferences: Decision-Making under Cognitive Shocks and Guessing — Cesar Chavez Padilla, The University of Chicago

5F: Industry Session I: Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning — Fountain Square Room — Chair: Yuya Shimizu

• 1:10 p.m. — #33 — Filling the Gaps in Meta-Regressions: Machine Learning in Realistic Heterogeneity Structures — Jonathan Gendron, Xavier University, and Alex Jaimes Sandoval, CU Boulder
• 1:30 p.m. — #46 — Training Neural Networks Embedded in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models — Ecenur Oguz, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• 1:50 p.m. — #98 — A Nonlinear Target-Factor Model with Attention Mechanism for Mixed-Frequency Data — Ekaterina Seregina, Colby College
• 2:10 p.m. — #191 — Beauty in the AI of the Beholder: Interarea Price and Quality Differences for Housing — Ruchita Coomar, The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• 2:30 p.m. — #197 — Econometrics with Pre-Trained Embeddings for Unstructured Data — Yuya Shimizu, University of Wisconsin–Madison

6A: High-Dimensional and Orthogonal Inference — Alice Room — Chair: Sami Abdurahman

• 3:10 p.m. — #31 — Orthogonal Inference for Conditional Z-Estimation without Cross-Fitting: A Distributional Nearest-Neighbor Approach — Jakob Juergens, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• 3:30 p.m. — #74 — High Dimensional Linear IV Estimation & Inference using BRIDGE & Adaptive LASSO — Eleftheria Kelekidou, Northwestern University
• 3:50 p.m. — #121 — Gaussian Approximation for Maximum Score and Non-Smooth M-Estimators with Multiway Dependence — Ahnaf Rafi, University of Virginia
• 4:10 p.m. — #184 — Debiasing Nonlinear Functionals of Sequential M-Estimands with Generated Regressors — Jangsu Yoon, University of Kentucky
• 4:30 p.m. — #220 — Kolmogorov-Arnold Sieve Networks for High-Dimensional Estimation and Inference — Sami Abdurahman, Toronto Metropolitan University

6B: Advanced Dynamic Models and Forecast Combinations — Leonard Baehr Room — Chair: Dingli Wang

• 3:10 p.m. — #42 — Mean Group and Pooled Mixed-Frequency Estimators of Responses of Low-Frequency Variables to High-Frequency Shocks — Alexander Chudik, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• 3:35 p.m. — #68 — Optimal Estimation in a Multicointegrated System — Igor Kheifets, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• 4:00 p.m. — #107 — Matrix Autoregression with Spatial Constraints — Robert Daniel, Ohio State University
• 4:25 p.m. — #207 — Anchored Tail-Spread Recalibration for Joint VaR–ES Forecasts — Dingli Wang, University of California, Riverside

6C: Dynamic Panels and Spatial Econometrics — Corn Hole Room — Chair: Emma Henry

• 3:10 p.m. — #123 — Dyadic Spatial Dynamic Panel Data Models with Fixed Effects — Yong Bao, Purdue University
• 3:30 p.m. — #156 — Estimating Heterogeneous Teacher Effects with Three-Way Interactive Fixed Effects — Sangmyung Ha, Indiana University
• 3:50 p.m. — #179 — Matrix Exponential Spatial Models with Unknown Weights — Jason Blevins, The Ohio State University
• 4:10 p.m. — #187 — Estimation of Average Partial Effects in Ultra-Short Panel Data When Individual-Specific Slopes Are Not Identified — Christina Maschmann, Lund University
• 4:30 p.m. — #203 — Semiparametric Panel Data Models with Interactive Fixed Effects — Emma Henry, University of Alabama

6D — Firms, Innovation, and Industry Dynamics — Joseph Strauss Room— Chair: Dongchen Zhao

• 3:10 p.m. — #44 — A Unified Approach to Estimating Production Functions: Proxy Variables and Dynamic Panel Data — Jose Miguel Abito, Ohio State University
• 3:30 p.m. — #80 — Persistence and Stability of Industry-Level Return on Capital in a Panel of OECD Countries — Deepankar Basu, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 3:50 p.m. — #132 — Promoting Innovation: Evidence from R&D Special Zones in South Korea — Hyung-Jin (Jin) Kim, Korea Development Institute
• 4:10 p.m. — #133 — Strategic Sequencing in the Music Industry — R. Andrew Butters, Indiana University
• 4:30 p.m. — #212 — A Structural Anatomy of Corporate Intangible Investment — Dongchen Zhao, University of Cincinnati

6E: Macro-Finance, Credit, and Econometric Methods — Beast Amphitheater — Chair: Yoosoon Chang

• 3:10 p.m. — #86 — Media Coverage and the Cross-Section of Cryptocurrency Returns — Ba Chu, Carleton University
• 3:30 p.m. — #124 — Public Mortgage Credit News and the Changing Architecture of Financial Intermediation — Huachen Li, Kenyon College
• 3:50 p.m. — #118 — Distributional Instruments: Identification and Estimation with Quantile Least Squares — Guy Tchuente, Purdue University
• 4:10 p.m. — #138 — Systematic Delay — Youngmin Choi, Xavier University
• 4:30 p.m. — #153 — The Distribution of Wealth and the Macroeconomy — Yoosoon Chang, Indiana University

6F: Industry Session II: Financial Markets, Housing, and Credit — Fountain Square Room — Chair: Mehmet Saglam — Sponsored by Johnson Investment Institute

• 3:10 p.m. — #130 — Improving Index Funds via Idiosyncratic Returns — Saerom Lee, University of Toledo
• 3:35 p.m. — #177 — Rent Setting for New and Continuing Tenants — Hugh Montag, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• 4:00 p.m. — #198 — Heterogeneous Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Corporate Credit Growth: Evidence from U.S. Firms — Timothy Bianco, Allegheny College
• 4:25 p.m. — AI-based Automated Trading & Research — Mehmet Saglam, University of Cincinnati