Events

• Invited Lectures

  • Keynote talk, “Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis”, December 16-18, 2021 at Africa ISEAPA Conference, Online event

  • Keynote talk, “Sanctions and the Iranian Economy: Measurement and Evidence”, August 11, 2021 at Inaugural webinar for International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA)

  • Keynote talk, “A Counterfactual Economic Analysis of COVID-19 Using a Threshold Augumented Multi-Country Model”, July 7-9, 2021, International Conference on Economic Modeling and Data Science (EcoMod2021), Online event

     

     

  • Keynote lecture, “Measurement of Factor Strength: Theory and Practice”, February 21, 2020, Mardi Dungey Memorial Research Conference, Washington DC
  • Presented “Detection of Units with Pervasive Effects in Large Panel Data Models” and chaired the session hosted by the International Association of Applied Econometrics (IAAE) “Advances in Panel Data Econometrics: Theory and Practice”, January 3-5, 2020, Allied Social Science Association 2020 Annual Meeting, San Diego
  • Keynote lecture, “The role of factors strength and pricing errors for estimation and inference in asset pricing models” December 14-16, 2019, 13th International Conference on Computational Financial Econometrics (CFE 2019), Senate House University of London, UK
  • Invited lecture “Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis”, November 8, 2019, Conference on the Economics of Climate Change, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  • Invited lecture “Detection of Units with Pervasive Effects in Large Panel Data Models”, October 11-12, 2019, The 2^nd CEMMAP UCL/Vanderbilt Joint Conference, Nashville
  • Keynote lecture, "Uncertainty and Economic Activity: A Multi-Country Perspective", presented at Baltic Economic Association Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, June 11-12, 2018.
  • Keynote lecture, "Econometric Analysis of Production Networks with Dominant Units", presented at the Conference in honor of Max King, Monash University, December 8-9, 2016.
  • Keynote lecture, "Oil Booms and Busts and the Global Economy", presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE), University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, June 23, 2016.
  • Keynote lecture, "Opportunities and Challenges in the Analysis of Large Data Sets", presented at the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society, Istanbul, Turkey, May 26, 2016. 
  • Invited Lecture on “Iran's Post-Sanctions Economic Challenges and Opportunities” presented in Los Angeles, California on December 4, 2015. https://www.facebook.com/events/699272113507659/ 
  • Keynote Lecture, “A Multistage and Multiple Testing Approach to Variable Selection in Linear Regression Models with a Large Number of Covariates” at USC Dornsife INET’s California Econometrics Conference 2015 in Los Angeles, California on September 25–26, 2015.
  • Presented “A multi-country approach to forecasting output growth using PMIs” at Euro Area Business Cycle Network’s (EABCN) Conference on "Econometric methods for M. Hashem Pesaran, FBA 31 business cycle analysis, forecasting and policy simulations". Hosted by Norges Bank in Oslo, Norway on June 11-12, 2015.
  • Presented “Opportunities and Challenges in the Analysis of Large Data Sets” at the 2nd Vienna Workshop on High-Dimensional Time Series in Macroeconomics and Finance, Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna, on May 21-22, 2015
  • Presented “LongRun Effects in Large Heterogeneous Panel Data Models with CrossSectionallyCorrelated Errors”at the Conference in Honor of Aman Ullah, Riverside California on March 14, 2015.
  • Solari Lecture at the Institute of Economics and Econometrics at the Geneva School of Economics and Management, Geneva, Switzerland. November 27, 2014.
  • Keynote Speech, “Opportunities and Challenges in the Analysis of Large Data Sets”at the European Central Bank’s Workshop on Modelling Cross-Border Financial Channels: A GVAR Perspective, Frankfurt, Germany.  November 24-25, 2014
  • Keynote Lecture, “A multi-country approach to forecasting output growth using PMIs” at 32nd Biannual CIRET Conference  in Hangzhou, China  9-11 October 2014
  • Invited speaker to present “Tests of Policy Ineffectiveness in Macroeconometrics” at BGE Summer Forum in Barcelona, Spain.  19-20 June 2014.
  • Invited Speaker to present "A Multi-Country Approach to Forecasting Output Growth using PMIs" at 8th ECB Workshop on Forecasting Techniques, Frankfurt, Germany, 13-14 June 2014
  • Lecture, “Cross Section Dependence in Panel Data Models”, at University of California, Riverside, May 6, 2014
  • Public Lecture, “Iran’s Economy: Challenges and Opportunities”, for Program of Iranian Studies Bilingual Lecture Series at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, February 24, 2014

• Seminar Presentations

  • Presented “COVID-19 Time-varying Reproduction Numbers Worldwide: An Empirical Analysis of Mandatory and Voluntary Social Distancing”, April 9, 2021, Seminar at University of California Riverside, Online event

  • Presented “COVID-19 Time-varying Reproduction Numbers Worldwide: An Empirical Analysis of Mandatory and Voluntary Social Distancing”, March 18, 2021, Seminar at Michigan State University, Online event

  • Presented “A Counterfactual Economic Analysis of Covid-19 Using a Threshold Augmented Multi-Country Model”, November 18, 2020, Centre for Applied Macro Economic Analysis (CAMA) Seminar, Australian National University, Online event

  • Inaugural speaker, “A Counterfactual Economic Analysis of Covid-19 Using a Threshold Augmented Multi-Country Model”, November 13, 2020, Ralph Marotta Seminar Series on Financial Research, Loyola University Chicago, Online event
  • Presented “Estimation and Inference for Spatial Models with Heterogeneous Coefficients: An Application to U.S. House Prices”, October 6, 2020, IMF Seminar Big Data Analytics: A New Perspective Demand, Online event
  • Presented “Detection of Units with Pervasive Effects in Large Panel Data Models”, May 29, 2019, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
  • Presented “Detection of Units with Pervasive Effects in Large Panel Data Models”, May 20, 2019, Central European University, Budapest
  • Presented “Detection of Dominant Units in Networks”, May 16-17, 2019, 4^th Vienna Workshop on High-Dimensional Time Series in Macroeconomics and Finance 2019, Institute of Advance Studies (IHS), Vienna, Austria
  • Presented “Detection of Units with Pervasive Effects in Large Panel Data Models”, April 29, 2019, UC Davis

  • Presented “Detection of Dominant Units in Networks”, March 7, 2019, Emory University
  • Presented “US Sanctions, Unfulfilled Expectations and New Challenges Facing the Iranian Economy” January 27-28, 2019, UCLA Bilingual Lecture series organized by the Iranian Studies of UCLA and Center for Near Eastern Studies
  • Presented “Multi-country analysis of business cycle effects of fiscal and technology shock”, October 26-28, 2018, Louisiana State Univ., AIE Conference in honor of Prof. Cheng Hsiao
  • “Short T Dynamic Panel Data Models with Individual and Interactive Time Effects ” will be presented by co-author Vanessa Smith at 2018 International Association for Applied Econometrics Conference in Montreal, June 26-29, 2018
  •  “Land Use Regulations, Migration and Rising House Price Dispersion in the U.S.” will be presented by co-author Wukuang Cun at 2018 International Association for Applied Econometrics Conference in Montreal, June 26-29, 2018
  • Presented “Forecasting in linear high dimensional models subject to structural breaks”, May 29, 2018, Seminar at European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Presented “Uncertainty and Economic Activity: A Multi-Country Perspective“, May 28, 2018, Seminar at Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Presented “Forecasting in linear high dimensional models subject to structural breaks”,  May 24-25, 2018, Cambridge INET Conference “Big Data in Financial Markets” at Trinity College
  • Presented “Uncertainty and Economic Activity: A Multi-Country Perspective”, May 18, 2018, Seminar at King’s College London, UK
  • “A One Covariate at a Time, Multiple Testing Approach to Variable selection in High-Dimensional Linear Regression Models”, May 4, 2018, Distinguished Visitor’s Seminar  at Boston University
  • Presented "Country-Specific Oil Supply Shocks and the Global Economy: A Counterfactual Analysis" at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the Orfalea College of Business, January 29, 2016.
  • Half-day seminar, “Global VARs and the International Spillover of Shocks”, given at IMF on October 22, 2015 in Washington, DC.
  • Presented “Long-Run Effects in Large Heterogenous Panel Data Models with Cross-Sectionally Correlated Errors” at the 2015 International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) Annual Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece on June 24–28, 2015.
  • Presented "Oil shocks, foreign exchange crises, and the Iranian economy" at the IIEA sponsored meeting at Trinity College, Cambridge, UK on Jun 18, 2015.
  • Presented "A multi-country approach to forecasting output growth using PMIs" at Norges Bank's Conference on 'Econometric methods for business cycle analysis, forecasting and policy simulations'. Norges Bank, Oslo, Norway on June 11, 2015.
  • Presented “Opportunities and Challenges in the Analysis of Large Data Sets” at mini-workshop on Econometric Modelling.  Norges Bank, Oslo, Norway on June 10, 2015.
  • Presented "Opportunities and Challenges in the Analysis of Large Data Sets" at the 2nd Vienna Workshop on High Dimensional Time Series in Vienna, Austria on May 21, 2015.
  • Presented “Oil Booms and Busts: A Long-Run Perspective” at the 2015 SPE Western Regional Meeting, Garden Grove, CA on April 30, 2015
  • Presented “LongRun Effects in Large Heterogeneous Panel Data Models with CrossSectionallyCorrelated Errors”at the Conference in Honor of Aman Ullah, Riverside California on March 14, 2015.
  • Presented “Tests of Policy Ineffectiveness in Macroeconometrics” at the USC Dornsife Institute for New Economic Thinking and Centre for Applied Financial Economics workshop on Counterfactual Analysis for Policy Evaluation at University of Southern California on November 20, 2014
  • Presented “Oil Sanctions and the Global Economy: A Counterfactual Analysis” at Boston College, MA on October 24-25, 2014
  • Presented “Iran’s Economy: Challenges and Opportunities” at Cambridge University Persian Society on 17 June 2014.
  • Presented "Opportunities and Challenges in the Analysis of Large Data Sets" at the University of Cambridge, UK on 9 June 2014.
  • Presented “Debt, Inflation and Growth:Robust Estimation of Long-Run Effects in Dynamic Panel Data Models” at the University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic on 2 June 2014.
  • Presented “A Two Stage Approach to Spatiotemporal Analysis with Strong and Weak Cross-Sectional Dependence” at the University of California, Riverside on 5 May 2014.
  • Presented “Tests of Policy Ineffectiveness in Macroeconometrics” at the Bank of Canada on 1 May 2014.
  • Presented “Global Economic Interdependencies” at Sharif University, Iran, January 6, 2014
  • Presented at the International Iranian Economic Association’s (IIEA) panel on Challenges and Options for Iran’s Economy–Possible Scenarios, Georgetown University, October 18, 2013
  • Presentation at RES External Seminar organized by the IMF Research Department, “Debt, Inflation and Growth: A Robust Estimation of Long-Run Effects in Dynamic Panel Data Models”, IMF, October 16, 2013