Seminar schedule - 2017/18

Autumn Term

Date	Name	Title
12th October 2017	Professor Simon van Norden, HEC MontréalLink opens in a new window	Fiscal Surprises At The FOMCLink opens in a new window
16th November 2017	Leif Anders Thorsrud, Norges BankLink opens in a new window	Words are the new numbers: A newsy coincident index of business cyclesLink opens in a new window
23rd November 2017	Professor Valentina Corradi, University of SurreyLink opens in a new window	Improved Tests for Robust Forecast Comparison
30th November 2017	Professor James Taylor, University of OxfordLink opens in a new window	Probabilistic Forecasting for Temperature Extremes and Financial Risk MeasurementLink opens in a new window
7th December 2017	Michele Modugno, Federal Reserve BoardLink opens in a new window	This seminar has been cancelled.

Spring Term

Date	Name	Room	Title
6th February 2018 *12.30 - 1.45pm	Professor André Lucas, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamLink opens in a new window	2.005, 2nd Floor, WBS	Genralized Autoregressive Method of Moments (co-authored with Drew Creal, Siem Jan Koopman and Marcin Zamojski)
20th February 2018 *12.30 - 1.45pm	Dr Francesco Ravazzolo, Free University of Bozen/BolzanoLink opens in a new window	1.015, 1st Floor, WBS	Comparing the Forecasting Performances of Linear Models for Electricity Prices with High RES PenetrationLink opens in a new window
27th February 2018	Dr Laura Coroneo, University of YorkLink opens in a new window	3.007, 3rd Floor, WBS	European spreads at the interest rate lower boundLink opens in a new window
6th March 2018 12.00 - 1.30pm	Dr Helen Etchanchu, Montpellier Business SchoolLink opens in a new window	1.015, 1st Floor, WBS	The roles of framing and legitimacy struggles in enabling and hindering institutional change towards sustainable energyLink opens in a new window
13th March 2018	Dr Silvia Miranda-Agrippino, Bank of EnglandLink opens in a new window	1.015, 1st Floor, WBS	The Transmission of Monetary Policy ShocksLink opens in a new window
18th April 2018	Professor James D. Hamilton, University of California San DiegoLink opens in a new window (Special Seminar in conjunction with the Economics Department)	M2 Lecture Theatre, WBS Teaching Centre	Inference in Structural Vector Autoregressions When the Identifying Assumptions are Not Fully Believed: Re-evaluating the Role of Monetary Policy in Economic FluctuationsLink opens in a new window