The UGA Econ department will host the following econometrics seminars during the Spring 2026 semester. For Spring 2026, seminars are held from 3:00–4:15 in Orkin Hall D107.
Economics faculty in the greater Atlanta/Athens area are welcome to attend. Often, we are able to hold one or two meeting slots with the seminar speaker for external faculty—just get in touch with the host several days before the seminar date to request a meeting slot.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliaton | Host | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Feb. 24 | Xun Tang | Rice University | Brant Callaway | NA |
| Tuesday, Mar. 17 | Peng Shao | Auburn University | Zhongjian Lin | NA |
| Tuesday, Apr. 28 | Pedro Sant'Anna | Emory University | Brant Callaway | NA |
The Econometrics Reading Group is our internal reading group. Please see below for our current and upcoming schedules.
The organizer for this semester is Derek Dyal. If you would like to present or be added to our mailing list, please contact Derek.
| Date | Time | Location | Leader | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, Feb. 13 | 11:00AM--12:30PM | Ivester Hall E007 | Derek Dyal | Fuzzy Differences-in-Differences |
| Friday, Feb. 20 | 11:00AM--12:30PM | Ivester Hall E007 | Brantly Callaway | Averaged Prediction Models (APM): Identifying causal effects in controlled pre-post settings with application to gun policy |
| Friday, Feb. 27 | 11:00AM--12:30PM | Ivester Hall E007 | Brantly Callaway | Claude |
| Friday, Mar. 20 | 11:00AM--12:30PM | Ivester Hall E007 | Marcelo Ortiz-Villavicencio | Better Understanding Triple Differences Estimators |