Last month our collegue Abhisek Banerjee left the chair. We would like to thank him for his excellent work and collaboration. For his PhD at the University of Missouri-Columbia, we wish him a lot of success.
Paper "On the parametric description of log-growth rates of Romanian city sizes"
Dr. Till Massing, Dr. Irina Băncescu, Dr. Luminiţa Chivu, Prof. Dr. Vasile Preda, Prof. Dr. Miguel Puente-Ajovín and Prof. Dr. Arturo Ramos have published their paper "On the parametric description of log-growth rates of Romanian...
Interview with Prof. Dr. Hanck and Martin Arnold for "Open Economics Guide"
Contributing to the 'Open Economics Guide' of the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Christoph Hanck and Martin Arnold were interviewed about their interactive online textbook 'Introduction to Econometrics with R'. In...
Paper "Mixtures of log-normal distributions in the mid-scale range of firm-size variables"
The paper "Mixtures of log‑normal distributions in the mid‑scale range of firm‑size variables" by Dr. Till Massing, Prof. Dr. Atushi Ishikawa, Prof. Dr. Arturo Ramos, Prof. Dr. Shouji Fujimoto and Prof. Dr. Takayuki Mizuno has...
Dr. Stephan Hetzenecker received the Science Award for Economics of the Sparkasse Essen, which is endowed with 5.000 € for his dissertation "Essays on Using Shrinkage Estimators in Econometrics". The award honors outstanding...
German Research Foundation funds project "Predictive Regressions for Measures of Systemic Risk"
The German Research Foundation (DFG) recently approved the third-party funded project "Predictive regressions for measures of systemic risk" for two years. Yannick Hoga, together with Prof. Dr. Matei Demetrescu (TU Dortmund...
Paper "THE ESTIMATION RISK IN EXTREME SYSTEMIC RISK FORECASTS"
Prof. Dr. Yannick Hoga has been accepted with an article in the peer-reviewed journal "Econometric Theory". The title of the paper is "The Estimation Risk in Extreme Systematic Risk Forecasts" and can be viewed here.
Paper "Approximation and Error Analysis of Forward–Backward SDEs Driven by General Lévy Processes Using Shot Noise Series Representations"
For the internationally peer-reviewed journal "ESAIM: Probability & Statistics", Dr. Till Massing has been accepted with his paper "Approximation and Error Analysis of Forward–Backward SDEs Driven by General Lévy Processes Using...
Paper "A Data Mining Approach for Detecting Collusion in Unproctored Online Exams"
With the paper "A Data Mining Approach for Detecting Collusion in Unproctored Online Exams", Prof. Dr. Christoph Hanck, Dr. Till Massing, Jens Klenke, Janine Langerbein, Natalie Reckmann, Prof. Dr. Michael Goedicke and Dr. Michael...
Paper "Backtesting Systemic Risk Forecasts Using Multi-Objective Elicitability"
The paper "Backtesting Systemic Risk Forecasts Using Multi-Objective Elicitability" by Prof. Dr. Yannick Hoga and Dr. Tobias Fissler was accepted for the internationally peer-reviewed Journal of Business & Economic Statistics. The...
Paper "Effects of Early Warning Emails on Student Performance"
The paper "Effects of Early Warning Emails on Student Performance" by Prof. Dr. Christoph Hanck, Dr. Till Massing, Jens Klenke, Janine Langerbein, Natalie Reckmann, Benjamin Otto and Prof. Dr. Michael Goedicke has been accepted...
Ernennung von Yannick Hoga zum Professor für Finanzmarktökonometrie
Wir freuen uns mitzuteilen, dass Yannick Hoga in dieser Woche zum Professor für Finanzmarktökonometrie an der Universität Duisburg-Essen ernannt wurde. Er wird damit, gefördert durch eine Heisenberg-Professur der DFG, seine...
AI for a Good Hackathon by UA Ruhr × BRYCK Startup Alliance
Prof. Dr. Yannick Hoga appointed as Associate Editor des Journal of Financial Econometrics