Speaker: Richard B. Freeman (Harvard University and NBER) Title: Innovation in Cell Phones in the US and China: Who Improves Technology Faster? Abstract: Cell phones are the archetypical modern consumer innovation, spreading around the world at an incredible pace, extensively used for connecting people with the Internet and diverse apps. Consumers report spending from 2-5 hours a day […]
In the Spring 2019 Semester, the CMSA will be hosting a special lecture series on Derived algebraic/differential geometry run by Artan Sheshmani, with lectures given by Prof. Sheshmani and Dr. Dennis Borisov. The seminar will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00-4:30pm in CMSA, room G10. Click here for reference material Click here for […]
Speaker: Ulrich Mueller (Princeton) Title: Inference for the Mean Abstract: Consider inference about the mean of a population with finite variance, based on an i.i.d. sample. The usual t-statistic yields correct inference in large samples, but heavy tails induce poor small sample behavior. This paper combines extreme value theory for the smallest and largest observations with a normal approximation for […]