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The 41st CESG Annual Meeting

Recent Advances in Econometrics: Robustness, Flexibility and Adaptivity

October 16-18, 2026
Vancouver, British Columbia

Keynote Speakers:

Yoosoon Chang (Indiana University)

Tong Li (Vanderbilt University)

Pedro Sant’Anna (Emory University)

Host: Simon Fraser University

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The 41st Annual CESG Meeting

October 16-18, 2026
Vancouver, British Columbia

The 41st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Econometrics Study Group (CESG) was held in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 16-18, 2026. The meeting was organized by the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University. The conference theme was “Recent Advances in Econometrics: Robustness, Flexibility and Adaptivity.” The conference started at 2pm on Friday, October 16 and adjourned on Sunday, October 18 after lunch.


Venue: COAST Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel

Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia



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Accommodation

A block of rooms was arranged at a special conference rate at the conference venue, the COAST Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel.

Call for Papers

The 41st CESG Conference was organized by the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, from October 16-18, 2026. The conference was held at the COAST Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel.

The conference theme was “Recent Advances in Econometrics: Robustness, Flexibility and Adaptivity.” The keynote speakers were:

Yoosoon Chang (Indiana University)

Tong Li (Vanderbilt University)

Pedro Sant’Anna (Emory University)

Contributed papers in theoretical, applied, and computational econometrics were invited for regular and poster sessions.

For up-to-date information on the conference, please visit https://caneconometrics.ca.

Local organizers: Bertille Antoine, Dongwoo Kim, Xiaoting Sun

Call for Papers (PDF)

Program

41st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Econometrics Study Group

Recent Advances in Econometrics: Robustness, Flexibility and Adaptivity

Dates: October 16 – 18, 2026

Venue: Coast Coal Harbour Vancouver Hotel

Host: Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

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Friday, October 16, 2026

14:00 – 14:05 Opening Remarks

14:05 – 14:50 Keynote Address I – Chair: Xiaoting Sun (SFU)

Tong Li (Vanderbilt)

14:50 – 16:20 Session 1: Panel Data Methods & Applications – Chair: Kyungchul Song (UBC)

14:50 – 15:20 Bin Chen (Rochester): Semiparametric Inference in Panel Data with Interactive and High-dimensional Confounding

15:20 – 15:50 Young Ahn (Brown): Disentangling Extensive and Intensive Margin Effects in Panel Data

15:50 – 16:20 Kensuke Sakamoto (McGill): Estimation and Inference in a Peer Effects Model under Heteroskedasticity

16:20 – 16:40 Coffee Break

16:40 – 18:10 Session 2: Model Selection, Experimental Design and Policy Evaluation – Chair: Nail Kashaev (Western)

16:40 – 17:10 Yan Liu (Kyoto): Model Selection Tests for Incomplete Models

17:10 – 17:40 Zhiheng You (Pennsylvania): Policy Learning with Network-Shaping Treatments

17:40 – 18:10 Sid Kankanala (Chicago): Compound decisions and empirical Bayes via Bayesian nonparametrics

18:10 – 20:00 Poster Session I & Welcome Reception

Poster presenters listed below.

Saturday, October 17, 2026

7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast

8:00 – 8:45 Keynote Address II – Chair: Bertille Antoine (SFU)

Yoosoon Chang (Indiana Bloomington)

8:45 – 10:15 Session 3: Causal Inference and Research Design – Chair: Brennan Thompson (Toronto Metropolitan University)

8:45 – 9:15 Lonjezo Sithole (Michigan): Multi-margin Selection in Leniency Designs

9:15 – 9:45 Evan Munro (Chicago Booth): Robust Signal Maximization in Spillover Experiments

9:45 – 10:15 Sunny Karim (Carleton): Good Controls Gone Bad: Difference-in-differences with Covariates

10:15 – 10:35 Coffee Break

10:35 – 12:35 Session 4: Advances in GMM, IV, and Moment-Based Inference – Chair: Thanasis Stengos (Guelph)

10:35 – 11:05 Grigory Franguridi (USC): Generalized method of moments with partially missing data

11:05 – 11:35 Hiroyuki Kasahara (UBC): Representativeness and efficiency in overidentified IV

11:35 – 12:05 Lixiong Li (Johns Hopkins): Econometric Inference with Machine-Learned Proxies: Partial Identification via Data Combination

12:05 – 12:35 Saraswata Chaudhuri (McGill): Targeted Feasible Generalized Least Squares

12:35 – 14:15 Lunch & Poster Session II

Poster presenters listed below.

14:15 – 16:15 Session 5: ML and Computational Econometrics – Chair: Ken Stewart (UVic)

14:15 – 14:45 Yao Luo (Toronto): PINE: Amortized Neural Estimation for Random-Coefficients Demand Models

14:45 – 15:15 Benoit Perron (U. de Montréal): Bootstrapping with AI/ML-generated labels

15:15 – 15:45 Yuya Shimizu (UW-Madison): Econometrics with Pre-Trained Embeddings for Unstructured Data

15:45 – 16:15 Matt Webb (Carleton): Which Policy Works, and Where? Estimation and Inference for State-Level Treatment Effects in Difference-in-Differences

16:15 – 16:35 Coffee Break

16:35 – 18:05 Session 6: Journal of Econometrics Session – Chair: Sílvia Gonçalves (McGill)

16:35 – 17:05 Yiru Wang (Pittsburgh): Heterogeneous Local Projections

17:05 – 17:35 Ilya Archakov (York): A Robust Similarity Estimator

17:35 – 18:05 Natasha Kang (Xiamen): A Framework for Common Long Cycles

19:00 – 21:00 Conference Dinner

Sunday, October 18, 2026

7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast

8:00 – 8:45 Keynote Address III – Chair: Dongwoo Kim (SFU)

Pedro Sant’Anna (Emory)

8:45 – 10:15 Session 7: Robustness, Specification and Testing – Chair: Rosnel Sessinou (Univ. of Surrey)

8:45 – 9:15 Deborah Kim (Warwick): Testing Sign Agreement

9:15 – 9:45 Frank Kleibergen (Amsterdam): Testing for Identification in Potentially Misspecified Linear GMM

9:45 – 10:15 Ertian Chen (Xiamen): Robust Structural Estimation under Misspecified Latent-State Dynamics

10:15 – 10:35 Coffee Break

10:35 – 12:35 Session 8: Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods – Chair: Vadim Marmer (UBC)

10:35 – 11:05 Leonard Goff (Calgary): Identification of Causal Effects with a Bunching Design

11:05 – 11:35 Max Tabord-Meehan (Toronto): Inference for Linear Systems with Unknown Coefficients

11:35 – 12:05 Jun Ma (Renmin): Tuning Free Semi-parametric Estimation for First Price Auctions with Endogenous Entry

12:05 – 12:35 Jean-Marie Dufour (McGill): Approximation bounds for conditional expectations and nonparametric regressions: theory and inference

12:35 – 14:00 Lunch & Adjourn

Poster Session I (Friday, October 16, 18:10 – 20:00):

  1. Sami Abdurahman (TMU): Kolmogorov-Arnold Sieve Networks for High-Dimensional Estimation and Inference
  2. Victor Aguiar (SFU): GARP-EFM: Improving Foundation Models with Revealed Preference Structure
  3. Yanping Chen (Indiana Bloomington): Robust Variance Estimation in Linear Regression: A Projection-Geometry Perspective
  4. Xiao Gao (UC Riverside): Local Quantile Regression Forest
  5. Kohei Izumi (Rochester): Nonparametric Threshold Regression via Local Classification
  6. Jakob Juergens (UW-Madison): Orthogonal Inference for Conditional Z-Estimation without Cross-Fitting: A Distributional Nearest-Neighbor Approach
  7. Mahdi Ebraihimi Kahou (Bowdoin): The Blessings of Overparameterization: Applications in Solving Economic Models
  8. James MacKinnon (Queen’s): Improved Inference for CSDID Using the Cluster Jackknife
  9. Anicet Nzeukoc (U de Montréal): Instrumental Variable Estimation of Risk-Neutral Density using Functional Linear Models
  10. Adrian Schroeder (Toronto): Markov Kernel Methods: Multiple Equilibria, Uncertainty Regimes, and Learning
  11. Elisavet Serenidou (Guelph): Spatial Regression Discontinuity Designs under Spillovers: Estimation and Inference
  12. Rosnel Sessinou (Surrey): Encompassing and Progression Testing in High-Dimensions
  13. Pascale Valéry (HEC Montréal): Mimicking for Value: Rivals’ Strategic Innovation Responses to Technological Acquisitions
  14. Yuanyuan Wan (Toronto): Identifying Strategic Misreporting and Correcting Biased Estimates
  15. Zhiheng You (Pennsylvania): Model Restrictiveness in Functional and Structural Settings
  16. Jun Zhao (York): Structural Analysis of Posted-Price Selling in Online Markets: A Nonparametric Approach

Poster Session II (Saturday, October 17, 12:35 – 14:15):

  1. Roy Allen (Western): Latent Utility and Latent Choices
  2. Alexandru Badescu (Calgary): On the relation between discrete and continuous-time affine option pricing models
  3. Chun Pang Chow (UBC): Markups, Markdowns, and Productivity: Identification and Estimation of Production Function and Labor Supply Curve
  4. Sebastian Fossati (Alberta): Unfolding Regional Business Cycles: Factor Models for Three-Way State-Level Tensors
  5. Bela Georgiev (TMU): Comparing Treatment Effects in Staggered Difference-in-Differences Designs
  6. William Hope (Wilfrid Laurier): Evaluating Copper Price Forecasts: A Meta-Study
  7. Nail Kashaev (Western): Discrete Choice with Endogenous Peer Selection
  8. Doosoo Kim (TMU): Model-Based Interpretation of Pretrend Tests in Difference-in-Differences
  9. Alex Maynard (Guelph): Modelling the Implications of Geographical Controls and Instruments in Fingerprinting Regressions
  10. Simon Rudkin (Manchester): A Neighborhood-Based Local Decomposition of Group Differences
  11. Rostand Tchouakam Mbouendeu (U de Montréal): Solving consumption-investment models with Theory-Informed Neural Networks (TINNs): Theory and Implementation
  12. Atom Vayalinkal (Toronto): Many Treatments, Some Instruments: Sharp Identification and Specification Testing in Treatment Selection Models
  13. Qiyang Yu (Rochester): Spillovers under Common Shocks in Panel Data: Estimation and Inference
  14. Elaheh Zarabi (York): Count Variables with Locally Explosive Patterns
  15. Zhengluo Zhang (Toronto): Sequential Nested Logit under Cut Bayesian Inference

Sponsors

We extend our sincere appreciation to all the sponsors who supported the 41st Annual CESG Meeting.

  • Journal of Econometrics
  • The International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE)

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