The Econometric Institute has once again distinguished itself at the annual conference of the Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE). Researchers Robin Lumsdaine, Maria Grith, Alberto Quaini, Erik Kole, Rasmus L枚nn, Gustavo Freire, and Evgenii Vladimirov attended this year鈥檚 conference, held at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) in Brazil. The conference aims to bridge the gap between empirical asset pricing and financial econometrics.
Professor Robin Lumsdaine, who recently completed her term as treasurer of SoFiE, presented a paper co-authored with Erasmus School of Economics master鈥檚 student Andreea Dedea titled "The Impact of the ECB's Extended Asset Purchase Programme on Euro-Area Inflation: A Synthetic Control Assessment." Assistant Professor Erik Kole chaired a session on Factor Models, where he presented his paper, jointly authored with Christian Brownlees, 鈥淗igh-Dimensional Dynamic Factor Models with Markov-switching鈥.
Assistant Professor Gustavo Freire had a total of four papers on the programme, including "Asymmetric Violations of the Spanning Hypothesis", presented by his co-author Raul Riva, and 鈥淎utoencoder Option Pricing Models鈥, presented by his co-author Erasmus School of Economics鈥 Dr Evgenii Vladimirov.
Other papers presented by Econometric Institute faculty members were: 鈥淩isk premiums in the Bitcoin market,鈥 "Neural Tangent Kernel in Implied Volatility Forecasting: A Nonlinear Functional Autoregression Approach" (both Assistant Professor Maria Grith), 鈥淭radable Factor Risk Premia and Oracle Tests of Asset Pricing Models鈥 (Assistant Professor Alberto Quaini), and 鈥淒ynamic Parametric Portfolio Policies鈥 (Assistant Professor Rasmus L枚nn).
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SoFiE is a global network of academics and practitioners dedicated to advancing research and sharing ideas in the burgeoning field of financial econometrics. The organisation promotes and expands research and education by organising and sponsoring conferences, programmes, and activities at the intersection of finance and econometrics, including connections to macroeconomic fundamentals.
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