July 5, 2005

Nobel Laureates To Speak At Economics Roundtable, July 13

By Barry Jagoda

The 2003 Nobel Prize winners in Economics will address the University of California, San Diego Economics Roundtable, Wednesday, July 13, beginning at 7:30 a. m. at the Faculty Club on the UCSD campus. UCSD research professors Clive Granger and Robert Engle will discuss their path-breaking innovations in time series econometrics and will take questions from the audience. The public is invited to attend.

Time series econometrics develops techniques to evaluate data as it changes over time. By analyzing the dynamic structure of the data, these techniques allow underlying economic relations to be inferred. The techniques help in predicting gross domestic product growth, unemployment and inflation, levels of risk in financial markets and many other issues in business and economics. For full background on these scholars and their research (including streaming videos of their Nobel lectures in Stockholm) see http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/2003/ For more information on the UCSD Economics Department--currently ranked tenth among US Ph.D. programs and second among public universities--see http://econ.ucsd.edu/.

Registration is required for the Roundtable and the $50 fee covers parking, breakfast and the talks. To register, or for more information, contact Edie Munk at (858) 822-0510.

Reporters interesting in covering the event are asked to notify Barry Jagoda at the contact parameters above.

Media contact, Barry Jagoda (858) 534-8567