Structural and Predictive Macro Analyses using the R Package bsvars workshop

Join our workshop on Structural and Predictive Macro Analyses using the R Package bsvars, which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series! 

Here’s some more info: 

Title: Structural and Predictive Macro Analyses using the R Package bsvars

Date: Thursday, August 1st, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, Paris timezone) 

Speaker: Tomasz Wozniak, Tomasz is an econometrician who is developing new methods for empirical macroeconomic analyses. He codes these algorithms in C++ for R applications using Rcpp and authors the R package bsvars for Bayesian estimation of structural vector autoregressions. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne and co-organises the annual Melbourne Bayesian Econometrics Workshop.

Description: Quantifying the dynamic effects of well-isolated shocks on macro and financial aggregates is essential for governing institutions, academia, and business. This workshop presents a complete workflow for such analyses and focuses on various methods that facilitate interpretations and visualisations of data insights. It briefly introduces the necessary background on Bayesian Structural VARs. All this is complemented by a series of exercises, ensuring a hands-on learning experience. Please make sure to install the package following the instructions at https://bsvars.github.io/bsvars/#installation 

Minimal registration fee: 20 euro (or 20 USD or 800 UAH)

How can I register?

• Go to https://bit.ly/3wvwMA6 or https://bit.ly/4aD5LMC  or  https://bit.ly/3PFxtNA and donate at least 20 euro. Feel free to donate more if you can, all proceeds go directly to support Ukraine.

• Save your donation receipt (after the donation is processed, there is an option to enter your email address on the website to which the donation receipt is sent)

• Fill in the registration form, attaching a screenshot of a donation receipt (please attach the screenshot of the donation receipt that was emailed to you rather than the page you see after donation).

If you are not personally interested in attending, you can also contribute by sponsoring a participation of a student, who will then be able to participate for free. If you choose to sponsor a student, all proceeds will also go directly to organisations working in Ukraine. You can either sponsor a particular student or you can leave it up to us so that we can allocate the sponsored place to students who have signed up for the waiting list.

How can I sponsor a student?

• Go to https://bit.ly/3wvwMA6 or https://bit.ly/4aD5LMC  or https://bit.ly/3PFxtNA and donate at least 20 euro (or 17 GBP or 20 USD or 800 UAH). Feel free to donate more if you can, all proceeds go to support Ukraine!

• Save your donation receipt (after the donation is processed, there is an option to enter your email address on the website to which the donation receipt is sent)

• Fill in the sponsorship form, attaching the screenshot of the donation receipt (please attach the screenshot of the donation receipt that was emailed to you rather than the page you see after the donation). You can indicate whether you want to sponsor a particular student or we can allocate this spot ourselves to the students from the waiting list. You can also indicate whether you prefer us to prioritize students from developing countries when assigning place(s) that you sponsored.

If you are a university student and cannot afford the registration fee, you can also sign up for the waiting list here. (Note that you are not guaranteed to participate by signing up for the waiting list).

You can also find more information about this workshop series,  a schedule of our future workshops as well as a list of our past workshops which you can get the recordings & materials here.

Looking forward to seeing you during the workshop!