Stata | 2012 Spanish Stata Users Group meeting

2012 Spanish Stata Users Group meeting

Date:	September 12, 2012
Venue:	Sala de Juntes - edificio 696 Facultat d’Economia i Empresa Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Avda. Diagonal, 696. Barcelona 08034 Spain
Cost:	€60 regular; €30 student Fee includes coffee breaks, lunch, and course materials.

Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain

Announcement and call for presentations

The 2012 Spanish Users Group meeting will be held at Universitat de Barcelona (UB) in Barcelona, Spain, on September 12. This meeting will provide Stata users with the opportunity to exchange ideas, experiences, and information on new applications of Stata. Anyone interested in using Stata is welcome.

The meeting will include the usual “Wishes and grumbles” session, during which you may air your thoughts to Stata developers. You also have the choice to attend an informal dinner (at additional cost) in Barcelona.

The conference will be conducted mostly in English.

Registration

To register, please send an email to Timberlake Consulting S.L. at info@timberlakeconsulting.com; they will email you the registration form that you will need to fill out and return before September 7.

You will need to travel at your own expense. The meeting fee covers coffee breaks, lunch, and course materials. There will also be an optional dinner at a restaurant (to be announced) at an additional cost of approximately €40. Timberlake Consulting S.L. generously waives the registration fee for presenters (only one fee waiver per presentation, regardless of the number of authors involved).

Program

9:00–9:30	Registration
9:30–9:45	Welcome
9:45–10:45	Mixed models: A simulation approach Isabel Cañette StataCorp LP
10:45–11:15	Break
11:15–1:15	Contributed session 1
	Diagnostic tests for count-data models Miguel Manjón Universitat Rovira i Virgili
	Rearranging Stata’s output for the analysis of epidemiological tables Aurelio Tobias Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)
	Evaluation of a health promotion intervention to improve maternal health in rural Nepal Elisa Sicuri CRESIB-Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona
	A simple regression model for the policy effect identification using alternative diff-in-diff assumptions Ricardo Mora Universidad Carlos III
	The use of multiple-imputation methods to predict electoral outcomes Modesto Escobar Universidad de Salamanca Antonio Jaime Universidad de Málaga
1:15–2:15	Lunch
2:15–3:15	Cointegrating VAR models and probability forecasting in Stata Gustavo Sánchez StataCorp LP
3:15–3:45	Break
3:45–5:45	Contributed session 2
	Student graduation: To what extent does university expenditure matter? Javier García Estévez Universitat de Barcelona
	Spatial econometrics with Stata Vicente Royuela Universitat de Barcelona
	Empirical evidence on horizontal competition in tax enforcement Luca Salvadori José María Durán-Cabré Alejandro Esteller-Moré Universitat de Barcelona and Institut d’Economia de Barcelona, IEB
	Estimating spatial panels with Stata Gordon Hughes Edinburgh University
5:45–6:00	Report to users
6:00–6:30	Wishes and grumbles
8:00	Dinner (optional)

Organizers

Scientific organizers

Llorenç Quinto
Hospital Clinic UB
lquinto@clinic.ub.es

Raúl Ramos
AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona
rramos@ub.edu

Vicente Royuela
AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona
vroyuela@ub.edu

Sergi Sanz
Hospital Clinic UB
ssanz@clinic.ub.es

Logistics organizer

Timberlake Consulting S.L.
www.timberlakeconsulting.com

View the proceedings of previous Stata Users Group meetings.