THE 55th INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Vienna, Austria
12-16 March 2003

Econometric and Statistical Methods
Thursday 09:15 - 11:15

Chair: Ullrich Heilemann, Gerhard Mercator University

Denisard Alves, Sao Paulo University, Factors Explaining the Decline in Infant Mortality in Brazil: 1991-2000

Joachim Wilde, Martin Luther University Halle at Wittenburg, What Spurs on Recipients of German Social Assistance to Opt Out?

Sam Mirmirani and Hsi Chang Li, Bryant College, Comparing VAR and Neural Networks with Genetic Algorithm in Forecasting Price of Oil

Majid S. Kermani, Tarbiat Modaress University, Demand for Medical Care in Iran: An Empirical Investigation

Jose Ramon Cancelo, Universidad de Coruna, Forecasting European Growth Rates with Factor Structure and Regime Switching

Discussants: Jose Ramon Cancelo, Universidad de Coruna, Sam Mirmirani, Bryant College, Jelena Hartsenko, Tallinn Technical University, and Joachim Wilde, Martin Luther University Halle at Wittenburg

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Session Report as of: 9 January 03