NCER News

2012

Media Interest in NCER paper

Following a press release by UQ media about the findings published in the latest (#86) NCER working paper "A Spatial Econometric Analysis of the Effect of Vertical Restraints and Branding on Retail Gasoline Pricing" by  Stephen Hogg, Stan Hurn, Stuart McDonald and Alicia Rambaldi there has been a flurry of media interest. Stuart McDonald has done interviews for Today Tonight and Fox Business. In addition the research was highlighted on the front page of news.com.au - http://www.news.com.au/money/cost-of-living/fuel-dearer-at-supermarket-stations/story-fnagkbpv-1226472934391.
Alicia Rambaldi has also done an interview for ABC radio.

New Funding for tripartite workshop

We are pleased to announce that new funding has been secured to continue the Princeton University, Singapore Management University and QUT tripartite workshop on Financial Econometrics.

2011

ARC Discovery Success

Investigators: Adam Clements,  Stan Hurn,  Kenneth Lindsay
Project: Novel econometric techniques for dealing with point processes in high frequency financial data with applications to financial risk management (2012-2014)
Project Summary:  The recent global financial crisis highlighted the inherent risk involved in investing in financial assets. This project aims to develop novel statistical methods for forecasting the onset of instability in asset prices. The outcomes of this research will lead to improvements in the management of financial risk.

ARC Future Fellowship

Investigator: Benno Torgler
Project: The role of moral sentiments and emotions in human nature: an interdisciplinary empirical approach.
(Note: There were only two Future Fellowships awarded in the field of Economics in 2011 (of over 200 in total awarded) and there have been only five in the three years that the scheme has been operating.)