Professor Lahiri Recognized as Journal of Econometrics Fellow

Kajal Lahiri stands with his arms crossed wearing a green long sleeved shirt and sunglasses. A blue bag strap falls across his chest and the bottom of the sign on the wall behind him reads "Instituto Universitario Europeo."

Distinguished Professor Kajal Lahiri, a 2023 Fellow of Journal of Econometrics (JOE), was recognized along with other newly inducted Fellows at the JOE reception during the ASSA annual meetings in San Antonio, TX on January 6,

The JOE has been the top specialty journal in economics since 1973, and serves as an outlet for important, high quality, new research in both theoretical and applied econometrics.

Lahiri’s recognition is based on the following nine publications in the JOE:

"Joint Estimation and Tests of Functional Form and Heteroskedasticity," (with student co-author Daniel Egy). Vol. 15, 1981.
"On the Estimation of Popular Price Expectations," (with student co-author R. P. H. Fishe). Vol 16, 1981.
"A Framework for Analyzing Survey Forecasts Using Three-Dimensional Panel Data," (with student co-author Anthony Davies). Vol 68, 1995.
"Further Consequences of Viewing LIML as an Iterated Aitken Estimator," (with student co-author Chuanming Gao), vol 97, 2000.
“A Note on the Double k-Class Estimator in Simultaneous Equations,” (with student co-author Chuanming. Ga), Vol. 98, 2001.
“A Bayesian Analysis of Nested Logit Model by Markov Chain Monte Carlo,” (with student co-author Jian Gao), Vol.108, 2002.
“Evolution of Forecast Disagreement in a Bayesian Learning Model,” (with student co-author Xuguang Sheng), Vol. 111, 2008.
“A Model of Social Security Disability Insurance Using Matched SIPP/Administrative Data,” (with student co-author Jae. Song and Bernie Wixon), Vol. 144, Journal of Econometrics, 2008.
“Estimating the Variance of a Combined Forecast: Bootstrap-Based Approach,” (with Ulrich Hounyo), Vol. 233, 2023.

Professor Lahiri’s previous academic recognitions include Elected Honorary Fellow, International Institute of Forecasters (2009), Elected Fellow, IAAE – The International Association of Applied Econometrics (2019), and Journal of Applied Econometrics Distinguished Author (2017).

Distinguished Professor Kajal Lahiri has been recognized as a Fellow of Journal of Econometrics during the ASSA Annual Meetings in San Antonio, TX on January 6, 2024 along with other newly inducted Fellows.

The Journal of Econometrics has been the top specialty journal in economics since 1973, and serves as an outlet for important, high quality, new research in both theoretical and applied econometrics.