{"id":25,"date":"2025-04-15T13:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:23:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/about\/#ipdc\">International Panel Data Conference<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/about\/#scientific-committee\">Current Scientific Committee<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/about\/#former-members\">Former Scientific Committee Members<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/about\/#history\">History<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ipdc\">International Panel Data Conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the International Panel Data Conference (IPDC), which started in 1977, is to bring together economists, econometricians, statisticians and social scientists using panel data for their applied and\/or theoretical research. We welcome submissions related to all aspects of panel data, including model specification and testing, partial identification, non-parametric estimation, dynamic models, non-linear models, quantile regression, factor structures, models for spatial interactions and networks, as well as applications to climate change and environment, development, health, labor, productivity, inequality and poverty, empirical IO, forecasting, banking and finance, applied macroeconomics, among others.&nbsp;The conference provides an active forum for researchers to discuss their findings from theoretical or empirical viewpoints, seek feedback, exchange ideas for future research and promote active collaboration in all areas of panel data analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"scientific-committee\">Current Scientific Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Coordinator<\/em>: <strong>Art\u016bras Juodis<\/strong>, University of Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Manuel Arellano<\/strong>, CEMFI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eleni Aristodemou<\/strong>, University of Cyprus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jushan Bai<\/strong>, Columbia University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Badi H. Baltagi<\/strong>, Syracuse University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St\u00e9phane Bonhomme<\/strong>, University of Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maria Elena Bontempi<\/strong>, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Bologna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>J\u00f6rg Breitung<\/strong>, University of Cologne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maurice J. G. Bun<\/strong>, De Nederlandsche Bank and University of Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Felix Chan<\/strong>, Curtin University of Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Choi<\/strong>, Sogang University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iv\u00e1n Fern\u00e1ndez-Val<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>William Greene<\/strong>, New York University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mark N. Harris<\/strong>, Curtin University of Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jerry A. Hausman<\/strong>, MIT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Almas Heshmati<\/strong>, J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping International Business School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bo Honor\u00e9<\/strong>, Princeton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cheng Hsiao<\/strong>, University of Southern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Koen Jochmans<\/strong>, University of Toulouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>George Kapetanios<\/strong>, King\u2019s College London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lynda Khalaf<\/strong>, Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yukinobu Kitamura<\/strong>, Hitotsubashi University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jaya Krishnakumar<\/strong>, University of Geneva<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Lechner<\/strong>, University of St. Gallen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Esfandiar Maasoumi<\/strong>, Emory University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jacques Mairesse<\/strong>, CREST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 M\u00e1ty\u00e1s<\/strong>, Central European University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beno\u00eet Mulkay<\/strong>, University of Montpellier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Antonio Musolesi<\/strong>, University of Ferrara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M. Hashem Pesaran<\/strong>, University of Cambridge and University of Southern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vasilis Sarafidis<\/strong>, Brunel University London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peter Schmidt<\/strong>, Michigan State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Robin C. Sickles<\/strong>, Rice University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noriyuki Takayama<\/strong>, RIPPA and Hitotsubashi University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Giovanni Urga<\/strong>, Bayes Business School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marcel-Cristian Voia<\/strong>, Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jeffrey M. Wooldridge<\/strong>, Michigan State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"former-members\">Former Scientific Committee Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2020 <strong>Pietro Balestra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jinyong Hahn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan F. Kiviet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2020 <strong>Marc L. Nerlove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alain Trognon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2020 <strong>Thomas J. Wansbeek<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history\">History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>30<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 30 &#8211; July 1, 2025<\/td><td>Montpellier<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 4-5, 2024<\/td><td>Orl\u00e9ans<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 3-4, 2023<\/td><td>Amsterdam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 16-19, 2022<\/td><td>Bertinoro<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 1-2, 2021<\/td><td><em>online<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 5-6, 2019<\/td><td>Vilnius<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 19-20, 2018<\/td><td>Seoul<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 7-8, 2017<\/td><td>Thessaloniki<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<sup>nd<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 28-29, 2016<\/td><td>Perth<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<sup>st<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 29-30, 2015<\/td><td>Budapest<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 9-10, 2014<\/td><td>Tokyo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 4-5, 2013<\/td><td>London<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 5-6, 2012<\/td><td>Paris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 8-10, 2011<\/td><td>Montr\u00e9al<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 2-4, 2010<\/td><td>Amsterdam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 3-5, 2009<\/td><td>Bonn<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 16-18, 2007<\/td><td>Xiamen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 7-9, 2006<\/td><td>Cambridge<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 2005<\/td><td>Copenhagen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 2004<\/td><td>College Station<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>July 2002<\/td><td>Berlin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 2000<\/td><td>Geneva<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 1998<\/td><td>Gothenburg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>June 1997<\/td><td>Paris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>1996<\/td><td>Amsterdam<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>1994<\/td><td>Paris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<sup>th<\/sup> IPDC<\/td><td>1992<\/td><td>Budapest<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<sup>th<\/sup> PDC<\/td><td>1990<\/td><td>Paris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<sup>nd<\/sup> PDC<\/td><td>1988<\/td><td>Paris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<sup>st<\/sup> PDC<\/td><td>1987<\/td><td>Paris<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seminal PDC<\/td><td>1977<\/td><td>Paris<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Panel Data Conference The aim of the International Panel Data Conference (IPDC), which started in 1977, is to bring together economists, econometricians, statisticians and social scientists using panel data for their applied and\/or theoretical research. 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