The Editors of Advances in Econometrics, a research annual published by Elsevier Science, are currently soliciting abstracts and papers covering applied or theoretical topics relevant to the application of Bayesian Analysis to econometrics. Papers chosen will appear in the volume Advances in Econometrics: Bayesian Macroeconometrics (Volume 23A, 2008) or Advances in Econometrics: Bayesian Microeconometrics  (Volume 23B, 2008). 

A special conference for contributors is planned for November 2-4, 2007 at the Lod and Carole Cook Conference Center http://cookconferencecenter.com/ on the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Financial support to attend the conference will be provided to the authors chosen to present their papers at the conference.  This will be the sixth such conference held by Advances in Econometrics on the topics of the volume. See http://www.bus.lsu.edu/hill/aie/aie_main.htm for information on the previous conferences.

The research annual’s editorial policy is to publish papers that are in sufficient detail so that econometricians who are not experts in the topics of the volume will find them useful in their research. To that end, authors should provide, upon request, computer programs utilized in their papers.  For more information on the Advances in Econometrics series and the titles and contents of its previous volumes go to http://faculty.smu.edu/tfomby/aie.htm.  Please e-mail your abstracts or papers no later than July 1, 2007 to Professor Thomas B. Fomby (tfomby@smu.edu), Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 (phone: 214-768-2559, fax: 214-768-1821) or Professor R. Carter Hill (eohill@lsu.edu), Department of Economics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (phone: 225-578-1490; fax: 225-578-3807. In addition to Professors Fomby and Hill, there will be four guest co-editors of the volumes. Professors Gary Koop (Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde) and Dek Terrell (Department of Economics, Louisiana State University) will co-edit the Bayesian Macroeconometrics volume; Siddhartha Chib (John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University) and William E. Griffith (Department of Economics, University of Melbourne) will co-edit the Bayesian Microeconometrics volume.