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July 28-31, 2025
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
The goal of this four-day program is to teach young scholars the tools they need to understand and conduct corporate finance research using structural estimation. The target audience is advanced Ph.D. students and professors in finance and related fields. We will take a practical, hands-on approach that focuses on tools. Topics will include numerical methods for solving models, simulation estimators, identification challenges, and a review of the literature.
Participants will attend lectures for the first half of each day and then spend the second half applying the material to a mini-research project. The project involves solving and estimating a simple dynamic model. By the end of the week, participants will have done structural estimation, and they will leave with computer code they can use in their future research.
Coming Soon! Check the Rodney L. White Center website for the program schedule and application information.
ORGANIZERS
Toni Whited, University of Michigan and Luke Taylor, University of Pennsylvania
LOGISTICS
The program will take place on July 28-31, 2025 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in Philadelphia. The program is in-person only.