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A/PROF CHRISTOPHER SKEELS



Contact Details

Organization: Economics
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/who/profile.cfm?sid=29
Work: 8344 3783
Fax: 8344 6899
Room: 423
Level: 04
Building: Economics And Commerce
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Econometric Theory Estimation, hypothesis testing, simultaneous equation models Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Denmark University of Aarhus Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Economics (Honours) Monash University 31-Dec-1982
Doctor of Philosophy Monash University 31-Dec-1989

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Econometric Theory Multa Scripsit Award 01-Jan-2007

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Up in Smoke: An Econometric Analysis of Labour Market, Health and Educational Consequences of Cannabis Use Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE IN WEAKLY IDENTIFIED MODELS Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/07/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Conceptual frameworks and experimental design in simultaneous equations
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Economics Letters
    Volume: 100
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 138 - 142
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Approximating the distribution of the two-stage least squares estimator when the concentration parameter is small
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Econometrics
    Volume: 139
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 217-236
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  • Review of 'Analysis of Microdata', by Rainer Winkelmann and Stefan Boes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 83
    Issue: 260
    Page numbers: 113-114
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Reports

  • Conceptual Frameworks and Experimental Design in Simultaneous Equations
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 1020
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Market arbitrage of cash dividends and franking credits


    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 82
    Issue: 258
    Page numbers: 239 - 252
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  • Review of 'simplicity, inference and modelling: keeping it
    sophisticatedly simple' by Zellner, Keuzenkamp and McAleer (Eds)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Economic Record
    Volume: 82
    Issue: 257
    Page numbers: 226-227
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  • The impact of cannabis use on health
    Year: 2006
    Journal: De Economist
    Volume: 154
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 517 - 546
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Small concentration asymptotics and instrumental variables inference
    Year: 2006
    Event name: Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Alice Springs, July 2006
    Conference Publication: Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society
    Page numbers: 1-30
    Publisher: Econometric Society(New York University)
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Reports

  • The impact of cannabis and cigarette use on health
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 969
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Market arbitrage of cash dividends and franking credits
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Australian conference of economists 2005
    Conference Publication: Australian conference of economists
    Page numbers: 1-26
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Small concentration asymptotics and instrumental variables inference
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Econometric Society World Congress
    Conference Publication: Econometric society world congress
    Page numbers: 1-29
    Publisher: Econometric Society World Congress(London)
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Publications in 2004

Reports

  • Approximating the distribution of the instrumental variables estimator when the concentration parameter is small
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: 19
    Publisher: Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics(Clayton)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Sample size requirements for estimation in SUR models
    Year: 2002
    Book: Handbook of applied econometrics and statistical inference
    Publisher: Dekker - Marcel Dekker(New York)
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Reports

  • Assessing instrumental variable relevance: an alternative measure and some exact finite sample theory
    Year: 2002
    Customer:
    Report No:: 862
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Reports

  • Sample size requirements for estimation in SUR models
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
    Report No:: 794
    Publisher: The Department of Economics(Melbourne)
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