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Sort**Seminar in Econometrics****Term:** Spring 2026**Location:** Meets in person at Harvard in Littauer Center M-15, North Yard and at MIT in E51-372, 70 Memorial Drive. Speakers alternate each week, invited by Harvard and MIT.**Meeting Time:** Thursdays, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM **Description:** Outside speakers and faculty present current research topics in theory and applications of econometrics.

**Faculty Coordinators:** Neil Shephard, James Stock, Elie Tamer, Davide Viviano, Rahul Singh

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[**Past Seminars in Econometrics Schedules**](https://www.economics.harvard.edu/past-seminars-econometrics)





Sort**DATE****SPEAKER****TITLE** LOCATIONFebruary 5

Amilcar Velez (Cornell University)

"[On the Asymptotic Properties of Debiased Machine Learning Estimators](https://www.amilcarvelez.com/working_paper/DML/DML_AV.pdf)"

MIT, E51-372

February 12

Soonwoo Kwon (Brown University)

"Extrapolation in Regression Discontinuity Design Using Comonotonicity"

Harvard, Littauer M-15

February 19

Liyang Sun (University College London)

"Compound Selection Decisions: An Almost SURE Approach"

Harvard, Littauer M-15

February 26

Melissa Dell (Harvard University)

"[A Unifying Framework for Robust and Efficient Inference with Unstructured Data](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.00282)" (with Jake Carlson)

MIT, E51-372

March 5

Kirill Borusyak (University of California, Berkeley & Harvard University)

 "[Nonparametric Identification of Demand without Exogenous Product Characteristics](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.23211)" (with Jiafeng Chen, Peter Hull, Lihua Lei)

MIT, E51-372

March 12

Wayne Gao (University of Pennsylvania)

"[Semiparametric Learning of Integral Functionals on Submanifolds](https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12673)" (with Xiaohong Chen)

Harvard, Littauer M-15

April 2

Peng Ding (University of California, Berkeley)

"Unifying Regression-Based and Design-Based Causal Inference in Time-Series Experiments and Crossover Experiments"

MIT, E51-372

April 9

Isaiah Andrews (MIT)

"[Misspecification-Averse Estimation](https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2026-03/Misspecification_Averse_Estimation.pdf)" (with Ricky Li, and Yucheng Shang)

Harvard, Littauer M-15

April 16  
*No meeting*

Harvard Department Seminar (Harris Lecture)

David Autor (MIT) will present “Expertise, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence” at the Harris Lecture on Monday, April 13, at 4:00 pm

Science Center, Hall A from 4-5:30 pm. A brief reception will follow from 5:30-6:15pm

April 23

Filip Obradovic (Northwestern University)

"Identification of Long-Term Treatment Effects via Temporal Links, Observational, and Experimental Data"

MIT, E51-372