Summer School on Statistical Models in Financial Series

[Pilar Mu�oz]

Dear colleagues, Apologies if you have received it before. I would like to inform you about the 8th ERS-IASC International Summer School on Statistical Models in Financial Series to be held in Barcelona (Spain), during the period July 17th – July 23rd, 2005. The School is organized jointly with the Department of Business Economics of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) and hosted by the Department of Statistics and Operations Research of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain). The aim of the School is to provide an overview of the recent development in the methodological, computational and applications aspects of the Statistical Models applied to Financial Time Series. The lectures are taught by Agustín Maravall (Banco de España), Daniel Peña (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid), Esther Ruiz (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid), Ruey Tsay (University of Chicago) and Cesar Villazón (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Although the School is intended for young researchers, it is also open to recently-appointed teachers and researchers working in the public or private sector. More information can be found at the web site http://www-eio.upc.es/smfs2005 Looking forward to seeing you in Barcelona Pilar Muñoz Chair Summer School