IVAN A.

CANAY
Department of Economics
Northwestern University Phone: (847)-491-2929
Andersen Hall 331 Fax: (847)-491-7001
2001 Sheridan Road E-mail: iacanay@northwestern.edu
Evanston, IL 60208 faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/ iac879/
Contact
Information
January 1978. Argentinean. U.S. Permanent Resident. Birthday and
Citizenship
Married. One daughter. Marital
Status
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Department of Economics. Au- Current
Position gust 2008 - present.
Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago, Department of Economics. Spring 2013. Visiting
Positions
Visiting Scholar, Universidad de San Andres, Department of Economics. Ar-
gentina. Summer 2009-12.
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison. May 2008. Education
Dissertation: Essays on Partial Identication Inference and Moment Selection.
Dissertation Committee: Jack Porter, Bruce Hansen, Kenneth West.
M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison. December 2005.
Graduate Studies, University Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT). May 2003.
Licenciado en Economia, University of Buenos Aires (UBA). June 2001.
Partial Identication, Empirical Likelihood, Quantile Regression, Nonparamet- Research
Interest ric Identication, Uniform Inference, Asymptotic Optimality.
1. Canay I. A., A. Santos, and A. M. Shaikh (2013): On the Testability of Iden-
tication in Some Nonparametric Models with Endogeneity, Econometrica,
forthcoming.
2. Canay, I. A., and T. Otsu (2012): Hodges-Lehmann Optimality for Testing
Moment Conditions, Journal of Econometrics, 171 (1), 45-53.
3. Bugni, F. A., I. A. Canay, and P. Guggenberger (2012): Distortions of Asymp-
totic Condence Size in Locally Misspecied Moment Inequality Models,
Econometrica, 80 (4), 1741-1768.
4. Canay, I. A. (2011): A Simple Approach to Quantile Regression for Panel
Data, The Econometrics Journal, 14 (3), 368-386.
Published
Papers
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5. Canay, I. A. (2010): EL Inference for Partially Identied Models: Large Devi-
ations Optimality and Bootstrap Validity, Journal of Econometrics, 156
(2), 408-425.
6. Canay, I. A. (2010): Simultaneous Selection and Weighting of Moments in
GMM Using a Trapezoidal Kernel, Journal of Econometrics, 156 (2), 284-
303.
7. Specication Tests for Partially Identied Models Dened by Moment Inequal-
ities, joint with Federico Bugni and Xiaoxia Shi. CeMMAP working paper
CWP01/13. Submitted.
Working
Papers
8. Subvector Inference in Partially Identied Models Dened by Moment Inequal-
ities, joint with Federico Bugni and Xiaoxia Shi.
9. Inference with Dependent and Heterogeneous Data with an Application to
Dierence in Dierences, joint with Joseph Romano and Azeem Shaikh.
Work in
Progress
Conferences
& Seminars
2013 Harvard/MIT. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mathematical Statistics
of Partially Identied Objects, Oberwolfach, Germany. University Col-
lege London. Scheduled: Partial Identication, Weak Identication, and
Related Econometric Problems, Cowles Foundation, Yale University.
2012 Junior Festival on New Developments in Microeconometrics, Northwestern
University. Ohio State University. Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis. Some Advances in Time Series, Spatial, Panel and Cross-
sectional Econometrics, Yale University and Cowles Fundation. Workshop
on Inference in Nonstandard Problems, Princeton University and CEME.
CIREQ Conference on Inference in Partially Identied models, CIREQ,
Montreal. Columbia University.
2011 Econometric Society North American Winter Meeting, Denver. University
of Michigan. The University of Chicago (Econ). Collegio Carlo Alberto,
Italy. Toulouse School of Economics, France. 2011 Cemmap Conference
in honor of Joel L. Horowitzs 70th birthday, London, UK. 2011 Joint
Statistical Meetings, Miami. Yale University. University of Wisconsin -
Milwaukee. Vanderbilt University. Brown University.
2010 University of Texas - Austin. Cornell University. University of Virginia.
University of California - San Diego. Stanford University. New York
University. Princeton University. Econometric Society World Congress,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Cowles/Cemmap Conference on
Advancing Applied Microeconometrics, Peking University, China. Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Duke University (Young Economists Jamboree in
Econometrics). University of California - Los Angeles. Michigan State
University.
2009 University of California - Berkeley.
2008 University College London. Northwestern University. Brown University.
Harvard University. Boston University. University of Columbia. Duke
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University. The University of Chicago (GSB). University of Michigan.
Penn State University. CIREQ Conference on Inference with Incomplete
Models, CIREQ, Montreal.
2007 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Duke Uni-
versity, NC.
2006 Midwest Econometrics Group, University of Cincinnati, OH.
Fellowships
& Awards
2011 National Science Foundation Grant SES 1123586. Title of grant: Extend-
ing the Scope of Inference in Partially Identied Models, in collaboration
with Federico A. Bugni. 2011-2014.
2007 Alice Gengler Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Economics.
UW - Madison.
2006 Richard E. Stockwell Graduate Student Fellowship in Economics. UW -
Madison.
2005 Anna Morris Ely Scholarship (Distinguished TA). Department of Eco-
nomics. UW - Madison.
Harold Groves Paper Prize: Corruption, Ownership and Mixtures of E-
ciency Measures: An Application to the Electricity Sector in Latin Amer-
ica. Econ 880 - UW - Madison.
Associate Editor: The Econometrics Journal. January 2012-present.
Referee: Econometrica, Econometric Theory, Empirical Economics, Journal
of Industrial Economics, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Journal
of Econometrics, Journal of the American Statistical Association, National
Science Foundation, Quantitative Economics, Review of Economic Studies,
Review of Economics and Statistics.
Organizer: Conference Junior Festival on New Developments in Microecono-
metrics. Northwestern University. March 2012.
Organizing committee: 2009 and 2011 Latin American Meeting of the Econo-
metric Society. 2012 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric
Society.
Professional
Activities
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL USA Teaching
Math 385: Statistical Methods for MMSS Students. Fall 2008-13.
Econ 481: Topics in Econometrics (Graduate). Winter 2009-12.
Econ 483: Applied Econometrics: Cross-Section Methods (Graduate). Fall 2012-
13.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI USA
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Teaching Assistant: Econ 410. Introductory Econometrics. 2004-06
Teaching Assistant: Econ 101. Principles of Microeconomics. 2003-04.
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Teaching Assistant: Econometrics II (Graduate). M. A. in Economics. 2003.
Teaching Assistant: Econometrics I (Graduate). M. A. in Economics. 2001-02.
Teaching Assistant: Introductory Econometrics. 1999 - 2003.
Teaching Assistant: Mathematics for Economist. 1999 - 2002.
Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lecturer: Introductory Microeconomics. 2001-03.
Teaching Assistant: Introductory Econometrics. 2001-03
Executive Programs
Lecturer of Productive Frontiers Analysis and Econometrics, Course in Regula-
tion of Public Utilities given in the following cities:
Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE). Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
2000-03.
Sectoral Regulation System (SIRESE). La Paz, BOLIVIA. May 2003.
Regulatory Agency of Water and Sewerage Services (ECAPAG). Guayaquil, ECUADOR.
August 2002.
Regulatory Agency of Public Utilities (ARESEP). San Jose, COSTA RICA.
November 2002.
Regulatory Agency of Public Utilities (Ocina de PyP). Montevideo, URUGUAY.
November 2000.
Advising
2013 Joachim Freyberger (Northwestern, Committee member).
First job: UW-Madison.
Matt Masten (Northwestern, Committee member).
First job: Duke University.
2010 Maria Ponomareva (Northwestern, Committee member).
First job: Western Ontario.
Research Associate, Economic Regulation Research Center, UADE, Argentina. Other
Positions November 2001 - August 2003. Research Assistant, June 2000 - October 2001.
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Consulting
Projects
2003 Water and Energy Regulatory Agency (URSEA). Consulting Project: En-
ergy Distribution in Uruguay: Benchmarking Analysis. Uruguay.
National Competition Commission. Consulting Project: Measuring the
Level of Competition in the Dairy Industry. Argentina.
2002 Energy Regulatory Agency (ANEEL). Consulting Project: Measuring
the eciency of 64 electricity utilities for the 2003-05 regular price review
conducted by ANNEL. Brazil.
National Competition Commission. Consulting Project: Measuring the
Level of Competition in the Petrochemical Industry. Argentina.
The World Bank. Consulting Project: Study for the Design of a Social
Tari for the Infrastructure Services in Argentina. Argentina.
The World Bank. Consulting Project: Performance of Private Sector
Concessions for Infrastructure Services in Latin America. Argentina.
Association of Utilities in Argentina. Consulting Project: Privately-
Owned Utilities in Argentina: Analysis of their Contribution to the Com-
petitiveness of the Country. Argentina.
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