The sixth WU-Workshop in Applied Econometrics (WUWAETRIX^6) will take place on June 20 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Room D5.1.002, in the D5 building). WUWAETRIX is an informal seminar on applied econometric methods jointly organized by Jesus Crespo Cuaresma (WU) and Gernot Doppelhofer (NHH-Bergen and WU). The aim of the workshop is to provide a forum for discussion of ongoing research on applied econometrics, in particular by young scholars. Below is the program of the workshop. You are all invited to attend, no registration is needed. 9:00-9:30 Kilian Rieder (WU): Should Monetary Policy Lean Against The Wind? Quasi-Experimental Evidence From FED Policies In 1920 9:30-10:00 Maximilian Böck (WU): On The Empirics Of Political Stability And Economic Growth 10:00-10:30 Stefan Schiman (WIFO): Labor Supply Shocks And The Recent Shift Of The Beveridge Curve In Austria 10:30-11:00 Gregor Zens (WU): Robust Determinants Of Class Membership: Bayesian Variable Selection In Mixture Of Experts Models 11:00-11:30 Break 11:30-12:00 Michael Pfaffermayr (University of Innsbruck): Trade Creation And Trade Diversion Of Regional Trade Agreements Revisited: A Constrained Panel Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood Approach 12:00-12:30 Michael Pfarrhofer (WU): Targeted Random Projections For Large-Scale VAR Models 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-14:00 Phillip Poyntner (WU): The Effects Of The ECB's Corporate Quantitative Easing On European Firms 14:00-14:30 Simon Pröll (BOKU): Markup And Advertising In The German Brewing Sector 14:30-15:00 Niko Hauzenberger (WU): Model Instability In Predictive Exchange Rate Regressions 15:00-15:30 Paul Pelzl (OeNB): How Did The 2008-9 Financial Crisis Affect Bank Credit Supply And The Real Economy? Bank-Firm-Level Evidence From Austria 15:30-16:00 Atanas Pekanov (WIFO): Fiscal Multipliers In The East And The West Jesus Crespo Cuaresma Professor of Economics Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1 1020 Vienna (Austria) T: +43(1)31336-4530<tel:%2B43%281%2931336-4530> F: +43(1)31336-728<tel:%2B43%281%2931336-728> E: jcrespo@wu.ac.at<mailto:jcrespo@wu.ac.at> H: http://www.wu.ac.at/vw1/m/crespo