Offer Lieberman

Offer Lieberman is a Tenured Professor in the Department of Economics at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, a position he has held since 2012. Prior to this, he served as a Tenured Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (2000-2007, 1999-2000), and as a Tenured Professor at Haifa University (2007-2012). He has also held multiple Visiting Professor roles at Yale University (1999-2002, 2017-2018) and the University of Iowa (2000). His research spans

• Econometric Theory
• Time Series Analysis
• Spatial Econometrics
• Long Memory Processes
• Multivariate GARCH
• Derivative Pricing
• Behavioral Finance

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Education:

• Ph.D. in Econometrics, Monash University (1993)
• M.Com. in Economics (First Class Honors), University of Canterbury (1990)
• B.Com. in Economics, University of Canterbury (1989)

Lieberman’s scholarly work focuses on advanced econometric techniques, including

• Hybrid Stochastic Local Unit Root Models
• Temporal Aggregation in Financial Indices
• Similarity-Based Spatial Autoregressive Models
• High-Dimensional and Nonlinear Time Series

. His methodological contributions have been applied to financial volatility, housing markets, and nonlinear dynamics.

Scientific Awards and Recognitions:

• William Gittes Chair in Macroeconomics (2012-present)
• Research Fellow, Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, Paris, France (1992-1993)

Lieberman co-founded the Research Institute for Econometrics (RIE) at Bar-Ilan University (2012-2017) and has served on the program committees of major Econometric Society conferences. He is an Associate Editor for Econometric Theory and The Econometrics Journal, and a member of The Econometric Society since 1996.