Christopher Frank Parmeter
Assoc. Professor

Education
2006 | Ph.D. Economics, Binghamton University |
2003 | Economics, Binghamton University |
2001 | B.A. Mathematics, Nazareth College |
Nonparametric econometrics | Stochastic frontier analysis | Robust econometric methods
Professional Experience
2013 - | Associate Professor, Economics, Miami Herbert Business School |
2010 - 2013 | Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Miami School of Business Administration |
2006 - 2010 | Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Honors & Acknowledgements
Provost’s Research Award, University of Miami School of Business Administration, 2015
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Miami School of Business Administration, 2015
Constrained nonparametric estimation and inference; application of hedonic methods; robust benefit transfer; and growth empirics
Publications
Jianhua Zhou, Christopher F. Parmeter and Subal C. Kumbhakar Nonparametric Estimation of the Determinants of Inefficiency in the Presence of Firm Heterogeneity (European Journal of Operational Research. forthcoming).
Nadine McCloud and Christopher F. Parmeter 106843 (143 Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 2020).
Luke Fitzpatrick, Christopher F. Parmeter and Juan Agar Approaches for Visualizing Uncertainty in Benefit Transfer from Meta-regression 106344 (164 Ecological Economics. 2019).
Christopher F. Parmeter and Valentin Zelenyuk Combining the Virtues of Stochastic Frontier and Data Envelopment Analysis 1628-1658 (67(6) Operations Research. 2019).
Mark Andor, Christopher F. Parmeter and Stephan Sommer Combining Uncertainty with Uncertainty to Get Certainty? Efficiency Analysis for Regulation Purposes 240-252 (274(1) European Journal of Operational Research. 2019).
Michael Jetter and Christopher F. Parmeter Does Urbanization Mean Bigger Governments? 1202-1228 (120(4) Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2018).
Michele Battisti, Massimo Del Gatto and Christopher F. Parmeter Labor Productivity Growth: Disentangling Technology and Capital Accumulation 111-143 (23(1) Journal of Economic Growth. 2018).
William C. Horrace and Christopher F. Parmeter A Laplace Stochastic Frontier Model 260-280 (37(3) Econometric Reviews. 2018).
Chi-Yang Chu, Daniel J. Henderson and Christopher F. Parmeter On Discrete Epanechnikov Kernel Functions 79-105 (116 Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 2017).
Luke Fitzpatrick, Christopher F. Parmeter and Juan Agar Threshold Effects in Meta Analyses with Application to Benefit Transfer for Coral Reef Valuation 74-85 (133(1) Ecological Economics. 2017).
Daniel J. Henderson, Subal C. Kumbhakar, Qi Li, and Christopher F. Parmeter Smooth Coefficient Estimation of a Seemingly Unrelated Regression 148-162 (189(1) Journal of Econometrics. 2015).
Daniel J. Henderson, Qi Li, Christopher F. Parmeter and Shuang Yao Gradient Based Smoothing Parameter Selection for Nonparametric Regression Estimation 233-241 (184(2) Journal of Econometrics. 2015).
Kyle Hyndman and Christopher F. Parmeter Efficiency or Competition? A Structural Econometric Analysis of Canada's AWS Auction and the Set-Aside Provision 821-839 (24 (5) Production and Operations Management. 2015).
Pang Du, Christopher F. Parmeter and Jeffrey S. Racine Nonparametric Kernel Regression with Multiple Predictors and Multiple Shape Constraints 1343-1372 (23(3) Statistica Sinica. 2013).
Subal C. Kumbhakar, Christopher F. Parmeter and Efthymios G. Tsionas A Zero Inefficiency Stochastic Frontier Estimator 66-76 (172(1) Journal of Econometrics. 2013).
Daniel J. Henderson, Chris Papageorgiou and Christopher F. Parmeter Who Benefits from Financial Development? New Methods, New Evidence 47-67 (63 European Economic Review. 2013).
Sapna Kaul, Kevin J. Boyle, Nicolai V. Kuminoff, Christopher F. Parmeter and Jaren C. Pope What Can We Learn From Benefit Transfer Errors? Evidence From 20 Years of Research on Convergent Validity 90-104 (66(1) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 2013).
Daniel J. Henderson, Chris Papageorgiou and Christopher F. Parmeter Growth Empirics without Parameters 125-154 (122 (559) The Economic Journal. 2012).
Subal C. Kumbhakar, Christopher F. Parmeter and Efthymios G. Tsionas Bayesian Estimation Approaches to First-Price Auctions 47-60 (168(1) Journal of Econometrics. 2012).
Daniel J. Henderson, John A. List, Daniel L. Millimet, Christopher F. Parmeter and Michael K. Price Empirical Implementation of Nonparametric First-Price Auction Models 17-29 (168(1) Journal of Econometrics. 2012).
Nicolai Kuminoff, Christopher F. Parmeter and Jaren C. Pope Which Hedonic Models Can We Trust to Recover the Marginal Willingness to Pay for Environmental Amenities? 145-160 (60(3) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 2010).
Daniel J. Henderson, Christopher F. Parmeter and R. Robert Russell Modes, Weighted Modes, and Calibrated Modes: Evidence of Clustering Using Modality Tests 607-638 (23(5) Journal of Applied Econometrics. 2008).