Werner Ploberger


Member of the PhD Admissions Committee
Member of the PhD Committee
Thomas H. Eliot Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences
PhD, Vienna University of Technology
research interests:
  • Statistics
  • Econometric Methodology
  • Time-Series Econometrics
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    Professor Ploberger's research focus is in the areas of statistics, econometric methodology and time-series econometrics.

    Since he received his Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics at Vienna University of Technology in 1981 and his Habilitation in Econometrics there in 1993, Ploberger has been affiliated with Vienna University of Technology (Austria), the University of St. Andrew (Scotland) and the University of Rochester. He was tenured in 1993 (Vienna University of Technology) and promoted to full in 1995 (University of St. Andrews). 

      Selected Publications

      "On Studentizing a Test for Structural Change", (with W. Krämer), Economics Letters, Vol. 20, No.4, 1986, pp.341-344.

      "Mean Adjustment and the CUSUM Test" (with W. Kraemer), Economics Letters, Vol. 25, 1987, pp. 255-258. 

      "Testing for Structural Change in Dynamic Models" (with W. Krämer and R. Alt), Econometrica, Vol. 56, No.6, 1988, pp. 1355-1369. 

      "A New Test for Structural Stability in the Linear Regression Model" (with W. Kraemer and K. Kontrus), Journal of Econometrics, vol. 40, 1989, pp. 307-318. 

      "A Modification of the CUSUM Test in the Linear Regression Model with Lagged Dependent Variables" (with W. Krämer and R. Alt), Empirical Economics, Vol 14, 1989, pp. 65-75.