September 27, 2019
Peruggia, MacEachern and Forbes awarded National Science Foundation funding
![Mario Peruggia](/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_image/public/MarioPeruggia.png?h=43dfcc7e&itok=wTzSQVVA)
Principal Investigator Mario Peruggia (Ohio State statistics) and co-investigators Steve MacEachern (Ohio State statistics) and Catherine Forbes (Monash University, econometrics and business statistics; Ohio State alumna) were awarded $540,000 for the project “Bayesian empirical likelihood: Data analysis tools with applications in econometrics.” This project explores the use of Bayesian methods for models that are only partially specified, as are many economic models.