CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue on Panel Data Analysis

Econometrics and Statistics
Ranked Q1 in Economics and Q1 in Statistics and Probability
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ecosta

We are inviting submissions for a special issue of the journal
Econometrics and Statistics focused on Panel Data Analysis.

This Special Issue aims to publish frontier research in panel data
analysis with a significant and novel econometric component.
Contributions must demonstrate clear methodological innovation,
substantial theoretical development, or meaningful advances in
computational or technical aspects of panel data analysis. Original
methodological contributions inspired by substantive applications are
particularly encouraged. Papers that primarily apply long-established
techniques to new datasets or alternative empirical contexts without
methodological innovation are generally discouraged.  All submissions
must contain original, unpublished work that is not being considered
for publication elsewhere.

The special issue welcome original research papers addressing, but not
limited to, the following areas:
- Causal inference in panel data (difference-in-differences, event
  studies, generalized treatment effects, and policy evaluation)
- Heterogeneous panel data models (slope heterogeneity, interactive
  effects)
- High-dimensional and machine learning methods (including
  regularization, factor methods, and forecasting)
- Network formation and spatial interactions 
- Qualitative response and count data models
- Quantile regressions (distributional effects, tail behavior, and
  conditional heterogeneity)
- Robust inference under dependence, misspecification, or weak
  identification
- Threshold and regime-switching models

Submissions will be refereed according to standard procedures for
Econometrics and Statistics. Information about the journal can be
found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ecosta.

The deadline for submissions is 20 December 2026.  However, papers can
be submitted at any time, and once they are received, they will enter
the editorial system immediately.

Papers for the special issue should be submitted using the Elsevier
Electronic Submission tool EM:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/ecosta/.
In EM, please choose the special issue on Panel Data Analysis.

The special issue editors:

Badi H Baltagi, Syracuse University, USA
Email: bbaltagi@syr.edu

Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Hiroshima University, Japan
Email: kazuhaya@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Degui Li, University of Macau, China
Email: deguili@um.edu.mo

Vasilis Sarafidis, Brunel University, UK
Email: Vasilis.Sarafidis@brunel.ac.uk