Professor Steve Bond has twenty years of experience in teaching summer school courses for graduate students in economics. He has written influential papers on both of the topics covered in this course, and he has current research projects in both areas. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Clarivate Citation Laureate in Economics. His 1991 paper with Manuel Arellano is one of the most cited papers in economics. His 1998 paper with Richard Blundell was recently reprinted in a special issue celebrating 50 years of the Journal of Econometrics