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An Economic Analysis of Difficulty Adjustment Algorithms in Proof-of-Work Blockchain Systems
21 May 2020 (Thu)
Prof. Shunya Noda, University of British Columbia
Robust Binary Voting
29 Nov 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Qinggong Wu, HKUST
Data and Competition: A General Framework
22 Nov 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Alexandre de Corniere, University of Toulouse
Are Estimates of Early Education Programs Too Pessimistic? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment that Causally Measures Neighbor Effects
13 Nov 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Yves Zenou, Monash University
Neutral Public Good Mechanisms
08 Nov 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Jin Yeub Kim, Yonsei University
Trade and Minimum Wages in General Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence
01 Nov 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Arpita Chartterjee, University of New South Wales
Non-Competing Data Intermediaries
30 Oct 2019 (Wed)
Dr. Shota Ichihashi, Bank of Canada
Cascades and Fluctuations in an Economy with an Endogenous Production Network
25 Oct 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel, Cornell University
A Regional Perspective on the Economic Development of the late Russian Empire
23 Oct 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Andrei Markevich, New Economic School, Moscow
Attention, Uncertainty Reduction and Pre-announcement Premium in China
18 Oct 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Dun Jia, Renmin University
Delegating Performance Evaluation
04 Oct 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Shuo Liu, Peking University
On the Geography of Global Value Chains
02 Oct 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Alonso De Gortari, Darmouth College
A Model of Intermediation, Money, Interest, and Prices
20 Sep 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Saki Bigio, University of California, Los Angeles
Cheap-Talk with Non-Bayesian Updating
19 Sep 2019 (Thu)
Prof. Wooyoung Lim, HKUST
New Tests of Expectation Formation with Applications to Asset Pricing Models
11 Sep 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Tongbin Zhang, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics
The Fiscal Multiplier
06 Sep 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Kurt Mitman, Stockholm University
2nd HKUST and Jinan Joint Workshop on Macroeconomics (June 18-19, 2019)
We are honored to host the 2nd HKUST and Jinan Joint Workshop on Macroeconomics, and we are extremely lucky that 13 distinguished scholars have kindly agreed to present their research at this year’s workshop, which will be held on June 18-19, 2019 at HKUST Campus.
18 Jun 2019 (Tue)
Please refer to the Program Schedule
Lee Shau Kee (LSK) Business Building, HKUST
Various Speakers
Workshop on Industrial Organization (June 11-13, 2019)
HKUST's Economics Department is honored to host the 2019 HKUST Workshop on Industrial Organization. We are extremely lucky that twelve distinguished IO scholars have kindly agreed to present their research at this year’s IO Workshop.
11 Jun 2019 (Tue)
Please refer to the Program Schedule
Lee Shau Kee (LSK) Business Building, HKUST
Various Speakers
On the Effect of Parallel Trade on Manufacturers' and Retailers' Profits in the Pharmaceutical Sector
31 May 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Pierre Dubois, Toulouse School of Economics
Tournament Rewards and Heavy Tails
29 May 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Dmitry Ryvkin, University of Florida
Revealed Neural Network Utility
24 May 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Chen Zhao, The University of Hong Kong
Likelihood Based Inference for Dynamic Panel Data Models
17 May 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Seung Chan Ahn, Arizona State University
The Wild Bootstrap with a "Small" Number of "Large" Clusters
10 May 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Andres Santos, University of California, Los Angeles
Limited Cognitive Ability and Selective Information Processing
08 May 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Benson Leung, Cambridge University
The Incentives of Patent-Ownership Fragmentation of Standard-Setting Organization: Theory and Empirical Evidence
03 May 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Xiao Fu, Fudan University
Housing Prices and the Comparative Advantage of Cities
26 Apr 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Jinyue Li, City University of Hong Kong
The Political Economy of Medicaid: Ideology, Eligibility, and the Consequences of Cost-Saving Measures
17 Apr 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Claire Lim, Queen Mary University of London
Why Do People Stay Poor?
11 Apr 2019 (Thu)
Prof. Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics
Spurious Factor Analysis
10 Apr 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Alexei Onatski, Cambridge University
HKUST Conference on International Economics, 3-4 June 2019
HKUST's Economics Department is honored to host the 2019 HKUST Conference on International Economics. The theme of the conference is frontiers of research in international economics
03 Apr 2019 (Wed)
9:00am - 6:00pm
Conference Venue: Room 1005, Lee Shau Kee (LSK) Business Building, HKUST
Various Speakers
Division of Labor and Productivity Advantage of Cities: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
03 Apr 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Lin Tian, European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD)
Creating Platforms by Hosting Rivals
29 Mar 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Andrei Hagiu, Boston University
Low Homeownership in Germany - A Quantitative Exploration
27 Mar 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Leo Kaas, Goethe University Frankfurt
Robust Likelihood-Ratio Tests for Incomplete Economic Models
22 Mar 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Hiroaki Kaido, Boston University
Long-run Effects of Lottery Wealth on Psychological Well-being
20 Mar 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Erik Lindqvist, Stockholm School of Economics
Our Distrust is Very Expensive
15 Mar 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Matthew Mitchell, University of Toronto
Bargaining and Time Preferences: An Experimental Study
13 Mar 2019 (Wed)
Prof. Wooyoung Lim, HKUST
Deception under Competitive Intermediation
08 Mar 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Takeshi Murooka, Osaka University
Comparative Advantage, Competition, and Firm Heterogeneity
01 Mar 2019 (Fri)
Prof. Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University
Netflix Games: Local Public Goods with Capacity Constraints
18 Feb 2019 (Mon)
Prof. Philip Neary, University of London and HKUST
Disagreeing during Deflations
08 Feb 2019 (Fri)
Dr. Aaron Mehrota, Bank for International Settlements
Buffer Joint Ventures
15 Jan 2019 (Tue)
Prof. Thomas Ross, University of British Columbia
Commitment and Competition
17 Dec 2018 (Mon)
Prof. Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California
Migration between Platforms
14 Dec 2018 (Fri)
Prof. Gary Biglaiser, University of Northern Carolina at Chapel Hill
Will the Market Fix the Market? A Theory of Stock Exchange Competition and Innovation
12 Dec 2018 (Wed)
Prof. Robin Lee, Harvard University
Inference on Functionals under First Order Degeneracy
07 Dec 2018 (Fri)
Prof. Qihui Chen, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Split-second Decision-Making in the Field: Response Times in Mobile Advertising
30 Nov 2018 (Fri)
Prof. Matthew Shum, California Institute of Technology
Price Discrimination in Cartels
23 Nov 2018 (Fri)
Prof. Heiko Gerlach, University of Queensland
Financial Fraud and Investor Awareness
22 Nov 2018 (Thu)
Prof. Sunny Yangguang Huang, HKUST
Online Borders of the U.S. Dollars: Price Stickiness and Exchange Rate Sensitivities
09 Nov 2018 (Fri)
Prof. Guoshi Tong, Remin University