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Past Events & Seminars

Inference for the Mean

06 Nov 2017 (Mon)
Prof. Ulrich Mueller, Princeton University

Middlemen as Information Intermediaries: Evidence from the Used Car Markets

03 Nov 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Yiyi Zhou, Stony Brook University

Adverse Selection, Efficiency and the Structure of Information with Application to the Labour Market

01 Nov 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto

Prediction and Learning about Credit Card Spending

20 Oct 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Jaimie Lien, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Interfirm Relationships and Business Performance

13 Oct 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Adam Szeidl, Central European University

The Origins of Firm Heterogeneity: A Production Network Approach

06 Oct 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo

A Theory of Organizational Dynamics: Internal Politics and Efficiency

04 Oct 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Xi Weng, Peking University

Delivery Agents, Social Ties and Group Identity: Theory and Evidence from a Two-Layered Field Experiment

27 Sep 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Imran Rasul, University College London

Migrants, Information, and Working Conditions in Bangladeshi Garment Factories September 27, 2017

20 Sep 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Rachel Heath, University of Washington

The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms

18 Sep 2017 (Mon)
Prof. David Dorn, University of Zurich

Using Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic to Sharpen Identification Analysis for DSGE Models

15 Sep 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Denis Tkachenko, National University of Singapore

A Noncooperative Foundation of the Nash Rationing Solution

06 Sep 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Wen Quan, University of Washington

Intangibles, Inequality and Stagnation

01 Sep 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Shengxing Zhang, London School of Economics

Learning while Experimenting

31 Jul 2017 (Mon)
Prof. Wing Suen, Hong Kong University

Two-sided Search in International Markets

29 Jun 2017 (Thu)
Prof. James Tybout, Pennsylvania State University

Uncertainty-driven Cooperation

14 Jun 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Ilwoo Hwang, University of Miami

2017 HKUST Conference on International Economics (June 1-2, 2017)

HKUST's Economics Department is honored to host the 2017 HKUST Conference on International Economics. The theme of the conference is frontiers of research in international economics.
01 Jun 2017 (Thu)
Please refer to the Program Schedule
Room 1005, Lee Shau Kee (LSK) Business Building
Various Speakers

Trade and Migration: A Quantitative Assessment

29 May 2017 (Mon)
Prof. Fernando Parro, Johns Hopkins University

Multinational Production, International Trade, and Structural Change

26 May 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Kei-Mu Yi, University of Houston

Herd Immunity and a Vaccination Game

24 May 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Wooyoung Lim, HKUST

Local Market Equilibrium and Designs of the Public Health Insurance System

18 May 2017 (Thu)
Prof. Naoki Aizawa, University of Minnesota

Going It Alone? An Empirical Study of Coalition Formation in Elections

17 May 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Sergio Montero, University of Rochester

Mixed Bundling in Retail DVD Sales: Facts and Theories

12 May 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Luis Cabral, New York University

Moving "Umbrella": Identify Firm Political Connections through Bureaucratic Transfers in China12 May, 2017

11 May 2017 (Thu)
Prof. Xiaobo Zhang, Peking University

Diagnosing Coordination Failures in Information Relationships

05 May 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Alistaire Wilson, University of Pittsburgh

Optimal Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound

04 May 2017 (Thu)
Dr. Yi Wen, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Reservations and the Politics of Fear

02 May 2017 (Tue)
Prof. Patrick Francois, University of British Columbia

The Paradox of Mediocracy

28 Apr 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Qiang Fu, National University of Singapore

Identification and Estimation of Pure Common Value Auction Models with an Application to the U.S. OCS Wildcat Auctions

27 Apr 2017 (Thu)
Prof. Ming He, University of Technology Sydney

Trade Finance Dependence and the Trade Impact of Bank Crises

26 Apr 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Matthieu Crozet, Paris School of Economics/ Chinese University of Hong Kong

Effects of Emigration on Rural Labour Markets

21 Apr 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Shyamal Chowdhury, The University of Sydney

Characterizing Global Value Chains

19 Apr 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Zhi Wang, George Mason University

Catching (Exclusive) Eyeballs: Multi-Homing and Platform Competition in the Magazine Industry

29 Mar 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Matthew Shi, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dynamic Games with Almost Perfect Information

22 Mar 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Wei He, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Colluding on Surcharges

17 Mar 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Zhiqi Chen, Carleton University

What motivates French pork: Political career concerns or private connections?

10 Mar 2017 (Fri)
Prof. Marc Sangnier, Aix-Marseille University (France)

Reputation Turnaround, Negotiated Block Trade and Endogenous Cost of Corporate Control

08 Mar 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Pak Hung Au, Nanyang Technological University

Estimating Semi-parametric Panel Multinomial Choice Models using Cyclic Monotonicity

02 Mar 2017 (Thu)
Prof. Xiaoxia Shi, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Designing Insurance Contracts when Clients "Greatly Value" Certainty: Results from Field Experiments in Burkina Faso

01 Mar 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Michael Carter, UC Davis

Rare Events and Risk Perceptions: Evidence from the Fukushima Accident

23 Feb 2017 (Thu)
Prof. Renaud Coulomb, University of Melbourne

Information Manipulation and Social Coordination

22 Feb 2017 (Wed)
Prof. Yang Lu, HKUST

Managing Trade: Evidence from China and the US

22 Jan 2017 (Sun)
Prof. Kalina Manova, Oxford University