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1st HKUST-Fudan-SMU Conference on International Economics
02 Jul 2024 (Tue)
9am-5:30pm (2-day workshop)
LSK 1005
various speakers
2nd Science for Decision Making Conference
30 Jun 2024 (Sun)
9:00am-5:30pm (2-1/2-day workshop)
LSK G012
various speakers
7th HKUST and Jinan Joint Workshop on Macroeconomics
This exciting two-day workshop is jointly funded by Jinan University IESR and the Department of Economics of HKUST. The organizing committee for this year's workshop includes Marc Dordal i Carreras (HKUST), Yunho Cho (Jinan IESR), Byoungchan Lee (HKUST), Yang Lu (HKUST), Wei Qiao (Jinan IESR), and Zijian Wang (Jinan IESR). For enquiry, please contact Yang Lu (yanglu@ust.hk).
11 Jun 2024 (Tue)
9:00am – 5:30pm (2-day workshop)
LSK 1005
Various Speakers
8th International Macroeconomics & Finance Conference
08 Jun 2024 (Sat)
8:50am-5:30pm (2-day workshop)
LSK1005
various speakers
The 16th China Economics Summer Institute
The 16th China Economics Summer Institute will take place on August 23-24, 2023 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The objective of CESI is to create a network and community of top level scholars working on Chinese economic development.
23 Aug 2023 (Wed)
8:30am – 5:50pm (2-day workshop)
IAS Lecture Theater
Various Speakers
6th HKUST and Jinan Joint Workshop on Macroeconomics
This exciting two-day workshop is jointly funded by Jinan University IESR and the Department of Economics of HKUST. The organizing committee for this year's workshop includes Marc Dordal i Carreras (HKUST), Yunho Cho (Jinan IESR), Byoungchan Lee (HKUST), and Yang Lu (HKUST). For enquiry, please contact Byoungchan Lee (bclee@ust.hk).
15 Jun 2023 (Thu)
8:55am - 5:30pm (2-day workshop)
Room 1005, 1/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building, HKUST
Various Speakers
Graduate with honor! Honor Thesis Information Session
How to prepare ECON PhD applications? Two different approaches
20 Apr 2023 (Thu)
6:00pm – 7:00pm
LSK G003
Mr. LEUNG Ho Fung (ECOF) and Ms. LI Yuhe (ECOF)
Econ Industry Talk: Why Do Tech Firms Hire So Many Economists?
10 Feb 2023 (Fri)
4:30pm – 6pm
Room 1103 (Academic Building, near LT-A) View Map
Prof. Seonghoon Kim (SMU) and Prof. Yasutora Watanabe (U of Tokyo)
ADB-CEP Workshop on Digital Solutions for Financial Empowerment of Overseas Migrants in Asia
5th HKUST/Jinan Joint Macro Workshop
This exciting two-day workshop is jointly funded by Jinan University IESR and the Department of Economics of HKUST. The organizing committee for this year's workshop includes Marc Dordal Carreras (HKUST), Yunho Cho (Jinan), Jiajia Gu (Jinan), Chen Kan (Jinan), Byoungchan Lee (HKUST), Yang Lu (HKUST), and Zijian Wang (Jinan). For enquiry, please contact Yang Lu (yanglu@ust.hk).
11 Aug 2022 (Thu)
Please refer to the Program Schedule
Online
Various Speakers
ECON-CEP UG Virtual Research Showcase
13 Jun 2022 (Mon)
3:00pm – 5:15pm
Zoom
Various Speakers
The Detrimental Effect of Job Protection on Employment: Evidence from France
18 May 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Julien Prat, CREST and IP Paris
Local Multipliers from Cash Transfers to the Poor: Evidence from Brazil's Bolsa Familia Program
13 May 2022 (Fri)
Prof. Wataru Miyamoto, The University of Hong Kong
Migration Costs, Sorting, and the Agricultural Productivity Gap
11 May 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Xiaodong Zhu, University of Toronto and University of Hong Kong
Optimal Variation of Incentive Compatible Allocations
29 Apr 2022 (Fri)
Prof. James Bergin, City University of Hong Kong
Heterogeneous Overreaction in Expectation Formation: Evidence and Theory
27 Apr 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Guangyu Pei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Micro-Level Counterfactual Heterogeneous Consumer Welfare Analysis with Confidence
08 Apr 2022 (Fri)
Prof. Junlong Feng, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Testing Instrumental Variable Validity with High-Dimensional Data and Heteroskedasticity
06 Apr 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Qingliang Fan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Designing Open Source Licenses
01 Apr 2022 (Fri)
Prof. Kim-Sau Chung, Hong Kong Baptist University
Cutting Out the Middleman: The Structure of Chains of Intermediation
30 Mar 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Matthew Grant, Darthmouth College
(When) should you adjust inferences for multiple hypothesis testing?
25 Mar 2022 (Fri)
Prof. Kaspar Wuthrich, University of California, San Diego
Wealth Inequality and Endogenous Growth
23 Mar 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Byoungchan Lee, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Estimating Market Power of Employers in Job Matching
18 Mar 2022 (Fri)
Prof. Kohei Kawaguchi, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
The Wage Elasticity of Recruitment
16 Mar 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Alan Manning, London School of Economics
Adaptive Estimation and Uniform Confidence Bands for Nonparametric IV
11 Mar 2022 (Fri)
Prof. Timothy Christensen, New York University
Unequal Returns to China's Intercity Road Network
09 Mar 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Zheng (Michael) Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Poverty Measurement and Consumption Smoothing
02 Mar 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Jonathan Morduch, New York University
Logical Differencing in Network Formation Models under Non-Transferable Utilities
23 Feb 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Wayne Yuan Gao, University of Pennsylvania
Optimality of Matched-Pair Designs in Randomized Controlled Trials
16 Feb 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Yuehao Bai, University of Michigan
Balanced Reporting, the BBC, and Brexit
11 Feb 2022 (Fri)
Prof. Vardges Levonyan, University of Zurich
Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Firm Export in China
09 Feb 2022 (Wed)
Prof. Robin Gong, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Attention Theory: Modeling Attention and Salience in Decision Making
10 Jan 2022 (Mon)
Prof. Soo Hong Chew Southwestern University of Finance & Economics and National University of Singapore
Revisiting the Scarring Effect of a Recession at Entry to the Labor Market in Japan
08 Dec 2021 (Wed)
Prof. Ayako Kondo, The University of Tokyo
Financial Frictions: Macro vs Micro Volatility
03 Dec 2021 (Fri)
Prof. Ralph Luetticke, University College London
Startup Types, Structural Policy and Macroeconomic Performance in Europe
01 Dec 2021 (Wed)
Prof. Vincent Sterk, University College London
Incorporating Social Welfare in Program-Evaluation and Treatment Choice
26 Nov 2021 (Fri)
Prof. Debopam Bhattacharya, Cambridge University
Opportunism in Vertical Contracting: A Dynamic Perspective
17 Nov 2021 (Wed)
Prof. Jeanine Miklos-Thal, University of Rochester
Correlation-Robust Auction Design
12 Nov 2021 (Fri)
Prof. Wei He, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Welfare Consequences of Nominal Excise Taxation
05 Nov 2021 (Fri)
Prof. Katja Seim, Yale University
Nonparametric Estimation of Finite-Mixture Models of Dynamic Discrete Choices
03 Nov 2021 (Wed)
Prof. Koen Jochmans, Toulouse School of Economics
The Institution of Merit: A Study of Chinese College Admissions
29 Oct 2021 (Fri)
Prof. Jimmy Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
How can Publishers Collaborate and Compete with News Aggregators?
22 Oct 2021 (Fri)
Prof. Jinzhao Du, The University of Hong Kong
A Preferred-Habitat Model of Term Premia, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy Spillovers
15 Oct 2021 (Fri)
Prof. Walker Ray, London School of Economics