Brownbag Seminars - Department of Economics

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Semester 1, 2018-19

Date & Venue	Speaker	Topic
24 August 2018 10:30-12:00 WLB917	Prof. Kai ZHAO University of Connecticut	Household Saving, Financial Constraints, and the Current Account in China
6 September 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Zhiwei XU Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Bubbly Bitcoin
13 September 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Maoliang YE Xiamen University	Does Gradualism Build Cooperation? Evidence from A Finitely Repeated Investment Experiment
20 September 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Wei HE The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Dynamic Project Assignment
24 September 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Zhuoqiong CHEN Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen	Information Disclosure in Contests: Private vs. Public Signals
2 October 2018 10:30-12:00 DLB908	Prof. Chungsang Tom LAM Clemson University	Identifying Strategic Weather Forecast Bias: Case of Typhoon in Southeast Asia
3 October 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Cheng CHEN The University of Hong Kong	Uncertainty, Imperfect Information and Learning in the International Market
26 October 2018 16:00-17:30 DLB908	Prof. Joshua MILLER University of Alicante	Surprised by the Gambler's and Hot Hand Fallacies? A Truth in the Law of Small Numbers
1 November 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Chicheng MA The University of Hong Kong	The Jesuits and Chinese Science
9 November 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Guojun HE Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Law Enforcement and Illegal Activities
13 November 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB905	Prof. Chang SUN The University of Hong Kong	Factor-Biased Multinational Production and the Labor Share
14 November 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Dun JIA Renmin University	Monetary Announcement Premium in China
15 November 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB905	Prof. Xiaoping CHEN Nanyang Technological University	A Model of Trade with Endogenous Product Design
20 November 2018 12:00-13:30 WLB601	Prof. Peng ZHANG Hong Kong Polytechnic University	The Effect of Air Pollution on Migration: Evidence from China
21 November 2018 12:15-13:45 DLB908	Prof. Dongkyu CHANG City University of Hong Kong	Equilibrium Delay in Bargaining with Buyer's Outside Option
22 November 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Shuo YAN Southern University of Science and Technology	Corporate Political Connections and the Finance-Growth Nexus: Evidence from China
5 December 2018 12:00-13:30 DLB905	Prof. Paul S.K. LUK Hong Kong Baptist University	Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty in China
11 December 2018 10:30-12:00 WLB917	Mr. Sichuang XU Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Debt Overhang and Inefficient Capital Reallocation
19 December 2018 12:00-13:30 WLB917	Prof. Liuchun DENG Friedrich Schiller University Jena	Specialization Dynamics, Convergence, and Idea Flows
27 December 2018 10:30-12:00 WLB917	Mr. Wing Yin CHUNG Clemson University	Peers' Parents and Educational Attainment
4 January 2019 12:00-13:30 WLB917	Prof. Jingcheng FU University of Nottingham	Social Comparison in Job Search

Semester 2, 2018-19

Date & Venue	Speaker	Topic
11 January 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB905	Prof. Naijia GUO The Chinese University of Hong Kong	What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur? The Effects of Elite Colleges and Intergenerational Transfers
16 January 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Dr. Pei-Cheng YU University of New South Wales	Optimal Policies for Present-Biased Agents Over the Life-Cycle
22 January 2019 10:30-12:00 WLB602	Ms. Xiaoxiao HU Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Verifiability and Fraud in a Dynamic Credence Goods Market
19 February 2019 10:30-12:00 WLB602	Dr. Tong LIU Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Straw Burning, PM2.5 and Death: Evidence from China
21 February 2019 14:30-16:00 DLB908	Prof. Qu TANG Jinan University	Behind the Flames: Unintended Impacts of Straw Burning on Human Capital
22 February 2019 11:00-12:30 WLB602	Mr. Weijie ZHONG Columbia University	Optimal Dynamic Information Acquisition
7 March 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Kohei KAWAGUCHI Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	When Will Workers Follow an Algorithm?:A Field Experiment with a Retail Business
8 March 2019 10:30-12:00 DLB908	Mr. Justin LEUNG University of Chicago	How Do Government Transfer Payments Affect Retail Prices and Welfare? Evidence from SNAP
13 March 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Ying BAI The Chinese University of Hong Kong	When History Matters Little: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD1000- 2000
14 March 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Lingwei WU University of Bonn	The Economic Motives for Foot-binding
3 April 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Andres ZAMBRANO Universidad de los Andes	Motivating Public Information Acquisition
9 April 2019 12:00-13:30 WLB602	Prof. Yikai WANG University of Oslo	Search Frictions and Wage Dispersion
17 April 2019 12:00-13:30 WLB602	Prof. Deniz OKAT Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Compromising Welfare
23 April 2019 14:30-16:00 WLB917	Prof. Danqing WANG The University of Hong Kong	Political Turnover, Leaders’ Career Concerns and FDI Inflows in China
26 April 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Prof. Chaoqun ZHAN Sun Yat-Sen University	Trade Liberalization and Domestic Vertical Integration: Evidence from China
30 April 2019 11:00-12:30 DLB908	Prof. Daniel SPIRO Uppsala University	Non-Confrontational Extremists
6 May 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB908	Dr. Ilaf ELARD Shanghai University of International Business and Economics	The Real Effects of Financial Technology: Marketplace Lending and Personal Bankruptcy
7 May 2019 12:30-14:00 WLB602 Joint with MGNT	Dr. Rongzhu KE Hong Kong Baptist University	Managing Career in Organizations
2 July 2019 12:00-13:30 DLB905 Joint with CBADE	Ms. Ivy DANG The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Preference for Privacy in Internet Lending
23 July 2019 12:00-13:30 WLB917	Prof. Zhifeng CAI Rutgers University	Public Communication, Private Information Acquisition, and Complementarity: A Global-Games Approach
30 July 2019 12:00-13:30 WLB917	Prof. Bei QIN The University of Hong Kong	Social Media, Information Networks, and Protests in China
9 September 2019 12:00-13:30 TBC	Prof. Shitong QIAO The University of Hong Kong	TBC
28 April 2020 12:00-13:30 TBC	Prof. Francesco SOBBRIO The Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali	TBC
TBC 12:00-13:30 TBC	Prof. Jinzhao DU The University of Hong Kong	TBC

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