Department of Economics
Seminars
Seminars | Brownbag Seminars | Study Group | Workshops
Semester 1, 2021-22
| Date & Venue | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Jennifer PAN Stanford University |
Re-framing China: The Counter-Narrative Strategies of Chinese State Media on Twitter |
| 2 September 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU-Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Maarten VAN OORDT Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
Best Before? Expiring CBDC and Loss Recovery |
| 9 September 2021 12:00-13:30 Zoom (Password: 225199) Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Tony KE Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Information Design of Online Platforms |
| 9 September 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Julien PRAT CREST and Ecole Polytechnique |
Fundamental Pricing of Utility Tokens |
| 10 September 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Athanasios GEROMICHALOS University of California, Davis |
Asset Safety Versus Asset Liquidity (Discussant: Dr. Mario SILVA) |
| 13 September 2021 10:00-11:30 Zoom |
Prof. Pai XU University of Hong Kong |
Regulating Hospital Drug Prices in China: A Micro Perspective |
| 14 September 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Vasiliki SKRETA University of Texas at Austin and University College London |
Information Design by an Informed Designer |
| 15 September 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Avidit ACHARYA Stanford University |
Optimal Political Career Dynamics |
| 23 September 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Boris VALLÉE Harvard University |
FinTech Lending and Cashless Payments |
| 24 September 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Roger FARMER University of California, Los Angeles and University of Warwick |
The Importance of Beliefs in Shaping Macroeconomic Outcomes (Discussant: Dr. Fei ZHOU) |
| 28 September 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Colin STEWART University of Toronto |
Attention Please! |
| 29 September 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Julia CAGÉ Sciences Po |
Small Campaign Contributions (Discussant: Dr. Benson LEUNG) |
| 8 October 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Jason Roderick DONALDSON Washington University in St. Louis |
Collateral Reallocation |
| 12 October 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Laura DOVAL Columbia University |
Purchase History and Product Personalization |
| 15 October 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, RUC, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Dr. Simon MAYER University of Chicago |
Token-Based Platforms and Speculators (Discussant: Prof. Sukjoon LEE) |
| 19 October 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Amanda FRIEDENBERG University of Arizona |
Two Approaches to Iterated Reasoning in Games (Discussant: Dr. Benson LEUNG) |
| 21 October 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Thomas RIVERA McGill University |
Economic Implications of Scaling Blockchains: Why the Consensus Protocol Matters (Discussant: Prof. Chien-Chiang WANG) |
| 22 October 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU-Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Martin SCHNEIDER Stanford University |
Credit Lines, Bank Deposits or CBDC? Competition & Efficiency in Modern Payment Systems (Discussant: Dr. Mario SILVA) |
| 26 October 2021 14:30-16:00 WLB917 |
Prof. Xiaodong ZHU University of Toronto |
Trade Wars and Industrial Policy along the Global Value Chains |
| 28 October 2021 15:00-16:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Nicola PAVANINI Tilburg University |
The Value of “New” and “Old” Intermediation in Online Debt Crowdfunding |
| 29 October 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, Yonsei |
Prof. Vincent GLODE University of Pennsylvania |
Private Renegotiations and Government Interventions in Debt Chains (Discussant: Prof. Benjamin BERNARD) |
| 2 November 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Ichiro OBARA University of California, Los Angeles |
On the Value of Information Structures in Stochastic Games |
| 4 November 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Michael OSTROVSKY Stanford University |
Choice Screen Auctions |
| 10 November 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Scott GEHLBACH University of Chicago |
A Model of Censorship, Propaganda, and Repression |
| 11 November 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU-Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Dr. Jon FROST Bank for International Settlements |
Rise of the Central Bank Digital Currencies: Drivers, Approaches and Technologies |
| 16 November 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Francesco SQUINTANI University of Warwick |
Optimal Overspecified Contracts |
| 19 November 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Dr. Alp SIMSEK Yale University |
Monetary Policy with Opinionated Markets (Discussant: Dr. Mario SILVA) |
Semester 2, 2021-22
| Date & Venue | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 8 February 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Doron RAVID University of Chicago |
Predicting Choice from Information Costs |
| 10 February 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Dr. Michael Junho LEE Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Optimal Design of Tokenized Markets |
| 15 February 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Elliot LIPNOWSKI Columbia University |
Selling to a Group |
| 17 February 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, Sinica, RUC, and Yonsei |
Prof. Laura VELDKAMP Columbia University |
A Model of the Data Economy |
| 23 February 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Mehdi SHADMEHR University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Inspiring Regime Change |
| 25 February 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Shengxing ZHANG London School of Economics |
Credit Horizons |
| 2 March 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Bruce BUENO DE MESQUITA New York University |
The Dictator's Handbook 2/e |
| 4 March 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Randall WRIGHT University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Endogenous Liquidity and Capital Reallocation |
| 10 March 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Dr. Simon MAYER University of Chicago |
Money Creation in Decentralized Finance: A Dynamic Model of Stablecoin and Crypto Shadow Banking |
| 11 March 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Tai-Wei HU University of Bristol |
Optimal Banking and Deposit Insurance with Delegated Monitoring |
| 16 March 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Vincent ANESI Université du Luxembourg |
Screening for Consensus: Delegation with Collective Principals |
| 18 March 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Simone LENZU New York University |
Zombie Lending and Policy Traps |
| 22 March 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Takuro YAMASHITA Toulouse School of Economics |
A Mediator Approach to Mechanism Design with Limited Commitment |
| 23 March 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Edwin LAI Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
One Currency, Two Markets: China's Attempt to Internationalize the Renminbi |
| 29 March 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Georg NÖLDEKE University of Basel |
Greed vs. Patience in a Search-and-Matching Market |
| 6 April 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Yeling TAN University of Oregon |
Disaggregating China, Inc.: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order |
| 7 April 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU-Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Sogang |
Dr. Maximilian GUENNEWIG University of Bonn |
Money Talks: Information and Seignorage |
| 12 April 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Hugo HOPENHAYN University of California, Los Angeles |
Optimal Information Disclosure and Quality Ratings |
| 13 April 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Shaoda WANG University of Chicago |
Citizen Participation and Government Accountability: National-Scale Experimental Evidence from Pollution Appeals in China |
| 21 April 2022 8:30-10:00 Zoom (Password: 721658) Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Shota ICHIHASHI Bank of Canada |
Data Collection by an Informed Seller |
| 26 April 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Antonio PENTA Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Attitudes Towards Success and Failure |
| 27 April 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Peter BUISSERET Harvard University |
Politics Transformed? How Ranked Choice Voting Shapes Electoral Strategies |
| 3 May 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Alexander FRANKEL University of Chicago |
Information Hierarchies |
| 4 May 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Stergios SKAPERDAS University of California, Irvine |
National Identity and Modern Economic Performance |
| 12 May 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Dr. Ousmène Jacques MANDENG Accenture and London School of Economics and Political Science |
CBDC and the Co-Existence of Private and Official Monies |
| 17 May 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Alex SMOLIN Toulouse School of Economics |
Information Payoffs: An Interim Perspective |
| 18 May 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Xu XU Princeton University |
The Unintrusive Nature of Digital Surveillance and Its Social Consequences |
| 24 May 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Juan ORTNER Boston University |
Screening Adaptive Cartels |
| 25 May 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Raymond FISMAN Boston University |
Investing in Influence: Investors, Portfolio Firms, and Political Giving |
| 1 June 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Tai-Wei HU University of Bristol |
Voter Polarization and Extremism (Discussant: Dr. Benson LEUNG) |
| 2 June 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU-Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Sogang |
Prof. Aleksander BERENTSEN University of Basel |
Decentralized Finance: The Future of Money and Finance |
| 8 June 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Øivind SCHØYEN Stanford University and UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
A Theory of Moral Authority: Moral Choices Under Moral Network Externality |
| 10 June 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Sogang |
Prof. Matteo CROSIGNANI Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Exorbitant Privilege? Quantitative Easing and the Bond Market Subsidy of Prospective Fallen Angels |
| 14 June 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Jeanne HAGENBACH Sciences Po |
Motivated vs. Skeptical Beliefs |
| 16 June 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Alfred LEHAR University of Calgary |
Systemic Fragility in Decentralized Markets |
| 21 June 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Nick NETZER University of Zurich |
Happy Times: Identification from Ordered Response Data |
| 23 June 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU-Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Sogang |
Dr. Katrin ASSENMACHER European Central Bank |
CBDC and Business Cycle Dynamics in a New Monetarist New Keynesian Model |
| 29 June 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Cesar MARTINELLI George Mason University |
Razor-Thin Elections |
| 30 June 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU-Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Sogang |
Prof. Hans GERSBACH ETH Zurich |
Monetary Policy with a Central Bank Digital Currency: The Short and the Long Term |
| 5 July 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Philippe JEHIEL Paris School of Economics and University College London |
Auction Design with Data-Driven Misspecifications |
| 6 July 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. John MUELLER Ohio State University |
The Stupidity of War |
| 13 July 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Gabriele GRATTON University of New South Wales |
Liberty, Security, and Accountability: The Rise and Fall of Illiberal Democracies |
| 14 July 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU-Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Sogang |
Dr. Katrin ASSENMACHER European Central Bank |
Central Bank Digital Currency and Bank Intermediation |
| 20 July 2022 13:00-17:00 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, and Sinica |
Baptist-NTU-NYUSH-Sinica Workshop on Macroeconomics | |
| 22 July 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Sogang |
Prof. Itamar DRECHSLER University of Pennsylvania |
TBC |
| 29 July 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Sogang |
Prof. Matteo MAGGIORI Stanford University |
TBC |
| 3 August 2022 13:00-17:00 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Baptist-CEIBS-NTU-NUS Workshop on Political Economy | |
| 5 August 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Sogang |
Prof. Pablo OTTONELLO University of Michigan |
TBC |
| 9 August 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Ryan OPREA University of California, Santa Barbara |
TBC |
| 12 August 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Brett GREEN Washington University in St. Louis |
TBC |
| 16 August 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Kyungmin (Teddy) KIM Emory University |
TBC |
| 19 August 2022 12:00 - 15:00 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, and NTU |
Baptist-Monash-NTU Workshop on the Digital Economy | |
| 23 August 2022 9:00-16:00 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Baptist-Kyoto-NTU-Osaka-Sinica Workshop on Economic Theory | |
| 26 August 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Uday RAJAN University of Michigan |
TBC |
| 30 August 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Emre OZDENOREN London Business School |
TBC |
| 9 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Narayana KOCHERLAKOTA University of Rochester |
TBC |
| 14 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Mihaela PAPA Tufts University |
Can BRICS De-dollarize the Global Financial System? |
| 16 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Saki BIGIO University of California, Los Angeles |
A Theory of Payments-Chain Crises |
| 21 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Alexander HIRSCH California Institute of Technology |
TBC |
| 22 September 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Matthieu BOUVARD Toulouse School of Economics |
TBC |
| 23 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Felipe VARAS Duke University |
TBC |
| 28 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof Joseph WRIGHT Pennsylvania State University |
TBC |
| 29 September 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof Özlem BEDRE-DEFOLIE European School of Management and Technology |
TBC |
| 30 September 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Kristoffer NIMARK Cornell University |
TBC |
| 5 October 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Dr Philip Edward KEEFER Inter-American Development Bank |
TBC |
| 6 October 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Agostino CAPPONI Columbia University |
TBC |
| 11 October 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Lucas MAESTRI FGV EPGE |
TBC |
| 20 October 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Donghwa SHIN University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
TBC |
| 21 October 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Kiminori MATSUYAMA Northwestern University |
TBC |
| 26 October 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Garance GENICOT Georgetown University |
TBC |
| 28 October 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Victoria VANASCO Centre de Recerca en Economia International |
TBC |
| 2 November 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Stefan KRASA University of Illinois |
TBC |
| 4 November 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Lasse Heje PEDERSEN Copenhagen Business School and New York University |
TBC |
| 8 November 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Rachel KRANTON Duke University |
TBC |
| 11 November 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, SMU, and Sogang |
Prof. Ricardo REIS London School of Economics and Political Science |
TBC |
| 15 November 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Pauli MURTO Aalto University |
TBC |
| 22 November 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Daniel KRÄHMER Universität Bonn |
TBC |
| 29 November 2022 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Duarte GONÇALVES University College London |
TBC |
| 30 November 2022 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Kevin LANG Boston University |
TBC |
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