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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)
7 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)
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		 TBC
15 October 2021
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with CBADE,
Monash, NTU, and RUC		 Dr Simon MAYER
University of Chicago		 A Dynamic Model of Stablecoin and Crypto Shadow Banking
19 October 2021
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica		 Prof. Amanda FRIEDENBERG
University of Arizona		 TBC
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
26 October 2021
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Xiaodong ZHU
University of Toronto		 TBC
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
2 November 2021
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica		 Prof. Ichiro OBARA
University of California, Los Angeles		 TBC
4 November 2021
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with CBADE,
Monash, NTU, and RUC		 Prof. Michael OSTROVSKY
Stanford University		 TBC
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		 TBC
19 November 2021
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with NTU, NYU-Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei		 Prof. Alp SIMSEK
Massachusetts Institute of Technology		 Monetary Policy with Opinionated Markets
24 November 2021
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with CEIBS,
NTU, and NUS		 Prof. Peter BUISSERET
Harvard University		 TBC
30 November 2021
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica		 Prof. Maria GOLTSMAN
Western University		 TBC
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		 TBC
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		 TBC
17 February 2022
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with CBADE,
Monash, NTU, Sinica, RUC, and Yonsei		 Prof. Laura VELDKAMP
Columbia University		 TBC
23 February 2022
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with CEIBS,
NTU, and NUS		 Prof. Mehdi SHADMEHR
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		 TBC
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
30 March 2022
9:00-10:30
Zoom
Joint with CEIBS,
NTU, and NUS		 Prof. Pierre YARED
Columbia University		 TBC
26 April 2022
16:00-17:30
Zoom
Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osak, and Sinica		 Prof. Antonio PENTA
Universitat Pompeu Fabra		 TBC

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