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Semester 1, 2018-19
Date & Venue Speaker Topic
23 August 2018
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Victor SHIH
University of California, San Diego		 Threats and Political Instability in Authoritarian Regimes: A Dynamic Theoretical Analysis
28 August 2018
14:30-16:00
DLB905		 Prof. Christopher Thomas RYAN
University of Chicago		 Incentive Design for Operations-Marketing Multitasking
3 September 2018
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Zhiwei XU
Shanghai Jiao Tong University		 Cycles of Credit Expansion and Misallocation: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
19 September 2018
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. James BERGIN
City University of Hong Kong		 Non-Practising Entities and Investment in R&D
27 September 2018
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Wen-Tai HSU
Singapore Management University		 Innovation, Firm Size Distribution, and Gains from Trade
19 October 2018
16:00-17:30
DLB908		 Prof. Bin MIAO
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics		 Multiple-Switching Behavior in the Elicitation of Risk Preferences
22 October 2018
14:30-16:00
DLB905		 Prof. Jimmy CHAN
The Chinese University of Hong Kong		 The Institution of Merit: a Chinese Case Study
23 October 2018
14:30-16:00
WLB602		 Prof. John HAM
New York University Abu Dhabi		 Comparing the Conley-Taber and the Standard Approaches to Inference in Difference-in-Difference Models Based on Small Policy Variation: The Case of TennCare
25 October 2018
16:00-17:30
WLB917		 Prof. Chia-Hui CHEN
Kyoto University		 An Entry Game with Learning and Market Competition
31 October 2018
14:30-16:00
DLB908		 Prof. Sambuddha GHOSH
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics		 Blackwell Equilibrium
28 November 2018
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Xuewen LIU
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology		 Market Liquidity and Creditor Runs: Feedback, Amplification, and Multiplicity
29 November 2018
14:45-16:15
WLB917
Joint with CBADE		 Prof. Matthew SHUM
California Institute of Technology		 Split-second Decision-Making in the Field: Response Times in Mobile Advertising
4 December 2018
14:30-16:00
DLB905		 Prof. Yuk-fai FONG
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology		 Fintech lending, Financial Inclusion, and Policy Implications
6 December 2018
14:30-16:00
DLB908		 Prof. Chao HE
East China Normal University 		Multi-market Simultaneous Search: More Can Be Less
10 December 2018
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Atsushi KAJII
Kyoto University		 Intertemporal Efficiency Does Not Imply a Common Price Forecast: a Leading Example
13 December 2018
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Eran SHMAYA
Northwestern University		 Recursive Utility and Parameter Uncertainty
18 December 2018
11:00-12:30
WLB917		 Prof. Albert MA
Boston University		 Uterus at a Price: Disability Insurance and Hysterectomy
21 December 2018
14:30-16:00
DLB908
Joint with CBADE		 Prof. Andrew CHING
Johns Hopkins University		 The Zero-Price Effect Using Field Data: An Application to the Market for Generic Pharmaceuticals
Semester 2, 2018-19
Date & Venue Speaker Topic
18 January 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB602		 Prof. Siyang XIONG
University of Bristol		 Commitment Design
29 January 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB917
Joint with CBADE		 Dr. Steven Pai XU
The University of Hong Kong		 What Can We Learn From Online Reviews?
21 February 2019
11:00-12:30
WLB602
Joint with CBADE		 Prof. Yizhen GU
Jinan University		 Subways and Road Congestion
26 February 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB602		 Prof. Henry CHEN
The University of Hong Kong		 Negativity on the News: Supply and Demand
19 March 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Kaiji CHEN
Emory University		 Aggregate and Distributional Impacts of Housing Policy: China's Experiment
20 March 2019
14:30-16:00
DLB905
Joint with CBADE		 Dr. Yasutora WATANABE
Amazon Japan		 Designing Context-Based Marketing
21 March 2019
11:00-12:30
WLB602		 Prof. Ruixue JIA
University of California San Diego		 Student Quality, College Quality and Incorporated Entrepreneurs
2 April 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB917
Joint with CBADE		 Dr. Mandy Mantian HU
The Chinese University of Hong Kong		 Search and Learning at a Daily Deals Website
8 April 2019
11:00-12:30
WLB602		 Prof. Charles ZHENG
University of Western Ontario		 Knitting and Ironing: Reducing Inequalities via Auctions
10 April 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB602		 Prof. Ralph WINTER
University of British Columbia		 Innovation and Climate Change
11 April 2019
11:00-12:30
WLB917		 Prof. Richard MCLEAN
Rutgers University		 Discontinuous Quasi-Variational Relations with Applications
16 April 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB602		 Prof. Lin MA
National University of Singapore		 The Welfare Impacts of Transportation Networks in China
29 April 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Dr. Jonathan CHIU
Bank of Canada		 Relationships in the Interbank Market
2 May 2019
14:30-16:00
DLB908		 Dr. Xiaolin XIAO
Peking University		 Firms' Portfolio Choices, Real Investment and Monetary Policy
15 May 2019
14:30-16:00
DLB908		 Prof. Lingsheng MENG
The Chinese University of Hong Kong		 Employment Hysteresis from China’s Mass Layoffs in the Late 1990s
17 May 2019
14:30-16:00
DLB908		 Prof. Elaine M. LIU
University of Houston		 Property Rights, Land Misallocation and Agricultural Efficiency in China
21 May 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB602
Joint with CBADE		 Dr. Xing LI
Peking University		 Application of Blockchain in Advertising Industry
23 May 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Shintaro YAMAGUCHI
The University of Tokyo		 Why Is Birth-of-Month Effect So Persistent? Roles of Parents, Teachers, and Peers
31 May 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Jidong ZHOU
Yale University		 Information Structure and Price Competition
5 June 2019
11:00-12:30
DLB905		 Prof. Lixin YE
The Ohio State University		 Orchestrating Information Acquisition
18 June 2019
14:30-16:00
DLB905
Joint with CBADE		 Dr. Lei XU
Bank of Canada		 Technology Adoption in the Python Network
26 June 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Marciano SINISCALCHI
Northwestern University		 Structural Rationality in Dynamic Games
18 July 2019
14:30-16:00
DLB905		 Prof. Bo CHEN
Southern Methodist University		 Information Disclosure in Dynamic Research Contests
23 July 2019
11:00-12:30
WLB917		 Prof. Javier BIRCHENALL
University of California, Santa Barbara		 A Simple Theory of the Aggregate Production Function
26 July 2019
14:30-16:00
WLB917		 Prof. Zhifeng CAI
Rutgers University		 College Tuition and Income Inequality

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