Department of Economics
2020-21
Seminars | Brownbag Seminars | Study Group | Workshops
Semester 1, 2020-21
| Date & Venue | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Viral ACHARYA New York University |
When Is Debt Odious? A Theory of Repression and Growth Traps |
| 3 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU and Osaka |
Prof. Isaías CHAVES Northwestern University |
Bargaining in Securities |
| 9 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Gérard ROLAND University of California, Berkeley |
The Deep Historical Roots Of Modern Culture: A Comparative Perspective. (Discussant: Dr. Ting CHEN) |
| 11 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, and Osaka |
Prof. George GEORGIADIS Northwestern University |
Optimal Feedback in Contests |
| 15 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Ye LI The Ohio State University |
Token-Based Platform Finance |
| 16 September 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Roger MYERSON University of Chicago |
State-Building Lessons from the British Empire [slides] (Discussant: Prof. John CARROLL) |
| 22 September 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, and Osaka |
Prof. Johannes HÖRNER Yale University |
Too Much of a Good Thing? The Dynamics of Trust and Loyalty |
| 24 September 2020 10:00-11:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Michael SCHWARZ Microsoft |
Efficient Capacity Provisioning for Firms with Multiple Locations: The Case of Public Cloud |
| 29 September 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, and Osaka |
Prof. Kfir ELIAZ Tel Aviv University |
Cheating with (Recursive) Models |
| 30 September 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. David STRÖMBERG University of Stockholm |
Social Media and Protests in China (Discussant: Prof. Chun-Fang CHIANG) |
| 7 October 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Steven CALLANDER Stanford University |
Policy Decay and Political Competition (Discussant: Dr. Melody LO) |
| 9 October 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, and Osaka |
Prof. Christoph KUZMICS University of Graz |
Limit Orders and Knightian Uncertainty (Discussant: Dr. Issac SWIFT) |
| 15 October 2020 14:00-15:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Neil GANDAL Tel Aviv University |
An Examination of the Cryptocurrency Pump and Dump Ecosystem [slides] |
| 16 October 2020 10:00-11:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Shunya NODA University of British Columbia |
An Economic Analysis of Difficulty Adjustment Algorithms in Proof-of-Work Blockchain Systems |
| 20 October 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Yonsei |
Prof. Jean-Charles ROCHET University of Geneva and MIT |
Taxing Financial Transactions [slides] (Discussant: Dr. Melody LO) |
| 23 October 2020 11:00-12:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Yonsei |
Prof. Benjamin HÉBERT Stanford University |
Externalities as Arbitrage |
| 28 October 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU and Yonsei |
Prof. Giorgia PIACENTINO Columbia University |
Restructuring vs Bankruptcy |
| 29 October 2020 12:30-14:00 Zoom (Password: 362794) Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Julian WRIGHT National University of Singapore |
Data-Enabled Learning and Competitive Advantage |
| 3 November 2020 10:00-11:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Pierre-Olivier WEILL University of California, Los Angeles |
Incentive Constrained Risk Sharing, Segmentation, and Asset Pricing (Discussant: Dr. Fei ZHOU) |
| 6 November 2020 12:00-13:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Michael CHOI University of California, Irvine |
Money Mining and Price Dynamics (Discussant: Dr. Fei ZHOU) |
| 11 November 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Alessandro BONATTI Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
The Economics of Social Data (Discussant: Dr. Yifan DAI) |
| 18 November 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Joel MOKYR Northwestern University |
Attitudes, Aptitudes, and the Roots of the Great Enrichment |
| 24 November 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Juuso VÄLIMÄKI Aalto University |
Correlation in Contests |
| 26 November 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Gabriel CARROLL Stanford University |
Dynamic Incentives in Incompletely Specified Environments (Discussant: Prof. Hitoshi SADAKANE) |
| 3 December 2020 13:00-14:30 Zoom (Pw: 225199) Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Andrew RHODES Toulouse School of Economics |
Platform Design when Sellers Use Pricing Algorithms (Discussant: Dr. Tat-How TEH) |
| 8 December 2020 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Thomas MARIOTTI Toulouse School of Economics |
Competitive Nonlinear Pricing under Adverse Selection [slides] (Discussant: Prof. Jonathan NEWTON) |
| 9 December 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Marcel FAFCHAMPS Stanford University |
Intrahousehold Consumption Allocation and Demand for Agency: A Triple Experimental Investigation |
| 17 December 2020 12:30-14:00 Zoom Joint with Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Kailing SHEN Australian National University |
Job Application Portfolios: Evidence from Chinese University Graduates |
| 22 December 2020 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Yann KOBY Brown University |
The Reversal Interest Rate |
Semester 2, 2020-21
| Date & Venue | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Hülya ERASLAN Rice University |
Optimal Group Testing with Heterogeneous Risks |
| 14 January 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. John GEANAKOPLOS Yale University |
General Equilibrium Outside the Edgeworth Box: Debt, Fragility, and Multiplicity (Discussant: Dr. Fei ZHOU) |
| 18 January 2021 14:00-15:30 Zoom |
Prof. Bilgehan KARABAY Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
A New Dimension in Global Value Chains: Control vs. Delegation in Input Procurement |
| 28 January 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Matteo BENETTON University of California, Berkeley |
Investors’ Beliefs and Asset Prices: A Structural Model of Cryptocurrency Demand |
| 2 February 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Philipp STRACK Yale University |
Monotone Additive Statistics [slides] (Discussant: Prof. Hendrik ROMMESWINKEL) |
| 5 February 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Todd KEISTER Rutgers University |
Allocating Losses: Bail-ins, Bailouts and Bank Regulation (Discussant: Prof. Benjamin BERNARD) |
| 9 February 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Erik MADSEN New York University |
Incentive Design for Talent Discovery (Discussant: Prof. Chia-Hui CHEN) |
| 10 February 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Todd KEISTER Rutgers University |
Should Central Banks Issue Digital Currency? |
| 19 February 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Eduardo DÁVILA Yale University |
Prudential Policy with Distorted Beliefs |
| 24 February 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Siwan ANDERSON University of British Columbia |
Political Quotas and Governance (Discussant: Prof. Bei QIN) |
| 26 February 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Martín URIBE Columbia University |
Does the Commodity Super Cycle Matter? [slides] |
| 2 March 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Ernst FEHR University of Zurich |
The Dynamics of Norm Formation and Decay [paper 1] [paper 2] (Discussant: Dr. Ritesh JAIN) |
| 4 March 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Robin LEE Harvard University |
A Theory of Stock Exchange Competition and Innovation: Will the Market Fix the Market? (Discussant: Dr. Issac SWIFT) |
| 10 March 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Yuen Yuen ANG University of Michigan |
China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption (Discussant: Dr. Ting CHEN) |
| 11 March 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Evgeny LYANDRES Tel Aviv University |
Competition and Product Quality: Fake Trading on Crypto Exchanges |
| 17 March 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Vincent MAURIN University of Stockholm |
Financial Fragility with Collateral Circulation |
| 19 March 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Snehal BANERJEE University of California, San Diego |
Disclosing to Informed Traders |
| 23 March 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Annie LIANG University of Pennsylvania |
Data and Incentives (Discussant: Dr. Yifan DAI) |
| 25 March 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Christine PARLOUR University of California, Berkeley |
Decentralized Exchanges |
| 31 March 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Brian KNIGHT Brown University |
The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act |
| 1 April 2021 10:00-11:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Dr. Ravi JAGADEESAN Stanford University |
Market Design for a Blockchain-Based Financial System |
| 15 April 2021 15:00-16:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Dirk NIEPELT University of Bern |
Monetary Policy with Reserves and CBDC: Optimality, Equivalence, and Politics |
| 16 April 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Pablo KURLAT University of Southern California |
Investment Externalities in Models of Fire Sales |
| 20 April 2021 15:00-16:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Ran EILAT Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Bayesian Privacy |
| 22 April 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. David SKEIE University of Warwick |
Digital Currency Runs |
| 27 April 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Eduardo AZEVEDO University of Pennsylvania |
Taxation of High-Powered Entrepreneurship |
| 29 April 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Jiri CHOD Boston College |
Platform Tokenization: Financing, Governance, and Moral Hazard |
| 3 May 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE |
Prof. Heng CHEN University of Hong Kong |
Do Media Bow to Foreign Economic Powers? Evidence from News Websites Crackdown |
| 4 May 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Joel SOBEL University of California, San Diego |
On the Relationship Between Damage and Deception (Discussant: Prof. Hitoshi SADAKANE) |
| 5 May 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Ronny RAZIN London School of Economics |
Misspecified Politics and the Recurrence of Populism |
| 14 May 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Briana CHANG University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Risk Concentration and Interconnectedness in OTC Markets |
| 18 May 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Jakub STEINER CERGE-EI and University of Zurich |
Endogenous Risk Attitude |
| 20 May 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Leonid KOGAN Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Economics of Proof-of-Stake Payment Systems |
| 27 May 2021 13:00-14:30 Zoom (Password: 225199) Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Yasutora WATANABE University of Tokyo |
AI, Skill, and Productivity: The Case of Taxi Drivers |
| 28 May 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Alexander CUKIERMAN Tel Aviv University |
COVID-19, Seignorage, Quantitative Easing and the Fiscal- Monetary Nexus |
| 1 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, NYU Shanghai, Osaka, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Boyan JOVANOVIC New York University |
Idea Diffusion and Property Rights |
| 2 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Daniel TREISMAN University of California, Los Angeles |
Informational Autocrats |
| 9 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Georgy EGOROV Northwestern University |
Social Media and Xenophobia: Theory and Evidence from Russia |
| 10 June 2021 15:00-16:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Andrea CANIDIO IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca |
Cryptotokens and Cryptocurrencies: the Extensive Margin |
| 18 June 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Rafael REPULLO Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) |
Interest Rates, Market Power, and Financial Stability |
| 22 June 2021 15:00-16:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Ran EILAT Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Collective Information Acquisition |
| 23 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Gerard PADRÓ i MIQUEL Yale University |
The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China (Discussant: Dr. Bei QIN) |
| 24 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, and RUC |
Prof. Michael LUCA Harvard University |
Designing Online Reputation Systems |
| 30 June 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Pedro DAL BÓ Brown University |
The Democracy Effect: a Weights-based Identification Strategy (Discussant: Prof. Ching-I HUANG) |
| 6 July 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. David RAHMAN University of Minnesota |
Martingales’ Shadow Prices |
| 8 July 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, Monash, NTU, NYU Shanghai, RUC, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Katya MALINOVA McMaster University |
Tokenomics: When Tokens Beat Equity |
| 13 July 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Thomas WISEMAN University of Texas at Austin |
How To Sell (or Procure) in a Sequential Auction Market (Discussant: Dr. Yu ZHOU) |
| 14 July 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Christopher BLATTMAN University of Chicago |
Why We Fight |
| 20 July 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Utku UNVER Boston College |
Blood Allocation with Replacement Donors: A Theory of Multi-unit Exchange with Compatibility-based Preferences (Discussant: Dr. Wei-Cheng CHEN) |
| 21 July 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CBADE, CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Sergei GURIEV Sciences Po |
3G Internet and Confidence in Government |
| 6 August 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Nadya MALENKO University of Michigan |
Corporate Governance in the Presence of Active and Passive Delegated Investment |
| 10 August 2021 9:00-10:30 Zoom Joint with Kyoto, NTU, Osaka, and Sinica |
Prof. Yi-Chun CHEN National University of Singapore |
The Wisdom of the Crowd and Higher-Order Beliefs |
| 13 August 2021 4:00-5:30pm Zoom Joint with NTU, NYU Shanghai, Sinica, and Yonsei |
Prof. Thorsten BECK City, University of London |
Liquidity Creation, Investment, and Growth |
| 25 August 2021 16:00-17:30 Zoom Joint with CEIBS, NTU, and NUS |
Prof. Francesco SQUINTANI University of Warwick |
Choosing Political Advisers |
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