Department of Economics
Study Group
Seminars | Brownbag Seminars | Study Group | Workshops
2021-22
| Date & Venue | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Kim Sau CHUNG | Kremer, I., Mansour, Y., & Perry, M. (2014). Implementing the "Wisdom of the Crowd". Journal of Political Economy |
| 20 September 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Yufeng SUN | Chakraborty, A., Ghosh, P., & Roy, J. (2020). Expert-Captured Democracies. American Economic Review |
| 4 October 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Issac Douglas SWIFT | TBC |
| 11 October 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Yu-Chi CHU | Lockwood, L. M. (2018). Incidental bequests and the choice to self-insure late-life risks. American Economic Review |
| 18 October 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Benson Tsz Kin LEUNG | TBC |
| 25 October 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Fei ZHOU | TBC |
2020-21
| Date & Venue | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 13 October 2020 10:00 Zoom |
Fei ZHOU | Caselli, F., Koren, M., Lisicky, M., & Tenreyro, S. (2020). Diversification through Trade. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 27 October 2020 10:00 Zoom |
Bei QIN | Durante, R., Pinotti, P., & Tesei, A. (2019). The Political Legacy of Entertainment TV. American Economic Review |
| 10 November 2020 10:00 Zoom |
Hongliang ZHANG | Best, M. C., & Kleven, H. J. (2018). Housing Market Responses to Transaction Taxes: Evidence from Notches and Stimulus in the UK. The Review of Economic Studies |
| 24 November 2020 10:00 Zoom |
Ivy CAO | Shapiro, J. S., & Walker, R. (2018). Why is Pollution from US Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Environmental Regulation, Productivity, and Trade. American Economic Review |
| 1 December 2020 10:00 Zoom |
Kang Hua CAO | Harari, M. (2020). Cities in Bad Shape: Urban Geometry in India. American Economic Review |
| 4 February 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Jiahua CHE | Bernheim, B., Braghieri, L., Martínez-Marquina, A., & Zuckerman, D. (2021). A Theory of Chosen Preferences. American Economic Review |
| 18 February 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Ruixin WANG | Banerjee, A. V., Chassang, S., Montero, S., & Snowberg, E. (2020). A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance. American Economic Review |
| 25 February 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Tsz Hin HUNG | Clément, D. C., & D'Haultfœuille, X. (2020). Two-Way Fixed Effects Estimators with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects. American Economic Review |
| 18 March 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Yue HUA | Bouton, L., Lizzeri, A., & Persico, N. (2020). The Political Economy of Debt and Entitlements. The Review of Economic Studies |
| 3 May 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Yang LU |
Eliaz, K., & Spiegler, R. (2020). A Model of Competing Narratives. American Economic Review
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| 5 July 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Melody Pei-yu LO | Tirole, J. (2021). Digital Dystopia. American Economic Review |
| 19 July 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Ting CHEN | Enke, B. (2019). Kinship, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Moral Systems. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 23 August 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Paul CHEUNG | Cerigioni, F. (2021). Dual Decision Processes: Retrieving Preferences When Some Choices Are Automatic. Journal of Political Economy |
| 30 August 2021 10:00 Zoom |
Yifan DAI | Garratt, R. J., & Van Oordt, M. R. (2021). Privacy as a Public Good: a Case for Electronic Cash. Journal of Political Economy |
2019-20
| Date & Venue | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Han Steffan QI | Caliendo, L., Dvorkin, M., & Parro, F. (2019). Trade and Labor Market Dynamics: General Equilibrium Analysis of the China Trade Shock. Econometrica |
| 18 May 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Yue HUA | Caucutt, E. M., & Lochner, L. (2020). Early and Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, and the Family. Journal of Political Economy |
| 25 May 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Ting CHEN | Depetris-Chauvin, E., Durante, R., & Campante, F. R. (forthcoming). Building Nations Through Shared Experiences: Evidence from African Football. American Economic Review |
| 1 June 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Yunyun LV | Gratton, G., Holden, R., & Kolotilin, A. (2018). When to Drop a Bombshell. The Review of Economic Studies |
| 8 June 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Ruixin WANG | Howell, S. T. (2017). Financing Innovation: Evidence from R&D Grants. American Economic Review |
| 15 June 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Kim Sau CHUNG | Li, Y., Rocheteau, G., & Weill, P. O. (2012). Liquidity and the Threat of Fraudulent Assets. Journal of Political Economy |
| 22 June 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Weiwei WENG | Zimmermann, F. (2020). The Dynamics of Motivated Beliefs. American Economic Review |
| 29 June 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Kanghua CAO | Bustos, P., Garber, G., & Ponticelli, J. (2020). Capital Accumulation and Structural Transformation. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 6 July 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Ivy CAO | Ito, K. (2014). Do Consumers Respond to Marginal or Average Price? Evidence from Nonlinear Electricity Pricing. American Economic Review |
| 13 July 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Yang LU | Bianchi, J., & Mendoza, E. G. (2018). Optimal Time-consistent Macroprudential Policy. Journal of Political Economy |
| 20 July 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Melody Pei-yu LO | Halevy, Y. (2015). Time Consistency: Stationarity and Time Invariance. Econometrica |
| 27 July 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Ting CHEN | Blouin, A., & Mukand, S. W. (2019). Erasing Ethnicity? Propaganda, Nation Building, and Identity in Rwanda. Journal of Political Economy |
| 3 August 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Yifan DAI | Ichihashi, S. (2020). Online Privacy and Information Disclosure by Consumers. American Economic Review |
| 10 August 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Jiahua CHE | Besley, T. (2020). State Capacity, Reciprocity, and the Social Contract. Econometrica |
| 17 August 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Paul CHEUNG | Andreoni, J., Aydin, D., Barton, B., Bernheim, B. D., & Naecker, J. (2020). When Fair Isn’t Fair: Understanding Choice Reversals Involving Social Preferences. Journal of Political Economy |
| 31 August 2020 11:00 Zoom |
Yue HUA | Buera, F. J., & Oberfield, E. (2020). The Global Diffusion of Ideas. Econometrica |
2018-19
| Date & Venue | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Yufeng SUN | Krishna, V., & Morgan, J. (2011). Overcoming Ideological Bias in Elections. Journal of Political Economy |
| 9 August 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Kim Sau CHUNG | Arnosti, N., Beck, M., & Milgrom, P. (2016). Adverse Selection and Auction Design for Internet Display Advertising. American Economic Review |
| 10 August 2018 11:00 WLB534 |
Ruixin WANG |
Persson, P., & Rossin-Slater, M. (2018). Family Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation. American Economic Review |
| 17 August 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Han Steffan QI | Caliendo, L., & Parro, F. (2015). Estimates of the Trade and Welfare Effects of NAFTA. The Review of Economic Studies |
| 24 August 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Ting CHEN |
Haselmann, R. F., Schoenherr, D., & Vig, V. (2018). Rent Seeking in Elite Networks. Journal of Political Economy |
| 31 August 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Rongzhu KE | Hoffman, M., Kahn, L. B., & Li, D. (2018). Discretion in Hiring. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 7 September 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Paul S.K. LUK | Gust, C., Herbst, E., López-Salido, D., & Smith, M. E. (2017). The Empirical Implications of the Interest-rate Lower Bound. American Economic Review |
| 14 September 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Melody Pei-yu LO | Galeotti, A., & Goyal, S. (2010). The law of the few. American Economic Review |
| 21 September 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Shuaiyi LIU | Kaplan, G., Moll, B., & Violante, G. L. (2018). Monetary Policy According to HANK. American Economic Review |
| 28 September 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Kang Hua CAO | Cheremukhin, A., Golosov, M., Guriev, S., & Tsyvinski, A. (2017). The Industrialization and Economic Development of Russia through the Lens of a Neoclassical Growth Model. The Review of Economic Studies |
| 2 October 2018 12:00 DLB908 |
Yifan DAI | Edelman, B., & Wright, J. (2015). Price coherence and excessive intermediation. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 26 October 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Hongliang ZHANG | Garthwaite, C., Gross, T., & Notowidigdo, M. J. (2014). Public Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Employment Lock. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 7 December 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Chao HE | Lagos, R., & Wright, R. (2005). A Unified Framework for Monetary Theory and Policy Analysis. Journal of political Economy |
| 11 December 2018 12:00 WLB917 |
Paul S.K. LUK | Qin, B., Strömberg, D., & Wu, Y. (2018). Media Bias in China. American Economic Review |
| 20 December 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Paul S.K. LUK | Gertler, M., & Kiyotaki, N. (2010). Financial Intermediation and Credit Policy in Business Cycle Analysis. Handbook of Monetary Economics |
| 27 December 2018 12:00 WLB917 |
Shuaiyi LIU | Dávila, E., & Korinek, A. (2018). Pecuniary Externalities in Economies with Financial Frictions. The Review of Economic Studies |
| 15 January 2019 12:00 WLB534 |
Kang Hua CAO | Belloni, A., Chernozhukov, V. and Hansen, C. (2014). Inference on treatment effects after selection among high-dimensional controls. The Review of Economic Studies |
| 22 January 2019 12:00 WLB602 |
Han Steffan QI | Donaldson, D. (2018). Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure? American Economic Review |
| 29 January 2019 11:30 WLB534 |
Ruixin WANG | Kube, S., Maréchal, M. A., & Puppe, C. (2012). The currency of reciprocity: Gift exchange in the workplace. American Economic Review |
| 12 February 2019 12:00 WLB534 |
Hongliang ZHANG | Cornelissen, Thomas, Christian Dustmann, Anna Raute, and UtaSchonberg. (2018). Who Benefits from Universal Child Care? Estimating Marginal Returns to Early Child Care Attendance. Journal of Political Economics |
| 19 February 2019 12:00 WLB534 |
Melody Pei-yu LO | Sakovics, J., & Steiner, J. (2012). Who matters in coordination problems? American Economic Review |
| 26 February 2019 12:00 WLB534 |
Ting CHEN | Steinwender, C. (2018). Real effects of information frictions: When the states and the kingdom became united. American Economic Review |
| 5 March 2019 12:00 WLB534 |
Rongzhu KE | Sylvain, Chassang et al.(2012).Selective Trials: A Principal-agent approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments. American Economic Review |
| 3 May 2019 12:00 WLB534 |
Yifan DAI | Roesler, Anne-Katrin, and Balázs Szentes.(2017). Buyer-optimal learning and monopoly pricing. American Economic Review |
2017-18
| Date & Venue | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 10:30 WLB534 |
Yufeng SUN | Hanssen, F. A. (2004). Is There a Politically Optimal Level of Judicial Independence?. American Economic Review |
| 6 September 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Hongliang ZHANG | Einav, L., Finkelstein, A., & Schrimpf, P. (2015). The Response of Drug Expenditure to Nonlinear Contract Design: Evidence from Medicare Part D. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 13 September 2017 10:30 WLB534 |
Junjie TANG |
McKay, A., Nakamura, E., & Steinsson, J. (2016). The Power of Forward Guidance Revisited. American Economic Review |
| 20 September 2017 10:30 WLB534 |
Li FAN | Hellwig, C., & Lorenzoni, G. (2009). Bubbles and Self‐Enforcing Debt. Econometrica |
| 20 September 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Sherry Xue QIAO Ruixin WANG |
Brollo, F., Nannicini, T., Perotti, R., & Tabellini, G. (2013). The Political Resource Curse. American Economic Review |
| 27 September 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Weiwei WENG | Burks, S. V., Carpenter, J. P., Goette, L., & Rustichini, A. (2013). Overconfidence and Social Signalling. Review of Economic Studies |
| 1 November 2017 10:30 WLB534 |
Junjie TANG | Jeanne, O., & Korinek, A. (2013). Macroprudential Regulation versus Mopping up After the Crash. National Bureau of Economic Research |
| 1 November 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Kim Sau CHUNG | Chew, S. H., Miao, B., & Zhong, S. (2017). Partial Ambiguity. Econometrica |
| 15 November 2017 10:30 WLB534 |
Li FAN | Dang, T. V., Gorton, G., Holmström, B., & Ordonez, G. (2017). Banks as Secret Keepers. American Economic Review |
| 15 November 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Rongzhu KE | Holmstrom, B., & Tirole, J. (1997). Financial Intermediation, Loanable Funds, and the Real Sector. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 29 November 2017 10:30 WLB534 |
Shiting HE | Ramondo, N., Rodríguez-Clare, A., & Saborío-Rodríguez, M. (2016). Trade, Domestic Frictions, and Scale Effects. American Economic Review |
| 29 November 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Paul S.K. LUK | Mackowiak, B., & Wiederholt, M. (2009). Optimal Sticky Prices under Rational Inattention. American Economic Review |
| 6 December 2017 11:30 WLB534 |
Han Steffan QI | Kee, H. L., & Tang, H. (2016). Domestic Value Added in Exports: Theory and Firm Evidence from China. American Economic Review |
| 8 January 2018 10:30 WLB534 |
Zhitao ZHU | Lazear, E. P. (1999). Culture and Language. Journal of Political Economy |
| 8 January 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Melody Pei-yu LO | Hellmann, T. F., Murdock, K. C., & Stiglitz, J. E. (2000). Liberalization, Moral Hazard in Banking, and Prudential Regulation: Are Capital Requirements Enough?. American Economic Review |
| 15 January 2018 10:30 WLB534 |
Xinju HE | Philippon, T. (2015). Has the US Finance Industry Become Less Efficient? On the Theory and Measurement of Financial Intermediation. American Economic Review |
| 15 January 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Ruixin WANG | Anderson, S. (2017). Legal Origins and Female HIV. American Economic Review |
| 22 January 2018 10:30 WLB534 |
Haoran ZHANG | Cong, L. W., & He, Z. (in press). Blockchain Disruption and Smart Contracts. Review of Financial Studies |
| 22 January 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Kang Hua CAO | Hoberg, G., & Phillips, G. (2016). Text-based Network Industries and Endogenous Product Differentiation. Journal of Political Economy |
| 29 January 2018 10:30 WLB534 |
Yufeng SUN | Doepke, M., & Tertilt, M. (2009). Women's Liberation: What's in It for Men?. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 29 January 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Sherry Xue QIAO | Lagakos, D., & Waugh, M. E. (2013). Selection, Agriculture, and Cross-country Productivity Differences. American Economic Review |
| 5 February 2018 10:30 WLB534 |
Mingyang HU | Asker, J., & Bar-Isaac, H. (2014). Raising Retailers' Profits: On Vertical Practices and the Exclusion of Rivals. American Economic Review |
| 5 February 2018 12:00 WLB534 |
Weiwei WENG | Di Tella, R., Perez-Truglia, R., Babino, A., & Sigman, M. (2015). Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others' Altruism. American Economic Review |
2016-17
| Date & Venue | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 12 October 2016 12:00 WLB534 |
Kim Sau CHUNG | Jackson, M. O., & Yariv, L. (2014). Present Bias and Collective Dynamic Choice in the Lab. American Economic Review |
| 26 October 2016 12:00 WLB534 |
Weiwei WENG | Ellingsen, T., & Johannesson, M. (2008). Pride and Prejudice: The Human Side of Incentive Theory. American Economic Review |
| 2 November 2016 12:00 WLB534 |
Kim Sau CHUNG | Harrison, J. M., & Kreps, D. M. (1978). Speculative Investor Behavior in a Stock Market with Heterogeneous Expectations. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 9 November 2016 12:00 WLB534 |
Sherry Xue QIAO | Majumdar, S., & Mukand, S. W. (2004). Policy Gambles. American Economic Review |
| 16 November 2016 12:00 WLB534 |
Kang Hua CAO | Hayashi, F., & Prescott, E. C. (2008). The Depressing Effect of Agricultural Institutions on the Prewar Japanese Economy. Journal of Political Economy |
| 23 November 2016 12:00 WLB534 |
Weiwei WENG | Bursztyn, L., Ederer, F., Ferman, B., & Yuchtman, N. (2014). Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions. Econometrica |
| 30 November 2016 12:00 WLB534 |
Ruixin WANG | Voors, M. J., Nillesen, E. E., Verwimp, P., Bulte, E. H., Lensink, R., & Van Soest, D. P. (2012). Violent Conflict and Behavior: A Field Experiment in Burundi. American Economic Review |
| 11 January 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Han Steffan QI | Atkeson, A., & Burstein, A. (2008). Pricing-to-market, Trade Costs, and International Relative Prices. American Economic Review |
| 18 January 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Hongliang ZHANG | Dahl, G. B., & Lochner, L. (2012). The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit. American Economic Review |
| 8 February 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Paul S.K. LUK | Eggertsson, G. B., & Krugman, P. (2012). Debt, Deleveraging, and the Liquidity Trap: A Fisher-Minsky-Koo Approach. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 1 March 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Kang Hua CAO | Hansen, G. D., & Prescott, E. C. (2002). Malthus to Solow. American Economic Review |
| 15 March 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Ruixin WANG | Fisman, R., Shi, J., Wang, Y., & Xu, R. (2017). Social Ties and Favoritism in Chinese Science. Journal of Political Economy |
| 22 March 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Paul S.K. LUK | Angeletos, G. M., & La'O, J. (2013). Sentiments. Econometrica |
| 5 April 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Weiwei WENG | Sliwka, D. (2007). Trust As a Signal of a Social Norm and the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes. American Economic Review |
| 12 April 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Kim Sau CHUNG | Benoît, J. P., & Dubra, J. (2011). Apparent Overconfidence. Econometrica |
| 19 April 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Melody Pei-yu LO | Hart, O., & Moore, J. (1994). A Theory of Debt Based on the Inalienability of Human Capital. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 17 May 2017 13:30 WLB534 |
Sherry Xue QIAO | Azariadis, C., Kaas, L., & Wen, Y. (2015). Self-fulfilling Credit Cycles. The Review of Economic Studies |
| 12 July 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Kim Sau CHUNG |
Harstad, B. (2012). Buy coal! A Case for Supply-side Environmental Policy. Journal of Political Economy |
| 19 July 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Han Steffan QI | M. Grossman, G., & Rossi-Hansberg, E. (2010). External Economies and International Trade Redux. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 1 August 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Melody Pei-yu LO | Eliaz, K., Ray, D., & Razin, R. (2006). Choice Shifts in Groups: A Decision-theoretic Basis. American Economic Review |
| 24 August 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Paul S.K. LUK | Barro, R. J. (2006). Rare Disasters and Asset Markets in the Twentieth Century. The Quarterly Journal of Economics |
| 30 August 2017 10:30 WLB534 |
Li FAN | Gu, C., Mattesini, F., Monnet, C., & Wright, R. (2013). Endogenous Credit Cycles. Journal of Political Economy |
| 30 August 2017 12:00 WLB534 |
Kang Hua CAO | Jones, B. F. (2014). The Human Capital Stock: A Generalized Approach. American Economic Review |
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