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Economics schools day 2023

12 July 2023 11:00am

Join us for our Schools Day and explore what a career in economics could look like for you. Students have the opportunity to attend lecture-style presentations, network with other students from around Brisbane, and participate in interactive and thought-provoking activities.

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Economics Honours 2024 Information Session

20 July 2023 10:30am–12:00pm

in School events and collaborations

Second and third-year BEcon, BAFE and BA (Econ) students are invited to attend this session to find out how honours will equip you with the tools you need to succeed in today's complex and changing world.

Asymmetrical Information Sharing and Oligopoly Pricing: A Natural Experiment in Retail Gasoline

2 June 2023 2:00pm–4:00pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Professor David Byrne, The University of Melbourne.

Repeated Games with Many Players

31 May 2023 10:00am–11:30am

in Behavioural and Economics Science Cluster e-seminars

Presented by Prof Alex Wolitzky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Long-Run Phillips Curve is ... a Curve

30 May 2023 1:30pm–3:00pm

in Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Qazi Haque, The University of Adelaide

Coarse Information Design

24 May 2023 11:00am–12:15pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presenter by Professor Wing Suen, University of Hong Kong

On Endogenous Markups Distribution and the Pecuniary Externality of Credit on Monetary Exchange

19 May 2023 2:00pm–4:00pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Associate Professor Timothy Kam, Australian National University.

Repugnant transactions: The role of agency and severe consequences

17 May 2023 5:00pm–6:30pm

in Behavioural and Economics Science Cluster e-seminars

Presented by Professor Dorothea Kübler, Technical University of Berlin.

Identification and Estimation in a Time-Varying Endogenous Random Coefficient Model

17 May 2023 10:00am–11:30am

in Econometrics Colloquium Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Ming Li, National University of Singapore.

Accessing U.S. Dollar Swap Lines: Macroeconomic Implications for a Small Open Economy

16 May 2023 1:30pm–3:00pm

in Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Pedro Gomis-Poqueras, Queensland University of Technology

Identifying Marginal Returns to Treatment Through Social Networks

12 May 2023 2:00pm–4:00pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Firmin Doko Tchatoka, University of Adelaide.

Energy Prices and Electric Vehicle Adoption

11 May 2023 9:30am–11:00am

in Applied Economics Seminar Series

Presented by Associate Professor Erich Muehlegger, University of Calinfornia, Davis.

Optimal Prizes in Tournaments Under Nonseparable Preferences

10 May 2023 5:00pm–6:15pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Mikhail Drugov, New Economic School.

Market and non-market labour supply effects of disability support: A fractional-outcome panel data evaluation of a major Australian policy reform

5 May 2023 2:00pm–4:00pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Associate Professor Kevin Staub, University of Melbourne.

It Makes a Village: Allomaternal Care and Prosociality

3 May 2023 10:00am–11:30am

in Behavioural and Economics Science Cluster e-seminars

Presented by Professor Alessandra Cassar, University of San Fransisco.

The Effect of Search Frictions on Extreme Outcomes (With Louis Becker)

2 May 2023 1:30pm–3:00pm

in Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Presented by Associate Professor Sephorah Mangin, Australian National University.

“Workhorses of Opportunity:” Regional Universities Increase Local Social Mobility

27 April 2023 9:30am–11:00am

in Applied Economics Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Greg Howard, University of Illinois.

(In)complete Information Bargaining

26 April 2023 11:00am–12:15pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Toan Le, University of Melbourne.

Should Platforms be Held Liable for Defective Third-Party Goods?

21 April 2023 2:00pm–4:00pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Yusuke Zennyo from Kobe University.

Choice Overload

19 April 2023 10:00am–11:30am

in Behavioural and Economics Science Cluster e-seminars

Presented by Associate Professor Mark Dean, Columbia University.

Identifying Structural Shocks to Volatility through a Proxy-MGARCH Model

19 April 2023 10:00am–11:30am

in Econometrics Colloquium Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Dr Matthias Fengler, University of St Gallen.

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The Heterogeneous Effect of Minimum Wage on Labor Market Flows in Colombia

17 April 2023 1:30pm–3:00pm

in Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Luz Adriana Flórez, Central Bank of Colombia.

Competition Avoidance vs Herding in Job Search: Evidence from Large-scale Field Experiments on an Online Job Board

13 April 2023 9:30am–10:30am

in Applied Economics Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Andrey Fradkin from Boston University.

An Approach to Testing Reference Points

12 April 2023 10:00am–11:30am

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Ao Wang from the National University of Singapore.

Endogenous Risk Attitudes

5 April 2023 5:00pm–6:30pm

in Behavioural and Economics Science Cluster e-seminars

Presented by Professor Nick Netzer from the University of Zurich.

The Information Projection in Moment Inequality Models: Existence, Dual Representation, and Approximation

5 April 2023 10:00am–11:30am

in Econometrics Colloquium Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Rami Tabri from The University of Sydney

A Unified Model of Learning to Forecast

4 April 2023 1:30pm–3:00pm

in Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Christopher Gibbs from The University of Sydney.

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The future of the banking industry: a conversation with The Hon Anna Bligh AC and Adjunct Professor Bob Wigley

Published on: 19 October 2022

VIDEO | UQ School of Economics is delighted to welcome The Honourable Anna Bligh AC (CEO of the Australian Banking Association and former Queensland Premier) and Adjunct Professor Bob Wigley (Chair, UK Finance) to speak to the future of banking.
Living with COVID-19?

Published on: 16 December 2021

VIDEO | The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to cause enormous loss of life around the world. By adopting a suppression strategy, along with a combination of public health and economic measures, Australia has avoided large scale deaths to the scale experienced in other countries and regions.
GDP-B: Accounting for the value of new and free goods in the digital economy

3 March 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Colin Clark Memorial Lecture

Join author, inventor and esteemed academic Professor Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University, as he presents a new method for measuring real GDP growth in a digital economy.
Educating the economists of tomorrow: Challenges and approaches

Published on: 22 September 2021

VIDEO | Economists continue to play an essential role in COVID-19 recovery and will help shape policy for the post-pandemic society. In a world with higher public spending and debt, coupled with more frequent shocks due to climate change, fiscal and monetary policies will become more important than ever.
Is Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) the ‘solution’ to end-of-life care?

3 November 2021 12:30pm

in School events and collaborations

Our expert panel facilitated by ABC Radio presenter Kelly Higgins-Devine will identify and unpack the logistical and economic implications surrounding end-of-life care now, and in the future.