Events

Postgraduate welcome

17 July 2019 9:30am–10:15am

in School events and collaborations

This is a compulsory session for postgraduate economics students commencing in Semester 2, 2019.

Undergraduate welcome

16 July 2019 8:30am–4:00pm

in School events and collaborations

This is a compulsory session for undergraduate business and economics students commencing in Semester 2, 2019.

Learning to speculate in a basic Kiyotaki-and-Wright Environment

12 July 2019 3:30pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde, University of Paris II

School seminar

28 June 2019 1:00pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Pan Jindaapon, University of Alabama

Not All Management Training is Created Equal: Evidence from the Training Within Industry Program

27 June 2019 12:00pm

in Applied Economics Seminar Series

Presented by Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles, with Nicola Bianchi

Inequality of Opportunity Conference

27 June 2019 8:15am–28 June 2019 5:00pm

in School events and collaborations

Researchers and policymakers are invited to attend sessions presenting empirical and theoretical research, with keynote presentations by high-profile national and international researchers.

Inequality of Opportunity: free public lecture

Cancelled

26 June 2019 3:30pm–5:00pm

in School events and collaborations

Join John Roemer, Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale, as he presents on the topic of 'Inequitable growth, human cooperation, and right-wing populism'.

A revisit to LASSO variable selection in data envelopment analysis

25 June 2019 2:15pm

in Econometrics Colloquium Seminar Series

Presented by Ya Chen, Hefei Univ of Technology, China. Based on joint work in progress by Ya Chen and Valentin Zelenyuk

Comparative Risk Apportionment

24 June 2019 2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama

Motivation, Signaling and Peer Effects: Evidence from Rooftop Solar and Household Green Power Purchases

21 June 2019 3:00pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Andrea La Nauze, University of Pittsburgh

Economic Development, The Nutrition Trap and Metabolic Disease

13 June 2019 12:00pm

in Applied Economics Seminar Series

Presented by Swapnil Singh, Bank of Lithuania

Network Formation with Unobserved Homophily: Identification and Evidence from Bangladesh

6 June 2019 2:00pm–3:00pm

in Econometrics Colloquium Seminar Series

We consider a network formation model that features degree heterogeneity and homophily in both observed and unobserved node characteristics.

Perceived Uncertainty Shocks, Excess Optimism-Pessimism, and Learning in the Business Cycle

5 June 2019 1:30pm–2:30pm

in Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Presented by Pratiti Chatterjee, University of New South Wales.

The Future of Work: 2019 Keith Hancock Lecture

22 May 2019 6:00pm–7:30pm

in School events and collaborations

Technological change offers the potential for a radical improvement in work-life balance if there is a change in stance in public policy. Presentation by Professor John Quiggin.

Sleep Restriction Increases Coordination Failure

13 May 2019 10:00am

in Applied Economics Seminar Series

Presented by David Dickinson, Appalachian State University

Epistemic & Personal Transformation: Dealing with the Unknowable and Unimaginable

13 May 2019 8:30am–14 May 2019 5:00pm

in School events and collaborations

This free cross-disciplinary workshop will bring together participants from philosophy, economics and related fields for invited talks relating to four topics.

Efficiency of Expert-Mediated Job Matching

10 May 2019 3:30pm

in Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Presented by Kohei Kawaguchi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Skill Biased Entrepreneurial Decline

8 May 2019 1:30pm

in Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Presented by Fasail Sohail, University of Melbourne

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Productivity and Efficiency Analysis Using R

4 May 2019 8:00am–5 May 2019 5:00pm

in CEPA courses and workshops

This two-day intensive course presents a new and coherent framework for analysing the performance of firm managers. The focus is on measures of performance that are of practical relevance to policymakers.

Impulsive Behavior in Competition: Testing Theories of Overbidding in Rent-Seeking Contests

3 May 2019 3:30pm

in School Seminar Series

Presented by Roman Sheremeta, Case Western Reserve University.

China in a Dynamic Changing World

3 May 2019 9:00am–4:30pm

in School events and collaborations

This free symposium will bring together leading UQ experts on China to showcase their research, exchange ideas and discuss current developments in a multidisciplinary forum.