The School of Economics run a regular seminar program to enable our academic staff and higher degree by research students to keep abreast of the latest research topics and interact with international, national and internal experts in the field. There are six types of seminar series with its own academic coordinator: Applied Economics, Econometrics Colloquium, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics, Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences (CUBES) and Brown Bag.

2025 Seminar Coordinators

 

Left in the Dust? Pecuniary and Environmental Externalities in Water Markets

13 February 2025 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by A/Prof Sherzod Akhundjanov, Utah State University

Peer Evaluation Tournaments

4 December 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Martin Dufwenberg, University of Arizona

A Quantitative Theory of the HIV Epidemic: Education, Risky Sex and Asymmetric Learning

3 December 2024 9:30am10:45am
Presented by Dr Christian Alemán-Pericón, NYU Abu Dhabi

The Rationalizability of Survey Responses

27 November 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Jose Apesteguia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Competitive Markets with Partially Discerning Consumers

20 November 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by A/Prof Yair Antler, Tel Aviv University

A Model of Information Nudges

13 November 2024 11:00am12:15pm
Presented by Dr Clayton Featherstone, Baylor University

Bundle Choice Model with Endogenous Regressors: An Application to Soda Tax

6 November 2024 1:00pm3:00pm
Presented by Tao Sun, University of Melbourne

Incentive to Vaccinate

6 November 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Devin Pope, University of Chicago

Labor Market Fluidity, Skill Accumulation, and the Insurance Effects From Taxes

5 November 2024 9:30am10:45am
Presented by A/Prof German Cubas, University of Houston

Multiple Testing for the Topology of Financial Networks

30 October 2024 1:30pm3:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Wenying Yao, Melbourne Business School

Women’s Liberation and the Demographic Transition

29 October 2024 9:30am10:45am
Presented by Prof Moshe Hazan, Monash University

Can Chess Players Detect Cheaters? Signal Detection Theory for Experimental Economists

24 October 2024 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Dr Vera te Velde, The University of Queensland

Making Decisions Based on Data: A Theory Without ”Guessing”

18 October 2024 11:00am1:00pm
Presented by Prof Karl Schlag, University of Vienna

Solid Outcomes in Finite Games

17 October 2024 11:00am1:00pm
Presented by Prof Jurgen Weibull, Stockholm School of Economics

New Results on Minimax Regret Treatment Rules in Finite Samples

14 October 2024 11:00am1:00pm
Presented by Prof Patrik Guggenberger, Penn State University

Hey! Governor! Leave Them Kids Alone: Political Influence During Childhood

11 October 2024 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Federico Masera, University of New South Wales

Air Pollution and Job Search: Workers’ Willingness to Pay For Clean Air

10 October 2024 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Dr Lizi Yu, The University of Queensland

Emotional Inattention

9 October 2024 10:00am11:15am
Presented by Prof Collin Raymond, Cornell University

A $100,000 Marshmallow Experiment: Withdrawal and Spending Responses to Early Retirement-savings Access

4 October 2024 11:00am12:30pm
Presented by Prof Steve Hamilton, George Washington University

Short-term Mortality Impact of Public Pension Programs: Evidence from South Korea

3 October 2024 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Prof Seonghoon Kim, Singapore Management University

Densities of Attributes for Compliers and Noncompliers

2 October 2024 1:30pm3:00pm
Presented by Prof Do Won Kwak, Korea University

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Seminars 2025

MonthDaySeminarSpeaker
 Friday 20thEconomic TheoryA/Prof Songzi Du (University of California San Diego)
 Wednesday 11thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesScott Dickinson (University of Exeter)
 Tuesday 10thMacroeconomicsDr Gianna La Cava (e61 Institute)
 Friday 6thBrown BagA/Prof Julie Moschion (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 4thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Tim Wilkening (University of Melbourne)
JuneMonday 2ndCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesDr Dooseok Jang (University of Ulsan)
 Friday 30thBrown BagDr Fu Ouyang (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 28thEconomic TheoryProf Rodrigo Velez (The University of Texas)
 Tuesday 27thMacroeconomicsJonathan Hambur (Reserve Bank of Australia)
 Wednesday 21stCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Masaki Aoyagi (Osaka University)
 Friday 16thBrown BagA/Prof Marek Ignazac (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)
 Tuesday 13thMacroeconomicsDr Ekatarina Shabalina (Reserve Bank of Australia)
 Monday 12thEconomic TheoryDr Christoph Carnehl (Bocconi University)
 Thursday 8thApplied EconomicsDr Kieu-Trang Nguyen (University of Melbourne)
 Wednesday 7thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Erte Xiao (Monash University)
MayFriday 2ndBrown BagDr Manuel Staab (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 30thEconomic TheoryDr Jingni Yang (University of Sydney)
 Wednesday 23rdCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesA/Prof Sevgi Yuksel (New York University)
 Thursday 17thBrown BagDr David Smerdon (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 11thApplied EconomicsDr Gregor Pfeifer (University of Sydney)
 Wednesday 9thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Alistair Wilson (University of Pittsburgh)
 Tuesday 8thMacroeconomicsAudrey Soedjito (Brandeis University)
AprilThursday 3rdBrown BagDr Axel Wieneke (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 28thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Quoc-Anh Do (Monash University)
 Tuesday 25thMacroeconomicsDr Shu Lin Wee (University of Melbourne)
 Thursday 20thBrown BagProf Makoto Hanazono (Nagoya University)
 Wednesday 19thEconomic TheoryA/Prof Chen Zhao (University of Hong Kong)
 Thursday 13thApplied EconomicsDr Ha Nguyen (University of Western Australia)
MarchWednesday 12thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf David Porter (Chapman University)
 Thursday 27thApplied EconomicsDr Naijia Guo (Hong Kong University)
 Thursday 13thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Sherzod Akhundjanov (Utah State University)
FebruaryTuesday 11thCentre for Unified Behavioural and Economic SciencesProf Nageeb Ali (Penn State University)