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 five types of seminar series with its own academic coordinator: Applied Economics, Econometrics Colloquium, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics and School.

2023 Seminar Coordinators

 
Seminar

Prison Work and Recidivism

2 August 2019 2:30pm3:30pm
Presented by Giulio Zanella, University of Adelaide.
Jacaranda

Impact and Detection of Straightlining Response in Online Surveys

31 July 2019 2:00pm3:00pm
Presented by Peter Moffatt, University of East Anglia.
Seminar

Stochastic Expected Utility for Binary Choice: A Modular Axiomatic Foundation

26 July 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Matthew Ryan, Auckland University of Technology.
Seminar

Robust Pricing with Refunds

23 July 2019 11:00am12:00pm
Presented by Keiichi Kawai, University of New South Wales.

Denomination structure, digital payments and the shadow economy

17 July 2019 1:30pm
Presented by Ayushi Bajaj, Monash University

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

12 July 2019 3:30pm
Presented by Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde, University of Paris II

School seminar

28 June 2019 1:00pm
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
Presented by Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles, with Nicola Bianchi

A revisit to LASSO variable selection in data envelopment analysis

25 June 2019 2:15pm
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
Presented by Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama
Econometrics colloquium series

Network Formation with Unobserved Homophily: Identification and Evidence from Bangladesh

6 June 2019 2:00pm3:00pm
We consider a network formation model that features degree heterogeneity and homophily in both observed and unobserved node characteristics.
Macroeconomics placeholder

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

5 June 2019 1:30pm2:30pm
Presented by Pratiti Chatterjee, University of New South Wales.

Efficiency of Expert-Mediated Job Matching

10 May 2019 3:30pm
Presented by Kohei Kawaguchi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Skill Biased Entrepreneurial Decline

8 May 2019 1:30pm
Presented by Fasail Sohail, University of Melbourne
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Impulsive Behavior in Competition: Testing Theories of Overbidding in Rent-Seeking Contests

3 May 2019 3:30pm
Presented by Roman Sheremeta, Case Western Reserve University.

Inequality, Redistribution and Optimal Trade Policy: A Public Finance Approach

17 April 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Roozbeh Hosseini, University of Georgia (joint with Ali Shourideh)

Excessive Targeting

Cancelled
16 April 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Dr Heiko Karle with Markus Reisinger

On the Limits of Monetary Policy

10 April 2019 1:30pm
Presented by Bruce Preston, University of Melbourne

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Upcoming 2023 Seminars

MONTH

DATESEMINAR SERIESSPEAKER
FebruaryWednesday 15thEconomic TheoryDr Yuki Tamura (Center for Behavioral Institutional Design)
 Wednesday 22ndBehavioural Economics Science Cluster A/Prof Marta Serra-Garcia (UC San Diego)
 Wednesday 22ndEconometricsDr Annika Camehl (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
 Thursday 23rdSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarA/Prof Marco Faravelli (The University of Queensland)
MarchThursday 2ndApplied EconomicsDr Sofie Waltl (Vienna University of Economics and Business - WU)
 Friday 3rdSchool Seminar SeriesA/Prof Anke Leroux (Monash University)
 Wednesday 8thBehavioural Economics Science Cluster Prof Peter Moffat (University of East Anglia)
 Wednesday 8thEconometricsDr Yiran Xie (University of Sydney)
 Thursday 9thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarDr Christiern Rose (The University of Queensland)
 Thursday 16thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Magnus Soderberg (Griffith University)
 Monday 20thSchool Seminar SeriesProf Russell Davidson (McGill University)
 Tuesday 21stMacroeconomicsAkshay Shanker (UNSW)
 Wednesday 22ndBehavioural Economics Science Cluster Prof David Hirschleifer (University of Southern California)
 Thursday 23rdSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarDr Jamie Cross (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 29thEconomic TheoryDr Metin Uyanik (The University of Queensland)
 Thursday 30thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Bill Skimmyhorn (Raymond A. Mason School of Business)
 Friday 31stSchool Seminar SeriesProf Fabrizio Mattesini (Univeristy of Rome "Tor Vergata")
AprilTuesday 4thMacroeconomics Dr Christopher Gibbs (University of Sydney)
 Wednesday 5th Behavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Nick Netzer (University of Zurich)
 Wednesday 5th EconometricsDr Rami Tabri (University of Sydney)
 Thursday 6thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarAli Furkan Kalay (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 12thEconomic TheoryDr Ao Wang (National University of Singapore)
 Thursday 13thApplied EconomicsDr Andrey Fradkin (Boston University)
 Monday 17thMacroeconomicsDr Luz Adriana Florez (Central Bank of Colombia)
 Wednesday 19thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterA/Prof Mark Dean (Columbia University)
 Wednesday 19thEconometricsProf Dr Matthias Fengler (University of St. Gallen)
 Friday 21stSchool Seminar SeriesProf Yusuke Zennyo (Kobe University)
 Wednesday 26thEconomic TheoryToan Le (University of Melbourne) 
 Thursday 27thApplied EconomicsDr Greg Howard (University of Illinois)
MayTuesday 2ndMacroeconomicsA/Prof Sephorah Mangin (Australian National University)
 Wednesday 3rdBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Alessandra Cassar (University of San Francisco)
 Wednesday 3rdEconometrics(POSTPONED) Dr Esben Scriver Andersen (Australian National University)
 Thursday 4thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarRamazan Bora (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 5thSchool Seminar SeriesA/Prof Kevin Staub (University of Melbourne)
 Wednesday 10thEconomics TheoryProf Mikhail Drugov (New Economic School)
 Thursday 11thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Erich Muehlegger (University of California, Davis)
 Friday 12thSchool Seminar SeriesProf Firmin Doko Tchatoka (University of Adelaide)
 Tuesday 16thMacroeconomicsProf Pedro Gomis-Poqueras (Queensland University of Technology)
 Wednesday 17thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Dr Dorothea Kübler (Technical University of Berlin)
 Wednesday 17thEconometricsDr Ming Li (National University of Singapore)
 Thursday 18thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarDr Andrea La Nauze (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 19thSchool Seminar SeriesA/Prof Timothy Kam (Australian National University)
 Wednesday 24thEconomic TheoryProf Wing Suen (University of Hong Kong)
 Thursday 25thApplied Economics(CANCELLED) Dr Pamela Giustinelli (Bocconi University)
 Tuesday 30thMacroeconomicsDr Qazi Haque (University of Adelaide)
 Wednesday 31stBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Alex Wolitzky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
JuneFriday 2nd School Seminar SeriesProf David Byrne (The University of Melbourne)
 Wednesday 14thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterDr Matthew Kovach (Virginia Tech)
 Thursday 15thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarDr Ozan Isler (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 21stEconomic TheoryProf Hector Chade (Arizona State University)
 Wednesday 28th Behavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Lauren Willis (Loyola Law School)
 Thursday 29thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarProf Alicia Rambaldi (The University of Queensland)
JulyWednesday 12thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Andrew Schotter (New York University)
 Wednesday 26thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Nicola Pavoni (Università Bocconi)
 Wednesday 26thEconometricsDr Jordan Norris (NYU Abu Dhabi)
 Friday 28thSchool Seminar SeriesProf Albert Ma (Boston University)
AugustTuesday 1stMacroeconomicsDr Marcel Puffero (The University of Sydney)
 Wednesday 2ndEconomic TheoryDr Shoshana Vasserman (Stanford Graduate School of Business)
 Thursday 3rdApplied EconomicsA/Prof Donn Feir (University of Victoria)
 Friday 4thSchool Seminar SeriesA/Prof Hideyuki Mizobuchi (Doshisha University)
 Wednesday 9thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Nick Chater (The University of Warwick)
 Friday 11thSchool Seminar SeriesDr Francisco Andre Alves da Silva (Deakin University)
 Monday 14thEconomic TheoryWanying (Kate) Huang (California Institute of Technology)
 Tuesday 15thMacroeconomicsProf Hibiki Ichiue (Keio University)
 Thursday 17thApplied EconomicsDr Xincheng Qiu (W.P Carey School of Business, Arizona State University)
 Friday 18thSchool Seminar SeriesA/Prof Xiaojian Zhao (Monash Univeristy)
 Wednesday 23rdBehavioural Economics Science ClusterA/Prof Stephanie Wang (University of Pittsburgh)
 Thursday 24thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarDr Fu Ouyang (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 25thSchool Seminar SeriesA/Prof Sami Stouli (University of Bristol)
 Tuesday 29thMacroeconomics(CANCELLED) Dr Francesco Carli (Deakin University)
 Wednesday 30thEconomic TheoryDr Soumen Banerjee (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
 Thursday 31stApplied EconomicsDr Arianna Gatta (The University of Queensland)
SeptemberFriday 1stSchool Seminar SeriesA/Prof Stefanie Fischer (Monash University)
 Wednesday 6thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterDr Jingjing Zhang (RMIT University)
 Wednesday 6thEconometricsDr Wei Wei (Monash University)
 Thursday 7thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarProf Alicia Rambaldi (The University of Queensland)
 Tuesday 12thMacroeconomicsDr Lawrence Warren (U.S. Census Bureau's Center for Economic Studies)
 Wednesday 13thEconomic TheoryDr Nicolas Inostroza (University of Toronto)
 Thursday 14thApplied EconomicsA/Prof Cain Solidano (The University of Melbourne)
 Friday 15thSchool Seminar Series(POSTPONED) Dr Jun Xiao (The University of Melbourne)
 Wednesday 20thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Mirana Agranov (Caltech)
 Wednesday 20thEconometricsDr Xuetao Shi (The University of Sydney)
 Thursday 21stSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarDr Lizi Yu (The University of Queensland)
 Tuesday 26thMacroeconomicsDr Masao Fukui (Boston University)
 Wednesday 27thEconomic TheoryDr Shino Takayama (The University of Queensland) 
 Thursday 28thApplied EconomicsDr Pamela Giustinelli (Bocconi University)
 Friday 29thSchool Seminar SeriesProf Mei Dong (The University of Melbourne)
OctoberWednesday 4thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Philipp Strack (Yale University)
 Wednesday 4thEconometricsDr Yong Song (The University of Melbourne)
 Friday 6thSchool Seminar SeriesDr Ivan Balbuzanov (The University of Melbourne)
 Tuesday 10thMacroeconomicsProf Tatyana Koreshkova (Concordia University)
 Wednesday 11thEconomic TheoryProf Rahul Deb (University of Toronto)
 Thursday 12thApplied EconomicsDr Jorge Miranda-Pinto (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 13thSchool Seminar SeriesA/Prof Aarti Singh (University of Sydney)
 Wednesday 18thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterProf Xavier Gabaix (Harvard University)
 Wednesday 18thEconometricsDr Guo Yan (University of Melbourne)
 Thursday 19thSchool of Economics Brown Bag SeminarDr Lizi Yu (The University of Queensland)
 Friday 20thSchool Seminar SeriesProf Yves Zenou (Monash University)
 Monday 23rdEconomic TheoryProf Georgios Gerasimou (University of Glasgow)
 Tuesday 24thMacroeconomicsDr Han Gao (University of New South Wales)
 Wednesday 25thBehavioural Economics Science ClusterDr Siqi Pan (The University of Melbourne)
 Thursday 26thApplied EconomicsDr Becca Taylor (University of Sydney)
 Friday 27thSchool Seminar SeriesDr Nisvan Erkal (The University of Melbourne)