School Seminar Series

The School of Economics General Seminar Series is held on Fridays. These are in-person and presented by a range of guest researchers from around Australia and internationally.

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The Silent Treatment? Imperfect Correlation of Spousal Expectations and Communication Frictions

17 November 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Adeline Delavande, The University of Technology Sydney

Microfoundations of Myersonian Common Knowledge and Implications for Incomplete Information Core

8 November 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Hülya Eraslan, Rice University

On Loss Aversion

7 November 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Erik Snowberg, The University of Utah

Scarcity of Ideas and Optimal R&D Policy

27 October 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Dr Nisvan Erkal, The University of Melbourne

Towards a General Theory of Peer Effects

20 October 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Yves Zenou, Monash University

Heterogeneous Labor Market Response to Monetary Policy: Small Versus Large Firms

13 October 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Aarti Singh, University of Sydney

An Axiomatic Characterization of Draft Rules

6 October 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Dr Ivan Balbuzanov, The University of Melbourne

Banking concentration and loan market power in the presence of private information

29 September 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Mei Dong, The University of Melbourne

Keep Me In, Coach: The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Targeted Academic Coaching

1 September 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Stefanie Fischer, Monash University

Gaussian Transforms Modeling and the Estimation of Distributional Regression Functions

25 August 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Sami Stouli, University of Bristol

(Soft-)Commitment vs. Feedback

18 August 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Xiaojian Zhao, Monash University

Communication with biased intermediators

11 August 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Dr Francisco Silva, Deakin University

Circularity test and measurement of productivity

4 August 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Hideyuki Mozobuchi, Doshisha University

Equilibrium Information in Credence Goods

28 July 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Albert Ma, Boston University

Employer Engagement: Making active labour market policies work

13 June 2023 1:45pm3:45pm
Presented by A/Prof Jo Ingold, Deakin University

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

2 June 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor David Byrne, The University of Melbourne.

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

19 May 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Associate Professor Timothy Kam, Australian National University.

Identifying Marginal Returns to Treatment Through Social Networks

12 May 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Firmin Doko Tchatoka, University of Adelaide.

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

21 April 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Yusuke Zennyo from Kobe University.

A Modern Approach to the Classical Theory of the Lender of Last Resort

31 March 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Fabrizio Mattesini from The University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.

An Improved Fast Double Bootstrap

20 March 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Russell Davidson (McGill University & Aix‐Marseille University).

The Load Shifting Challenge: Incentivizing within-day shifting of household electricity use

3 March 2023 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Anke Leroux (Monash University).

The Birth Order Effect: A Modern Phenomenon?

2 December 2022 2:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Marian Vidal-Fernandez, University of Sydney

Customer Acquisition, Business Dynamism and Aggregate Growth

18 November 2022 2:00pm
Presented by Prof Petr Sedlacek, University of New South Wales

On the Futility of the Resource-Rent Tax

11 November 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Robert D. Cairns, McGill University.

Distorted Beliefs and Asset Price Disconnect Puzzles

4 November 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Bruce Preston, University of Melbourne.

Alternative Measures for Chinese Productivity Growth

28 October 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia & University of New South Wales

Asset Pricing with Preference Shocks: Existence and Uniqueness

21 October 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof John Stachurski, Australian National University

A Theory of the Reasonable Person Standard

14 October 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by A/Prof Giri Parameswaran, Haverford College

Dynamic contract with imperfect observability

7 October 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Associate Professor Guillaume Roger

Locationally varying production technology and productivity: a study of Norwegian farming

30 September 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Gudbrand Lien, Inland Norway University of Applied Science

Terrorism and Human Capital Accumulation in Pakistan

21 September 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Dr Umair Khalil, Monash University

Nonparametric Estimation and Testing for Time- Varying VAR Models

9 September 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof. Jiti Gao, Monash University

Externally Valid Policy Choice

2 September 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Timothy Christensen, New York University / University College London

Unbundling Labor

12 August 2022 2:00pm
Presented by Prof Chris Edmond, University of Melbourne

Intergenerational Wealth Effects of House Price Changes

13 July 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Dr James Graham, The University of Sydney

Sectoral Transformation, the Natural Rate of Unemployment and the Dutch Disease

3 June 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Prof Mariano Kulish, The University of Sydney

Sectoral Transformation, the Natural Rate of Unemployment and the Dutch Disease

3 June 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Mariano Kulish from The University of Sydney, joint with James Morley, Nadine Yamount and Fracesco Zanetti
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A Puzzling Forecast Combination

29 April 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Seminar presented by Associate Professor David Frazier from Monash University

Large-scale generalized linear longitudinal data models with grouped patterns of unobserved heterogeneity

1 April 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Tomohiro Ando from The University of Melbourne
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The Value of Names - Civil Society, Information, and Governing Multinationals on the Global Periphery

25 March 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Paul Raschky from Monash University
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Two-stage majoritarian choice

18 March 2022 2:00pm4:00pm
Presented by Professor Yves Sprumont from Deakin University
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Occupational Reallocations within and across Firms: Implications for the Labor Market Polarization

6 May 2020 1:30pm3:00pm
Presented by Satoshi Tanaka, University of Queensland
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Nowcasting the Output Gap

29 April 2020 1:30pm
Presented by James Morley, University of Sydney
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Saving Constraints, Debt, and the Credit Market Response to Fiscal Stimulus

22 April 2020 1:30pm3:00pm
Presented by Jorge Miranda-Pinto, The University of Queensland.
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Traffic Pollution Inhibits Learning: Causal Evidence from Tehran

13 March 2020 2:30pm
Speaker: Anthony Heyes, University of Ottawa
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Experimental and cognitive-cost-based models of inferential expectations

6 March 2020 2:30pm
Speaker: Gordon Menzies, University of Technology Sydney
With Timo Henckel (ANU) and Daniel Zizzo (UQ)
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Asset price booms and macroeconomic policy: A risk-shifting approach

28 February 2020 2:30pm
Speaker: Gadi Barlevy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Does Comparative Advantage in STEM Explain the Gender Gap in STEM Study?

6 December 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Silvia Griselda, The University of Melbourne
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Daughters and Divorce

29 November 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Dr Jan Kabatek, The University of Melbourne
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What Causes Gamson’s Law? Experimental Evidence on Coalition Bargaining and Commitment

22 November 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Dr Aaron Kamm, The University of Melbourne

Can Market Design Help the World’s Poor? Evidence from a Lab Experiment on Land Trade

15 November 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Tom Wilkening, The University of Melbourne

Optimal Mechanism Design with Aftermarket Oligopoly Competitions

8 November 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Associate Professor Jun Zhang, University of Technology Sydney

Residential Property Price Indexes: Spatial Coordinators versus Neighourhood Dummy Variables

25 October 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Professor W. Erwin Diewert, The University of British Columbia
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Rational Bubbles and Middlemen

18 October 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Dr Makoto Watanabe, University of Amsterdam
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Optimal Pricing by a Risk-Averse Seller

11 October 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Tomer Siedner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Renegotiation with Ex-Post Competition in Procurement

27 September 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Dr Ruitian Lang, Australian National University
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Continuous versus Abrupt Reorganisations

30 August 2019 1:00pm
Presented by Dr Hongyi Li, University of New South Wales

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Dividend Policy of State-Owned Firms – Evidence from German Municipally-Owned Corporations

23 August 2019 2:30pm3:30pm
Presented by Maria Nieswand, Loughborough University
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Campaign messages, polling and elections: theory and experimental evidence

16 August 2019 2:30pm
Presented by Nicholas Feltovich, Monash University.

Sharing Cost Information in Oligopoly

9 August 2019 2:30pm3:30pm
Presented by Gregory Kubitz, QUT
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Prison Work and Recidivism

2 August 2019 2:30pm3:30pm
Presented by Giulio Zanella, University of Adelaide.
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Stochastic Expected Utility for Binary Choice: A Modular Axiomatic Foundation

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

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

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

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28 June 2019 1:00pm
Presented by Pan Jindaapon, University of Alabama
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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.
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Optimal Healthcare Contracts: Empirical Evidence from Italy

5 April 2019 3:30pm
Presented by Gianni de Fraja, Nottingham University.
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How Costly Are Markups?

8 March 2019 2:30pm4:30pm
Presented by Professor Chris Edmond, University of Melbourne.
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Political Capital

1 March 2019 3:30pm4:30pm
Presented by Associate Professor Gabriele Gratton, University of New South Wales.