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 Professor Mariano Kulish from The University of Sydney, joint with James Morley, Nadine Yamount and Fracesco Zanetti

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
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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

School seminar

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.