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

 

An Axiomatic Characterization of Draft Rules

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

Identification and Forecasting of Bull and Bear Markets using Multivariate Returns

4 October 2023 1:30pm3:00pm
Presented by Dr Yong Song, The University of Melbourne

Taxing Externalities Without Hurting the Poor

4 October 2023 10:00am11:30am
Presented by Prof Philipp Strack, Yale University

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

An Efficient, Computationally Tractable School Choice Mechanism

27 September 2023 11:00am12:15pm
Presented by Dr Shino Takayama, The University of Queensland

The Macroeconomic Consequences of Exchange Rate Depreciations

26 September 2023 9:30am10:45am
Presented by Dr Masao Fukui, Boston University

Are Targeted Marketing Schemes Effective in Stimulating Retirement Savings?

14 September 2023 9:30am11:00am
Presented by A/Prof Cain Polidano, The University of Melbourne

Optimal Information and Security Design

13 September 2023 11:00am12:15pm
Presented by Dr Nicolas Inostroza, University of Toronto

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

Combating Algorithmic Collusion: A Mechanism Design Approach

30 August 2023 11:00am12:15pm
Presented by Dr Soumen Banerjee, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

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

Using Arguments to Persuade

23 August 2023 10:00am11:30am
Presented by A/Prof Stephanie Wang, University of Pittsburgh

(Soft-)Commitment vs. Feedback

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

“Growing Pains” in China’s Social Security System

17 August 2023 9:30am11:00am
Presented by Dr Xincheng Qiu, W.P Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Households’ Ability to Adjust Spending and Attention to the Central Bank

15 August 2023 9:30am10:45am
Presented by Prof Hibiki Ichiue, Keio University

Learning from Unreliable Information

14 August 2023 11:00am12:15pm
Presented by Wanying (Kate) Huang, California Institute of Technology

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

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Seminars 2025

MonthDaySeminarSpeaker
JulyWedensday 2ndEconomic TheoryProf Andrew Yates (University of North Carolina)
 Monday 23rdMacroeconomicsDr Karen Kopecky (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)
 Friday 20thEconomic TheoryA/Prof Songzi Du (University of California San Diego)
 Friday 13thBrown BagDr Andrés Bellofatto (The University of Queensland)
 Wednesday 11thEconomic TheoryProf John Yiran Zhu (University of Kansas)
 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)