Seminar Convenors:

Prof. Jimmy Chan, Prof. Naijia Guo and Prof. Chong Kee Yip

Locations:Room 918, Esther Lee Building, Chung Chi College, CUHK
Date Time Speaker Affiliation Paper Title

04 Jan, 2021 (Monday)

09:30

Ms. Qi Wu

Cornell University

Job Talk

Social Influence in Product Choice and Market Competition: Evidence from a Mobile Communication Network

08 Jan, 2021 (Friday)

09:30

Ms. Siying Cao

The University of Chicago

Job Talk

Quantifying Economic Reasoning in Court: Judge Economics Sophistication and Pro-business Orientation

08 Jan, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Minchul Yum

University of Mannheim

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Aggregate and Intergenerational Implications of School Closures: A Quantitative Assessment

11 Jan, 2021 (Monday)

09:30

Ms. Yu Hao

University of British Columbia

Job Talk

Building up Trust in a Dynamic Game: A study on Collusive Price-fixing in the Chilean Pharmaceutical Retail industry

14 Jan, 2021 (Thursday)

11:00

Prof. Wei Xiong

Princeton University

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

An Overview of China's Financial System and Current Challenges

15 Jan, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Yeon-koo Che

Columbia University

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Optimal Queue Design

18 Jan, 2021 (Monday)

09:00

Prof. Eyal Winter

Hebrew University & Lancaster University

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

On Stars and Galaxies: Exploiting Social Influence in Networks

22 Jan, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Zhen Huo

Yale University

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Imperfect Macroeconomic Expectations: Evidence and Theory

29 Jan, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Utku Unver

Boston College

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Fair Allocation of Vaccines, Ventilators and Antiviral Treatments: Leaving No Ethical Value Behind in Health Care Rationing

04 Feb, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Réka Juhász

Columbia University

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

All Aboard: The Effects of Port Development

04 Feb, 2021 (Thursday)

11:00

Prof. Darrell Duffie

Stanford University / Hoover Institution / ABFER

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

International Implications of China's Central Bank Digital Currency

05 Feb, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Xianwen Shi

University of Toronto

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Welfare of Price Discrimination and Market Segmentation in Duopoly

05 Feb, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Florin Bilbiie

University of Lausanne

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Aggregate-Demand Amplification of Supply Disruptions: The Entry-Exit Multiplier

19 Feb, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Henrique De Oliveira

São Paulo School of Economics - FGV

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Robust Merging of Information

19 Feb, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Jean-Paul L'Huillier

Brandeis University

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Diagnostic Expectations and Macroeconomic Volatility

26 Feb, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Philipp Strack

Yale University

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Identifying Present Bias from the Timing of Choices

02 Mar, 2021 (Tuesday)

16:30

Ms. Wei Chen

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

(Pre-graduation seminar)

Three Essays on Industrial Policy, Regional Trade and Chinese Economy

05 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Ernest Liu

Princeton University

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Dynamical Structure and Spectral Properties of Input-Output Networks

05 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

15:30

Dr Matthew Elliott

University of Cambridge

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Supply Network Formation and Fragility

11 Mar, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Daniel Xu

Duke University

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Search and Information Frictions on Global E-Commerce Platforms: Evidence from AliExpress

11 Mar, 2021 (Thursday)

11:00

Prof. Jun Pan

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

The SOE Premium and Government Support in China's Credit Market

11 Mar, 2021 (Thursday)

16:30

Prof. Zvika Neeman

Tel Aviv University

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Communication with Endogenous Deception Costs

17 Mar, 2021 (Wednesday)

16:30

Prof. Ralph Ossa

University of Zurich

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Are Trade Agreements Good for You?

18 Mar, 2021 (Thursday)

10:00

Prof. Ben Brooks

University of Chicago

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

A Strong Minimax Theorem for Informationally-Robust Auction Design

19 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Dacheng Xiu

University of Chicago

Econometrics Seminar

Test Assets and Weak Factors

19 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Miss Chaewon Baek

University of California, Berkeley

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Good Jobs and Bad Jobs over the Business Cycle: Implications for Inclusive Monetary Policy

19 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Michael Song

CUHK

Brownbag Seminar

Misallocation in China’s Intercity Road Network

25 Mar, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Robert Feenstra

University of California, Davis

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

A Second-Best Argument for Low Optimal Tariffs

26 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Mehmet Caner

North Carolina State University

Econometrics Seminar

Non-Manipulable Machine Learning: The Incentive Compatibility of Lasso

26 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Roland Strausz

Humboldt-Universität Berlin

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Optimal Non-linear Pricing with Data-sensitive Consumers

26 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Junjian Yi

CUHK

Brownbag Seminar

The Largest Insurance Program in History: Saving One Million Lives Per Year in China

30 Mar, 2021 (Tuesday)

10:30

Prof. Yingni Guo

Northwestern University

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Robust Monopoly Regulation

02 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Yimei Zou

Stockholm University

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

TBA

07 Apr, 2021 (Wednesday)

09:00

Prof. Federico Bandi

Johns Hopkins University

Econometrics Seminar

TBA

08 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Nitya Pandalai-Nayar

University of Texas at Austin

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

TBA

08 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

16:30

Prof. Andrew Ellis

London School of Economics and Political Science

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Subjective Causality in Choice

09 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Michal Kolesár

Princeton University

Econometrics Seminar

Robust Empirical Bayes Confidence Intervals

09 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Junjian Yi

CUHK

Brownbag Seminar

The Largest Insurance Program in History: Saving One Million Lives Per Year in China

15 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

16:30

Prof. Kirill Borusyak

University College London

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

TBA

16 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Masao Fukui

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

A Theory of Wage Rigidity and Unemployment Fluctuations with On-the-Job Search

16 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

14:30

Prof. Anton Kolotilin

University of New South Wales

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Assortative Information Disclosure

16 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Dmitry Arkhangelsky

CEMFI

Econometrics Seminar

TBA

21 Apr, 2021 (Wednesday)

09:00

Prof. Guo Zijian

Rutgers University

Econometrics Seminar
TBA

23 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Aislinn Bohren

University of Pennsylvania

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

TBA

29 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Joaquin Blaum

Brown University

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

TBA

30 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Taisuke Nakata

University of Tokyo

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Credible Forward Guidance

30 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

15:00

Prof. Takuro Yamashita

Toulouse School of Economics

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

TBA

30 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Qingliang Fan

CUHK

Brownbag Seminar

The impact of only child peers on classroom social environment and students’ cognitive and noncognitive outcomes

07 May, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Yan Chen

University of Michigan

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

TBA

07 May, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Xavier D’Haultfoeuille

CREST

Econometrics Seminar

TBA

14 May, 2021 (Friday)

10:00

Prof. Jinwoo Kim

Seoul National University

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

TBA

14 May, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Zhentao Shi

CUHK

Brownbag Seminar

TBA

20 May, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Paulo Barelli

University of Rochester

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

TBA

20 May, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Natalia Ramondo

Boston University

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

TBA

27 May, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Pablo Fajgelbaum

Princeton University

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

TBA

11 Jun, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Ji Huang

CUHK

Brownbag Seminar

TBA