Date Time Speaker Venue Event Registration

04 Jan, 2021 (Monday)

09:30

Ms. Qi Wu, Cornell University

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Optimal Queue Design

18 Jan, 2021 (Monday)

09:00

Prof. Eyal Winter, Hebrew University & Lancaster University

Zoom

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

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Imperfect Macroeconomic Expectations: Evidence and Theory

29 Jan, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Utku Unver, Boston College

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Robust Merging of Information

19 Feb, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Jean-Paul L'Huillier, Brandeis University

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Diagnostic Expectations and Macroeconomic Volatility

26 Feb, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Philipp Strack, Yale University

Zoom

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

Zoom

(Pre-graduation seminar)

Three Essays on Industrial Policy, Regional Trade and Chinese Economy

05 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Ernest Liu, Princeton University

Zoom

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

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Supply Network Formation and Fragility

11 Mar, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Daniel Xu, Duke University

Zoom

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

Zoom

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

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Communication with Endogenous Deception Costs

17 Mar, 2021 (Wednesday)

16:30

Prof. Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Are Trade Agreements Good for You?

18 Mar, 2021 (Thursday)

10:00

Prof. Ben Brooks, University of Chicago

Zoom

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

Zoom

Econometrics Seminar

Test Assets and Weak Factors

19 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Miss Chaewon Baek, University of California, Berkeley

Zoom

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

Zoom

Brownbag Seminar

Misallocation in China’s Intercity Road Network

25 Mar, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Robert Feenstra, University of California, Davis

Zoom

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

Zoom

Econometrics Seminar

Non-Manipulable Machine Learning: The Incentive Compatibility of Lasso

26 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Roland Strausz, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Optimal Non-linear Pricing with Data-sensitive Consumers

26 Mar, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Junjian Yi, CUHK

Zoom

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

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Robust Monopoly Regulation

02 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Yimei Zou, Stockholm University

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Endogenous Input-Output Linkages and Structural Changes

07 Apr, 2021 (Wednesday)

09:00

Prof. Federico Bandi, Johns Hopkins University

Zoom

Econometrics Seminar

Structural Stochastic Volatility

08 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Globalization, Structural Change and International Comovement

08 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

16:30

Dr. Andrew Ellis, London School of Economics and Political Science

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Subjective Causality in Choice

09 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Michal Kolesár, Princeton University

Zoom

Econometrics Seminar

Robust Empirical Bayes Confidence Intervals

15 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

10:00

Prof. Jacopo Ponticelli, Northwestern University

Zoom

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

Going Bankrupt in China

15 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

16:30

Prof. Kirill Borusyak, University College London

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

The Distributional Effects of Trade: Theory and Evidence from the United States

16 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Mr. Masao Fukui, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Zoom

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

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Assortative Information Disclosure

16 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

15:00

Prof. Dmitry Arkhangelsky, CEMFI

Zoom

Econometrics Seminar

On Policy Evaluation with Aggregate Time-Series Shocks

21 Apr, 2021 (Wednesday)

09:00

Prof. Guo Zijian, Rutgers University

Zoom

Econometrics Seminar
Post-selection Problem for Causal Inference with Invalid Instruments: A Solution Using Searching and Sampling

29 Apr, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Joaquin Blaum, Brown University

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Global Firms in Large Devaluations

30 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Taisuke Nakata, University of Tokyo

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Credible Forward Guidance

30 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

15:00

Prof. Takuro Yamashita, Toulouse School of Economics

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Robust Prediction in Games with Uncertain Parameters

30 Apr, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Qingliang Fan, CUHK

Zoom

Brownbag Seminar

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

06 May, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Chen Liu, National University of Singapore

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Multi-dimensional Skills and Partial Specialization

07 May, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Yan Chen, University of Michigan

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Virtual Teams in a Gig Economy

07 May, 2021 (Friday)

14:30

Ms. Yiran Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Zoom

(Pre-graduation seminar)

Three Essays in Innovation, Economic Growth and Chinese Economy

07 May, 2021 (Friday)

15:00

Prof. Xavier D’Haultfoeuille, CREST-ENSAE

Zoom

Econometrics Seminar

Identification and Estimation of Average Marginal Effects in Fixed Effect Logit Models

14 May, 2021 (Friday)

10:00

Prof. Jinwoo Kim, Seoul National University

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Weak Monotone Comparative Statics

14 May, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Chen Lian, University of California, Berkeley

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Determinacy without the Taylor Principle

14 May, 2021 (Friday)

15:00

Prof. Jia Li, Duke University

Zoom

Econometrics Seminar

Fixed-k Inference for Volatility

14 May, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Guo Naijia, CUHK

Zoom

Brownbag Seminar

Altruistic or Exchange Motive? Evidence on the Effect of Children’s Health Shocks on Intra-household Resource Allocation

20 May, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Paulo Barelli, University of Rochester

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Large Auctions

20 May, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Natalia Ramondo, Boston University

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Trade with Correlation

21 May, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Zhentao Shi, CUHK

Zoom

Brownbag Seminar

Unfolding Beijing in a Hedonic Way

27 May, 2021 (Thursday)

08:45

Prof. Pablo Fajgelbaum, Princeton University

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Trade War and Global Reallocation

28 May, 2021 (Friday)

09:00

Prof. Aislinn Bohren, University of Pennsylvania

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Inaccurate Statistical Discrimination: An Identification Problem

28 May, 2021 (Friday)

10:00

Mr. Xiaoyang Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Zoom

(Pre-graduation seminar)

Three essays on FinTech

28 May, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Chris Edmond, University of Melbourne

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Unbundling Labor

28 May, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Ji Huang, CUHK

Zoom

Brownbag Seminar

The Liquidity Provision of E-Commerce Conglomerates

 

28 May, 2021 (Friday)

16:30

Mr. Kang Zhou, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Zoom

(Pre-graduation seminar)

Three Essays on Labor and Development in China

01 Jun, 2021 (Tuesday)

16:30

Ms. Lin Lin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Zoom

(Pre-graduation seminar)

Three Empirical Essays on Labor Economics with Applications to China

04 Jun, 2021 (Friday)

10:00

Prof. Annie Liang, Northwestern University

Zoom

CUHK-HKU-HKUST Joint Theory Seminar

Data and Incentives

04 Jun, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Peng Zhang, CUHK, Shenzhen

Zoom

Brownbag Seminar

Gender Differences in Reactions to Failure in High-Stakes Competition: Evidence from the National College Entrance Exam Retakes

05 - 07 Jun, 2021
(Saturday - Monday)

Various speakers

Zoom

2nd China Star Tour

11 Jun, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Yang K. Lu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

Managing Expectations in the New Keynesian Model

17 Jun, 2021 (Thursday)

10:00

Prof. Jun Pan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Zoom

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

Fintech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking

25 Jun, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Woong Young Park, Seoul National University

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

The Cross-Sectional Distribution of Price Stickiness and Inflation Stability

01 Jul, 2021 (Thursday)

10:00

Prof. Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore

Zoom

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

Digital Payments and Consumption: Evidence from the 2016 Demonetization in India

09 Jul, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Prof. Linke Zhu, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics

Zoom

Brownbag Seminar

Quality Information Asymmetry, Reputation Advantage of Multinationals and Exports

15 Jul, 2021 (Thursday)

10:00

Prof. Tianyue Ruan, National University of Singapore

Zoom

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

Hidden Non-Performing Loans in China

16 Jul, 2021 (Friday)

16:00

Ms. Shujie Wu, CUHK

Zoom

Brownbag Seminar

FIEs and the Transmission of Global Financial Uncertainty: Evidence from China

20 Jul, 2021 (Tuesday)

20:00

Tong Zhang; Yan Bai

Online

Workshop on Leverage and Default

22 Jul, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Ernest Liu, Princeton University

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Sufficient Statistics for Dynamic Spatial Economics

23 Jul, 2021 (Friday)

11:15

Prof. Bruce Preston, University of Melbourne

Zoom

VEAMS-Virtual East Asia Macroeconomics Seminar Series

​Forward Guidance with Unanchored Expectations

29 Jul, 2021 (Thursday)

10:00

Prof. Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania

Zoom

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

Determinants of Repo Haircut: Counter-party Risk and Collateral Risk

12 Aug, 2021 (Thursday)

11:00

Ernest Liu, Princeton University

Online

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China

19 Aug, 2021 (Thursday)

09:00

Prof. Joao Paulo Pessoa, Sao Paulo School of Economics

Zoom

Hong Kong Trade Seminar

Globalization, Trade Imbalances and Labor Market Adjustment

25 - 27 Aug, 2021
(Wednesday - Friday)

Various speakers

Online

14th China Economics Summer Institute

26 Aug, 2021 (Thursday)

10:00

Prof. Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago

Zoom

Webinar Series - Capital Market Development: China and Asia

Special Deals from Special Investors: The Rise of State-Connected Private Owners in China