Seminar Series

Seminar Series

The SMU School of Economics Seminars are usually held on Wednesdays and Fridays, 4 - 5:30pm unless otherwise indicated.

Microeconomics Seminars are usually held on Thursdays, 4 - 5:30pm.

The seminar schedule is subjected to changes. Please click on the title for the abstract and to register.

All seminars will be held at MR5-1 unless otherwise stated.

If you would like a slot to present, please email Seminar Chair, Associate Professor Christine HO.

AY2025/2026, Term 1

Date

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Title

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Speaker

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Aug 18 (Mon)

1-2.00pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Asian Development Policy Report (ADPR) 2025 Harnessing Digital Transformation for Good

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Donghyun Park & Shu Tian

Asian Development Bank

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Aug 22 (Fri)

4:30-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Market Size and Trade in Medical Services

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jonathan Dingel

Columbia University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Aug 26 (Tue)

4:30-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Educational Sorting in Marriage Across Countries

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jie Ren

Central University of Finance and Economics

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Aug 27 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Insurance Coverage and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Evidence from China’s National Drug Price Negotiation Policy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Chenyuan Liu

Tsinghua University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 1(Mon)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Assortative Matching and Wages: The Role of Selection

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Katarina Borovickova

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 4(Thu)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tight Guarantees for Fair Division: A General Model

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Herve Moulin

University of Glasgow

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 11(Thu)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Measuring Occupational Exposure to AI Technologies in China and Its Impact on Labor Demand

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dandan Zhang

Peking University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 15 (Mon)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A Capital Idea? The Welfare Effects of Relocating Indonesia’s Government to a New City

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Alex Rothenberg

Syracuse University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 17 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Two Inefficiencies of Self-Selection: Evidence from Health Care

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hitoshi Shigeoka

University of Tokyo

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 19 (Fri)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Talent Allocation, Government Brain Drain, and Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Public Sector Hiring Reform

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yuheng Zhao

Renmin University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 24 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Means-Tested Solar Subsidies

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mark Colas

University of Oregon

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 25 (Thu)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Economic Returns to Neonatal Vaccination: Evidence from Taiwan's Universal Hepatitis B Program

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kamhon Kan

Academia Sinica

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 1 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

School Milestones Impact on Child Mental Health in Taiwan

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hui Ding

Fudan University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 2 (Thu)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How Should Central Bank Issue Digital Currency?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gong Fangfang

Singapore Management University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 3 (Fri)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Multimodal Transport Networks

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Woan Foong Wong

University of Oregon

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 8 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quantity-biased technological change

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Philipp Kircher

Cornell University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 9 (Thu)

4-5.00pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Organizational Design in the Knowledge Economy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fei Li

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 10 (Fri)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fitting Dynamically Misspecified Models: An Optimal Transportation Approach

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Zhongjun Qu

Boston University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 13 (Mon)

2-3.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Trade Policy: A Quantitative Analysis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ni Tong

Singapore Management University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 13 (Mon)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Labor Unions and Social Insurance

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hanming Fang

University of Pennsylvania

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 14 (Tue)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Economic Impacts of Rape

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ning Zhang

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 15 (Wed)

 
 
 

 

Blocked for SOE External Academic Review

 
 
 

Oct 16 (Thu)

 
 
 

Oct 17 (Fri)

 
 
 

Oct 24 (Fri)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pamina Koenig

University of Paris I

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 29 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Economic Forecasts Using Many Noises

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Shi Zhentao

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 30 (Thu)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Implications of Labor Market Heterogeneity on Unemployment Insurance Design

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kurt See

National University of Singapore

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 31 (Fri)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Variation and Algorithms in Clinical Decision-Making: Evidence from Urgent Care 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dan Zeltzer

University of California, Berkeley

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nov 4 (Tue)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nianqing Liu

Xiamen University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nov 7 (Fri)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yong Cai

University of Wisconsin, Madison

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nov 12 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Petr Sedlacek

University of New South Wales

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nov 13 (Thu)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nenad Kos

Bocconi University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nov 19 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Johannes Kasinger

Tilburg University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nov 20 (Thu)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Norio Takeoka

Hitotsubashi University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nov 28 (Fri)

3.30-5pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Shengmao Cao

Northwestern University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dec 2 (Tue)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Xincheng Qiu

Peking University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dec 12 (Fri)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wei Xiang

University of Michigan