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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Woan Foong Wong

University of Oregon

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 8 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quantity-biased technological change

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Philipp Kircher

Cornell University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 9 (Thu)

3:30-5.00pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Organizational Design in the Knowledge Economy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fei Li

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 10 (Fri)

4.15-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fitting Dynamically Misspecified Models: An Optimal Transportation Approach

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Zhongjun Qu

Boston University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oct 13 (Mon)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TBC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 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 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 26 (Wed)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Trade Policy: A Quantitative Analysis

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ni Tong

Singapore Management University

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nov 28 (Fri)

4-5.30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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