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Department of Economics

Microeconomics Research Seminar Series

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Join us as expert scholars present research from the field of microeconomics

The Microeconomics Research Seminar Series showcases the latest thinking from the field of microeconomics.

The Microeconomics Seminar Series features talks on a wide array of topics including microeconomic theory, industrial organisation, social networks, political economy and behavioural / experimental economics.

These seminars will be presented via Zoom and will be held on Monday afternoons between 4pm and 5pm. This is an open seminar series and all levels of study and members of the public are welcome. In order to gain access to the Zoom meeting and reserve your place, please contact our seminar organisers.

Upcoming seminars

Date	Seminar title and Speaker
03 March 2023	Incentives and Efficiency in Constrained Allocation Mechanisms by David Ahn
06 March 2023	Micro Seminar by Daniel Gottlieb

Previous Seminars in the Microeconomics Series

Autumn 2022

Seminar title and Speaker

Mechanisms without transfers for fully biased agents by Deniz Kattwinkel

DYNMECH seminar:Should the Timing of Inspections be Random? by Jan Knoepfle

Matching and Prices by Alex Teytelboym

DYNMECH seminar:A Quest for Knowledge byJohannes Schneider

Empirical Facts about Normative Values by Julian Jamison

Incentive Complexity, Bounded Rationality and Effort Provision by Johannes Abeler

DYNMECH seminar: Flexibility and Information by Mark Whitmeyer

DYNMECH seminar:Optimal Insurance: Dual Utility, Random Losses and Adverse Selection by Mengxi Zhang

Political Social-learning: short term memory and cycles of polarisation by Gilat Levy

Strategic behaviour with tight, loose and polarised norms by Silvia Sonderegger

Incentives for collective innovation by Gregorio Curello

Weighting Votes: Rule Complexity and Information Aggregation by Aniol Llorente-Sager

DYNMECH seminar:Equitable Allocation of Vaccines in a Supply Network by Battal Dogan

Pricing Novel Goods by Toomas Hinnosaar

Summer 2022

Ever Since Allais by Matthew Polisson
Which Performs Best? Comparing Discrete Choice Models by Geoffroy de Clippel
Delegating Away Strategic Uncertainty: Contracts From the Horse’s Mouth by Costas Cavounidis

Spring 2022

The Timing of Complementary Innovations by Francisco Poggi
A Theory of Banks Balance Sheets by Pierre-Olivier Weill
Strategy-proof and Envy-free Random Assignment by Christian Basteck
Repeated Games with Many Players by Takuo Sugaya
Information Chasing versus Adverse Selection by Chaojun Wang
Screening for Consensus: Delegation with Collective Principals by Vincent Anesi
Agenda-manipulation in ranking by Ludvig Sinander
Seeking Relationship Support: Strategic network formation and robust cooperation by David A. Miller

Autumn 2021

Screening and Information-Sharing Externalities' by Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey
Labor Associations: The Blue Wall of Silence by David Levine
Gambling in Risk-Taking Contests: Experimental Evidence by Matthew Embrey
Dynamic Choice and Common Learning by Ludovic Renou
Market Segmentation through information by Matthew Elliott
Dynamic Asset-Backed Security Design by Emre Ozdenoren

Spring 2021

Intertemporal Salience: Theoretical Foundations and Experimental Evidence by Charles D. Sprenger on Monday 8th March 2021 at 4pm (GMT)
Dynamic Inconsistency in Risky Choice: Evidence from the Lab and Field by Alex Imas on Monday 15th March 2021 at 4pm (GMT)
Social Learning in Groups: An Experimental Study by Marina Agranov on Monday 22nd March 2021 at 4pm (GMT)
Repeated Games with Many Players by Alexander Wolitzky on Monday 29th March 2021 at 4pm (BST)
Panics and Prices by Vijay Krishna on Monday 12th April 2021 at 4pm (BST)
Equitable Voting Rules by Omer Tamuz on Monday 19th April at 4pm (BST)

Autumn 2020

Mental Models and Learning: The Case of Base-Rate Neglect by Sevgi Yuksel on Monday September 28th 2020 at 4pm (BST)
Do Thank You Calls Increase Charitable Giving? Expert Forecasts and Field Experimental Evidence by Anya Samek on Monday 12th October at 4pm (BST)
When Choices Are Mistakes by Kirby Nielsen on Monday 19th October at 4pm (BST)
Strategic Exploration: Pre-emption and Prioritization by Qingmin Liu on Monday 26th October at 4pm (GMT)
Bargaining over Heterogenous Pie with Mechanisms and Incomplete Information by Marcin Peski on Monday 9th November at 4pm (GMT)
Inaccurate Statistical Discrimination: An Identification Problem by Aislinn Bohren on Monday 23rd November at 4pm (GMT)
The Non-Stationary Dynamic Tobit by Laura Doval on Monday 14th December at 4pm (GMT)
Why testing for COVID-19 is crucial: A webinar by Dr Yikai Wang

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Dr Mikhail Freer Department of Economics

University of Essex

Email: m.freer@essex.ac.uk

Dr Daniel Garrett Department of Economics

University of Essex

Email: dg21984@essex.ac.uk

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