Economics and Finance Seminar Series

Overview

The School of Economics and the Department of Finance run a number of regular internal and external seminars and workshops during semester periods. Weekly presentations feature a range of topics and concerns.

These public seminars and workshops are free to members of La Trobe and the public. They are invaluable for students, academic staff and researchers alike.

The presenters are from La Trobe, the private sector and other academic institutions.

For more information please contact seminar coordinators:

Dr Jing Zhao
Lecturer in Finance
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
La Trobe Business School
Department of Finance
Melbourne (Bundoora)
T: +61 3 9479 3120
E: j.zhao@latrobe.edu.au
Dr David Walker
Associate Lecturer in Economics
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
School of Economics
Melbourne (City)
T: +61 3 9479 2674
E: d.walker@latrobe.edu.au

Please click below for upcoming seminar programs. 

 

School of Economics, Department of Finance External Seminar Series – Semester 1

Date/ Location Speaker Topic
12pm,
Friday 1 March
Economics LT
Professor Ronald Masulis
University of New South Wales
Board Structure and Monitoring: New Evidence from CEO Turnovers 
12pm,
Friday 8 March
MAR 141
Professor Robert Durand
Curtin University
The Behavioral Basis of Sell-Side Analysts Herding
1pm,
Thursday 14 March Glenn College Lecture Theatre
Dr Timothy Moore George Washington University
Disability Insurance Receipts and Changes in Health and Human Capital
12pm,
Friday 15 March
MAR 141
Dr Leslie Martin
The University of Melbourne
The Impact of India's power cuts on energy efficiency in manufacturing
12pm,
Friday 22 March
MAR 141
Dr Joakim Westerholm
The University of Sydney
High Frequency Trading and Market Volatility in an Environment of Technological Innovation
4pm,
Thursday 28 March
DWB 222
Professor S. Ghon Rhee
University of Hawaii
Too Good to Ignore? A Primer on Listed Penny Stocks
12pm,
Friday 12 April
MAR 141
Dr Marco Navone
University of Technology Sydney
TBA (Finance)
12pm,
Friday 19 April
MAR 141
Professor Nejat Anbarci
Deakin University
TBA (Economics)
12pm,
Thursday 25 April
MAR 241
Professor Øyvind Norli
BI Norwegian BusinessSchool
TBA (Finance)
12pm,
Friday 26 April
MAR 141
Dr Bohui Zhang
University of New South Wales
TBA (Finance)
12pm
Friday 3 May
MAR 141
Professor Peter Robertson
University of Western Australia
Growth and the Bright City Lights: Convergence and Divergence in India
12pm
Friday 10 May
MAR 141
Honours presentations
12pm
Friday 10 May
MAR 141
               
Dr. Doowon Lee
Newcastle Business School
The University of Newcastle
TBA (Finance)
1pm,
Thursday 16 May
Glenn College
Lecture Theatre
Professor Bettina Klaus
University of Lausanne
Strategy-Proofness Makes the Difference: Deferred-Acceptance with Responsive
Priorities
12pm,
Friday 17 May
MAR 141
Dr Neal Galpin
The University of Melbourne
TBA (Finance)
12pm,
Friday 24 May
MAR 141
Professor Simon Grant
University of Queensland
Bounded awareness, heuristics and the Precautionary Principle?
12pm,
Friday 31 May
MAR 141
Professor Francis In
Monash University
TBA (Finance)
12pm,
Friday 7 June
MAR 141
Professor Jeff Sheen
Macquarie University
TBA (Economics)
12pm,
Friday 14 June
MAR 141
TBA TBA (Economics)

School of Economics Internal Seminar Program – Semester 1

 
All of these seminars will be held from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm in the Glenn College Lecture Theatre. Note that TBA means 'to be announced' and TBC means 'to be confirmed'.  

Teaching Week

Date

Speaker

Topic

0-week

(Out-of Session Seminar)

28 February

Dr David Prentice

Was the great migration delayed by outlawing emigrant agents?

(Joint with Ms Khayen Prentice and Dr Lazslo Konya.)

2

14 March

Dr Tim Moore
George Washington University, USA (TBC)

Disability Insurance Receipt and Changes in Health and Human Capital.

3

21 March

Dr Lazslo Konya

Does Ricardian Equivalence Hold in Australia? A Revision Based on Testing for Super Exogeneity.

(Joint work with Dr Bekzod Abdullaev.)

4

28 March

Vacant

 TBA

5

11 April

Vacant

 TBA

6

18 April

Dr Damien Eldridge

A Learning Theory of Referrals

7

25 April

ANZAC Day

Public Holiday: No Seminar

8

2 May

Dr Trevor Kollman

TBA

9

9 May

Dr Buly Cardak

TBA

10

16 May

Dr Bettina Klause
The University of Lausanne, Switzerland

(Joint with Dr Lars Ehlers from the University of Montreal in Canada)

Strategy proofness makes the difference: Deferred-acceptance with responsive priorities 


11

23 May

Prof Joanna Poyago-Theotoky

TBA

12

30 May

Mr Anthony Paul Rossiter
PhD Student

TBA

13

6 June

Dr Liam Lenten

(Joint with Dr Niven Winchester from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA) 

Bilateral Behavioural Incentives in a Near Pareto-Improvement Framework: Evidence from the ‘Field’


Study-Vacation

(Out of Session Seminar)

13 June

Ms Wahida Ahmad
PhD student

TBA