“Globalldentification, Estimation and inferenceof Structuralimpulse Response Functions inFactor Models: A Unified Framework” Speaker: Prof. Xu HAN Associate Professor Department of Economics and Finance Faculty of Social Sciences City University of Hong Kong Date: 2 December, 2024 (Monday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“Agricultural Trade and Industrial Development” Speaker: Rongxin XU PhD Candidate Department of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences University of Macau Date: 27 November, 2024 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“Navigating Fiscal Fog: Household Expectations in an Uncertain Fiscal Environment” Speaker: Prof. Junjie GUO Associate Professor School of Finance Central University of Finance and Economics Date: 20 November, 2024 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21A-G035

“ Sowing the Seeds of Cooperation: The influence of the DRD4 Exon-III polymorphism and the culture of rice farming on cooperative behaviour in China” Speaker: Prof. Lawrence CHOO Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Macau Date: 13 November, 2024 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G016

“ Entry Threats to Cartels: Accommodation or Deterrence?” Speaker: Prof. Bo CHEN Associate Professor Department of Economics Southern Methodist University Date: 11 November, 2024 (Monday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E22-G015

“ Do Judicial Assignments Matter? Evidence from Random Case Allocation” Speaker: Prof. Christian HELMERS Professor Department of Economics Santa Clara University Date: 7 November, 2024 (Thursday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“Decrypting the Financial and Ecological Effects of Biodiversity Conservation” Speaker: Prof. Yi ZHANG Assistant Professor of Financial Technology Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Date: 6 November, 2024 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“From Design to Disclosure” Speaker: Prof. Kun ZHANG Lecturer School of Economics University of Queensland Date: 30 October, 2024 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“Time-varying Factor Selection: A Sparse Fused GMM Approach” Speaker: Prof. Liyuan CUl Associate Professor Department of Economics and Finance College of Business City University of Hong Kong Date: 23 October, 2024 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“ Characteristic Function-based Factor Modelling of Affine Jump Diffusions Using Options ” Speaker: Prof. Herman Peter BOSWIJK Professor of Financial Econometrics Vice-Dean /Chair Amsterdam School of Economics  University of Amsterdam   Date: 16 October, 2024 (Wed.) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002