“Too Much But Never Enough: Administrative Capacity and Backlashes to State-building in Medieval Japan” Speaker: Prof. Weiwen YIN Assistant Professor Department of Government and Public Administration University of Macau Date: 24 September, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“A High-Frequency Measure of Chinese Monetary Policy Shocks” Speaker: Prof. Dun JIA Assistant Professor Peking University HSBC Business School Date: 17 September, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“EU for the Lab” Speaker: Dr. Chi Chong LEONG UM Macao Fellow Department of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences Date: 10 September, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G016

“Patent Financing, R&D Investment and TFP Dynamics” Speaker: Prof. Zhiyuan CHEN Assistant Professor School of Business Renmin University of China Date: 3 September, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 11:00-12:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“Bottom-Up Institutional Change and Growth in China” Speaker: Prof. Xiaodong ZHU Chair Professor of Economics Faculty of Business and Economics University of Hong Kong Date: 27 August, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G016

“Academic Freedom and Creativity: An Empirical Investigation” Speaker: Prof. Di SIMA Assistant Professor Institute of Economics and Finance Nanjing Audit University, China Date: 20 August, 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G016