“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

“Designing a new market: Civil service jobs selection, assignment and reassignment in Brazil ” Speaker: Prof. Inácio BÓ Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Macau Date: 9 October, 2024 (Wed.) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G016

“A Complexity Hierarchy for Stochastic Choice” Speaker: Prof. Erya YANG Assistant Professor Business School Sun Yat-sen University Date: 11 September, 2024 (Wed.) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“Productive demand, sectoral comovement, and total capacity utilization” Speaker: Prof. Mario Rafael Silva Assistant Professor Department of Economics Hong Kong Baptist University Date: 4 September, 2024 (Wed.) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002

“CAP AND (FRICTIONAL) TRADE vs. CARBON TAX” Speaker: Prof. Kuk Mo Jung Associate Professor School of Economics Sogang University Date: 21 August, 2024 (Wed.) Time: 14:00-15:15 Language: English Venue: E21B-G002