“ 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