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PAST READING GROUPS:
WINTER 2022 Mechanism Design Reading Group
Participants: Dohyung and Hyunjun
01/13/22: Screening
01/20/22: Bayesian mechanism design examples
01/27/22: Bayesian mechanism design examples
02/03/22: Myerson's game theory book chapter 6
02/10/22: Myerson's game theory book chapter 6
02/18/22: Myerson's game theory book chapter 8
FALL 2021 - WINTER 2022 Faculty-Student Micro Theory Reading Group
Participants: Yonsei econ micro theory faculty, and students interested in micro theory
09/30/21: "Relational contracting, negotiation, and external enforcement" by Watson, Miller, and Olsen, presented by Chang-Koo Chi
10/28/21: "How liable should a lender be? the case of judgment-proof firms and environmental risk: comment" by Balkenborg, presented by Jin Yeub Kim
12/09/21: "Monopoly without a monopolist: an economic analysis of the bitcoin payment system" by Huberman, Leshno, and Moallemi, presented by Semin Kim
01/06/22: "Robustly collusion-proof implementation" by Yeon-Koo Che and Jinwoo Kim, presented by Chang-Koo Chi
02/22/22: "Data and market power" by Jan Eekhout and Laura Veldkamp, presented by Sanghyun Kim
FALL 2018 (ECON-996-001: Microeconomics Workshop)
Participants: Aaron, Ashley, Kyle, Muazzam.
SPRING 2018 Contract Theory Reading Group
Participants: Brian, Pedro, Ahmed, Susweta, Diya, Anubrata, Felipe.
01/26/18: Organizational meeting
02/05/18: Mechanism design (Chapter 6 of Myerson) - Ahmed, Brian, Susweta
02/12/18: Mechanism design (Chapter 6 of Myerson) - Pedro, Jin Yeub.
03/05/18: Some classic papers on bargaining solution and different concepts of efficiency - Diya
04/02/18: 4 recent papers on dynamic contracts - everyone.
FALL 2017 (ECON-996-001: Microeconomics Workshop)
Participants: Junpyo Park, Jennifer Bernard, Aaron Scholl, Brian Liston-Clark, Seth Orndorff, Jiaqi Xu, Pedro Queiroz.
SPRING 2017
Participants: Aaron Scholl, Junpyo Park, Salfo Bikienga, Sylvia Mwamba, Shafiun Shimul, Brian Liston-Clark, Seth Orndorff, Wengjing Li, Jennifer Bernard, Charalampos Mavroutsikos.
01/20/17: Salfo presenting JMP
01/27/17: Seth presenting a preliminary work & general discussion session
02/17/17: Wenjing presenting a preliminary work on the determinants of DVD/Blu-Ray sales.
03/03/17: Aaron presenting "an examination of enrollment: where are enrollees enrolling?"
03/17/17: Junpyo presenting "tax filer behavior across income levels" & general discussion session (on writing)
03/30/17: Shafiun presenting "Uneven obstacles for the mid-sized firms and the missing middles in the developing countries" as part of CBA econ department seminar series.
04/14/17: Sylvia presenting "Welfare effects of tax policies"
04/28/17: Jennifer presenting "TBA"
SPRING 2016
Participants: Jennifer Bernard, Salfo Bikienga, Johnny Chuang, Ulmaskhon Kalandarova, Wenjing Li, Sylvia Mwamba, Junpyo Park, Aaron Scholl, Shafiun Shimul, Cuicui Song, Andrew Sorsen.
01/27/16: Organizational meeting
02/03/16:
1. Jenny presenting "An examincation of California's realignment policy and property crime rates" (Salfo/Shafiun - lead discussants).
2. Info on conference presentations.
02/17/16:
1. Junpyo presenting "Crop choice and proximity to ethanol plants" (Salfo - lead discussant).
2. Writing an empirical paper.
03/02/16:
1. Johnny presenting "Air travel fares and the September 11 security charge" (Salfo/Shafiun - lead discussants).
2. How to write a good paper.
03/30/16:
1. Sylvia presenting "Firms' Behavioral Responses to Tax Policies" (Shafiun - lead discussant).
2. Intro on micro theory 3 course.
04/13/16:
1. Shafiun presenting "ACA and its short run effects on medical accessibility, costs, coverage: lesson learned from first two year" (Sylvia - lead discussant).
2. Overview of doing research, writing paper, and preparing for job market.
FALL 2015
Participants: Jennifer Bernard, Salfo Bikienga, Johnny Chuang, Sylvia Mwamba, Junpyo Park, Shafiun Shimul.
09/09/15: Organizational meeting
09/23/15:
1. Finding good research questions and ideas.
2. Discussion (Salfo - lead discussant) on Farboodi, Maryam. 2015. "Intermediation and Voluntary Exposure to Counterparty Risk." working paper.
10/07/15:
1. How to write a good paper.
2. Discussion (Shafiun - lead discussant) on Alesina, Alberto and George-Marios Angeletos. 2005. "Fairness and Redistribution." American Economics Review 95(4): 960-980.
10/21/15:
1. How to actually write a paper. Cochrane, John H. 2005. "Writing Tips for Ph.D. Students."
11/04/15:
1. Building your research agenda.
2. Discussion (Sylvia - lead discussant) on Stigler, George J. 1971. "The Theory of Economic Regulation." Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science 2(1):3-21.
11/11/15:
1. How to prepare for the job market.
12/02/15:
1. An overview of the economics job market (CV)
2. Discussion (Junpyo - lead discussant) on Coase, R.H. 1960. "The Problem of Social Cost." Journal of Law and Economics 3:1-44.
SPRING 2015
Participants: Mazbahul Ahamad, Aaron Bader, Jennifer Bernard, Charalampos Mavroutsikos, Sylvia Mwamba, Junpyo Park, Shafium Shimul, Felipe Silva, Miah Tran, Ryan Vesledahl.
02/19/15: Shafium presenting
Besely, Timothy and Stephen Coate. 2003. "Centralized versus Decentralized Provision of Local Public Goods: A Political Economy Approach." Journal of Public Economics, 87:2611-2637.
03/05/15: Miah presenting
Giannakas, Konstantinos 2012. "Consumer Demand in Vertically Differentiated Markets." Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy, Chapter 9.
03/12/15: Salfo presenting
Farrell, Joseph and Robert Gibbons. 1989. "Cheap Talk with Two Audiences." American Economic Review, 79(5):1214-1213.
04/02/15: Felipe presenting
Dasgupta, Partha and Joseph Stiglitz. 1980. "Uncertainty, Industrial Structure and the Speed of R&D." Bell Journal of Economics, 11(1):1-28.
04/23/15: Junpyo presenting
Jones, Damon. 2012. "Inertia and Overwithholding: Explaining the Prevalence of Income Tax Refunds." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 4(1):158-85
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