Online Australasian Seminar in International Economics (OASIS)
Deakin University, James Cook University, Melbourne University, Monash University, University of Auckland
Online Australasian Seminar in International Economics (OASIS)
Deakin University, James Cook University, Melbourne University, Monash University, University of Auckland
Welcome to the OASIS! OASIS is co-organized by A/Professor Reshad Ahsan, Professor Phillip McCalman, Dr. Krisztina Orbán, Dr. Cong S. Pham, Dr. Maria Ptashkina, A/Professor Laura Puzzello, A/Professor Asha Sundaram, Dr. Haiping Zhang, and Professor Sizhong Sun.
This is a seminar series on international economics-related topics for economists based in Australia and New Zealand and invited international speakers from around the world.
The format of the seminar is a 60-minute talk followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Unless otherwise specified, seminars will take place on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. To convert the AEST or NZST time to your time zone, please click here.
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UPCOMING OASIS SEMINAR:
October 28, Time 18:00 AEDT (20:00 NZDT)
Speaker: Elisa Giannone (CREI)
Title: Landlords in Space: Housing Concentration, Affordability and Welfare
Abstract:
How does the concentration of housing ownership affect housing affordability and welfare? Using Spanish administrative microdata linking households, balance sheets, dwellings, rents, property sales, inheritances, housing use and locations, we show that non-primary urban housing is highly concentrated among high-income and high-wealth households, especially in Madrid and Barcelona. Owners choose not only how much housing to hold, but also whether each unit is rented, kept available, or held for capital gains and option value. Wealthy owners account for a disproportionate share of both rented and available-to-owner units. Among rented units, rent differences by owner income shrink after controlling for dwelling quality and location, while rental yields are lower and capital gains appear higher for high-income owners. These patterns motivate a quantitative housing portfolio model in which ownership concentration changes effective rental supply, equilibrium rents, prices and welfare.
PROGRAM - 2026 - Semester 2
October 28, Time 18:00 AEDT (20:00 NZDT)
Title: Landlords in Space: Housing Concentration, Affordability and Welfare
October 14, Time 10:00 AEDT (12:00 NZDT)
Title: The Interpersonal Transmission of Bias in Expert Judgement: Evidence from International Ski Jumping
September 23, Time 16:00 AEST (18:00 NZST)
Andreas Moxnes (BI Norwegian Business School)
Title: Follow FDI: Production Networks and the Geography of Globalization
September 9, Time 10:00 AEST (12:00 NZST)
Yong Tan (Nanjing University of Finance and Economics)
Title: Information Frictions, Geographic Indication and Washington Apple Effects
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2026 - Semester 1
June 24, Time 10:00 AEST (12:00 NZST)
Sang Min Lee (University of South Carolina)
Title: Tariff Front-Running
June 17, Time 10:00 AEST (12:00 NZST)
Title: Quality Incentives and Upgrading in Uganda’s Coffee Supply Chain
June 10, Time 9:00 AEST (11:00 NZST)
Title: Collective Learning in the Global Semiconductor Industry
May 13, Time 9:00 AEST (11:00 NZST)
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare (UC Berkeley)
Title: Carbon Taxes in the Global Economy: A Quantitative Analysis
April 22, Time 10:00 AEST (12:00 NZST)
Enze Xie (Zhejiang University)
Title: Washing Away the US: Tariff Evasion Under China’s Retaliatory Tariffs
April 8, Time 10:00 AEST (12:00 NZST)
Title: Exclusions for Sale? Tariff Exclusions in the US-China Trade War
March 11, Time 10:00 AEDT (12:00 NZDT)
Alina Mulyukova (Georg-August-University of Göttingen)
Title: Services Liberalization and Product Variety of Manufacturing Firms. Evidence from India
Feburary 25, Time 10:00 AEDT (12:00 NZDT)
Pablo Fajgelbaum (UCLA Economics)
Title: Strategic Trade Infrastructure: Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative