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 A/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.
Please email oasis.intlecon@gmail.com to sign up for the OASIS mailing list.
UPCOMING OASIS SEMINAR:
September 10, Time 9:00 AEST (11:00 NZST)
Speaker: Jim Tybout (Penn State University)
Title: Two-sided Search in International Markets (with Jonathan Eaton, David Jinkins, and Daniel Xu)
Abstract:
We develop a dynamic model of international business-to-business transactions featuring two-sided endogenous search, bargaining, and matching. Estimating the model to match key cross-sectional and dynamic patterns in U.S. apparel import data, we find a relative abundance of potential suppliers, and a decline in search costs as firms accumulate more business connections. These forces shape the division of profits between suppliers and buyers and drive their distinct life cycles in international markets. We quantitatively investigate the IT revolution, the 2005 phaseout of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, and Trump’s 2018 tariffs on Chinese apparel. Increasing the access of foreign exporters to the U.S. market can congest matching, dampening or even reversing the gains consumers enjoy from access to extra varieties. On the other hand, lower search costs can significantly improve consumer welfare, intensifying competition among both retailers and their upstream suppliers.
PROGRAM - 2025 - Semester 2
September 10, Time 9:00 AEST (11:00 NZST)
Jim Tybout (Penn State University)
September 24, Time TBD
Lidya Cox (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
October 8, Time TBD
Réka Juhász (University of British Columbia)
October 22, Time TBD
Isabella Manelici (LSE)
November 12, Time TBD
Jonathan Dingel (Columbia University)
August 13, Time 16:30 AEST (18:30 NZST)
Feodora Teti (Princeton University, LMU Munich, Ifo Institute)
Title: Missing Tariffs
August 27, Time 9:00 AEST (11:00 NZST)
Anca Cristea (University of Oregon)
Title: Organized Labor When Things Go South: Unions and the Labor Market Consequences of NAFTA