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:
November 12, Time 10:00 AEDT (8:00 NZDT)
Speaker: Jonathan Dingel (Columbia University)
Title: Market Size and Trade in Medical Services
(with Joshua D. Gottlieb, Maya Lozinski, Pauline Mourot)
Abstract:
We uncover substantial interregional trade in medical services and investigate whether regional increasing returns explain it. In Medicare data, one-fifth of production involves a doctor treating a patient from another region. Larger regions produce greater quantity, quality, and variety of medical services, which they “export” to patients from elsewhere, especially smaller regions. We show that these patterns reflect scale economies: greater demand enables larger regions to improve quality, so they attract patients from elsewhere. Despite concerns about rural access, larger regions have higher marginal returns to spending. We study counterfactual policies that would lower travel costs rather than relocating production.
PROGRAM - 2025 - Semester 2
November 12, Time 10 AEDT (8:00 NZDT)
Jonathan Dingel (Columbia University)
November 26, Time TBD
Anais Galdin (Dartmouth College)
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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
September 10, Time 9:00 AEST (11:00 NZST)
Jim Tybout (Penn State University)
Title: Two-sided Search in International Markets
September 24, Time 9:00 AEST (11:00 NZST)
Lidya Cox (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Title: The Macroeconomic Effects of the Buy American Act (with Miguel Acosta)
October 22, Time 18:00 AEDT (20:00 NZDT)
Isabella Manelici (LSE)
Title: The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions (with Mauricio Ulate, Jose P. Vasquez and Roman David Zarate)