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 14, Time 10:00 AEDT (12:00 NZDT)
Speaker: Davin Chor (Dartmouth)
Title: The Interpersonal Transmission of Bias in Expert Judgement: Evidence from International Ski Jumping
Abstract:
We examine how in-group bias spreads to out-group members in settings where panels exercise expert judgment, even when institutions and rules are designed to limit its impact. Motivated by the empirical context of international ski jumping, we study a model where judges balance in-group (national) favoritism against a cost of misalignment with their co- panelists. We show that: (i) conformity incentives induce transmission of bias to out-group members; (ii) interpersonal transmission makes bias harder for the econometrician to detect, by dispersing it across judges; and (iii) this weakens policies meant to curb the influence of individually-biased evaluators. Our empirical findings confirm compatriot bias and show evidence of transmission; the effect decreases with linguistic distance, suggesting a role for interpersonal communication. We also show how to recover an estimate of the magnitude of bias while accounting for transmission.
PROGRAM - 2026 - Semester 2
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