The Micro CRC TR 224 Seminar is a weekly gathering where invited scholars present their recent work in the field of microeconomics. The seminar showcases both theoretical and empirical work on a wide range of topics, including industrial organization, international trade, financial economics,  information economics, and mechanism design.

The seminar takes place on Tuesdays in Room S031, L7 3-5, from 1:45 PM to 3:00 PM.
 

Schedule of Seminar Presentations

Current/Upcoming Semester

HWS 2026

DateTimeLocationSpeakerTitleMaterial
Tuesday, September 0813:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Christopher Teh             

Toulouse School of Economics

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Tuesday, September 1513:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Giacomo Calzolari

European University Institute

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Tuesday, September 2213:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Alessandro Bonatti

MIT Sloan

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Tuesday, September 2913:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Yi Zhang

Guanghua School of Management

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Tuesday, October 0613:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Shoshana Vasserman

Stanford GSB

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Tuesday, October 1313:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Vladimir Asriyan

Centre de Recerca en Economica Internacional

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Tuesday, October 2013:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Matthew Mitchell

European University Institute

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Tuesday, October 2713:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Deniz Kattwinkel

University College London

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Tuesday, November 0313:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Gautam Gowrisankaran

Columbia University

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Tuesday, November 1013:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Heski Bar-Isaac

University of Toronto

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Tuesday, November 1713:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Andrew Rhodes

Toulouse School of Economics

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Tuesday, November 2413:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Jan Starmans

Stockholm School of Economics

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Tuesday, December 0113:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Duarte Gonçalves

University College London

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Tuesday, December 0813:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

Léa Bignon

KU Leuven

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Previous Semesters

  • FSS 2026

    DateTimeLocationSpeakerTitleMaterial
    Tuesday, February 2413:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Otto Toivanen                 

    Aalto University

    Competition or Collusion? Entry Decisions in the Swedish Pharmaceutical Market

    PDF

    Tuesday, March 1013:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Alkis Georgiadis-Harris

    University of Warwick

    Perfect Secrecy in the Wild

    PDF

    Tuesday, March 1713:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Ying Fan

    University of Michigan

    Subsidy Design, Price Setting, and Quality Provision: A Study of Medicare Advantage

    PDF

    Tuesday, March 2413:45 – 15:00ZEW,  room Brussels

    Ufuk Akcigit 

    University of Chicago

    Technology Gaps, Competition, and Regional Convergence (joined CRC/MAS Seminar) 
    Tuesday, April 1413:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Brett Hollenbeck

    UCLA Anderson

    Misinformation and Mistrust: The Equilibrium Effects of Fake Reviews on Amazon.Com

    PDF

    Tuesday, April 2113:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Johannes Hörner

    Toulouse School of Economics

    Competition and consumer search (joint with Anna Sanktjohanser and Jim Dana) 

    PDF

    Tuesday, April 2813:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Joao Granja

    University College London

    Regulation and Service Provision in Dynamic Oligopoly: Evidence from Mobile Telecommunications

    PDF

    Tuesday, May 513:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Martino Banchio

    Università Bocconi 

    Dynamic Threats to Credible Auctions

    PDF

    Tuesday, May 1213:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Rahul Deb

    Toronto and Boston College

    Robust Pricing for Cloud Computing

    PDF

    Tuesday, May 2613:45 – 15:00L 7, 3–5, room S031

    Frank Yang

    Harvard University

    Screening Frontiers
     

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