IORA Seminar Series

Name of Speaker Mohamed Mostagir Schedule 26 February 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue BIZ1- 0203 Link to Register https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrc--gqj4uE9WGbEbpRoBVA4DGCZes88wN Title A Theory of Ghosting Abstract Ghosting is a phenomenon where communication between two parties abruptly stops after one side becomes deliberately unresponsive. This occurs in a variety of settings, but the term entered the mainstream […]

Name of Speaker Kimon Drakopoulos Schedule 8 March 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue BIZ1- 0206 Link to Register https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scuyqrT4vGtDnHl1AToXlPUExri0y7Suq Title Blockchain Mediated Persuasion Abstract An ex-post informed Sender wishes to persuade a rational Bayesian Receiver to take a desired action, as in the classic Bayesian Persuasion model studied by Kamenica and Gentzkow (2011). However, we […]

Name of Speaker Arnoud den Boer Schedule 11 March 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue BIZ1- 0304 Link to Register   https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrdeytpjgsGtEen4nnptCLRFl85dvfKFvR Title Can price algorithms learn to form a cartel? Abstract Can price algorithms learn to form a cartel instead of compete against each other, potentially leading to higher consumer prices and lower social welfare? […]

  Name of Speaker Zhang Fuqiang Schedule 13 March 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue BIZ1-0307 Link to Register   https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdu2grDItHdZl1LhIH4lgx0-lY42S7eks Title The Bright Side of Price Volatility in Global Commodity Procurement Abstract This paper studies two competing firms’ choices between the contingent-price contract (CPC) and fixed-price contract (FPC) in global commodity procurement. The FPC price […]

  Name of Speaker Zhu Weiming Schedule 19 March 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue BIZ1-0206 Link to Register https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdu-rpzkuHNTHWtUz_oEaagwlXP1_FVHp Title Extracting Efficiency from Chaos: Rider Behavior, Performance and Negative Externality in Dockless Bike Sharing Systems Abstract In recent years, urban bike-sharing systems developed in two main forms: Dock-based systems that rely on fixed location docks […]

  Name of Speaker Sasa Zorc Schedule 22 March 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue BIZ1-0206 Link to Register   https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpce2srDwrHdyCUf-w1Rtdh_3c-YlU9nTz Title Search with Recall and Gaussian Learning Abstract The classic sequential search problem rewards the decision maker with the highest sampled value, minus a cost per sample. If the sampling distribution is unknown, then a […]