IORA Seminar Series

ame of Speaker Zi Yang Kang Schedule  6 Aug 2026, 10am – 11.30am  (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue  BIZ1 0204 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/fs48EzhDRsWzBkChYW84dg Title Topping Up and Optimal Redistribution (joint with Mitchell Watt) Abstract  This paper studies how topping up—allowing recipients of in-kind transfers to supplement subsidized consumption in a private market—affects optimal redistribution.  Consumers […]

Name of Speaker Safak Yucel Schedule  12 Aug 2026, 10am – 11.30am  (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue  BIZ2-413C Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/XSWqNnAUScaE9tpYkW5BhQ Title Delivery Terms for Voluntary Carbon Offsets Abstract  In addition to abating their emissions, companies purchase carbon offsets for voluntary decarbonization targets, such as reaching net-zero emissions. A carbon offset represents emissions reduction achieved […]

Name of Speaker Xiao Lei  Schedule  21 Aug 2026, 10am – 11.30am  (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue  HSS-405 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/P408Y8QvSXaLCSZdXPSrtw Title Adaptive Design for In-App Advertising Games: A Data-Driven Methodology Validated with Field Experiments Abstract  Rewarded ads, in which players voluntarily watch videos in exchange for in-game benefits, have become an important monetization format […]

Name of Speaker Maxim Afanasyev Schedule  28 Aug 2026, 10am – 11.30am  (60 min talk + 30 min Q&A) Venue  HSS-405 Link to register (via Zoom) https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/gNT75qF8RbeM66kRmp-lgA Title The Consumer Strikes Back: How Agentic AI Rewrites Market Competition Abstract  Traditional economics often models firms as strategic actors and consumers as relatively passive responders. Agentic AI may reverse this asymmetry. Unlike many […]