Name of Speaker Kai Hoberg Schedule 16 February 2024, 10am – 11.30am Venue I4-01-03 Seminar Room Link to Register https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuceusrjouE9P7Pu7BAYbWh7quOmNJ-xcw Title Using (inaccurate) data to drive better supply chain decision making Abstract More and more data is available to improve supply chain decision making but it needs to be carefully applied considering human limitations. Against this […]

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 […]