The QSMS Research Group organises research seminars on a regular basis with presentations by top researchers at an international level.
The seminars take place at room A406 in Building Q, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest. At the seminars sandwiches are provided. Please help the organisers by registering in advance. Registration is free.
- 15/16-11-2018. 9th Annual Financial Market Liquidity Conference
- 24-10-2018. QSMS seminar: Oskar Skibski (Warsaw University): TBA
- 26-09-2018. QSMS seminar: P. Jean-Jacques Herings (Maastricht University): Equilibrium and Matching under Price Controls. The full paper is available at Journal of Economic Theory 77: 222-244,
December 6: Myrto Kasioumi (QSMS Seminar)
Myrto Kasioumi (QSMS) will present “The Environmental Kuznets Curve Projections under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways: A study of future trajectories” on December 6th, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in room QA406. Abstract: The relationship between economic growth and environmental quality, specifically air pollution, has been extensively studied. However, the future dynamics of this relationship are yet to … Continue reading “December 6: Myrto Kasioumi (QSMS Seminar)”
November 29: Luca Sandrini (ZEW)
Luca Sandrini will present “Endogenous Peer Based Discrimination” (with Roberto Rozzi) on November 29th, 2024, at 11:00 AM, in room QA323. Abstract: The paper presented in this ZEW Research Seminar considers a dynamic labor market where employers can either be conformist or rational. There are two types of workers. Employers only observe each worker’s type … Continue reading “November 29: Luca Sandrini (ZEW)”
November 15: Christopher Stapenhurst (QSMS Seminar)
Christopher Stapenhurst (QSMS) will present “Red and Gold (with Andrew Clausen and John Moore)” on November 15th, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in room QA406. Abstract: Clausen and Stapenhurst (2024) obtain a lower bound on the cost of the optimal static, bribe-proof mechanism. But what about dynamic mechanisms? We propose a mechanism called “Red and Gold” that … Continue reading “November 15: Christopher Stapenhurst (QSMS Seminar)”
November 22: Noé Ciet (QSMS Seminar)
Noé Ciet (QSMS) will present “Bailout Policies when Banks Compete with Switching Costs (with Marianne Verdier)” on November 22nd, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in room QA406. Abstract: We analyze the effects of bailout policies on borrower surplus in a two-period Hotelling model of competition with switching costs and poaching. Before the second period of competition, … Continue reading “November 22: Noé Ciet (QSMS Seminar)”
November 11: Daniel Rehsmann (QSMS Seminar)
Daniel Rehsmann (University of Vienna) will present “Choose Your Auction: Mechanism Design for a Bidder” (with Dmitriy Knyazev)” on November 11th, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in room QA406. Abstract: This study discusses the maximization of a bidder’s utility in auctions by leveraging the information about a bidder’s value to formulate the auction’s rules. To make the … Continue reading “November 11: Daniel Rehsmann (QSMS Seminar)”
October 7: Márton Benedek (QSMS Seminar)
Márton Benedek (KRTK, Corvinus University) will present “Computing the nucleolus of cooperative games” on October 7th, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in room QA406. Abstract: The nucleolus offers a desirable payoff-sharing solution in cooperative games, thanks to its attractive properties—it always exists and lies in the core (if the core is nonempty), and it is unique. The … Continue reading “October 7: Márton Benedek (QSMS Seminar)”
October 4: Toygar T. Kerman (QSMS Seminar)
Toygar Kerman (Corvinus University) will present “Nested Self-Selectivity” (with Semih Koray, Bilkent University) on October 4th, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in room QA406. Abstract: A society that will make a choice from a set of alternatives might also need to choose the choice rule that will be employed to make the choice. In such a … Continue reading “October 4: Toygar T. Kerman (QSMS Seminar)”
June 12: Alexander Usvitskiy (QSMS Seminar)
Alexander Usvitskiy (HSE University) will present the paper “Support Networks in Contests ” (with Anastasia Antsygina, Mariya Teteryatnikova, James Tremewan) on June 12th, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in room QA406. Abstract: Many real-life competitive environments allow for a third party to be indirectly involved in the competition through supporting one or both conflicting parties. Such … Continue reading “June 12: Alexander Usvitskiy (QSMS Seminar)”
June 10: Boris Knapp (QSMS Seminar)
Boris Knapp (Corvinus University of Budapest) will present the paper “Price Discrimination via Waiting Lists” on June 10th, 2024, at 10:30 AM, in room QA406. Abstract: Several markets, in particular some for luxury products, exhibit long periods of excess demand. In the short run, prices below the market clearing price can be explained by demand … Continue reading “June 10: Boris Knapp (QSMS Seminar)”
June 5: Leonardo Madio (QSMS Seminar)
Leonardo Madio (University of Padova) will present the paper “Design and Governance of Quality on a Digital Platform” on June 5th, 2024, at 3:00 PM, in room QA406. Abstract: This paper studies the incentives of a platform to curate quality of third- party products it hosts. There are two types of sellers. “Normal sellers” have … Continue reading “June 5: Leonardo Madio (QSMS Seminar)”