General Presentations

The following is a list of upcoming events – seminars, conferences, workshops, etc – that are of general interest to New Zealand economists. Most events are organised independent of the NZAE; the NZAE have simply collated the list (see list of organisations and their calendars at bottom of table). Please note:

  1. Invitations to be sought from host organisations
  2. Check details at source before attendance
  3. Additions/Corrections to anthony.byett@xtra.co.nz

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Date Event/Speaker/Time/Venue City
02-May Students' social origins and the unintended consequences of grade inflation
...Dr Alessandro Tampieri, University of Bologna
[12:00] Massey Albany QB7		 Auckland
02-May Strategic Delegation in an Experimental Mixed Duopoly
…Ninghua Du, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
03-May Network interconnection and competition
…Professor Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics
[18:00] Decima Glenn Room, Level 3, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road		 Auckland
03-May tba
…Chia-Ying Chang, Victoria University
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
04-May Farm Profitability and Other Stories
…Phil Journeaux, Agricultural Consultant
[11:00] University of Waikato MSB4.02		 Hamilton
04-May Continuous Mixed Strategy Equilibria in Static and Dynamic Tournaments
…Vladimir Petkov, Victoria University
[12:30] Rutherford House, Level 12 Boardroom, 23 Lambton Quay		 Wellington
04-May IPS: Planning for the Impacts of Marine Commercial Vessels on Marine Ecosystems
…Dr Michael Vincent McGinnis, Associate Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California
[12:30] Government Buildings Lecture Theatre Four		 Wellington
04-May Vertical integration, information and foreclosure
…Professor Patrick Rey, Toulouse School of Economics
[15:00] Room 217, Level 2, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road		 Auckland
07-May LEANZ Seminar: The Productivity Commission’s Housing Affordability Inquiry
…Murray Sherwin, Productivity Commission
[17:15] Russell McVeagh, Level 30, Vero Centre, 48 Shortland St		 Auckland
07-May LEANZ Seminar: Law and economics – divided by a common language
…Tim Smith, Chapman Tripp
[17:30] Chapman Tripp, 10 Customhouse Quay		 Wellington
08-May Payment on Performance: A Policymaker’s Bumper Sticker
…Gary L Sturgess, ANZSOG Chair of Public Service Delivery, University of NSW
[15:00] Level 5, The Treasury, 1 The Terrace		 Wellington
09-May MOTU Seminar: Improving the Quality of Housing: How Public Policy can Promote Multiple Benefits
…Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman, University of Otago and Dr Arthur Grimes, Motu
[12:30] Spectrum Theatre, BP House, 20 Customhouse Quay		 Wellington
09-May IPS: Green Growth or greening growth?
…Phil O’Reilly, Chief Executive of Business NZ
[12:30] Government Buildings Lecture Theatre One		 Wellington
09-May Where do Hedge Fund Managers Come from? Past Employment Experience and Managerial Performance
…Jerry Parwada, UNSW
[12:30] SST3.23, Massey University		 Palmerston North
09-May IPANZ: CCOs: An Overview
…Peter McKinlay, Gary Swift, Jaine Lovell-Gadd, Susan Paterson.
[16:00] PWC, PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower, 188 Quay Street 		Auckland
10-May MOTU Seminar: Improving the Quality of Housing: How Public Policy can Promote Multiple Benefits
…Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman, University of Otago and Dr Arthur Grimes, Motu
[12:30] Women’s federation room, Old Government House, cnr Princes Street and Waterloo Quay		 Auckland
10-May Sovereign credit rating and growth volatility
…Gazi Hassan, Waikato University
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
11-May IPS: Better Public Services: From Practice to Theory – and back again
…Bill Ryan, Associate Professor, School of Government, Victoria University
[12:30] Railway Building, West Wing, Level 5, Room RW501		 Wellington
11-May Simulating distributions of competitive balance measures in sports leagues
…Dorian Owen, University of Otago
[15:00] Otago CO. 520		 Dunedin
11-May tba
…David Fielding, University of Otago
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
14-May Managing catastrophe: An economist and a lawyer give insights into topical issues arising from the Canterbury earthquakes
…Professor Paul Fenn, The University of Nottingham Business School and Professor Robert Merkin, University of Southhampton
[16:00] Case Room 1, Level 0, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road		 Auckland
15-May Small countries in the global economy: thoughts on New Zealand
…David Skilling
[13:30] Level 5, The Treasury, 1 The Terrace		 Wellington
16-May Assessing socio-economic position through occupation: An update of the New Zealand Socioeconomic Index (NZSEI)
…Dr Barry Milne, COMPASS
[11:00] Room 901, Level 9, Human Sciences Building		 Auckland
16-May IPANZ: 2012 Harkness Report-Back
…Dr Robyn Whittaker, University of Auckland’s National Institute for Health Innovation
[12:00] Nau Mai Room, Te Puni Kōkiri House, 143 Lambton Quay		 Wellington
16-May tba
…Professor John Panzar, University of Auckland & Northwestern University
[12:00] Massey Albany QB7		 Auckland
18-May tba
…Sholeh Maani, University of Auckland
[15:00] Otago CO. 520		 Dunedin
18-May Fee-Setting Intermediaries: On Real Estate Agents, Stockbrokers, and Auction Houses
…Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne
[16:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
18-May US bond markets and credit spreads during the Great Depression
…Toby Daglish, Victoria University of Wellington
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
23-May tba
…Dr John Tang, Australian National University
[12:00] Massey Albany QB8		 Auckland
23-May The impact of past experiences culture, values, attitudes and beliefs on intergenerational transfer of financial literacy
…Bob Lissington, Massey University
[12:30] SST3.23, Massey University		 Palmerston North
24-May The international financial system in the age of complexity
…Professor Anthony Endres, University of Auckland
[18:00] OGGB5, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road		 Auckland
25-May tba
…Roger Stover, Iowa State University
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
25-May tba
…Dr John Tang, Australian National University
[15:00] Otago CO. 520		 Dunedin
30-May Kiwisaver member behaviour: A quantitative analysis
…Claire Matthews, Massey
[12:30] SST3.23, Massey University		 Palmerston North
01-Jun tba
…Roee Teper, University of Pittsburgh
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
06-Jun tba
…Jing Chi
[12:30] GLB3.09, Massey University		 Palmerston North
10-Jun International Council of Small Business 2012 57th World Conference (10-13th)
…Various
[10:00] Michael Fowler Centre		 Wellington
13-Jun tba
…Brandon Chen, VUW
[12:30] GLB3.09, Massey University		 Palmerston North
14-Jun International Council of Small Business 2012 Public Agencies Forum
…Various
[08:30] Michael Fowler Centre		 Wellington
15-Jun tba
…Professor Miles Livingston, University of Florida
[12:00] Massey Albany QB8		 Auckland
21-Jun tba
…Denny Lie, University of Sydney
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
26-Jun Forecasting oil prices and forecast scenarios
…Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
09-Jul tba
…Dr Marco van der Leij, University of Amsterdam
[12:00] Massey Albany TBC		 Auckland
13-Jul tba
…Mark Holmes, University of Waikato
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
18-Jul Interaction Effects in Econometrics
…Hatice Ozer Balli
[12:30] GLB3.09, Massey University		 Palmerston North
19-Jul tba
…Efrem Castelnuovo, University of Padova
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
20-Jul tba
…Simon Gaechter, University of Nottingham
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
25-Jul tba
…Professor Eliza Wu, University of Technology, Sydney
[12:30] GLB3.09, Massey University		 Palmerston North
25-Jul tba
…Maria Garcia de la Vega, University of Nottingham
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
26-Jul tba
…Prof. Chu Zhang, HKUST
[12:30] BSC1.06, Massey University		 Palmerston North
26-Jul tba
…Mardi Dungey, University of Tasmania
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
27-Jul tba
…Professor Eliza Wu, University of Technology, Sydney
[12:00] Massey Albany QB8		 Auckland
27-Jul tba
…John Nofsinger, Washington State University
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
01-Aug tba
…Prof. Allaudeen Hameed, NUS
[12:30] GLB3.09, Massey University		 Palmerston North
01-Aug tba
…Jason Shachat, Xiamen University
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
03-Aug tba
…Steven Stillman, University of Otago
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
09-Aug IPANZ Conference (9-10th)
…various
[00:00] Macs Function Centre		 Wellington
10-Aug tba
…Professor Wang Ko, University of New York
[12:00] Massey Albany QB8		 Auckland
10-Aug tba
…Ronald Oaxaca, University of Arizona
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
14-Aug Workshop
…Professor Wang Ko, University of New York
[12:30] BSC1.06, Massey University		 Palmerston North
15-Aug tba
…Professor Wang Ko, University of New York
[12:30] GLB3.09, Massey University		 Palmerston North
16-Aug tba
…Richard Dennis, Australian National University
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
17-Aug tba
…John Gibson, University of Waikato
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
29-Aug Cultural Determinants of the Cross-Listing Decision
…Olga Dodd, AUT
[12:30] GLB3.09, Massey University		 Palmerston North
30-Aug NZ Agricultural and Resource Economics Society conference 2012 (30-31st)
…Various
[00:00] Tahuna Conference Centre, Nelson		 Other
06-Sep Liquidity measurement and commonality in commodities
…Ben Marshall, Massey University
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
14-Sep tba
…Alfred Gunder, University of Canterbury
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
20-Sep The liquidity effects of monetary policy on asset prices
…Nicolas Jacquet, University of Adelaide
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
21-Sep The Geographic Origin of Order Flow and Price Discovery
…Alex Frino (University of Sydney) and Robert Webb (University of Virginia and KAIST Business School)
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
27-Sep tba
…Tara Sinclair, George Washington University
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
12-Oct tba
…Henk Berkman, University of Auckland
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
18-Oct tba
…Daryna Grechyna, The University of Auckland
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
26-Oct tba
…Rachel Webb, University of Canterbury
[15:00] Canterbury, KH01 (Kirkwood Village)		 Christchurch
15-Nov tba
…Tim Kam, Australian National University
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
17-Nov USM-AUT Conference: Sustainable Economic Development (17-18th)
…Various
[00:00] Bayview Beach Resort, Batu Ferringhi, Penang, Malaysia		 Other
27-Nov Macroeconomic modelling with VARs (part I – II, 27-28th)
…Adrian Pagan, University of Sydney
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
29-Nov tba
…Aarti Singh, University of Sydney
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
03-Dec Macroeconomic modelling with VARs (part III)
…Adrian Pagan, University of Sydney
[00:00] RBNZ		 Wellington
19-Dec 2012 Auckland Finance Meeting (19-21st)
…KEYNOTE: Prof. Terrance Odean, Rudd Family Foundation Professor of Finance, University of California
[00:00] AUT Business School		 Auckland

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