Econometric Society Winter School in Dynamic Structural Econometrics HKU

December 10, 2025
Time	Location	Event
08:00 to 08:30		Introduction/registration
08:30 to 09:25	CPD 3.04	Chao Fu "Equity-Efficiency Implications of Output-Based College Resource Allocation"
09:25 to 09:40		Coffee Break
09:40 to 11:10		Parallel Sessions
11:10 to 11:25		Coffee Break
11:25 to 12:55		Parallel Sessions
12:55 to 13:40		Lunch
13:40 to 15:10		Parallel Sessions
15:10 to 15:25		Coffee Break
15:25 to 16:55		Parallel Sessions
16:55 to 17:10		Coffee Break
17:10 to 18:05	CPD 3.04	Whitney Newey "Conditional Influence Functions"
December 11, 2025
Time	Location	Event
08:30 to 09:25	CPD 3.04	Hanming Fang "Housing Privatization as Intergenerational Redistribution"
09:25 to 09:40		Coffee Break
09:40 to 11:10		Parallel Sessions
11:10 to 11:25		Coffee Break
11:25 to 12:55		Parallel Sessions
12:55 to 13:40		Lunch
13:40 to 15:10		Parallel Sessions
15:10 to 15:25		Coffee Break
15:25 to 16:55		Parallel Sessions
16:55 to 17:10		Coffee Break
17:10 to 18:05	CPD 3.04	Marc Rysman "Investment and Usage of the Subsea Internet Cable Network"

Summary of All Sessions
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#	Date/Time	Title/Location	Papers
1	December 10, 2025 9:40-11:10	Topics in IO #1     Location: CPD 2.58	3
2	December 10, 2025 9:40-11:10	Economics of Education     Location: CPD 3.29	3
3	December 10, 2025 10:00-11:00	test     Location: CPD 3.04	0
4	December 10, 2025 11:25-12:55	Topics in IO #2     Location: CPD 2.58	3
5	December 10, 2025 11:25-12:55	Conditional Cash Transfers     Location: CPD 3.29	3
6	December 10, 2025 13:40-15:10	New Methods #1     Location: CPD 2.58	3
7	December 10, 2025 13:40-15:10	Urban Economics     Location: CPD 3.29	3
8	December 10, 2025 15:25-16:55	Applications of dynamic Games     Location: CPD 2.58	3
9	December 10, 2025 15:25-16:55	Human Capital Investment     Location: CPD 3.29	3
10	December 11, 2025 9:40-11:10	Cars     Location: CPD 2.58	3
11	December 11, 2025 9:40-11:10	Health Economics     Location: CPD 3.29	3
12	December 11, 2025 11:25-12:55	New Methods #2     Location: CPD 2.58	3
13	December 11, 2025 11:25-12:55	Labor and Marriage Markets     Location: CPD 3.29	3
14	December 11, 2025 13:40-15:10	Environmental Economics     Location: CPD 2.58	3
15	December 11, 2025 13:40-15:10	New Methods #3     Location: CPD 3.29	3
16	December 11, 2025 15:25-16:55	Demand and Pricing     Location: CPD 2.58	3
17	December 11, 2025 15:25-16:55	Dynamic Structural Models in Labor Economics     Location: CPD 3.29	2

 

17 sessions, 47 papers, and 2 presentations with no associated papers

Econometric Society Winter School in Dynamic Structural Econometrics HKU
Detailed List of Sessions

Session 1: Topics in IO #1 December 10, 2025 9:40 to 11:10 Location: CPD 2.58
Session Chair: Victor Aguirregabiria, University of Toronto
Driving the Drivers: Algorithmic Assignment in Ride-Hailing
Presented by: Zhe Yuan, Zhejiang University
How Do People Update Beliefs? Evidence from the Laboratory
[slides]
Presented by: Andrew Ching, Johns Hopkins University
Cross-Product Compatibility, Lock-In, and Market Power: The Case of Smartphones and Laptops
[slides]
Presented by: Yuval Lidany, University of Toronto
Session 2: Economics of Education December 10, 2025 9:40 to 11:10 Location: CPD 3.29
Session Chair: Naijia Guo, University of Hong Kong
School Choice, Teacher Access and Student Outcomes
[slides]
Presented by: Yuzhi Yao, Boston College
Constrained School Choice and the Demand for Effective Schools
Presented by: Marco Pariguana, University of Edinburgh
Funding Instruments and Effort Choices in Higher Education
Presented by: Guillem Foucault, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 3: test December 10, 2025 10:00 to 11:00 Location: CPD 3.04
Session Chair: John Rust, Georgetown University
blah blah blah
Presented by:    John Rust, Georgetown University
Discussant:    Harry Paarsch, University of Central Florida
The Effects of COVID-19 on College Students’ Major Choices
Presented by:    Jiayu Zhang, Peking University HSBC Business School
Discussant:    John Rust, Georgetown University
Discussants:      John Rust, Georgetown University      Harry Paarsch, University of Central Florida      Harry Paarsch, University of Central Florida
Session 4: Topics in IO #2 December 10, 2025 11:25 to 12:55 Location: CPD 2.58
Session Chair: Jasmine Hao, University of Hong Kong
Trade Liberalization, Export and Product Innovation
[slides]
Presented by: Sizhong Sun, James Cook University
Dynamic Incentives for Venture Capitalists to Screen Investment Projects
Presented by: Chunlan Xu, Southern University of Science and Technology
Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Production Function, Total Factor Productivity, and Consumer Demand Function from Firm-Level Revenue Data
Presented by: Chun Pang (Alex) Chow, University of British Columbia
Session 5: Conditional Cash Transfers December 10, 2025 11:25 to 12:55 Location: CPD 3.29
Session Chair: Naijia Guo, University of Hong Kong
Model-Aided Identification of Policy Effects Using RCTs
[slides]
Presented by: Zejin Shi, Wuhan University
Compensation vs. Reinforcement: Experimental Identification of Parental Aversion to Inequality in Offspring
[slides]
Presented by: Hyunjae Jay Kang, Kyoto University
Experimental design for policy choice
[slides]
Presented by: Samuel Higbee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Session 6: New Methods #1 December 10, 2025 13:40 to 15:10 Location: CPD 2.58
Session Chair: Victor Aguirregabiria, University of Toronto
Structural Regularization
Presented by: Jiaming Mao, Xiamen University
Robust Structural Estimation under Misspecified Latent-State Dynamics
[slides]
Presented by: Ertian Chen, University College London
Identification and Estimation of Dynamic Games with Unknown Information Structure
[slides]
Presented by: Paul Koh, Yonsei University
Session 7: Urban Economics December 10, 2025 13:40 to 15:10 Location: CPD 3.29
Session Chair: Juan Pantano, University of Hong Kong
Housing Assistance, Family Dynamics and Labor Supply of Men and Women
Presented by: Ning Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Residential Segregation in Chinese Cities
Presented by: Yizhen Gu, Peking University
Spatial Misallocation in Education: The Left-Behind and Land Reforms in China
Presented by: Karol Mazur, Peking University
Session 8: Applications of dynamic Games December 10, 2025 15:25 to 16:55 Location: CPD 2.58
Session Chair: Victor Aguirregabiria, University of Toronto
Technology Rivalry and Resilience Under Trade Disruptions: The Case of Semiconductor Foundries
Presented by: Weiting Miao, Stanford University
Estimating a Dynamic Game of U.S. State Fiscal Policies: Adjustment Costs and Balanced Budgets
Presented by: Chamna Yoon, Seoul National University
Targeted Incentives for Charter Schools to Expand Capacity: a Dynamic Analysis
[slides]
Presented by: Faqiang Li, Peking University
Session 9: Human Capital Investment December 10, 2025 15:25 to 16:55 Location: CPD 3.29
Session Chair: Juan Pantano, University of Hong Kong
A study of microdynamics of early childhood learning
[slides]
Presented by: Jin Zhou, City University of Hong Kong
College Admission Policies and Pre-College Human Capital Investment: Evidence from China
[slides]
Presented by: Xiaohan Zhong, Tsinghua University
A Dynamic Analysis of Parental Beliefs and Investments
[slides]
Presented by: Rachel Tan, Singapore Management University
Session 10: Cars December 11, 2025 9:40 to 11:10 Location: CPD 2.58
Session Chair: Bertel Schjerning, University of Copenhagen
Intermediaries in Decentralized Markets: Evidence from Used-Car Transactions
[slides]
Presented by: Fei Li, University of North Carolina
Managing Policy Preannouncement
[slides]
Presented by: Jiasheng Li, Renmin University of China
Charging the Elephant in the Room: EV Incentives, Market Power, and Externalities
[slides]
Presented by: Paula Navarro, CEMFI
Session 11: Health Economics December 11, 2025 9:40 to 11:10 Location: CPD 3.29
Session Chair: Juan Pantano, University of Hong Kong
Optimal Payment Levels for Reference-Dependent Physicians
[slides]
Presented by: Hang Zou, Jinan University
Vital Links: The Healthcare Impacts of Transportation Networks
[slides]
Presented by: Jing Li, Singapore Management University
Dynamic Treatment Choice and Selection into RCTs
[slides]
Presented by: Justin Trogdon, University of North Carolina at Chapel H
Session 12: New Methods #2 December 11, 2025 11:25 to 12:55 Location: CPD 2.58
Session Chair: Jasmine Hao, University of Hong Kong
K-means Clustering of CCPs for Estimating Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity
Presented by: Sorawoot Srisuma, National University of Singapore
Conditional Choice Probability Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with 2-period Finite Dependence
[slides]
Presented by: Yu Hao, the University of Hong Kong
Sequential algorithm for structural estimations with equilibrium constraints
[slides]
Presented by: Takeshi Fukasawa, Waseda University
Session 13: Labor and Marriage Markets December 11, 2025 11:25 to 12:55 Location: CPD 3.29
Sex and the City: Spatial Structural Changes and the Marriage Market
[slides]
Presented by: Yu (Alan) Yang, Peking University
Learning-by-Doing: New Tasks Are Interesting, Familiar Tasks Are Easier– Exploring the Dynamic Behavior of Workers on the Crowdsourcing Platform
[slides]
Presented by: Da Eun Han, Korea University
Altruistic or Exchange Motive? Evidence on the Effect of Children's Health Shocks on Intra-household Resource Allocation
Presented by: Naijia Guo, University of Hong Kong
Session 14: Environmental Economics December 11, 2025 13:40 to 15:10 Location: CPD 2.58
Session Chair: Jasmine Hao, University of Hong Kong
Welfare Effects of Reducing Coal Production in China
Presented by: Xincheng Qiu, Peking University
Food Security at What Cost? Cropland Protection Policy under Climate Change in China
[slides]
Presented by: Jiahuan Li, HKUST (GZ)
Entry Regulation in the Presence of Reputation: Theory and Evidence
[slides]
Presented by: Yucheng Quan, The University of Hong Kong
Session 15: New Methods #3 December 11, 2025 13:40 to 15:10 Location: CPD 3.29
Session Chair: Juan Pantano, University of Hong Kong
Estimating Nonseparable Selection Models: A Functional Contraction Approach
[slides]
Presented by: Fan Wu, Peking University
Policy Choice in Time Series by Empirical Welfare Maximization
[slides]
Presented by: Mengshan Xu, University of Mannheim
Education Policy and the Quality of Public Servants
[slides]
Presented by: Juan Pal, Toulouse School of Economics
Session 16: Demand and Pricing December 11, 2025 15:25 to 16:55 Location: CPD 2.58
Session Chair: Jasmine Hao, University of Hong Kong
Pricing and Informality: Evidence from Energy Theft in Brazil
Presented by: Andre Trindade, Nova SBE
Senior Transit Subsidies and Welfare
Presented by: Suk Joon Son, The University of Tokyo
Personalizing Two Interdependent Treatments: Structural Estimation and Evidence from Social E-Commerce
Presented by: Yunhao Huang, University of Southern California
Session 17: Dynamic Structural Models in Labor Economics December 11, 2025 15:25 to 16:55 Location: CPD 3.29
Session Chair: Naijia Guo, University of Hong Kong
Genetics and Entrepreneurship: An Intergenerational Study
[slides]
Presented by: Weilong Zhang, University of Cambridge
Matching Job Applicants to Vacancies: An Empirical Model of Multistage Hiring
Presented by: Robert Miller, Carnegie Mellon University

 

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