Eminent Speakers
The Eminent Speaker Series provides a unique opportunity for you to hear from the world’s leading economists in an open forum. The Economic Society of Australia was founded in 1925, making it one of the oldest professional associations in Australia. One of the main objectives of the society is to encourage the teaching, study and application of economics and related disciplines in Australia and to encourage the research and public debate of economic questions. To meet this objective, the Economic Society of Australia launched the Eminent Speaker Series in 2010.
Industrial Policy
Prof. Dr. Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim
Industrial policy has recently gained prominence in the policy agenda in many countries. It figures prominently in the plans of the new European Commission. In September this year, the report by Mario Draghi on competitiveness was released, which is likely to shape the thinking of policymakers in the EU. As part of the debate on industrial policy, it contains proposals on how to overhaul competition law. Martin Peitz will report on the current policy debate and critically examine some of the reform proposals.
Identifying Challenges and Improving Outcomes for Labor Market Transitions Using Machine Learning
Professor Susan Athey
This talk will review several recent papers that focus on labor market transitions. The first project analyzes worker resilience in response to layoffs, using administrative data from Sweden. Recently developed machine learning methods identify and characterize groups of workers who are predictably less resilient to layoffs.
FDI and Superstar Spillovers: Evidence from firm-to-firm transactions
Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
FDI and Superstar Spillovers: Evidence from firm-to-firm transactions, co-authored with Cedric Duprez, Jozef Konings, and John Van Reenen.
See our Past Eminent Speakers
The Society has been honoured by several distinguished speakers as part of the ESS series. Read More.
