The Nobel Prize Lecture Series – About the Nobel Prize for Economics, 2021 is around the corner. If you are willing to have a deeper understanding of the world's most popular economic topics outside the classroom, welcome to the Nobel Prize Lecture for Economics. We will invite Prof. AI Chunrong to share his view on econometrics involved in this year's Nobel Prize. We believe that students who attend the lecture will learn a lot from it. 

The lecture will be held on December 7th (Tuesday), from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Administration Building East Wing 101. Detailed arrangements for the lecture are as follows: 

Part 1: Sharing by the Economics Club (Background Introduction) 

1.     Time: 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. 

2.     Content: a review of Econometrics in the Nobel Prize for Economics 

Part 2: Intermission 

1.     Time: 7:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. 

2.     Relevant explanation: the intermission time is for students to enter and exit the venue. 

Part 3: Keynote Speech 

1.      Topic: Natural Experiment and Causal Inference 

2.      Speaker: Prof. AI Chunrong  

3.      Time: 7:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

4.      Language: Chinese 

5.      Introduction of the Speaker: Prof. Ai Chunrong is Professor of Economics and Presidential Chair Professor in the School of Management and Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He is the director of the Social and Behavioral Big Data Lab at The Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data. Prof. Ai’s primary research interests are in the area of econometrics, empirical industrial organization, empirical finance, and the Chinese economy. Recently he focused on the interdisciplinary research between data science and behavioral big data. His research outputs are published in reputable scholarly journals. His research productivity got him into the top two most cited Chinese economists. Recently, Prof. Ai Chunrong was elected as 2021 Fellow of The Econometric Society. 

To calculate the number of participants, please click the link https://www.wjx.cn/vj/hi4Ja7V.aspx, or scan the QR code in the attachment to fill in the questionnaire. (Note: Students who sign up successfully will not be informed by a follow-up email. Please come to the lecture directly). We are looking forward to your participation!  

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