From June 20 to 21, the 2025 Shanghai Microeconomics Workshop was successfully held at the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. The workshop specially invited Professor Tilman Börgers of the University of Michigan, Professor John Weymark of Vanderbilt University, Professor Flip Klijn, Director of the Institute for Economic Analysis of the Spanish National Research Council and Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, and Professor Yusufcan Masatlioglu of the University of Maryland to deliver keynote speeches. The workshop also invited scholars from universities at home and abroad, including Stanford University, Princeton University, Southern Methodist University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, and Xiamen University, to give presentations.
Professor Chen Yuanyuan, Associate Dean of the School of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, delivered the opening address. Professor Chen Yuanyuan introduced the development and current status of the School's academic research, noted that this year marks the 12th Shanghai Microeconomics Workshop, and expressed the hope that the workshop would promote exchange and cooperation among microeconomic theory scholars at home and abroad.
On the morning of June 20, Professor Tilman Börgers of the University of Michigan delivered a keynote speech on the theme "Dominance and Optimality."
Assistant Professor Zhang Wanchang of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and Associate Professor Zhu Shuguang of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics presented reports on "Robustly Efficient Mechanisms for Bilateral Trading" and "Optimal Design of Market Access," respectively.
On the afternoon of June 20, Professor John Weymark of Vanderbilt University delivered a keynote speech on the theme "Existence of Equilibria for Shared Goods."
Associate Professor Zeng Huaxia of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Assistant Professor Lu Zhuoran of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Assistant Professor Zhong Weijie of Stanford University presented reports on "On the Merit Principle in Strategic Exchange," "Data-Driven Hold-Up and Relational Contracts," and "Persuasion and Optimal Stopping," respectively.
On the morning of June 21, Professor Flip Klijn, Director of the Institute for Economic Analysis of the Spanish National Research Council and Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, delivered a keynote speech on the theme "Core Stability and Strategy-Proofness in Hedonic Coalition Formation Problems with Friend-Oriented Preferences."
Research Fellow Chen Li of Tongji University and Professor Li Mengling of Xiamen University presented reports on "Mitigating Scalping in Rent-Controlled Housing Through Waiting List Design" and "Priority-Based Incentives in Organ Donation," respectively.
On the afternoon of June 21, Professor Yusufcan Masatlioglu of the University of Maryland delivered a keynote speech on the theme "Ordered Probabilistic Choice."
Doctoral student Liu Shuoyue of Princeton University, Professor Chen Bo of Southern Methodist University, and Associate Professor Sambuddha Ghosh of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics presented reports on "The Weak Axiom and Deliberate Stochastic Choice," "Entry Threats to Cartels: Accommodation or Deterrence?", and "Multi-Period Matching with Externalities," respectively.
With this, the 2025 Shanghai Microeconomics Workshop came to a successful conclusion. We look forward to meeting scholars from home and abroad again at SUFE for the 2026 workshop!
