Dr. Ming Xu from Queen’s University will present her research “Heterogeneous Passthrough from TFP to wages” on Monday, November 4 from 1:30 to 3:00pm in TH253. Please join us.
Ryo Makiota will present his paper “Do Trade Fairs Promote Export?” on October 28 at 1:30 in TH253. Join us.
Zhentong Lu of Bank of Canada will present his paper “Examining the Impact of Cooling Measures on China’s Housing Market: A Structural Model Approach” on October 23 at 12:30 in ST 216. Join us.
Attention Co-op Students – Are you looking to take a break from studying?
Sign up for one of interactive and CareerZone’s engaging Lego Serious Play Workshops where you can discover your strengths and build your career path through Lego Play! More info on the Department’s Advising page.
Max Tabord-Meehan of the University of Chicago will discuss “Stratification Trees for Adaptive Randomization in Randomized Controlled Trials” on October 7 at 13:30 in TH 253. Please join us.
We would like to welcome Qian Liu to the Department and to Brock University. Qian Liu is finishing her Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests include labor Economics, applied econometrics and the economics of education.
At the CEA meetings in Banff, the Canadian Women Economists Committee (CWEC) gave its inaugural CWEC Service Award to Roberta Robb, Professor Emeritus and former Department of Economics chair. This award is given in recognition of having “furthered the status of women in the profession, through example, achievements, increasing our understanding of how women can advance in the profession, or mentoring others”. For more details on this amazing accomplishment please read the official announcement here.
Visiting speaker: Joschka Wanner (Bayreuth University) will be giving a talk on Monday April 15th at 12:30pm in STH 216. He will talk about the consequences of unilateral withdrawals from the Paris Agreement. Please join us.
Visiting speaker: Matías Vernengo (Bucknell University) will be giving a talk on Monday April 1st at 3:30pm in STH 201. He will talk about the limits of functional finance in developing countries. Please join us.
Departmental presentation: Andrew Dickens (Brock University) will be giving a talk on Monday March 25 at 3:30pm in STH 201. Prof. Dickens will talk about the role of geography and trade in the historical roots of ethnic differences. Please join us.
