Current Schedule (see below for full details)
The current schedule of visiting speakers can be found on the calendar below. Visit this page often as it will be updated during the year as new speakers come to visit and as we obtain links for the papers scheduled for presentation.
2020-2021 (Virtual)
- September 22
Vincent Geloso, King’s College at Western University
Time 10:00-11:30 - September 29
Mick Coelli, University of Melbourne
Time 10:00-11:30 - October 20
Andrea Ariu, University of Milan
Time 10:00-11:30 - October 27
Angela Lynn Zheng, McMaster University
Time 10:00-11:30 - November 10
Felipe Valencia Caicedo, University of British Columbia
Time 10:00-11:30 - November 17
Ola Olsson, University of Gothenburg
Time 10:00-11:30 - November 23
Chris Bidner, Simon Fraser University
Time 15:30-17:00 - November 30
Janet Huang Jiang, Bank of Canada
Time 15:30-17:00 - February 4
Felipe Caicedo from UBC will be presenting his work entitled, Country of Women? Repercussions of the Triple Alliance War in Paraguay
Time 14:00-15:30 - February 10
David Stasavage from NYU works on topics on the history and evolution of democracy
Time 13:00-14:30 - February 17
Eugene Tan from UofT will be presenting his work entitled, Investment Plans, Uncertainty, and Misallocation
Time 13:00-14:30 - February 25
Gabriela Galassi from the BoC works on public policy topics, such as the role of work culture in intergenerational employment and the labor demand response to tax exemptions
Time 14:00-15:30 - March 3
John Eric Humphries from Yale works on topics in applied microeconomics and labor economics, such as studying how educational and career dynamics are affected by public policy
Time 13:00-14:30 - March 10
Brant Abbott from Queen’s works on topics in macro and labor economics, such as examining the effects of financial aid policies on education and labor supply decisions
Time 13:00-14:30 - March 11
Stephanie Houle from the Bank of Canada works on topics in international trade and firm dynamics, such as using an application of machine learning to identify nascent high-growth Canadian firms
Time 14:00-15:30 - March 24
Frikk Nesje from University of Copenhagen works on topics in resource and environmental economics such as, how increased intergenerational altruism may reduce the threat of climate change
Time 13:00-14:30 - April 7
Larry Samuelson from Yale works on a wide range of topics in microeconomic theory, such as matching with incomplete information and the evolution of time preference with aggregate uncertainty
Time 13:00-14:30
2019-2020
- October 7
Max Tabord-Meehan, University of Chicago
Time 13:30-15:00
Location TH 253
Econometrics – Title: “Stratification Trees for Adaptive Randomization in Randomized Controlled Trials” - October 23
Zhentong Lu, Bank of Canada
Time 12:30-2:00
Location STH 216
Industrial Organization - October 28
Ryo Makioka, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Time 13:30-15:00Location TH 253
International Economics - November 4
Ming Xu, Queen’s University
Time 13:30-15:00
Location TH 253
Labor Economics - November 18
Gustavo Bobonis, University of Toronto
Time 13:30-15:00
Location TH 253
Development Economics - November 25
Leilei Shen, Kansas State University
Time 13:30-15:00
Location TH 253
International Economics - January 9
Vincent Geloso, Western University
Time 12:00-1:30
Location TBA
Economic History - February 27
Brian McCaig, Wilfrid Laurier University
Time 12:00-1:30
Location: TBA
Development Economics - March 19
Brant Abbott, Queen’s University
Time 12:00-1:30
Location: TBA
Macroeconomics/Labor Economics