The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  October 3, 2008 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
October 6
David Miller (University of California, San Diego)
"Enforcing Cooperation in Networked Societies"
(joint with Nageeb Ali)
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Economic Theory
Monday
October 6
John Whalley (University of Western Ontario)
"International Trade and the Feasibility of Global Climate Change
Agreements"
(joint with Ray Riezman, Yuezhou Cai and Shunming Zhang)
4:00 p.m., Room 4107 SSC
EPRI
Climate Change
Seminar
Tuesday
October 7
Nils-Petter Lagerlöf (York University)
"Pacifying Monogamy:  The Mystery Revisited"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Money/Macro


News and Announcements

Resource Centre Hours

Resource Centre hours are now as follows:

Monday and Friday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 8:30 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: closed

Fire Drill - Reminder

A Fire Drill for the Faculty of Social Science will occur on Wednesday, October 8, 2008. Staff evacuation is required.

Teaching Innovations Program

The Teaching Innovations Program, sponsored by the American Economics Association Committee on Economic Education, will offer two workshops for economics faculty on interactive teaching in undergraduate economics in 2009:

  • June 5-7, 2009, Hotel Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • June 12-14, 2009, Chicago Marriott Suites O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois

Research Notices

**All funding applications or proposals by UWO researchers must be accompanied by a completed Research Data and Approval Form (RDAF). Forms can be obtained and submitted using Research On-Line Approvals
(ROLA).

Funding Announcements