The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  November 28, 2008 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
December 1
Huju Liu (University of Western Ontario)
“Essays on Human Capital Formation, Job Search, and Life Cycle
Wage Dynamics”
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics
Departmental
Thesis Defense
Tuesday
December 2
Osnat Lifshitz (Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa)
"Dynamic Female Labor Supply"
(joint with Zvi Eckstein)
Slides
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics
Wednesday
December 3
Gadi Barlevy (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
“A Leverage-based Model of Speculative Bubbles”
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics


News and Announcements

Annual Holiday Party - Reminder

The Economics Christmas Wine & Cheese Party will be held on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. in the Faculty/Staff Lounge, Room 3036 SSC. Spouses and significant others welcome.

Western Office Supplies is Moving

Western Office Supplies (WOS) will be closed December 17 to 24 to coordinate their move to the new Support Services Building. They will accept and deliver all orders received up to and including December 16 (noon). Orders received after December 16 (noon) will be filled and delivered in the New Year.

8th Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet Conference in Public Economics -  Call for Papers

The 8th edition of the Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet Conference in Public Economics will be held in Marseille, France, June 15-16, 2009. The aim of this conference is to encourage production and diffusion of high quality research in public economics and is open to all fields of public economics, both applied and theoretical. The deadline for submission of papers is March 15, 2009.


Research Notices

Internal Funding Opportunity

International Curriculum Fund - 2009

**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