The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  November 27, 2009 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
November 30
Jean Guillaume Forand (University of Toronto)
"Two-party Competition with Policy Persistence"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting
Wednesday
December 2
Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto)
"The Heterogeneity and Dynamics of Individual Labor Supply
over the Life Cycle: Facts and Theory"

(joint with Andres Erosa and Luisa Fuster)
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics/
Money/Macro
Thursday
December 3
Philippe Belley (University of Western Ontario)
"Understanding Wage Growth: Estimating and Testing
Learning-by-Doing"

4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics


News and Announcements

9th Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet Conference in Public Economics - Call for Papers

The 9th edition of the Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet Conference in Public Economics will be held in Marseille, France, June 21-22, 2010. 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, 2010.

Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Economic Summit - Conference and Dinner

Save the date for the SIEPR Economic Summit, a day of discussions and panels on the global economy, healthcare, tax policy and a variety of other important economic topics, that will take place on March 12, 2010 at Stanford University. SIEPR membership at the Associate level or above is required for attendance. Invitations forthcoming January 2010.


Research Notices

*Please submit a hard copy of all research grant applications, internal and external, to Karin for review and subsequent Chair signature prior to electronically submitting your applications.

**The newly enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is now available and must be filled out by all grant applicants to obtain institutional approvals for their grant applications. Please see Karin if you need assistance.

Funding Announcements