The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  September 25, 2009 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
September 28
Qingmin Liu (University of Pennsylvania)
“Limit Records and Reputation”
(joint with Andrzej Skrzypacz)
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Economic Theory
Tuesday
September 29
Seda Gunduz, Marjolaine Jarry, Utku Suleymanoglu,
Javier Cano Urbina & Masashi Miyairi (University of Western
Ontario)

"Prospectus Presentations"
2:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics
Wednesday
September 30
Jacob Wibe, Kai Xu, Xiaoyu Yu & Chris Mitchell (University
of Western Ontario)

"Prospectus Presentations"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Money/Macro
Friday
October 2
Deanna Walker, Mike McCausland, Zhibo (Brian) Jia &
Yufeng Wang (University of Western Ontario)
"Prospectus Presentations"
2:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Economic Theory/
Applied Economics/
Econometrics


News and Announcements

IMF e-library

The IMF e-library is now available through Western Libraries. Please note what is now available under the Statistics tab.

Professional Expense Reimbursement (PER) - Upcoming Deadline

Regular Full-Time Faculty: The base amount of the PER for 2008 and 2009 is $900.00 (plus any carryforward from 2007). By election, in November, 2007 for 2008 and November, 2008 for 2009, additional flexible credits up to $400.00 can be allocated to the PER in $100.00 increments. If you did not make an election, $200.00 in flexible credits were automatically allocated to your PER. To verify your individual allocation of flexible credits to your PER, sign on to myHumanResources and select "Benefits".

Part-Time Teaching Faculty (including Graduate Students): The base amount of the PER for 2008 and 2009 is $200 for the first full year course (or after 2 half courses) taught plus $67 for each additional half course to a maximum of $602 per calendar year plus any carryforward from 2007.

The final deadline to submit expenses is March 31, 2010. There is no carryforward beyond December 31, 2009. However, receipts for the 2009 allocation may be dated up to March 31, 2010. Please submit your completed expense claim form to Karin Feulgen.

Faculty Mentor Program 2009-10 - Workshop/Information Session

The second session in the Faculty Mentor Program series, Digging Deeper - Internal Grants Programs, will be held on Friday, October 2, 2009, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. in the Teaching Support Centre, Room 122, The D.B. Weldon Library. This program is intended for faculty. Registration is restricted to full and part-time faculty members. Please register online.

2009 Ontario Tax Conference - Early Bird Registration Deadline Reminder

The Canadian Tax Foundation's 2009 Ontario Tax Conference will be held October 19-20, 2009 at the Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Road, Toronto. This is the definitive tax planning conference for advisers to owner-managed businesses. The early bird registration deadline is September 25, 2009.

Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists - Call for Papers

The Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists will be held at the Université du Québec ŕ Montréal (UQAM), June 28 - July 2, 2010. The conference will cover all areas of environmental and natural resource economics. The deadline for submission of papers is January 31, 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