The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  November 12, 2010 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
November 15
Leeat Yariv (California Institute of Technology)
"Sequential Deliberation"
(joint with Alessandro Lizzeri)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Short-Term Visitor
Economic Theory
Tuesday
November 16
Leeat Yariv (California Institute of Technology)
"Matching Models: Theory, Applications and Implications"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Short-Term Visitor
Economic Theory
Wednesday
November 17
Ronald Wintrobe (University of Western Ontario)
"Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor?"
11:45 a.m., Room 4161 SSC
PERG
- A light lunch will
be provided
Thursday
November 18
Simona Cociuba (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
"Trends in U.S. Hours and the Labor Wedge"
(joint with Alexander Ueberfeldt)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Money/Macro


News and Announcements

7th International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Applications (SETA2011) - Call for Papers

The Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, will host the 7th International Symposium on Econometrics Theory and Applications (SETA 2011), April 14-16, 2011. The conference will consist of a mixture of invited talks, contributed sessions and poster sessions across the broad spectrum of theoretical and applied research in econometrics. The deadline for submission of papers is January 14, 2011.

CEF.UP and NIPE Workshop LEED 2011 - Call for Papers

A workshop organized jointly by CEF.UP and NIPE, Economic Analysis Using Linked Employer and Employee Data: Bringing Together Theory and Empirics, will take place June 16-17, 2011 at the Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. The deadline for submission of papers is March 20, 2011.


Research Notices

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Funding Announcements