The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  November 26, 2010 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
November 29
Louis Imbeau (University of Laval)
"Testing the 'Veil of Ignorance' Hypothesis in Constitutional Choice:
A Methodological Note Informed by a 'Walk-Talk' Approach"

3:30 p.m., Room 4107 SSC
PERG
Monday
November 29
Giuseppe Moscarini (Yale University)
"Large Employers Are More Cyclical"
(joint with Fabien Postel-Vinay)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Short-Term Visitor
Money/Macro
Graduate Seminar
Tuesday
November 30
Giuseppe Moscarini (Yale University)
"Stochastic Search Equilibrium"
(joint with Fabien Postel-Vinay)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Short-Term Visitor
Money/Macro
Wednesday
December 1
Manmohan Agarwal and Badye Essid (CIGI)
"The Effect of Monetary Policy on G20 Emerging Countries"
11:30 a.m., Room 4161 SSC
Ontario Research
Fund (ORF)
- A light lunch will
be provided
Friday
December 3
Giorgio Topa (New York Federal Reserve Bank)
"Mismatch in the Labor Market: Evidence from the U.K. and the U.S."
(joint with Aysegul Sahin, Joseph Song and Giovanni L. Violante)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Applied Economics/
Econometrics


News and Announcements

Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society - Call for Papers

The 2011 Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society will take place April 28 - May 1, 2011 at the University of Rennes 1, in Rennes, France. The European Public Choice Society promotes scientific research on the economics and politics of public and non-market decision-making, political economy and the economics of institutions. The deadline for submission of papers is December 31, 2010.

2011CNEH Conference - Call for Papers

Paper proposals are invited for the 2011 Canadian Network for Economic History Conference to be held in Ottawa, June 2, 2011. The theme of the conference is Education, Migration, and Human Capital. The deadline for proposals is January 1, 2011.


Research Notices

Research Western

Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research
Nomination Deadline - Friday, January 14, 2011

*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