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Upcoming Workshops
Monday
February 8 |
Carlos Lever (Stanford University)
"A Model of Political
Campaigns, Lobbying and Marketing over Social
Networks: Whom to
Target?"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Recruiting |
Wednesday
February 10 |
Swati Dhingra (University of
Wisconsin-Madison)
"Trading Away Wide
Brands for Cheap Brands"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
POSTPONED |
Recruiting |
Friday
February 12 |
Kenichi Fukushima
(University of Minnesota)
"Quantifying the
Welfare Gains from Flexible Dynamic Income Tax Systems"
4:00 p.m.,
Room 4161 SSC |
Recruiting |
News and Announcements
Phone System Scheduled Maintenance
Western's provider of long distance services will be completing
system maintenance on Tuesday, February 16th, 3:00-4:00 am. Long
distance service may be unavailable intermittently during this time
frame.
Faculty of Law 50th Anniversary Celebration
As part of the Faculty of Law's 50th anniversary celebration,
George Akerlof will deliver a lecture (2nd annual Beattie Lecture) on
the topic of
Identity
Economics on March 22, 2010, 5:30-7:00 pm, in Room 38 of the
Faculty of Law. All are welcome to attend.
NBER Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp - Call for Applicants
The NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group will host the
3rd
Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp (ERBC) in Cambridge, MA, July
28-31, 2010. This intensive workshop provides an introduction into the
leading research topics in the areas of entrepreneurship economics and
entrepreneurial finance. The workshop is sponsored by the Ewing Marion
Kauffman Foundation. The application deadline is
March 26, 2010.
NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group - Travel Grants for 2010
The NBER Working Group on Entrepreneurship meets twice each year to
present and discuss research in the field and are seeking scholars at the
graduate and pre-doctoral level who are interested in the growing field of
entrepreneurship research. The
Travel
Grants (up to a total of $1,000) will pay the travel expenses of
successful candidates to attend the two meetings held at the NBER's offices in Cambridge, MA. The
summer meeting date is July 27, 2010. The winter meeting date will be announced later. The deadline for applications is
April 1, 2010.
NBER Innovation Policy Working Group - Call
for Proposals
The
Innovation
Policy (IPE) Working Group at the National Bureau of
Economic Research seeks to foster research by economists and other
social scientists on the interactions between public policy and the
innovation process. As part of the IPE Program
grants are made to PhDs to support research into innovation policy and
entrepreneurship. The IPE Group is seeking proposals for 2 grants of $20,000
each and a post-doctoral fellowship of $60,000, for the academic
year of 2010-11. The deadline for submission of proposals is
April 1, 2010.
RCEA Summer School on Developments in Economic Growth Analysis
Jointly organized by the Rimini Centre
for Economic Analysis (RCEA) and the Faculty of Economics-Rimini of the
University of Bologna, the Summer School
on Developments in Economic Growth Analysis: Human Capital and
Economic Growth will be held from May 31st - June 13th, 2010 at
the Rimini Campus of the University of Bologna,
Italy. The deadline for applications is April 16, 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
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