The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  September 10, 2010 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
September 13
Sandeep Baliga (Northwestern University, Kellogg)
"Torture"
1:00 p.m., Room 4032 SSC
Economic Theory
Wednesday
September 15
Chunbing Xing (Beijing Normal University)
"Migration, Self-selection, and Income Distributions: Evidence from
Rural and Urban China"
11:30 a.m., Room 4161 SSC
UWO/CIGI ORF
- a light lunch will
be provided
Wednesday
September 15
Levon Barseghyan (Cornell University)
"The Nature of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Insurance Choices"
(joint with F. Molinari, T. O'Donoghue & J. C. Teitelbaum)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting
Friday
September 17
Francesca Molinari (Cornell University)
"Sharp Identification Regions in Models with Convex Predictions:
Games, Individual Choice, and Incomplete Data"

(joint with Arie Beresteanu & Ilya Molchanov)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting


News and Announcements

Department Meeting - Reminder

The first Department Meeting for the Academic Year 2010-2011 will be held on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 4161. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. Please mark this date on your calendar.

Economics Fall Party - Reminder

The Department of Economics Fall Party will take place on Thursday, September 23rd at the Elsie Perrin Williams Estate on Windermere Road, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Dinner will be catered by Blackfriar’s. Cocktails at 5:00 p.m. and dinner at 6:00 p.m. Beverages are complimentary.

Cost:

  • New faculty, new graduate students and their families – $0/person
  • Faculty/staff/spouse - $20/person
  • Graduate student/spouse - $10/person
  • Children under 14 years of age - $0/person

RSVP Sharon or Debra by Friday, September 17th.

Please see this map for directions to the Elsie Perrin Williams Estate.

Fall Fire Drill

A fire drill for the Faculty of Social Science will occur on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Staff evacuation is required.


Research Notices

Research Accounting Notice

Researchers delegating their signing authority

PS Grants Extend Access by PI

Research Development & Services

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

*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