The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
November 18, 2011 Editor: Sharon Phillips

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
November 21
Francois Gourio (Boston University)
"Credit Risk and Disaster Risk"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Money/Macro
Monday
November 21
Martial Foucault (University of Montreal)
"Does Decentralization Increase Access to Poverty-Related Services?
Evidence from Benin"

3:30 p.m., Room 4107 SSC
PERG


News and Announcements

Lawrence Summers Visits Western

Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Secretary of Treasury, will speak on a range of current economic, legal and media issues on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 in the Faculty of Law, Room 38 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. The fourth annual Beattie Family Lecture Series in Business Law will be moderated by Chrystia Freeland, Global Editor-at-Large, Reuters News. All are welcome.

Teaching Support Centre - Reflections Newsletter

The latest issue of Reflections, the newsletter of the Teaching Support Centre, is now available.

Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) - Post Doctoral Fellowships

The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, invites applications for a one-year IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellowship for research at IMFG. The deadline for submission of applications is December 15, 2011.


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 enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is 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