The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  February 4, 2011 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
February 7
Marti Mestieri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Wealth Distribution and Human Capital: How Borrowing Constraints
Shape Educational Systems"

3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting
Tuesday
February 8
Bernardo Morais (University of California, Los Angeles)
"Should I Stay or Should I Go: Investor Protection, Firm Selection
and Aggregate Productivity"

3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting
Wednesday
February 9
Richard Mansfield (Yale University)
"Teacher Quality and Student Inequality"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting
Thursday
February 10
Nirav Mehta (University of Pennsylvania)
"Competition in Public School Districts: Charter School Entry,
Student Sorting, and School Input Determination"

3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting
Friday
February 11
Vikram Manjunath (University of Rochester)
"A Market Approach to Fractional Matching"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Recruiting


News and Announcements

University Students' Council - Teaching Honour Roll Certificate

Congratulations to Terry Sicular on receiving a USC Teaching Honour Roll Certificate for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Teaching Support Centre

The Teaching Support Centre will present Publish & Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar on Friday, March 4, 2011, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, University Community Centre, 147A and 147B. This program is intended for Faculty. Please register online.

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Summer 2011 Workshop - Call for Papers

The Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) annual Summer 2011 Workshop will consist of eight individual segments beginning June 20, 2011 that will take place at the University of Stanford. Submissions from junior faculty and scholars (defined as first or second year full-time faculty) as well as postdoctoral scholars and advanced graduate students will be given priority but are also welcome from more senior faculty. The deadline for applications for Segments 1 and 2 is March 1, 2011, Segments 3 and 4 is March 15, 2011, and for Segment 5-8 is May 15, 2011.

RCEA Summer School 2011

Jointly organized by the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) and the Faculty of Economics-Rimini of the University of Bologna, Summer School on Developments in Economic Growth Anaylsis: Human Capital and Economic Growth will be held May 13-21, 2011 at the Rimini Campus of the University of Bologna, Italy. The deadline for applications is March 20, 2011.

Prague Summer Schools 2011

Organized by Prague's Centre for Public Policy, Prague Summer Schools 2011 will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, July 2-9, 2011. This week-long academic program brings together undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds from around the world. The early bird application deadline is April 29, 2011 and the final deadline is May 13, 2011.


Research Notices

Research Western Internal Research Programs

Research on Teaching Grant 2011 Competition
Dean's Office Deadline: March 15, 2011
RD&S Deadline: March 31, 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