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Upcoming Workshops
Monday
April 25 |
Colin Stewart (University of
Toronto)
"Nonmanipulable
Bayesian Testing"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Economic Theory |
Tuesday
April 26 |
Jacob Short (University of
Western Ontario)
"Bankruptcy, Incorporation and the
Nature of Entrepreneurial Risk"
(joint with Andy Glover)
12:00 p.m., Room 4161
SSC |
Money/Macro
Brown Bag Lunch
Seminar |
Wednesday
April 27 |
George Jia (University of
Prince Edward Island)
"TBA"
12:00 p.m., Room 4161
SSC |
Money/Macro |
Wednesday
April 27 |
Ke Xian AuYong, Nick Bedard
& Dan Montanera (University of Western Ontario)
"TBA"
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Room 4107 SSC |
Economic Theory |
Wednesday
April 27 |
Ivan Medovikov (University
of Western Ontario)
"A Non-Parametric
Test of Independence Based on Weighted Empirical Copula Process"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
Thursday
April 28 |
David Jacks (Simon Fraser
University)
"Defying Gravity: The
1932 Imperial Economic Conference and the Reorientation of
Canadian Trade"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Department Colloquium |
News and Announcements
Good Friday and Easter Monday
The Department of Economics will be closed on Friday, April 22,
2011. Regular office hours will resume on Monday, April 24, 2011.
Undergraduate Professor of the Year Award
Based on the nominations received from students who are enrolled in
any Economics module, including Honors Specialization, Honors Specialization
in Global Economics, Honors Specialization in Economics, Politics, &
Philosophy, Economics Major, Financial Economics Major,
Specialization or Minor, Western
Economics is pleased to announce that
Chris Robinson is the 2010-2011 Professor of the Year. Congratulations Chris!
Graduate Awards
 Jim
MacGee was nominated by the Graduate Students as Graduate Professor of the Year. He will be presented with a
commemorative plaque. Congratulations Jim!
 Patrick
McKelvey was selected as Graduate Teaching Assistant of
the Year. He will be awarded a prize of $200 as well as
receive a commemorative plaque. Congratulations Patrick!
 Brandon
Malloy was selected by the first year class as Tutorial Leader
of the Year. He will be awarded a prize of $150 and
receive a commemorative plaque. Congratulations Brandon!
1st RCEA Workshop in Canada - Call for Papers
Sponsored by the Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy
Analysis (LCERA), the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis in Canada
(RCEA-Canada) and the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA),
Italy, the first RCEA workshop in Canada,
Zero
Bound on the Interest Rates and New Direction in Monetary Policy,
will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, on October 7-8,
2011. The deadline for submission of one-age abstracts is
May 31, 2011.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference - Call for Papers
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Department of Economics
at Boston University will hold the
2nd BU/Boston Fed Conference on Macro-Finance Linkages on October
28-29, 2011. The goal of the conference is to improve understanding of
the linkages between financial markets and the real economy in light
of the recent recession. The deadline for submission of papers is
June 30, 2011.
Research Notices
SSHRC
Aid to Scholarly Journals - 2011 Summer Competition
RD&S
Deadline: June 23, 2011
Sponsor's
Deadline: June 30, 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
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