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Upcoming Workshops
Tuesday
September 20 |
Sam Kortum
(University of Chicago)
"International Trade: Linking
Micro and Macro"
(joint with J. Eaton and S. Sotelo)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Short-Term Visitor
Money/Macro |
Wednesday
September 21 |
Sam Kortum (University of
Chicago)
"Technology in Trade and Growth: A Helicopter
Tour"
11:45 a.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Short-Term Visitor
Money/Macro
Graduate Seminar |
Wednesday
September 21 |
Jinyong Hahn (University of
California, Los Angeles)
"The Asymptotic Variance of
Semi-parametric Estimators
with Generated Regressors"
(join with G. Ridder)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
Thursday
September 22 |
James Chapman (Bank of Canada)
"Testing for Efficiency in a Multilateral Trading Market"
11:45 a.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Money/Macro |
Friday
September 23 |
Dana Medianu (University of
Western Ontario) &
Jing Wang (Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences)
"The Contribution of China, India and Brazil to Narrowing
North-South Differences in GDP/Capita, World Trade
Shares and
Market Capitalization"
(joint with John Whalley)
1:00 p.m.,
Room 4032 SSC |
Ontario Research
Fund (ORF)
Luncheon Seminar |
News and Announcements
Economics Fall Party - Reminder
The Department of Economics Fall Party will take place on
Thursday, September 22nd 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 16th.
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
Thursday, October 13, 2011, between 8:30
a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Staff evacuation is required.
October fire drill schedule.
Faculty Mentor Program 2011-2012
The Faculty Mentor Program will sponsor a panel session,
Preparing Research Grant Proposals: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, on Friday,
September 30, 2011, 1:30-3:30 p.m., in the Teaching Support Centre,
Room 121, Weldon Library. This program is intended for faculty.
Registration is restricted to full and part-time faculty members.
Bank of Canada - Fellowship Program - Deadline Reminder
The
purpose of the
Bank of Canada Fellowship Program
is to foster excellence in research and analysis, and to develop
partnerships with experts outside the Bank of Canada in areas
important to the Bank's mandate: macroeconomics, monetary economics,
international finance, financial markets and institutions, financial
stability and regulation, labour economics, and economic growth. There are two
awards available through the Fellowship Program:
The application
deadline for both awards is November 15, 2011.
2011 Business & Economics Society International Conferences
- Call for Papers/Participants
The 2012 Business &
Economics Society International Conferences will be held:
- January 7-10, 2012 at the Rydges Lakeland Resort Queenstown,
Queenstown, New Zealand. Submission
deadline September 30, 2011.
- July 6-9, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Salzburg, Salzburg,
Austria. Submission deadline
March 15, 2012.
These conferences welcome academics (business/economics professors
and administrators), as well as corporation / government executives
and economists.
Research Notices
Knowledge Mobilization Workshop - Please RSVP to
Karen Kueneman if you plan to
attend
*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
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