Upcoming Workshops
Monday October 3 |
Arijit Mukherjee (Michigan
State University)
"On the Trade-off between
Efficiency in Job Assignment and Turnover: The Role of Break-up
Fees" (joint with L. Vasconcelos)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Economic Theory |
Tuesday October 4 |
Berthold Herrendorf (Arizona
State University)
"Why is Labor Productivity in Agriculture so Low?"
(joint with Todd Schoellman) 3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Money/Macro |
Wednesday October 5 |
Quheng Deng (Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences)
"Informal Employment in Urban China: Heterogeneity and
Selectivity" 11:30 a.m., Room 4032 SSC |
Ontario Research Fund (ORF) Luncheon Seminar |
Wednesday October 5 |
Jeremy Fox (University of
Michigan)
"Unobserved Heterogeneity in Matching Games" (joint with
Chenyu Yang) 3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/ Econometrics |
Thursday October 6 |
Jacob Short (University of
Western Ontario)
"What Accounts for the Increase in the Number of Single
Households?" (joint with Ferdinando Regalia and José-Víctor
Ríos-Rull) 3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Money/Macro |
News and Announcements
International Faculty Forum - Invitation to Attend
All faculty (full and part time) are invited to attend the first
International
Faculty Forum on Tuesday, September 27, 3:00-4:30 pm in the Grad
Club conference room. The purpose of the forum is for faculty
colleagues with international interests and international experience
to network, share ideas, get ideas, and build community in an informal
setting. The International Faculty Forum will take place at the Grad
Club on the last Tuesday of every month. Refreshments will be served.
All are welcome.
2011 Ontario Tax Conference - Early Bird Registration
Deadline
The Canadian Tax Foundation's
2011 Ontario
Tax Conference will be held October 24-25, 2011 at the Doubletree
Hotel, 655 Dixon Road, Toronto. This is the definitive tax
planning conference for advisers to owner-managed businesses. The early
bird registration deadline is September 30, 2011.
Cycles, Adjustment, and Policy Research Unit (CAP) -
Registration
The Cycles, Adjustment, and Policy Research Unit (CAP) at Aarhus
University, Denmark, will host the
Annual Workshop of the
NBER Group on Micro and Macro Perspectives on the Aggregate Labor
Market, November 4-5, 2011. The deadline for registration is October
10, 2011.
Royal Economic Society 2012 Annual Conference - Call for
Papers
The Royal Economic Society 2012 Annual
Conference will take place March 26-28, 2012 at the University
of Cambridge,
Cambridge, UK. The Royal Economic Society, one of the oldest
and most prestigious economic associations in the world, is a
professional association promoting the encouragement of the study of
economic science in academic life, government service, banking,
industry and public affairs. Papers in any field of economics and
econometrics are invited for submission. The deadline is
October 15, 2011.
Transnational Corporations Review - Call for Papers
The Transnational Corporation Review is a peer-reviewed
international journal dedicated to providing economic, business,
policy, and business analysis topical issues related to transnational
corporations, foreign direct investment, institutional innovation, and
international commercial relations, and development. A proposed
special issue,
Emergence of China and India as Economic Superpowers: Opportunities to
Canada, invites researchers and policy analysts in Canada, China
and India to contribute to the understanding of opportunities and
challenges of expanding trade, investment and innovation relations
among the three countries. The submission deadline is
October 31, 2011.
Research Notices
Ontario Research Fund
Research Excellence - Round 6: 2011 Fall Competition - Letter of
Intent RD&S Deadline: October 7, 2011
Sponsor's Deadline: October 14, 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 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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