Upcoming Workshops
Tuesday
February 12 |
Yuya Takahashi (University
of Mannheim)
"Estimating a Dynamic Game of Spatial
Competition: The Case of
the U.K. Supermarket Industry"
(joint
with Pasquale Schiraldi and Howard Smith)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161
SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
Wednesday
February 13 |
Seth Richards-Shubik
(Carnegie Mellon University)
"Inference Approaches with Network Data"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
News and Announcements
Summer Teaching 2013 - Application Deadline
February 8,
2013
The Chair's Office is accepting applications for
summer teaching.
VoIP Telephone System Upgrade
ITS will be upgrading the VoIP Telephone System on Sunday,
February 17, 2013 beginning at 3:00 am. There will be a 5 to 10
minute period when your phone will not work between 8:15 and
9:30 am.
Professional Expense Reimbursement (PER) – Deadline March
25, 2013
The
2012 Professional Development Expense Reimbursement (PER) form
is now available. The submission deadline for 2012 is March 31, 2013
(receipts for the 2012 allocation year may be dated up to March 31,
2013). If you have any questions, please contact Karin.
Please submit your PER form and original receipts (can be returned
to you) to Karin by Monday, March 25th.
Indigenous Health and Well-being Initiative Speaker Series
The
Indigenous Health and Well-being Initiative Speaker Series will
present Dr. Eric Guimond, Acting Director, Strategic Research and
Analysis Directorate, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Canada, on February 14, 2013 at 12:30-1:30 pm in room SSC 9420.
Prior to the talk, Dr. Guimond will meet with graduate students to
discuss life in the public sector, specifically focusing on securing
policy jobs in the federal government, from 11:00 - 12:00 in SSC
9420. Please bring a lunch.
Annual Western Green Awards
Facilities Management seeks nominations for the
Annual
Western Green Awards.
The purpose of the award is to help raise awareness of
sustainability through the
acknowledgement of Western community members who have made positive
contributions.
The deadline for nominations is February 28, 2013.
Doug Purvis Memorial Prize - Call for Nominations
Nominations are requested for the 20th annual award of the
Doug
Purvis Memorial Prize.
An award of $10,000 will be presented for a work of excellence
relating to Canadian economic policy and published in 2012. The
award is open to all forms of written media in which material
relevant to Canadian economic policy appears. The deadline for
nominations is March 8, 2013.
2013 EEA-ESEM Joint Meeting - Call for Papers
The 28th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA)
and the
67th European Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESEM) will
take place at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, August 26-30, 2013. Economists and
professionals working in related fields are invited to submit
theoretical and applied papers in all areas of economics for
presentation. The submission deadline is
February 15, 2013.
ATINER 8th Annual International Symposium - Call for Papers
The Economics Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education
and Research (ATINER) will hold the
8th Annual International
Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications in Athens,
Greece on July 22-25, 2013. Papers from all areas of economics are
welcome. The deadline for submission of abstracts is
March 11, 2013.
Association for Public Economic Theory (APET) 14th
International Meeting - Call for Papers
The Association for Public Economic
Theory will hold their
14th International
Meeting at Católica-Lisbon, Portugal, from July 5-7, 2013. Papers in all aspects of public
economics and related areas are invited. The submission deadline is
March 15, 2013.
2013 Canadian Association for American Studies Conference -
Call for Papers
Sponsored by the Canadian Association for American Studies, the 2013
CAAS Conference,
Total Money
Makeover: Culture and the Economization of Everything, will be
held at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario on October
24-27, 2013. Papers on the topic of culture and economics are
invited as well as topics relevant to the interdisciplinary study of
American culture, history, and society. The submission deadline is
March 15, 2013.
Minnesota Workshop in Macroeconomic Theory - Call for
Papers
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the University of
Minnesota and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the
Minnesota Workshop in
Macroeconomic Theory is held annually at the University of
Minnesota in late July/early August. The 2013 conference will run from
Tuesday, July 30 through Friday, August 2, 2013. Papers in a
variety of areas are welcomed. The submission deadline
April 30, 2013.
Business & Economics Society International Conferences -
Conference Call
The Business &
Economics Society International Conferences will be held:
- July 6-9, 2013 at the Novotel Hotel, Monte Carlo, Monaco. Submission
deadline March 15, 2013.
- January 7-10, 2014 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (venue
forthcoming). Submission deadline September 30, 2013.
These conferences welcome academics (business/economics professors
and administrators), as well as corporation / government executives
and economists.
NBER Trans-Atlantic Public Economic Seminar (TAPES) - Call
for Papers
The National Bureau of Economic Research jointly with the New
Economic School will sponsor the next
Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar (TAPES),
Personal Income Taxation and
Household Behavior, on June 16-18, 2014 in Moscow, Russia.
Emphasis will be on empirically oriented research, but applied
theoretical research is also welcome. Preference will be given to
papers by younger authors. The deadline for submissions is
October 1, 2013.
European Summer School in Prague
The EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy will hold their 11th
European Summer School,
United States of Europe - Federalization of Europe as a Response to
EU Crisis? on July 13-25, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. The
application deadline is May 31, 2013.
