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Upcoming Workshops
Monday
April 1 |
Volker Nocke (University of
Mannheim)
"Vertical Integration and Foreclosure in Multilateral
Relations"
(joint with Patrick Rey)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Economic Theory
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Tuesday
April 2 |
Todd Schoellman (Arizona
State University)
"Refugees and Early Childhood Human Capital"
3:30
p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Money/Macro |
Wednesday
April 3 |
Pedro Carneiro (University
College London)
"Intergenerational Mobility and the Timing
of Income Shocks"
(joint with Italo Garcia, Kjell Salvanes and
Emma Tominey)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
Thursday
April 4 |
Alessandro Iaria (University
of Warwick)
"Welfare Effects of Product Availability:
The UK Grocery Case"
12:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
News and Announcements
Good Friday and Easter Monday
The Department of Economics will be closed on Friday, March 29,
2013. Regular office hours will resume on Monday, April 1, 2013.
Bank of Canada 2013 Governor's Award
Western Economics congratulates Jim MacGee, named
as the recipient of the
Bank of Canada Governor's Award which recognizes outstanding
academics in areas of research critical to the Bank's mandate. The
award is granted for a two-year, non-renewable term. (Western
News)
Economics Teaching Workshop - RSVP
Bethany White, Teaching Fellow and member of the Department of
Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, will lead the next Economics
Teaching Workshop, Making Math Matter - The Challenge of Teaching
Math-Based Courses to Non-Math Majors, on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
in Room 4161 SSC. Faculty from math and
math-based subjects will participate in the workshop. Economics
faculty Andrés Carvajal, Peter Streufert and Greg Pavlov will be on
a panel to discuss their teaching strategies in this regard.
Please RSVP if you would like
to participate by March 28, 2013.
Women's Caucus Essay Contest - Announcement
The Women’s Caucus 2013 Essay
Contest is an award is intended to recognize students whose
creativity, scholarship and understanding of issues facing women in
society and across cultures demonstrate a strong grasp of feminist
theory and practice. Both graduate and undergraduate essays are
eligible and a prize will be awarded in each category. Only one
essay per student should be submitted.
Please encourage students to submit their best work. Use this
rave card by
attaching it to essays you think may be worthy so that students are
alerted.
The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2013.
Research Notices
Please submit a hard copy (pdf copy by email) of all
research grant applications (including contracts), internal and
external, to
Karin for
review and subsequent Chair approval/signature prior to electronically
submitting your applications.
In addition, completion and electronic submission of a
Proposal via
ROLA
must be filled out be all applicants to obtain institutional approvals
for their research grant/contract applications. Please see Karin if
you need assistance.
Funding
Announcements
Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) - Call for Letter of
Intent
Department Deadline:
April 24, 2013
Dean's Office Deadline: May 1, 2013
RD&S Deadline: May 8, 2013
Sponsor's Deadline:
May 15, 2013
A CHRP information session will be held on Monday, April 15, 2013
from 1:00-2:00 p.m., in the Health Sciences Addition, Room HSA 101.
Contact Silke Nebel.
Global
Health Research Workshop: May 14, 2013, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Western Schulich School of Medicine & Dentristry, Dental Sciences
Building Room 1002
Register
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