The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
April 26, 2013 Editor: Sharon Phillips

Upcoming Workshops

Monday
April 29
Peter Foltin (Western)
"Sequential Contests with Incomplete Information"
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Economic
Theory

Tuesday
April 30
Xiaopeng Yin (University of International Business and Economics, Beijing)
"Intermediate Trade, Processing Trade, and Unsolved Productivity Puzzle"
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Room 4107 SSC
Ontario Research
Fund (ORF)
Luncheon Seminar


News and Announcements

Summer Hours

The Department of Economics will be on summer hours as of Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Office hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

NIPE Workshop on Innovation Dynamics

The School of Economics and Management and NIPE, Minho University, Portugal, will organize a workshop on Innovation Dynamics on May 9, 2013 at Minho University, Braga, Portugal. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum where academics can present and discuss high-quality research relevant to the field of innovation. The registration deadline is May 8, 2013.

RCEA Summer School in Computational Macroeconomics - Programming in MatLab

The 11th edition of the Summer School in Computational Macroeconometrics - Programming in MatLab will be held at the Department of Management and Economics of the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy from July 29 to August 2, 2013. The aim of this 30 hour course is to provide an introduction to applied macroeconomics and macroeconometrics with MATLAB. The deadline for applications is June 30, 2013.

ICECESS 2013: International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability - Call for Papers

ICECESS 2013: International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability will be held November 14-15, 2013 at NH Laguna Palace, viale Ancona, Venice, Italy. The aim of this multidisciplinary conference is to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars from around the world for the presentation of new advances and research results in the domain of interest. The deadline for submission of full-length papers, short papers, posters and abstract is August 31, 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