Upcoming Workshops

There are no workshops scheduled for next week.

News and Announcements

Teaching Support Centre - Upcoming Faculty Events

• New Faculty Orientation: Teaching at Western: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Teaching Support Centre, Room 258, The D.B. Weldon Library
• Teaching with Technology for New Faculty: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Teaching Support Centre, Room 121, The D.B. Weldon Library

Conference on "The Causes and Macroeconomic Consequences of Uncertainty" - Call for Papers

The Richard B. Johnson Center for Economic Studies at Southern Methodist University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas will hold a conference on The Causes and Macroeconomic Consequences of Uncertainty  at the Dallas Fed on Thursday and Friday, October 3 - 4, 2013. The conference is motivated by the conjecture that variation in uncertainty is an important feature of the business cycle that can help account for the depth and persistence of the Great Recession of 2008-2009. The deadline for submitting papers is July 31, 2013.

The North American Productivity Workshop 2014

The North American Productivity Workshop (NAPW) will be held June 4 - 7, 2014, at the Hotel Chateau Cartier, in Gatineau, Quebec (10 minutes from Ottawa). Hosted by the Carleton University's Department of Economics in collaboration with Industry Canada and the Network to Study Productivity In Canada from a Firm-Level Perspective, NAPW expects to make a call for papers in early Fall. Theoretical and empirical papers on productivity, production theory and efficiency measurement in economics, management science, operations research, public administration, and related fields will be welcome.