| Location Directory
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| A100 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block A, Room 100 |
| A102 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block A. Room 102 |
| A104 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block A. Room 104 |
| A106 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block A. Room 106 |
| A202 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block A. Room 202 |
| A203 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block A. Room 203 |
| A204 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block A. Room 204 |
| A205 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block A. Room 205 |
| B212 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 212 |
| B216 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 216 |
| B218 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 218 |
| B226 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 226 |
| B228 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 228 |
| B313 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 313 |
| B314 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 314 |
| B318 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 318 |
| B320 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 320 |
| B322 |
Buchanan Bldg., Block B. Room 322 |
| BUCH |
Buchanan Block Lobby |
| CCRB |
Conference Centre, Ruth Blair Room |
| FWTH |
F. Wood Theatre |
| OFFC |
Off Campus - watch for announcement |
| UC |
University Centre |
| UCBR |
University Centre Board Room |
| UCGR |
University Centre - Point Grey Room |
| UCMR |
University Centre - Music Room |
| UCPG |
University Centre, Patio/Garden |
| Chair |
Bob Kunimoto (Policy Research Secretariat) |
| Presentations |
Child Poverty Dynamics in Seven Nations |
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Bruce Bradbury (University of New South Wales) |
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Stephen Jenkins (University of Essex) |
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John Micklewright (UNICEF) |
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Poverty Dynamics in Canada |
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Ross Finnie (Statistics Canada and Queen's University) |
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Polarization of Neighbourhoods in Canada |
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Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) |
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John Myles (Florida State University) |
| Discussants |
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) |
| Chair |
Nora Hammell (Status of Women Canada) |
| Presentations |
Firms' Contribution to the Reconciliation between Work and Family Life |
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John Evans (OECD) |
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Childcare in the Netherlands: Between Government, Firms and Parents |
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Simone Dobblestee (University of Amsterdam) |
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S.S. Gustafsson (University of Amsterdam) |
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Simulating the Effects of Child Care Policy in Canada |
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Gordon Cleveland (University of Toronto) |
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Douglas Hyatt (University of Toronto) |
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Michael Krashinsky (University of Toronto) |
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Morley Gunderson (University of Toronto) |
| Discussants |
Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) |
| Chair |
Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) |
| Presentations |
Marriage, Fertility and Divorce: A Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis of Social Policy in Canada |
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John Knowles (University of Pennsylavannia) |
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Welfare, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers |
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Bruce Meyer (Northwestern University) |
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Dan Rosenbaum (UNC Greensboro) |
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An Econometric Analysis of the Intergenerational Transmission of Social Assistance Participation |
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Bernard Fortin (Université Laval) |
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Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval) |
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Manon Rouleau (HRDC) |
| Discussants |
Peter Gottschalk (Boston College) |
| Chair |
Yves Arsenault (Agriculture and Agri-food Canada) |
| Presentations |
Reconsidering the Farm Problem under and Industrializing Agricultural Sector |
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David B. Schweikhardt (Michigan State University) |
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A Canadian Perspective: Is Prairie Agriculture Becoming Like any other Industry |
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Jack Stabler (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Policy Views from the Prairies |
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Craig Lee (University of Manitoba) |
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The Whole Farm Paradigm; Is There a Need to Revisit? |
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Douglas D. Hedley (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) |
| Discussants |
Sally Rutherford (Canadian Federation of Agriculture) |
| Chair |
William A. Kerr (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Presentations |
An Economic Investigation of the Import Licensing Methods and TRQs in Agriculture |
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Jean-Philippe Gervais (Université Laval) |
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David Surprenant (Université Laval) |
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The Effect of CAP Reform on Feed Demand in the European Union |
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James Rude (University of Saskatchewan) |
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The Canadian Chicken Market: Five Years after the Uruguay Round |
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Karen Huff (University of Guelph) |
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Karl Meilke (University of Guelph) |
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Roberto Amendei (University of Guelph) |
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Managed Trade in Non-Traditional Products-Emerging Issues for Canada's Specialized Livestock Sectors |
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Jill Hobbs (University of Saskatchewan) |
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William A. Kerr (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Discussants |
Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge) |
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James Gaisford (University of Calgary) |
| Chair |
Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) |
| Presentations |
The Effects of Sons and Daughters on Men's Labour Supply and Wages |
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Elaina Rose (University of Washington) |
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Shelly Lundberg (University of Washington) |
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Does Either Mother of Father Know Best? An Assessment of Parent and Child Agreement in the NLSCY |
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Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) |
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Martin Dooley (McMaster University) |
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Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) |
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The Influence of Father Involvement on Birth Outcomes: Preliminary Analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey |
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Yolanda Padilla (University of Texas) |
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Nancy E. Reichman (Princeton University) |
| Discussants |
Tim Smeeding (Syracuse) |
| Chair |
Terry S. Veeman (University of Alberta) |
| Presentations |
Regulation of Stock Externalities with Learning |
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Larry Karp (University of California-Berkeley) |
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Jiangfeng Zhang (University of California, Berkeley) |
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A Comparative Analysis of On-Farm Energy Use in Canada |
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Mohammad Khakbazan (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Andre Hucq (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Joanne Kowalski (University of Saskatchewan) |
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The Effect of Environmental Performance Standards on Agriculture: Total Maximum Daily Loads in Michigan |
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Lorie Srivastava (Michigan State University) |
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Sandra S. Batie (Michigan State University) |
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An Analysis of Economic-Environmental Tradeoffs of Manure Use on Ontario Swine Finishing Farms |
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Gregory DeVos (University of Guelph) |
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Alfons Weersink (University of Guelph) |
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Peter Stonehouse (University of Guelph) |
| Chair |
Richard Gray (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Presentations |
Institutional Change in the Western Canadian Rail Transportation System |
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Leif Carlson (University of Saskatchewan) |
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The Rail Car Authority: An E-commerce Approach to Competitive Allocation of Rail Cars in Western Canadian Grain Transportation |
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Barry E. Prentice (University of Manitoba) |
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John O. Mulligan (University of Manitoba) |
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A Road Pricing Mechanism for Grain Traffic Movements by Truck in West-Central Saskatchewan |
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Eric Larson (University of Saskatchewan) |
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James Nolan (University of Saskatchewan) |
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An Application of Split Population Duration Model to Land Use Trasitions |
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Wen-hua Hsieh (Ohio State University) |
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Elena G. Irwin (Ohio State University) |
| Chair |
Jill Hobbs (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Presentations |
The Application of Regulation Theory to Supply Management Agencies |
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Wayne Thompson (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Hartley Furtan (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Factors Affecting Cheese Exports to Asia |
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Ben Norman (University of Melbourne) |
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Ellen Goddard (University of Melbourne) |
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Effects of Exchange Rate Variability on Exports of Processed Food Products Between Canada and the United States |
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Madev Balloo (University of Guelph) |
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Rakhal Sarker (University of Guelph) |
| Chair |
John Richards (Simon Fraser University) |
| Presentations |
Labour Market Effects of Parental Leave Policy in Canada |
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Adrienne ten Cate (McMaster University) |
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Progress on Child Poverty? Recent Changes in Canadian Policies and Outcomes |
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Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) |
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Thomas Crossley (Australian National U. and York Univ.) |
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Child Support Policies and the Well-Being of Children: Income versus Asset based Measures |
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Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) |
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Vicky Barham (University of Ottawa) |
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Chantale LaCasse (University of Alberta) |
| Discussants |
Frances Woolley (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Downstream Competition, Foreclosure, and Vertical Integration |
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Gilles Chemla (University of British Columbia) |
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Welfare Analysis in Simulated Mergers |
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Marc Duhamel (Competition Bureau) |
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Bilateral Oligopoly with Application to Vertically Integrated Markets |
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Kenneth Hendricks (University of British Columbia) |
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Licensing with Horizontal Restraints |
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Andrew Tepperman (University of Toronto) |
| Discussants |
Zhiqi Chen (Carleton University) |
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Jeffrey Church (University of Calgary) |
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Philippe Cyrenne (University of Winnipeg) |
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Ralph Winter (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Gordon Myers (Simon Fraser University) |
| Presentations |
Equity and financing of pure public goods via lotteries. |
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Amornrat Apinunmahakul (University of Ottawa) |
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Vicky Barham (University of Ottawa) |
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Optimal Tax Mix in a Two-Sector Growth Model with Transitional Dynamics: An Analytical Approach |
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James B. Davies (University of Western Ontario) |
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Jinli Zeng (National University of Singapore) |
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Jie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington) |
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Capital Taxation in a Simple OLG Model |
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Craig Brett (University of Essex) |
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Charles Blackorby (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
Sam Bucovetsky (York University) |
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Gordon Myers (Simon Fraser University) |
| Chair |
Walid Hejazi (University of Toronto at Scarborough) |
| Presentations |
Did foreign investors destabize equity markets during the 1997 Asian Crisis? Evidence from Closed-end Country Funds |
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Michael Bowe (UMIST) |
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Daniela Domuta (UMIST) |
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Trade Balances of LDCs and Exchange Rate of the U.S. Dollar |
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Ayoub Yousefi (University of Waterloo) |
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The Regional Effects of Interest Rates and Exchange Rate Shocks: A VAREC Analysis |
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Farid Novin (Bank of Canada) |
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Jennifer Glahs (Bank of Canada) |
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Ying Liu (Bank of Canada) |
| Discussants |
Walid Hejazi (University of Toronto at Scarborough) |
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Seung-Dong Lee (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| Chair |
Marc Van Audenrode (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
Family Income Dynamics after a Job Separation |
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Nazish Ahmad (HRDC) |
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Winnie Lo (HRDC) |
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Ging Wong (HRDC) |
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On Gender, Markets, and Families |
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Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto) |
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The Strategic Aspect of Female Employment |
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Miriam Beblo (Free University of Berlin) |
| Discussants |
Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) |
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Guy Lacroix (Université Laval) |
| Chair |
Thomas K. Rymes (Carleton University) |
| Presentations |
The Consumer Price Index and Index Number Purpose |
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Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) |
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Improving the Accessibility to Users of the New Development in National Accounting |
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Anne Harrison (OECD-Economic Statistics & National Accounts) |
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On the Teaching of National Accounting and Economic Theory: Evidence from a Number of Countries |
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Thomas K. Rymes (Carleton University) |
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Harry Postner (Consultant) |
| Discussants |
Keir Armstrong (Carleton University) |
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Stew Wells (Statistics Canada) |
| Chair |
Saud Choudhry (Trent University) |
| Presentations |
Measuring the Width of National Borders |
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John Helliwell (University of British Columbia) |
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Why Do National Borders Matter? Industry-Level Evidence |
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Teresa Cyrus (Dalhousie University) |
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Statistics Canada 2, Statistisches Bundesamt 1: What Does German Data Tell Us About the Home Bias in International Trade? |
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Volker Nitsch (Bankgesellschaft Berlin) |
| Discussants |
Saud Choudhry (Trent University) |
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Aaron Sydor (Industry Canada) |
| Organizer |
John Smithin (York University) |
| Chair |
Nick Falvo (Progressive Economics Forum) |
| Presentations |
Interest Rates and Economic Growth |
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John Smithin (York University) |
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Money, Institutions and Economic Growth |
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Hassan Bougrine (Laurentian University) |
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Monopoly Power in the Manufacturing Sectors of Canada and the U.S., 1947 to 1997 |
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Myron Gordon (University of Toronto) |
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Transformational Growth, Interest Rates and the Golden Rule |
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Mario Seccareccia (University of Ottawa) |
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Gabriel Rodriguez (University of Ottawa) |
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Marc Lavoie |
| Discussants |
Erik Kam (York University) |
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Markus Materbauer (Austrian Institute of Economic Research) |
| Chair |
Lawrence McDonough (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
The Implications of Parameter Uncertainty for Fiscal Planning |
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Doug Hostland (Finance Canada) |
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David Dupuis (Finance Canada) |
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Modelling Federal Finances under Uncertainty |
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Derek Hermanutz (Finance Canada) |
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Chris Matier (Finance Canada) |
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Trends in Canada's Inward FDI: An Industry Level Analysis |
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Cemile Sancak (Industry Canada and Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
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Lawrence McDonough (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
John W. Galbraith (McGill University) |
| Presentations |
Volatility Forecast Horizons |
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Turgut Kisinbay (McGill University) |
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John W. Galbraith (McGill University) |
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Volatility Forecasts Combining ARCH, Trading Volume and Options |
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Mark Kamstra (Simon Fraser University) |
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Glen Donaldson (University of British Columbia) |
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Simulation-Based Exact Tests for Jump Diffusions with Unidentified Nuisance Parameters: An Application to Commodities Spot Price |
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Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) |
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Jean-Daniel Saphores (Université Laval) |
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Jean-François Bilodeau (Université Laval and NRCAN) |
| Discussants |
Marsha Courchane (Freddie Mac) |
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Ilias Tsiakas (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Lise Pichette (Bank of Canada) |
| Presentations |
Financial Sources of Macroeconomic Fluctuations - An Empirical Investigation |
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Jalil Safaei (University of Manitoba) |
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Sectoral Shocks and Monetary Policy |
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Jean Farès (Bank of Canada) |
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Gabriel Srour (Bank of Canada) |
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Nonlinear trends and co-trending in Canadian money demand |
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David Cushman (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Discussants |
Ian Christensen (Bank of Canada) |
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Huntley Schaller (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Yazid Dissou (Finance Canada) |
| Presentations |
Foreign Aid, Innovation And Technology Transfer |
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Michael Benarroch (University of Winnipeg) |
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James Gaisford (University of Calgary) |
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North-North Trade and the Environment: A Game-Theoretic Perspective |
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Karim Eslamloueyan (Shiraz University) |
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Third Market Strategy in Strategic Trade Model: Tariffs or Free Trade? |
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Zheng Frank Yang (University of Toronto) |
| Discussants |
Ram Acharya (University of Ottawa) |
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Zhihao Yu (University of Nottingham) |
| Chair |
Sean Rogers (University of New Brunswick, Saint John) |
| Presentations |
British Immigrants in Canada: Evidence from Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg, 1901 |
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Alan Green (Queen's University) |
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Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) |
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Wealth, Assets and Portfolio Composition in the 19th Century |
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Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University) |
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Trade, Consumption, and the Family Economy: Native American in the 18th Century |
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Frank Lewis (Queen's University) |
| Discussants |
Ian Keay (McGill University) |
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Edgard Rodriguez (Finance Canada) |
| Chair |
Nicole Fortin (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Brother Correlations in Earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden Compared to the United States |
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Anders Bjorklund (University of Stockholm) |
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Tor Eriksson (Aarhus School of Business) |
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Markus Jantti (Academy of Finland) |
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Oddbjorn Raaum (Frisch Centre) |
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Eva Osterbacka (Abo Akademi) |
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Children and the Changing Labour Market: Joblessness in Families with Dependent Children |
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Bob Gregory (Australian National University) |
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Does Family Structure Affect Educational and Labour Market Outcomes? |
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Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University) |
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Ed Rama (University of Victoria) |
| Discussants |
Peter Kuhn (University of California at Santa Barbara) |
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Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser University) |
| Chair |
Robert Saint-Louis (President CAES) |
| Presentations |
Twenty-three Centuries of Agricultural Production, Trade and Intersectoral Balance in China |
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Peter Calkins (Université Laval) |
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Impacts of WTO Accession upon China's Present-Day Agriculture |
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D. Gale Johnson (University of Chicago) |
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Impacts of WTO Accession upon Export Competition in Chinese Markets |
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Kevin Chen (University of Alberta) |
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Impacts of WTO Accession upon Canadian and U.S. Exports and Imports |
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X. Y. Dong (University of Winnipeg) |
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Michele M. Veeman (University of Alberta) |
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Terry S. Veeman (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
William Stanbury (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Strategic Alliances: Cooperation between Competitors |
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Gwill Allen (Competition Policy Bureau) |
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Competition Policy for Network Industries |
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Jeffrey Church (University of Calgary) |
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Intellectural Property and Competition Policy |
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Chantale LaCasse (University of Alberta) |
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Efficiencies in Merger Review |
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Ralph Winter (University of Toronto) |
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The Growing Role of Private Actions in Competition Law |
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Stan Wong (Davis & Co.) |
| Chair |
Cassaundra Iwankow (HRDC) |
| Presentations |
Fertility and Employment in Britain |
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Susan Harkness (University of Sussex) |
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Jonathan Wadsworth (London School of Economics) |
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Labor Market Conditions, Employment Experience, and the Likelihood of Cohabitation Among New Parents |
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Lauren Rich (University of Pennsylvania) |
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Sara McLanahan (Princeton University) |
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Irwin Garfinkel (Columbia University) |
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Do Teens Make Rational Childbearing Choices? Family, Neighbourhood, and Net Benefit Determinants of Teen Nonmarital Childbearing |
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Kathryn Wilson (Kent State) |
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Barbara Wolfe (University of Wisconsin at Madison) |
| Discussants |
Marco Francesconi (University of Essex) |
| Presentations |
Worker Mobility, Hiring and the Youth Labour Market During the 1990s |
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Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) |
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Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) |
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Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) |
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Unemployment and Labour Force Attachment: New Results for Canada and the U.S. |
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W. Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) |
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Stephen R. G. Jones (McMaster University) |
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The Evolution of Job Stability in Canada: Trends and Comparisons to U.S. Results |
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Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) |
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Mark Walsh (Statistics Canada) |
| Discussants |
Thomas Crossley (Australian National U. and York Univ.) |
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Nicole Fortin (University of British Columbia) |
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David Green (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Baldev Raj (Wildrid Laurier University) |
| Presentations |
The role of investment in the Canada-US manufacturing labour productivity gap |
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Phaedra Kaptein-Russell (Industry Canada) |
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Ashfaq Ahmad (Industry Canada) |
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William Horseman (Industry Canada) |
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Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) |
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The Effect of Inflation Uncertainty on Output Growth: New Evidence on an Old Tale with a Different Story |
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Bradley K. Wilson (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
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The Effect on Investment Behavior of Variations in The Ratio of Book Value to Market Value |
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Cui Zhai (Queen's University) |
| Discussants |
Baldev Raj (Wildrid Laurier University) |
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Jun Yang (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Terry S. Veeman (University of Alberta) |
| Presentations |
On Overcoming Inherent Informational Deficiencies in Estimating the Distribution of Willingness to Pay |
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Richard T. Carson (University of California, San Diego) |
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Yongil Jeon (Harvard University) |
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On Jumps and Arch Effects in Natural Resource Prices: An Application to Stumpage Prices from Pacific Northwest National Forests |
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Jean-Daniel Saphores (Université Laval) |
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Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) |
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Denis Pelletier (Université Laval) |
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Recreation Valuation and Congestion: Empirical Analysis Using Panel Estimators |
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Kim Rollins (University of Guelph) |
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Peter Boxall (University of Alberta) |
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Jeffrey Englin (University of Nevada-Reno) |
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Alternative Bid Design Strategies for Discrete Response CV |
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Timothy Beatty (University of California at Berkeley) |
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Michael Hanemann (Dept. of Ag. & Resource Economics, UCB) |
| Chair |
Shasi Nandeibam (University of Birmingham) |
| Presentations |
Subjective Probabilities on Subjectively Unambiguous Events |
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Jiankang Zhang (Carleton University) |
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Larry G Epstein (University of Rochester) |
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Endogenously Non-Additive Aggregate Probabilities: Syndicate Surrogate Functions and Composite Market Beliefs |
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Kim Kaivanto (University of Warwick) |
| Discussants |
Shasi Nandeibam (University of Birmingham) |
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Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Stuart J. Wilson (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
The Merger Movement in Canadian Petroleum Refining, 1886-1898 |
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Henry Thille (University of Winnipeg) |
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Hugh Grant (University of Winnipeg) |
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Shell Games: Contracting Canadian Munitions Production during the Second World War. |
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Sean Rogers (University of New Brunswick, Saint John) |
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From a Business to an Economics Journal: History of L'Actualite Economique |
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Paul Lanoie (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) |
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Ruth Dupre (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) |
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Yves Gagnon (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales & CIRANO) |
| Discussants |
Frank Lewis (Queen's University) |
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Denise Young (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
James Nason (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
An ARDL Bounds Test Approach to Testing the Fisher Effect in Canada and the United States. |
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Frank Atkins (University of Calgary) |
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Patric Coe (University of Calgary) |
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Long-run Monetary Neutrality in Three Samples: the United Kingdom, the United States and the Small |
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Patrick Coe (University of Calgary) |
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James Nason (University of British Columbia) |
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Estimating Continuous Time Short-Term Interest Rate Models: A Comparison of Different Estimators |
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Sule Korkmaz (McMaster University) |
| Discussants |
Jalil Safaei (University of Manitoba) |
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David Cushman (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Organizer |
Jim Stanford (Economist, Canadian Auto Workers) |
| Chair |
Marjorie Cohen (Simon Fraser University) |
| Presentations |
Economic Growth and Ecological Economics: A Pressing Contradiction |
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R. Michael M'Gonigle (University of Victoria) |
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Quality of Life and Well-Being Measures and GDP |
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Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) |
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Growth and Social Progress |
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Andrew Jackson (Senior Economist, Canadian Labour Congress) |
| Discussants |
Frances Woolley (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Varghese Manaloor (Augustana University College) |
| Presentations |
Demographic Changes and Real Housing Prices in Canada |
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Mario Fortin (Université de Sherbrooke) |
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André Leclerc (Université de Moncton) |
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headship rates and the housing market |
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Marie-France Paquet (Department of Finance) |
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Bradley Recker (Department of Finance) |
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Private Labour Market in Nova Scotia |
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Pyare Arya (Saint Mary's University) |
| Discussants |
Varghese Manaloor (Augustana University College) |
| Chair |
Julie Kennett (PFRA, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Calgary) |
| Presentations |
Explaining Rural Growth: A Comparison of Iowa and Saskatchewan |
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John Miranowski (Iowa State University) |
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Daniel Monchuk (Iowa State University) |
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On the Determinants of the Demand for Information Services: An Application to Lowbush Blueberry Producers in Eastern Canada |
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Jean-Philippe Gervais (Université Laval) |
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Remy Lambert (Université Laval) |
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Francois Boutin-Dufresne (Université Laval) |
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Low-Price-Low Capacity Traps and Government Interventions |
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Bruno Larue (Université Laval) |
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Jean-Philippe Gervais (Université Laval) |
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Prairie Crop Diversification |
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Elwin Smith (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta) |
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Douglas Young (Washington State University) |
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Robert Zentner (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, Saskatchewan) |
| Chair |
Martin Rice (Canadian Pork Council) |
| Presentations |
Public Policy Responses to Increased Vertical Linkages in Agri-food Supply Chains |
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Linda M. Young (Montana State University) |
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Jill Hobbs (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
Producer Attitudes Towards Vertically Coordinated Beef Systems: Canadian Case Study |
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Hemal D. Kularatne (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Gary G. Storey (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
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Derek Brewin (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
Comparison of Supply Chain Management Status and Structural Implications in the Ontario Chicken and Pork Industries |
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Gus Murray (University of Guelph) |
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David Sparling (University of Guelph) |
| |
Is the Canadian Food Industry Oligopsonistic? |
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K. K. Quagrainie (University of Alberta) |
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James Unterschultz (University of Alberta) |
| |
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Michele M. Veeman (University of Alberta) |
| |
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S. Jeffrey (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
Michael Benarroch (University of Winnipeg) |
| Presentations |
Technical Progress, Price Adjustments and Wages |
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|
Ronald W. Jones (University of Rochester) |
| |
Endogenous Vertical Restraints in International Trade |
| |
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Nicolas Schmitt (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
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Horst Raff (Indiana University) |
| |
Market Integration and Industrial Structure: The Home Market Effect Revisited |
| |
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Zhihao Yu (University of Nottingham) |
| Discussants |
Brian Copeland (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Zheng Frank Yang (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Linda Welling (University of Victoria) |
| Presentations |
Fighting for Love: an Interdisciplinary Perspective on Family Bargaining |
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Nancy Folbre (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) |
| |
Sole Custody and "Disney Dads" |
| |
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Linda Welling (University of Victoria) |
| |
Control Over Money in Marriage |
| |
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Frances Woolley (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Martin Dooley (McMaster University) |
| |
Cristina Echevarria (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Chair |
Kuan Xu (Dalhousie University) |
| Presentations |
Income and Income Distribution as Determinants of International Trade |
| |
|
Beiling Yan (Carleton University) |
| |
New Goods, Technology Transfer and Income Distribution |
| |
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Chun Zhu (University of Toronto) |
| |
Changes to the Distribution of Aboriginal Family and Household Income In Canada |
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Peter Ibbott (University of Lethbridge) |
| Discussants |
Joseph De Juan (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| |
(Carol) Chui Ha Lau (University of Calgary) |
| Chair |
Kam Hon Chu (Memorial University of Newfoundland) |
| Presentations |
Wheat, Railways and Cycles: The 1840s Reassessed |
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Donald G. Paterson (University of British Columbia) |
| |
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Ronald A Shearer (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Oligopoly Pricing with Predictable Risk: The Case of Copper |
| |
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Denise Young (University of Alberta) |
| |
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David Ryan (University of Alberta) |
| |
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Stephane Vigeant (University of Alberta) |
| |
Regionally Distinct Technologies in Canada and the United States, 1907-1990 |
| |
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Ian Keay (McGill University) |
| Discussants |
Sean Rogers (University of New Brunswick, Saint John) |
| |
Henry Thille (University of Winnipeg) |
| Chair |
Ian Rongve (University of Regina) |
| Presentations |
Income,Institutions and the Gender Dimensions Educational Attainment: An Empirical Study of Developing Countries in Asia |
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Najma R. Sharif (Saint Mary's University) |
| |
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Atul Dar (Saint Mary's University) |
| |
Economic Development and Academic Achievement |
| |
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Kitty Mak (AIR/Education Statistics Services Institute) |
| |
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Trevor Williams (Westat) |
| |
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Stephen Roey (Westat) |
| |
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David Kastberg (Westat) |
| |
Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth |
| |
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Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon) |
| Discussants |
Tracy Snoddon (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| |
Ian Rongve (University of Regina) |
| Chair |
Wulong Gu (Industry Canada) |
| Presentations |
The Determinants of the Location of Canada's Foreign Direct Investment: Do Intellectual Property Rights Matter? |
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Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) |
| |
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Phaedra Kaptein-Russell (Industry Canada) |
| |
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Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) |
| |
Patterns of Corporate Diversification in Canada: An Empirical Analysis |
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|
Guy Gellatly (Statistics Canada) |
| |
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John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) |
| |
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Desmond Beckstead (Statistics Canada) |
| |
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Alice Peters (Statistics Canada) |
| |
The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on International Trade: Evidence from Canada |
| |
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Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) |
| Discussants |
David Sabourin (Statistics Canada) |
| |
Robert John Vigfusson (Northwestern University) |
| Chair |
Philippe Marcoul (Cirano) |
| Presentations |
Bleak Expectations: the Role of Pessimism in Addiction |
| |
|
Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) |
| |
Social Welfare Functions: Some Dissonant Notes |
| |
|
Larry Levine (University of New Brunswick) |
| |
Valuing the benefits of health care: where's the 'extra' in extra-welfarism? |
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Cam Donaldson (University of Calgary) |
| |
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Stephen Birch (McMaster University) |
| Discussants |
Philippe Marcoul (Cirano) |
| |
Xiaolin Zhong (York University) |
| Organizer |
Ellen Russell (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) |
| Chair |
David Fairey (Director, Trade Union Research Bureau) |
| Presentations |
Education Techniques at the Center for Popular Economics |
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Ellen Russell (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) |
| |
The Experience of Popular Economics Education in Canada |
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Gary Rabbior (Executive Dir., Canadian Foundation for Economic Education) |
| |
Economic Literacy, Intellectual Self-Defence and Social Movements |
| |
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Marc Lee (Research Economist, Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives) |
| Discussants |
Jim Stanford (Economist, Canadian Auto Workers) |
| Chair |
Jacob Sagi (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Detecting Other-Regarding Behavior With Virtual Players |
| |
|
Daniel Rondeau (University of Victoria) |
| |
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Paul J. Ferraro (Cornell University) |
| |
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Gregory L. Poe (Cornell University) |
| |
A Marginal Productivity Apporach to the Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma: An Economic Twist on Axelrod' Tournaments |
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David Robinson (Laurentian University) |
| |
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David Goforth (Laurentian University) |
| |
On Learning to Cooperate |
| |
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Niels Anthonisen (Mount Allison University) |
| Discussants |
Richard Levesque (Carleton University) |
| |
Jacob Sagi (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Frédéric Martin (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
Future Markets in the Milk Sector |
| |
|
Calum Turvey (University of Guelph) |
| |
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Robert Romain (Université Laval) |
| |
Managing Market Risks in Western Canadian Agriculture |
| |
|
James Unterschultz (University of Alberta) |
| |
Risk management Tools in the Agri-food Sector in the U.S |
| |
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Barry Barnett (Mississippi State University) |
| |
Risk Management Tools in the Agri-food Sector |
| |
|
Sylvain Larivière |
| |
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Frédéric Martin (Université Laval) |
| |
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Emmanuel Ndoruhirwe (Université Laval) |
| Discussants |
Peter Calkins (Université Laval) |
| Chair |
Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge) |
| Presentations |
Adoption of Dryland Cropping Technologies in the Hebei Region of Northern China |
| |
|
Elwin Smith (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta) |
| |
|
Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge) |
| |
Adoption of Agroforestry in Wagaland India Using Farm-led Technology Development and Dissemination |
| |
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Merle Faminow (IDRC) |
| |
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Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge) |
| |
Adoption of Biotechnology in Thailand and the Threat of Intellectual Piracy |
| |
|
William A. Kerr (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
|
Revadee Yampoin (Kasetart University, Bangkok) |
| |
The Rice Economy in India: Technology and Competitiveness after the Asian Crisis |
| |
|
Rick Barichello (Past President CAES) |
| |
|
David Dawe (International Rice Research Institute) |
| Discussants |
Cameron Short (Agriculture and Agri-food Canada) |
| |
George Kennedy (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Labour Market Outcomes and Schooling in Canada: Has the Value of a High School Degree Changed Over Time? |
| |
|
Daniel Parent (McGill University) |
| |
Inequality and School Financing |
| |
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Julian Betts (University of California at San Diego) |
| |
Determinants of Dropping Out of High School |
| |
|
Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia) |
| |
|
David Card (University of California at Berkeley) |
| Discussants |
Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
W. Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
Thomas Cottrell (University of Calgary) |
| Presentations |
Economic Growth and the Production of New Ideas, and the Software Input |
| |
|
Derek Stovin (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
|
W.H. Furtan (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
Entrepreneurial Risk, Credit Constraints and Corporate Income Tax |
| |
|
Cesaire Meh (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Environmental Regulation, Enterprise Efficiency, and the Associated Adjustments |
| |
|
Diana H. Tsai (Stanford University) |
| Discussants |
Thomas Cottrell (University of Calgary) |
| Chair |
Ronald W. Jones (University of Rochester) |
| Presentations |
Canada's International Trade and Production Fragmentation |
| |
|
Shenjie Chen (Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) |
| |
|
Prakash Sharma (Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) |
| |
|
Mingtao Chen (University of Ottawa) |
| |
The Role of Service Sector in the Process of Industrialization |
| |
|
Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) |
| |
|
Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Global Warming and Free Trade: A Trade Theory View of the Kyoto Protocol |
| |
|
Brian Copeland (University of British Columbia) |
| |
|
Scott Taylor (University of Wisconsin) |
| Discussants |
Nicolas Schmitt (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
Karim Eslamloueyan (Shiraz University) |
| Chair |
Doug Hostland (Finance Canada) |
| Presentations |
Welfare and Growth Implications in Canada of Compliance to Kyoto Protocol:A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis with Imperfect |
| |
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Yazid Dissou (Finance Canada) |
| |
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Carolyn Mac Leod (MEPA, Industry Canada) |
| |
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Mokhtar Souissi (MEPA, Industry Canada) |
| |
Non-Market Policies in a Computable General Equilibrium Model |
| |
|
Aled ab Iorwerth (Dept. of Finance) |
| |
|
Phil Bagnoli (Dept. of Finance) |
| |
Engineering and Economic Growth |
| |
|
Bernard Beaudreau (Université Laval) |
| Discussants |
Madanmohan Ghosh (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Doug Hostland (Finance Canada) |
| Chair |
Alok Johri (McMaster University) |
| Presentations |
The Potential for Lowering Federal Debt Service Charges: An Analysis of the Key Borrowing Instruments |
| |
|
Fazley Siddiq (Dalhousie University) |
| |
Testing the Permanent Income Hypothesis With Classification Methods |
| |
|
Joseph De Juan (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| |
|
John Seater (North Carolina State University) |
| |
Persistent and Transitory Shocks, Learning, and Investment Dynamics |
| |
|
Bartholomew Moore (Fordham University) |
| |
|
Huntley Schaller (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Mark Kamstra (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
Alok Johri (McMaster University) |
| Chair |
Daniel Rondeau (University of Victoria) |
| Presentations |
Social interactions, thresholds, and unemployment in neighborhoods |
| |
|
Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
The role of beliefs in an investment game experiment |
| |
|
William Morrison (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| |
|
Lisa Rutstrom (University of South Carolina) |
| |
Determination of Optimal Margin Requirements for Futures Contracts: A Markov Chain Model |
| |
|
Sule Korkmaz (McMaster University) |
| |
|
Erdem Gunduz (McMaster University) |
| |
|
Mahmut Parlar (McMaster University) |
| Discussants |
Linda Welling (University of Victoria) |
| |
Daniel Rondeau (University of Victoria) |
| Chair |
Christopher Nicol (University of Regina) |
| Presentations |
Substitutability of Immigrant and Native Labor |
| |
|
Kusum Mundra (University of California, Riverside) |
| |
|
R. Robert Russell (University of California, Riverside) |
| |
The Role of Water in Manufacturing |
| |
|
Diane Dupont (Brock University) |
| |
|
Steven Renzetti (Brock University) |
| |
Elasticities of Demand for Gasoline in Canada and the United States |
| |
|
Christopher Nicol (University of Regina) |
| Discussants |
John Cranfield (University of Manitoba) |
| |
Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) |
| Organizer |
Jerzy Konieczny (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| Chair |
Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Pisa and University of Sheffield) |
| Presentations |
A Forward-Looking Dynamic Multisectoral General-Equilibrium Tax Model of the UK Economy |
| |
|
Keshab Bhattarai (University of Hull) |
| |
Unit Root vs Structural Change: the Case of Unemployment in the North and South of Italy |
| |
|
Vincenzo Caponi (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Macroeconomic Effects of Employment Reallocation: a Review and an Appraisal from an Econometric Perspective |
| |
|
Giovanni Gallipoli (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
| |
|
Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Pisa and University of Sheffield) |
| |
Macroeconomic Effects of Sectoral Shocks in US, UK, and Germany: A Bvar-Garch-m Approach |
| |
|
Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Pisa and University of Sheffield) |
| |
|
Wolfgang Polasek (University of Basel) |
| Discussants |
Stephen Gordon (Université Laval) |
| |
Lucie Samson (Université Laval) |
| Chair |
Christian Sigouin (Concordia University) |
| Presentations |
An Explanation for the Observed S02-GNP Relationship in the US Economy (1900-1990):Combining Environmental Kuznets Curve etc. |
| |
|
Van Lantz (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
A Regional Perspective on the Canada-US Standard of Living Comparison |
| |
|
Raynald Létourneau (Industry Canada) |
| |
|
Martine Lajoie (Privy Council Office) |
| |
Economic Convergence In The European Union |
| |
|
George K. Zestos (Christopher Newport University) |
| |
|
Leo Michelis (Ryerson Polytechnic University) |
| |
|
Ling Yin (Jiangnan University) |
| Discussants |
Turgut Kisinbay (McGill University) |
| |
Christian Sigouin (Concordia University) |
| Organizer |
Jim Stanford (Economist, Canadian Auto Workers) |
| Chair |
Martha MacDonald (St. Marys University) |
| Presentations |
Services: The New Frontier |
| |
|
Noel Schacter (British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment) |
| |
Global and Canadian Perspectives on Trade Policy |
| |
|
John Helliwell (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Globalization, Conflict and the New World Disorder |
| |
|
Ed Shaffer (Emeritus, University of Alberta) |
| Discussants |
Stephen McBride (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
Alex Michalos (University of Northern British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Comparable Worth Comes To The Private Sector: The Case of Ontario |
| |
|
Nicole Fortin (University of British Columbia) |
| |
|
Michael Baker (University of Toronto) |
| |
The Persistent Gap: New Evidence on the Canadian Gender Wage Gap |
| |
|
Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada) |
| |
Predictions of the Canadian Gender Wage Gap 2001-2031 |
| |
|
Mike Shannon (Lakehead University) |
| |
|
Michael Kidd (University of Aberdeen) |
| Discussants |
Ross Finnie (Statistics Canada and Queen's University) |
| |
Lynda Gagne (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) |
| Presentations |
New Findings on the Expectations Hypothesis and Canadian Interest Rates |
| |
|
James Morley (Washington University) |
| |
|
Toni Gravelle (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Is the real interest rate constant? Evidence form OECD countries |
| |
|
Baldev Raj (Wildrid Laurier University) |
| |
Test of term structure models with treasury bonds |
| |
|
Jun Yang (University of Toronto) |
| Discussants |
Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) |
| |
Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University) |
| Chair |
Pierre Siklos (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| Presentations |
Relative-price shocks and inflation |
| |
|
Ian Christensen (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Estimating an Open Economy Aggregate Supply Function For the Canadian Economy |
| |
|
Simon Neaime (American University of Beirut) |
| |
|
John Paschakis (York University) |
| |
|
Efstratios Tselepis (York University) |
| |
Effets réels du cours des actions sur la consommation |
| |
|
Lise Pichette (Bank of Canada) |
| Discussants |
Jagdish Handa (McGill University) |
| |
Derek Hermanutz (Finance Canada) |
| Chair |
Raynald Létourneau (Industry Canada) |
| Presentations |
The Case For and Against Import Embargoes on Products of Biotechnology |
| |
|
(Carol) Chui Ha Lau (University of Calgary) |
| |
|
James Gaisford (University of Calgary) |
| |
Can tariff-jumping foreign investment be beneficial? |
| |
|
Yingfeng Xu (University of Alberta) |
| |
Trade and Education Premium in Canada |
| |
|
Omar Zakhilwal (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Ashfaq Ahmad (Industry Canada) |
| |
Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) |
| Chair |
Jiankang Zhang (Carleton University) |
| Presentations |
Informed Finance? |
| |
|
Dan Bernhardt (University of Illinois (UIUC)) |
| |
|
Stefan Krasa (University of Illinois (UIUC)) |
| |
Habit Formation with Recursive Preferences |
| |
|
Aylin Seckin (CIRANO) |
| |
Inter-temporal Preference for Flexibility and Risky Choice |
| |
|
Jacob Sagi (University of British Columbia) |
| |
|
Alan Kraus (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
Jiankang Zhang (Carleton University) |
| |
Kim Kaivanto (University of Warwick) |
| Chair |
Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Preemption and Rent Dissipation With Multiple Investments |
| |
|
Marcel Boyer (Université de Montréal) |
| |
|
Pierre Lasserre (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
|
Thomas Mariotti (London School Economics & Poli. Science) |
| |
|
Michel Moreaux (Universite de Toulouse I) |
| |
Population Principles with Number-Dependent Critical Levels |
| |
|
Charles Blackorby (University of British Columbia) |
| |
|
David Donaldson (University of British Columbia) |
| |
|
Walter Bossert (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Intergenerational Influences on the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance in Canada and Sweden |
| |
|
Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) |
| |
|
Bjorn Gustafsson (University of Goteborg) |
| |
|
Torun Osterberg (Univesity of Goteborg) |
| |
The Impact of Social Capital and Workers' Attitudes Toward Job Search on UI Receipt |
| |
|
David Gray (University of Ottawa) |
| |
Unemployment Insurance Take-Up and Reemployment |
| |
|
Marc VanAudenrode (Université Laval) |
| |
|
Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval) |
| |
|
Jean-François Bertrand (HRDC) |
| Discussants |
Tim Sargent (Department of Finance) |
| |
Lars Vilhuber (U.S. Census Bureau & York University) |
| Chair |
Alfons Weersink (University of Guelph) |
| Presentations |
Pesticide Productivity in Alberta Crop Production |
| |
|
Shahidul Islam (University of Alberta) |
| |
|
Terry S. Veeman (University of Alberta) |
| |
Measures of Technical Efficiency in Dairy Production: Comparisons and Decompositions |
| |
|
Mbaga Msafiri (Université Laval) |
| |
|
Robert Romain (Université Laval) |
| |
|
Bruno Larue (Université Laval) |
| |
On the Choice of Functional Form in Stochastic Frontier Models |
| |
|
Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska) |
| |
|
Kien C. Tran (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
|
Vangelis Tzouvelekas (University of Crete) |
| |
Comparative DEA Analysis of Productivity in Boreal Logging Industries |
| |
|
Atakelty Hailu (University of Alberta) |
| |
|
Terry S. Veeman (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
Larry Martin (University of Guelph) |
| Presentations |
An Economic Approach to Determining Optimal Capacity and Managing Human Use Levels in Canada's National Parks |
| |
|
Ian Myles (University of Guelph) |
| |
Optimal Water Distribution and Sustainability When Efficiency Pricing Cannot be Implemented |
| |
|
John Janmaat (Grad Student) |
| |
Economics Analysis of Integrated Surface and Ground Water Use Management in the Jakarta Region, Indonesia |
| |
|
Yusman Syaukat (University of Guelph) |
| |
|
Glenn Fox (University of Guelph) |
| |
Factor Substitution and Returns to Scale in the Canadian Lumber Industry |
| |
|
Gholamreza Chabokrow (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
|
Kien C. Tran (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
|
Mobinul Huq (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Chair |
Martin Rice (Canadian Pork Council) |
| Presentations |
Estimating Consumer Demands Across the Development Spectrum: Maximum Likelihood Estimates of an Implicit Direct Additivity Model |
| |
|
John Cranfield (University of Manitoba) |
| |
|
Paul Preckel (Purdue University) |
| |
|
James Eales (Purdue University) |
| |
|
Thomas Hertel (Purdue University) |
| |
Aggregate Measures of Food Consumption |
| |
|
J. Stephen Clark (Nova Scotia Agricultural College) |
| |
|
Albert J. Reed (Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C.) |
| |
|
William Levedahl (Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C.) |
| |
Meat Demand Analysis with Endogenous Unit Values |
| |
|
Pierre Perusse (Agriculture et Agroalientaire Canada) |
| |
|
Bruno Larue (Université Laval) |
| |
Canadian Household Demand for Major Food Categories: Cross Sectional Econometric Analysis |
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Chen Chen (University of Alberta) |
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Kevin Chen (University of Alberta) |
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Michele M. Veeman (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Spoiling the Market |
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Sam Bucovetsky (York University) |
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Vertical Restraints and the Problem of a Durable Good Monopolist |
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Philippe Cyrenne (University of Winnipeg) |
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Cooperating Upstream While Competing Downstream: A Theory of Input Joint Ventures |
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Zhiqi Chen (Carleton University) |
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Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) |
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Jeffrey Church (University of Calgary) |
| Chair |
Michel Roland (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
Do Tax Differences Contribute toward the Brain Drain from Canada to the U.S.? |
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Don Wagner (University of British Columbia) |
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Kyoto Protocol and Canada's Public Policy: An Economic Inquiry into Ancillary Health Benefits of GHG Mitigation |
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Milan Jayasinghe (Health Canada / University of Ottawa) |
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Network Externalities, Inequality, and Child Labor Laws |
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Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval) |
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Desire Vencatachellum (H.E.C, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) |
| Discussants |
Amornrat Apinunmahakul (University of Ottawa) |
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Michel Roland (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
The Impact of Sunday Shopping Deregulation on Employment and Hours of Work in the Retail Industry: Evidence from Canada |
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Mikal Skuterud (McMaster University) |
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Determinants of the Retirement Age: Does Money Really Matter |
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Janice Compton (Finance Canada) |
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A Search Theoretic Interpretation of the Rise in Own-Account Self-Employment in Canada in the 1990's |
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Danny Leung (University of Western Ontario) |
| Discussants |
Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada) |
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Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) |
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Stephanie Luis (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Lisa Kramer (Simon Fraser University) |
| Presentations |
Can Human Capital Theory Explain the Distribution of Earnings and Income |
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David Andolfatto (University of Waterloo) |
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Paul Gomme (Federal Reserve Bank Cleveland) |
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Chris Ferrall (Queen's University) |
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Self-enforcing Labour Contracts and Business Fluctuations |
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Christian Sigouin (Concordia University) |
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The structural determinants of real interest rates in Canada |
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Jean-François Fillion (Department of Finance) |
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Céline Gauthier (Department of Finance) |
| Discussants |
Bartholomew Moore (Fordham University) |
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Ken Stewart (University of Victoria) |
| Chair |
Clark Leith (University of Western Ontario) |
| Presentations |
Model Selection when Estimating and Predicting Consumer Demands using International, Cross Section Data |
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John Cranfield (University of Manitoba) |
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James Eales (Purdue University) |
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Thomas Hertel (Purdue University) |
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Paul Preckel (Purdue University) |
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Nutritional and Budgetary Implications of Price and Income Change: A Case Study of Low Income Households in Lesotho. |
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Varghese Manaloor (Augustana University College) |
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Storey Gary (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Richard Gray (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Production Organ. Market Imperfections & the Role of Human Capital in Transition Economies: Evidence From Romanian Agriculture |
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Marian Rizov (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) |
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Johan Swinnen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) |
| Discussants |
Clark Leith (University of Western Ontario) |
| Chair |
Kenneth Hendricks (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
The Analytics of Search with Posted Prices |
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Michael Arnold (University of Delaware) |
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Steven Lippman (University of California, Los Angeles) |
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First Price Auctions in the Independent Private Value Model. |
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Bernard Lebrun (Université Laval) |
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Sequential Investments and Exclusive Contracts |
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Kyoungwon Rhee (University of Wisconsin) |
| Discussants |
Kenneth Hendricks (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Dan Bernhardt (University of Illinois (UIUC)) |
| Chair |
Simon Neaime (American University of Beirut) |
| Presentations |
Exports, Imports and GDP: Causal Relations in Six European Union Countries |
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Leo Michelis (Ryerson Polytechnic University) |
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George K. Zestos (Christopher Newport University) |
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Tao Xiangnan (Jiangnan University, China) |
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International Monetary Policy and Trade Imbalances: Evidence from a Panel of Twelve Industrialized Countries |
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Seung-Dong Lee (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
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Bradley K. Wilson (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
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Foreign Exchange Intervention and Central Bank Transparency in Two Small Open Economies: The Canadian And Australian Experiences |
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Pierre Siklos (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
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Jeff Rogers (KPMG Canada) |
| Discussants |
Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) |
| |
Simon Neaime (American University of Beirut) |
| Chair |
Larry Levine (University of New Brunswick) |
| Presentations |
Habermasian Insights for Economics |
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Kenneth Avio (University of Victoria) |
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Adam Smith on Colonial Economic Policy |
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Melvin Cross (Dalhousie University) |
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An Examination on Some Outdated Assumptions and Logical Flaws in Existing Economics Theories |
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Xiaolin Zhong (York University) |
| Discussants |
Christopher Green (McGill University) |
| |
Keir Armstrong (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Kanta Marwah (Carleton University) |
| Presentations |
When Costs Approach Infinity: An Economic Perspective on Dangerous Technologies |
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Lloyd Jeffry Dumas (University of Texas, Dallas) |
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The Canadian Forces Recruitment/Attrition Model |
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Tracy Wait (Department of National Defence) |
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John Verdon (Department of National Defence) |
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The Canadian Defence Industrial Base |
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Binyam Solomon (Department of National Defence) |
| Discussants |
Erik Poole (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
Thomas K. Rymes (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Rick Barichello (Past President CAES) |
| Presentations |
Voting for Registration of New Varieties of Grains and Oilseeds in Western Canada: A Collegial Process in a Competitive Time |
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Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge) |
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A. M. Walburger (University of Lethbridge) |
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The Effects of Biotechnology on Concentration and Structure in the Agricultural Industry |
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Murray Fulton (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska) |
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A Stochastic Approach to Examine Spillovers in Public and Private Agricultural Research |
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Richard Gray (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Stavroula Malla (University of Saskatchewan) |
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Market Structure, Innovation, and Technological Change in the Life Sciences: An Example from the Seed Industry |
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Edmund K. Mupondwa (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) |
| Chair |
Bruno Larue (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
Hedging Financial and Business Risks in Agriculture with Commodity-Linked Bonds |
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Yufie Jin (University of Guelph) |
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Calum Turvey (University of Guelph) |
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Characterizing Risk in the U.S. Food and Tobacco Manufacturing Industries: A Single Index Model Approach |
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John Cranfield (University of Manitoba) |
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Futures Market Trading Returns Using Moving Averages |
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J. Jonathan Weselak (Western Opinion Research) |
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Milton Boyd (University of Manitoba) |
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A Dynamic Euler Equation Model of Cow-Calf Output Supply |
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Msafiri Mbaga (Université Laval) |
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Barry Coyle (University of Manitoba) |
| Chair |
Jeff Corman (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) |
| Presentations |
Integration of Canadian and U.S. Cattle Markets |
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Rita Aitwal (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa) |
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Demand for Wine in Ontario, Canada |
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Brenda Dyack (University of Guelph) |
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Ellen Goddard (University of Melbourne) |
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Consumer Responses to Animal Disease Epidemics: An Empirical Study of the MD Outbreak |
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Jason Tsai (National Taipei University) |
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Evaluating Branded Advertising of Fluid Milk Products in Taiwan |
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Jane Lu Hsu (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan) |
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Gary Shang-Min Liu (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan) |
| Presentations |
How Does Welfare Influence Young Women's School and Work Achievements? |
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Thomas MaCurdy (Stanford University) |
| |
What Do We Learn About Evaluation From The National Supported Worker Data? |
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Jeffrey Smith (University of Western Ontario) |
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The Impact of Government-Sponsored Training Programs on the Labour Market Transitions of Disadvantaged Men |
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Guy Lacroix (Université Laval) |
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Lucie Gilbert (Human Resources Development Canada) |
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Thierry Kamionka (GREQAM, Université de Toulouse I) |
| Discussants |
Bernard Fortin (Université Laval) |
| |
David Green (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) |
| Presentations |
A Comparison of Productivity Growth in Manufacturing between Canada and the United States, 1961-1995 |
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Wulong Gu (Industry Canada) |
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Mun Ho (Harvard University) |
| |
An Assessment of Competitiveness and Productivity Levels - Canadian and U.S. Manufacturing Industries |
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Frank Lee (Industry Canada) |
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Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) |
| |
Three Suggestions to Improve Multifactor Productivity Measurement in Canadian Manufacturing |
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Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa) |
| Discussants |
David Burgess (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Michael Denny (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Jeffrey Church (University of Calgary) |
| Presentations |
TV Advertising, Program Quality, and Product-Market Oligopoly |
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Tore Nilssen (University of Oslo) |
| |
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Lars Sorgard (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
| |
Private Labels, Price Rivalry and Public Policy |
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Lars Sorgard (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
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Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen (University of Bergen) |
| |
The Importance of Innovation for Competitiveness |
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Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) |
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Ashfaq Ahmad (Industry Canada) |
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William Horseman (Industry Canada) |
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Phaedra Kaptein-Russell (Industry Canada) |
| |
Network Externalities, Technological Progress, and Competitive Upgrades |
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Jeffrey Church (University of Calgary) |
| |
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Michael Turner (EES Consulting) |
| Discussants |
Philippe Cyrenne (University of Winnipeg) |
| |
Zhiqi Chen (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Cristina Echevarria (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Presentations |
Environmental Information, Consumers, and Workers: Economic Theory and Canadian Evidence |
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Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) |
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Kathryn Harrison (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Limiting Biotechnology? - Information Problems and Policy Responses |
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James Gaisford (University of Calgary) |
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Marni D. Plunkett (University of Calgary) |
| |
Climate Change Policy: The Energy Predicament |
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Christopher Green (McGill University) |
| |
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H.D. Lightfoot |
| Discussants |
James B. Davies (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Cristina Echevarria (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Chair |
David Robinson (Laurentian University) |
| Presentations |
The Role of Jurisdictional Challenges in Enforcing Inter-State Environmental Agreements |
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Patricia Koss (Portland State University) |
| |
Schooling, Social Capital, and Delinquency |
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Ambrose Leung (Carleton University) |
| |
Law Enforcement and Criminality: Europe vs. USA |
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Robert Schwager (Zentrum für europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH) |
| |
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Dominque Demougin (Otto-von-Guericke University) |
| Discussants |
Sandra Charles (Industry Canada) |
| |
David Robinson (Laurentian University) |
| Chair |
Bernard Lebrun (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
On the Neutrality of Asset Ownership for Work Incentives |
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Gregory Dow (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
A model of Consultancy |
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Philippe Marcoul (Cirano) |
| |
Efficiency in Teams with Sub-Teams |
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Shasi Nandeibam (University of Birmingham) |
| |
Toward an alternative model of institutional choice and change based on the concept of productive authority; with selected appli |
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Richard Levesque (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Dan Bernhardt (University of Illinois (UIUC)) |
| |
Bernard Lebrun (Université Laval) |
| Organizer |
Jim Stanford (Economist, Canadian Auto Workers) |
| Chair |
Brian MacLean (Laurentian University) |
| Presentations |
The Increasing Fragility of Western Financial Capital Markets |
| |
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Brenda Spotton-Visano (York University) |
| |
Stabilizing and Destabilizing Policies for the Next Recession |
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Mike McCracken (Chair and CEO, Informetrica Limited) |
| |
Reducing Speculation Through a Tobin Tax: An Optimal-Portfolio Approach |
| |
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Bruno Bosco (State University of Milan) |
| Discussants |
Gideon Rosenbluth (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
'Legal' versus 'economic' factors in the growth and decline of unions: A stock-flow analysis of Canada and the U.S. |
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Susan Johnson (McMaster University) |
| |
Visits to Canada: The role of Canada's immigrant populations |
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David Prescott (University of Guelph) |
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David Wilton (University of Waterloo) |
| |
Employment Growth, Productivity and Structural Adaptation of Provincial Economies During the 90s. |
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Mian B. Ali (University of Prince Edward Island) |
| |
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Palanisamy Nagarajan (University of Prince Edward Island) |
| |
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Wimal Ranakaduwa (University of Prince Edward Island) |
| Discussants |
Jorgen Hansen (IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor) |
| |
Marcelin Joanis (Finance Canada) |
| |
Chris Riddell (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Jean-Pierre Voyer (Director-General of the Applied Research Branch of HRDC) |
| Presentations |
The Missing Link Between Income and Child Health and Well-Being |
| |
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Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) |
| |
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Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) |
| |
The Effect of the Self Sufficiency Project Earnings Supplement on Child Outcomes |
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Pamela Morris (MDRC) |
| |
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Lisa Gennetian (MDRC) |
| |
Time Crunch Among Parents with Children: Does it arrise from an Attempt to Maintain Living Standards? |
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Clarence Lochhead (Data Quest Incorporated) |
| Discussants |
Dafna Kohen (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Hugh Neary (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Product release strategies in microcomputer software |
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|
Thomas Cottrell (University of Calgary) |
| |
Litigation and Settlement in Patent Infringement Cases |
| |
|
Corinne Langinier (Concordia University) |
| |
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Claude Crampes (GREMAQ and IDEI, Toulouse, France) |
| |
Technology Heterogeneity, Competition and Miserising Intra-industry Trade |
| |
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Lasheng Yuan (University of Calgary) |
| Discussants |
Gregory Dow (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
Hugh Neary (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
W. Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Trade and Productivity Growth in Manufacturing: A Canada-U.S. Comparison |
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Rick Harris (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
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Samer Kherfi (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
Canadian Manufacturers' Relative Productivity Performance, 1907-90 |
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Ian Keay (McGill University) |
| |
Canada-U.S. Productivity in the Chemical Industry |
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Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) |
| |
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Frank Lee (Industry Canada) |
| |
|
Ron Hirshorn (Economic Consultant) |
| Discussants |
Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Guy Gellatly (Statistics Canada) |
| |
Beiling Yan (Statistics Canada) |
| Presentations |
The Distribution of Immigrant Earnings |
| |
|
John DiNardo (University of California at Irvine) |
| |
The Earnings Growth of Immigrant Men and Women Using Longitudinal Individual Data |
| |
|
Harriet Duleep (The Urban Institute) |
| |
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Daniel J. Dowhan (U.S. Social Security Administration) |
| |
The Job Search and Education Investments of Immigrant Families |
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Deborah Cobb-Clark (The Australian National University) |
| |
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Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) |
| |
|
M.D. Connolly (Chatham College) |
| Discussants |
Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) |
| |
Julian Betts (University of California at San Diego) |
| |
Mary Grant (Citizenship & Immigration) |
| Chair |
Michel Normandin (UQAM) |
| Presentations |
Fluctuations in Expected Returns and Economic Risk |
| |
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Lucie Samson (Université Laval) |
| |
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Benoit Carmichael (Université Laval) |
| |
Absence of Arbitrage and Detrending Procedures: Making Sense of Rational Stock Prices |
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Geoffrey Poitras (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
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John Heaney (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
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Edward Fang (Duke University) |
| |
An Unbiased Explanation of the Favourite Longshot Bias |
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Lawrence McDonough (Queen's University) |
| |
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William Hurley (Royal Military College of Canada) |
| Discussants |
Shafiq Ebrahim (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Michel Normandin (UQAM) |
| Presentations |
International Patters in Worker Displacement |
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Peter Kuhn (University of California at Santa Barbara) |
| |
Abandoning the sinking ship: The composition of worker flows prior to displacement |
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Lars Vilhuber (U.S. Census Bureau & York University) |
| |
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Paul Lengermann (U.S. Census Bureau & University of Maryland) |
| |
The long run costs of job loss as measured by consumption changes |
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Thomas Crossley (Australian National U. and York Univ.) |
| |
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Martin Browning (University of Copenhagen) |
| Discussants |
Daniel Parent (McGill University) |
| |
Marc Van Audenrode (Université Laval) |
| Chair |
Fazley Siddiq (Dalhousie University) |
| Presentations |
Population Ageing, Debt Reduction, and Intergenerational Equity |
| |
|
Claude Lavoie (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
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Bernard Babineau (Department of Finance) |
| |
An Opportunistic Approach to Debt Reduction |
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Patrick Georges (Department of Finance-Canada) |
| |
Measuring Regional Effects of Monetary Policy |
| |
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George Georgopoulos (University of Toronto) |
| Discussants |
Patrick Coe (University of Calgary) |
| |
Fazley Siddiq (Dalhousie University) |
| Chair |
Bradley K. Wilson (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| Presentations |
State Owned Enterprises, Shirking and Trade Liberalization |
| |
|
Madanmohan Ghosh (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
|
John Whalley (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
A Computable General Equilibrium Model of Canada-US Trade |
| |
|
J. Elton Fairfield (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Estimating Dynamic Ricardian Trade Model |
| |
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Timo Tiainen (University of Vaasa) |
| Discussants |
Aled ab Iorwerth (Dept. of Finance) |
| |
Bradley K. Wilson (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| Chair |
Christopher Ragan (McGill University) |
| Presentations |
Learning, Utilization and the Propagation of Shocks |
| |
|
Alok Johri (McMaster University) |
| |
|
Marc-Andre Letendre (McMaster University) |
| |
Learning from Structural Vector Autoregression Models |
| |
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Stephen Gordon (Université Laval) |
| |
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Dorothee Boccanfuso (Université Laval) |
| |
Time Varying Risk Premia in Nonrenewable Resource Asset Returns: The Bayesian Approach |
| |
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Wing Chan (University of Alberta) |
| Discussants |
Jeannine Bailliu (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Christopher Ragan (McGill University) |
| Chair |
Derek Stovin (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Presentations |
The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Labour and Capital Productivity in Canada |
| |
|
Wulong Gu (Industry Canada) |
| |
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Lori Whewell (Industry Canada) |
| |
The Benefits of Trade Liberalization: Import Expansion |
| |
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Clea Coronel (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) |
| |
Trade Liberalization, Technology, Relative Factor Supplies and the Relative Wage: Evidence From The South |
| |
|
Tahir Abdi (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Robert Lamy (Finance Canada) |
| |
Derek Stovin (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Chair |
Christopher Nicol (University of Regina) |
| Presentations |
Exact Tests for the Equality of Survival Functions with Censored Data |
| |
|
Jimmy Royer (Université Laval) |
| |
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Jean-Marie Dufour (Université de Montréal) |
| |
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Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) |
| |
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Marc Van Audenrode (Université Laval) |
| |
Properties of estimates of daily GARCH parameters based on intra-day observations |
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John W. Galbraith (McGill University) |
| |
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Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) |
| |
Stratified Sample Design for Fair Lending Binary Logit Models |
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Marsha Courchane (Freddie Mac) |
| |
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Judith Giles (University of Victoria) |
| Discussants |
Jean-François Lamarche (Queen's University) |
| |
Christopher Nicol (University of Regina) |
| Chair |
Tan Wang (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Long-term Information, Short-lived Derivative Securities |
| |
|
Dan Bernhardt (University of Illinois (UIUC)) |
| |
|
Ryan Davies (Queen's University) |
| |
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John Spicer (Europe Economics) |
| |
An Equilibrium Explanation of Large Allocative Errors in Investment Markets |
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Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia) |
| |
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Francisco Gonzalez (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Jean-Pierre Voyer (Director-General of the Applied Research Branch of HRDC) |
| Presentations |
Labour Force Participation and Welfare Participation among Lone Mothers |
| |
|
Martin Dooley (McMaster University) |
| |
|
Ross Finnie (Statistics Canada and Queen's University) |
| |
Earnings Capacity Poverty |
| |
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Stephane Gascon (Applied Research Branch, Human Resources Development Canada) |
| |
The Growing Threat of Exclusion in Canada |
| |
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Michael Hatfield (Applied Research Branch, Human Resources Development Canada) |
| |
Concentrations of Poverty and Distressed Neighbourhoods in Canada: An Update Using the 1996 Census |
| |
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Michael Hatfield (Applied Research Branch, Human Resources Development Canada) |
| Discussants |
Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada) |
| Chair |
Michael Arnold (University of Delaware) |
| Presentations |
Learning by Doing and the Behaviour of Job Creation and Distribution |
| |
|
Francisco Gonzalez (University of British Columbia) |
| |
|
Alok Johri (McMaster University) |
| |
Work-Sharing: An Efficiency-Wage Analysis |
| |
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William Scarth (McMaster University) |
| |
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Thomas Moutos (Athens University) |
| |
Policy as a Process of Search: The Role of Social Preferences and Informational Externalities |
| |
|
Matthew Doyle (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
Michael Arnold (University of Delaware) |
| |
Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria) |
| Chair |
Seamus Hogan (Health Canada) |
| Presentations |
An Assessment of Health Care User Charges |
| |
|
Jing Xu (Health Canada) |
| |
The Productivity of Outpatient Treatment for Substance Abuse |
| |
|
Mingshan Lu (University of Calgary) |
| |
|
Thomas G. McGuire (Boston University) |
| |
Real Productivity Measurement in a Pharmaceutical Sub-Market |
| |
|
Steven G Morgan (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Relationship between Cost-Benefit Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness based on the QALY concept in health care |
| |
|
Ake Blomqvist (University of Western Ontario) |
| Discussants |
Gillian Currie (University of Calgary) |
| |
Seamus Hogan (Health Canada) |
| |
Milan Jayasinghe (Health Canada / University of Ottawa) |
| Chair |
Omar Zakhilwal (Carleton University) |
| Presentations |
The Revival of Regional Trade Arrangements: Implications for Indian Trade Policy |
| |
|
Madanmohan Ghosh (University of Western Ontario) |
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Discriminatory Bloc Formation in Pacific Asia: Assessing the Prospects Using a Gavity Model of Merchandise Trade Flows. |
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Saud Choudhry (Trent University) |
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Aznan Abu-Baker (Singapore Airlines) |
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Regional Trade Agreements, Country Risk and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America |
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Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) |
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Annette Hester (University of Calgary) |
| Discussants |
Yingfeng Xu (University of Alberta) |
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Omar Zakhilwal (Carleton University) |
| Presentations |
The Impact of Education on Gender Differentials in the Duration of Welfare Spells |
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Martin Dooley (McMaster University) |
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Jennifer Stewart (National University of Ireland, Galway) |
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Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of-Welfare? |
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Jorgen Hansen (IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor) |
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Magnus Lofstrom (IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor) |
| Discussants |
Craig Dougherty (Citizenship & Immigration) |
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William Warburton (B.C. Government) |
| Chair |
Henry Thille (University of Winnipeg) |
| Presentations |
A Real Options Approach to the Valuation of a Forestry Investment |
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Margaret Forsyth (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
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Income subsidies and incentives to overfish |
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Erik Poole (Simon Fraser University) |
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The Role of the Fisherian Harvest Age in a Single Cohort Model |
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Stephan Schott (McMaster University) |
| Discussants |
Diane Dupont (Brock University) |
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Henry Thille (University of Winnipeg) |
| Chair |
Frank Atkins (University of Calgary) |
| Presentations |
Debt Renegotiation, Managerial Compensation, and the Optimal Composition of Private and Public Debt |
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Pinaki Bose (University of Memphis) |
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Sanjay Banerji (McGill University) |
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Capital Structure and Long Term, Implicit, Financial Relationships |
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Karine Gobert (Concordia University) |
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Group Lending, Direct Monitoring and Borrower Default: An Empirical Assessment. |
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Eric Santor (University of Toronto) |
| Discussants |
Frank Atkins (University of Calgary) |
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Christopher Ragan (McGill University) |
| Chair |
Ayoub Yousefi (University of Waterloo) |
| Presentations |
Learning and Exporting in Colombian Manufacturing |
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Alberto Isgut (Wesleyan University) |
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Import Dependence and External Shocks |
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Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University) |
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Benjamin Dennis (University of the Pacific) |
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The determinants of recent cross-border merger and acquisition activity in Canada |
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Aaron Sydor (Industry Canada) |
| Discussants |
Michael Bowe (UMIST) |
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John Cranfield (University of Manitoba) |
| Chair |
Kusum Mundra (University of California, Riverside) |
| Presentations |
Yea-Saying in Discrete Response CV |
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Timothy Beatty (University of California at Berkeley) |
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Michael Hanemann (Dept. of Ag. & Resource Economics, UCB) |
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Random Utility, Nonlinear Income, and the Role of the Time Budget |
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Sabina Shaikh (University of British Columbia) |
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Modelling Intervention in Situations of Conflict |
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Dane Rowlands (Carleton University) |
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David Carment (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Kusum Mundra (University of California, Riverside) |
| Chair |
Kuan Xu (Dalhousie University) |
| Presentations |
The Age Distribution and Provincial Government Spending in Canada: 1966-2026 |
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Ian Rongve (University of Regina) |
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Classical Horizontal Inequity and Reranking : an Integrated Approach |
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Vincent Jalbert (Department of Finance Canada) |
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Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval) |
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A paradox of progressivity |
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Bob Howard (Alberta Treasury) |
| Discussants |
Kam Yu (University of British Columbia) |
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Kuan Xu (Dalhousie University) |
| Chair |
Nicholas Rowe (Carleton University) |
| Presentations |
Testing Monetary Neutrality and Rational Expectations for Canada: seasonally unadjusted versus adjusted data |
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Jagdish Handa (McGill University) |
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Seungjin Han |
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The Effect of Inflation Targeting on the Behaviour of Expected Inflation: |
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David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
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Maroeconomic Stabilisation: Fixed Exchange Rates vs Inflation Targeting vs Price Level Targeting |
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Nicholas Rowe (Carleton University) |
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Vivek H. Dehejia (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Jean Farès (Bank of Canada) |
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Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
The Contribution of Labour Markets, Demographics and Public Transfers to Inequality: A Decomposition Analysis for Canada,1986-96 |
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Marcelin Joanis (Finance Canada) |
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Edgard Rodriguez (Finance Canada) |
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Determinants of Wage Inequality in Canada in the 1980s and 1990s |
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James Townsend (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
John P. Haisken-Denew (German Institute for Economic Research) |
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Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Mark Kamstra (Simon Fraser University) |
| Presentations |
Predictable Components of NYSE Industry Stock Returns |
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Lei Zhang (University of Calgary) |
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Lasheng Yuan (University of Calgary) |
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), the January Effect, and the Stock Market |
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Lisa Kramer (Simon Fraser University) |
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Mark Kamstra (Simon Fraser University) |
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Maurice Levi (University of British Columbia) |
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Dividends, Earnings and Fundamental Valuation |
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Mark Kamstra (Simon Fraser University) |
| Discussants |
Marc-Andre Letendre (McMaster University) |
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Geoffrey Poitras (Simon Fraser University) |
| Chair |
Diane Dupont (Brock University) |
| Presentations |
The Child Care Expense Deduction: Vertical and Horizontal Equity Issues |
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Lynda Gagne (University of British Columbia) |
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Costs and Wages Matter in Taiwan: A Study in the Labor Supply of Young Mothers |
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Li-ping M. Chen (Shih Chien University) |
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Labour market behaviour and contraceptive practice |
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Padma Rao Sahib (University of Groningen - Population Research Centre) |
| Discussants |
Ake Blomqvist (University of Western Ontario) |
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Diane Dupont (Brock University) |
| Chair |
Eric Santor (University of Toronto) |
| Presentations |
Constructing NEO: A Near-Term Employment Outlook |
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Edda Claus (Department of Finance) |
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Monitoring regional economies in Canada with high frequency coincident index |
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Robert Lamy (Finance Canada) |
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Patrick Sabourin (Bank of Canada) |
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A Strategy for Selecting Lag Order in Small Samples |
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Stephen Murchison (Department of Finance, Canada) |
| Discussants |
Karine Gobert (Concordia University) |
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Eric Santor (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Van Lantz (Simon Fraser University) |
| Presentations |
Time-to-Plan Investment: Insights from the Frequency Domain |
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Robert John Vigfusson (Northwestern University) |
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Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern University) |
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Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Canada and the United States |
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Walid Hejazi (University of Toronto at Scarborough) |
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A. Edward Safarian (University of Toronto) |
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Educational Quality and Labor Market Earnings in Pakistan |
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Ather Akbari (Saint Mary's University) |
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Naeem Muhammed (Lahore University of Management Sciences) |
| Discussants |
Bernard Beaudreau (Université Laval) |
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Van Lantz (Simon Fraser University) |
| Chair |
Zhigang Tong (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
Determinants of Innovative Activity in Canadian Manufacturing Firms: The Role of Intellectual Property Rights |
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David Sabourin (Statistics Canada) |
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John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) |
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Petr Hanel (Université de Sherbrooke) |
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Innovation and Economic Performance in Canadian Industries |
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Wulong Gu (Industry Canada) |
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Gary Sawchuk (Industry Canada) |
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Lori Whewell (Industry Canada) |
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Report on the Copyright Industry in Canada -- Rapport sur les Industries basées sur le droit d'auteur au Canada |
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Sandra Charles (Industry Canada) |
| Discussants |
Cui Zhai (Queen's University) |
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Zhigang Tong (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
George Georgopoulos (University of Toronto) |
| Presentations |
An Empirical Search for a Canadian Credit Channel |
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Joe Italiano (Department of Finance) |
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The Quality of Bank Regulation and Its Macroeconomic Effects: A Quantitative Analysis |
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Bilin Neyapti (Bilkent University) |
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Nergiz Dincer (Bilkent University) |
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The Origins of Canada's Debt Build-Up |
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Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) |
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John Leach (McMaster University) |
| Discussants |
Patrick Georges (Department of Finance-Canada) |
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George Georgopoulos (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Joanne Roberts (University of Toronto) |
| Presentations |
From Foraging to Agriculture |
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Gordon Myers (Simon Fraser University) |
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Nicolas Marceau (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
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Rule-of-Thumb Versus Rational Play in Finitely Repeated Games |
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Archishman Chakraborty (Baruch College, CUNY) |
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Parikshit Ghosh (University of British Columbia) |
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Tax Evasion and Trust |
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Robin Boadway (Queen's University) |
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Nicolas Marceau (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
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Steeve Mongrain (Simon Fraser University) |
| Chair |
Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
Regulating Global Climate Change with Bayesian Learning on Damages |
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Jiangfeng Zhang (University of California, Berkeley) |
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Larry Karp (University of California-Berkeley) |
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Competition between Public Enterprises |
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Michel Roland (Université Laval) |
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Jean-Thomas Bernard (Université Laval) |
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The Effects of Grants and Grant Structure on Provincial Health and Education Spending |
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Tracy Snoddon (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| Discussants |
Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval) |
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Diana H. Tsai (Stanford University) |
| Chair |
Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) |
| Presentations |
Horizontal Mergers in Differentiated Product Markets |
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Mingtao Chen (University of Ottawa) |
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Product Differentiation,Segmentation & Competition |
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Michael E. Burns (University of South Australia) |
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Selective Promotion of Industries under Imperfect Information |
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Amy Jocelyn Glass (Ohio State University) |
| Discussants |
Corinne Langinier (Concordia University) |
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Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) |