| Organizer |
Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
Tom Crossley (York University) |
| Presentations |
The Married Widow: Marriage Penalties Matter! |
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Michael Baker (University of Toronto) |
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Emily Hanna (University of Toronto) |
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Jasmin Kantarevic (University of Toronto) |
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Labour Market Networks, Family Background, and Unemployment Insurance : The Nature of Intergenerational Influences on the use of Unemployment Insurance by Canadian Youth |
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Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) |
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School Performance of the Children of Immigrants in Canada: Evidence from the NLSCY, 1994-98 |
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Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) |
| |
Ross Finnie (Queen's University) |
| |
Frances Woolley (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) |
| Presentations |
Low-Income Intensity During the 1990s: The Role of Economic Growth, Earnings and Social Transfers |
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Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) |
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Rene Morissette (Statistics Canada) |
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Using the Incidence of the Social Security Tax to Test Competing Models of Wage Determination |
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Kevin Lang (Boston University and MIT) |
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A Cohort Analysis of Wages |
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David Green (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) |
| |
Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
Jeffrey Smith (University of Western Ontario) |
| Chair |
Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Income Prospects of British Columbia University Graduates |
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Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) |
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The Role of Credentials in the Canadian Labour Market |
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Ana Ferrer (University of British Columbia) |
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Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) |
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The Impact of Restricting Access to Income Assistance on School Retention |
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David Green (University of British Columbia) |
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Alec McBeath (B.C. Ministry of Social Development & Economic Security) |
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Bill Warburton (B.C. Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security) |
| Discussants |
Kevin Lang (Boston University and MIT) |
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Daniel Parent (McGill University) |
| Chair |
Allen Zeesman (Human Resources Development Canada) |
| Presentations |
Learn$ave: A National Demonstration Project of Individual Development Accounts for Learning |
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Jean-Pierre Voyer (Social Research Demonstration Corporation) |
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Will the Working Poor Invest in Education and Training? Results of a Laboratory Experiment |
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Cathleen Johnson (Social Research Demonstration Project) |
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Claude Montmarquette (Université de Montréal) |
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Credit Constraints and Training |
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Tom Crossley (York University) |
| Discussants |
Gilles Bérubé (Human Resources Development Canada) |
| |
Francois Vaillancourt (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Ian King (University of Auckland) |
| Presentations |
Anticipated Technological Change and Real Business Cycles |
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David Love (Brock University) |
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Jean-François Lamarche (Brock University) |
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Labor Hoarding, Superior Information, and Business Cycle Dynamics |
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Michel Normandin (UQAM) |
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Martin Boileau (University of Colorado, Boulder) |
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Technology Diffusion, Intertemporal Substitution, and Business Cycles |
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Toshiya Ishikawa (Kyushu Kyoritsu University) |
| Chair |
Renee St-Jacques (Industry Canada) |
| Presentations |
Does the Innovation Gap Explain Regional Growth Differences? |
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Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) |
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Frédérick Demers (Industry Canada/University of Ottawa) |
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Karen Smith (Industry Canada) |
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Innovation in Canadian Manufacturing Industries |
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Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) |
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Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) |
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Endogenous Growth: A Sequential Search Model for New Technology |
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M. H. Vafa (University of Ottawa) |
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N. V. Quyen (University of Ottawa) |
| Discussants |
Zhiqi Chen (Carleton University) |
| |
Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa) |
| Chair |
Silvia Gonçalves (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Analytical Evaluation of the Power of Tests for the Absence of Cointegration |
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Elena Pesavento (Emory University) |
| |
Residual Based Tests for Cointegration with GLS Detrended Data |
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Gabriel Rodríguez (University of Ottawa) |
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Pierre Perron (Boston University) |
| |
The Relationship Between Output and Money in Canada: A Wavelet Based Analysis |
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Christoph Schleicher (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
John W. Galbraith (McGill University) |
| |
Richard Luger (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Greg Tkacz (Bank of Canada) |
| Chair |
Désiré Vencatachellum (École des HEC) |
| Presentations |
Accepting the Ultimatum Game: Implications for the Theory of Price and Production |
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Tim Hazledine (University of Auckland) |
| |
The Evolution of Competition |
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Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) |
| |
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Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) |
| |
Asymmetry in Procurement Auctions: Some Evidence From Snow Removal Contracts |
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Veronique Flambard (Grant MacEwan College) |
| |
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Isabelle Perrigne (University of Southern California) |
| Discussants |
Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Karine Gobert (Concordia University) |
| |
Mohamed Souheil Haddad (Université Laval) |
| |
Tim Hazledine (University of Auckland) |
| Chair |
Samer Kherfi (Simon Fraser University) |
| Presentations |
Relative Importance of Sectoral and Aggregate Sources of Price Changes |
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Hiranya Nath (Southern Methodist University) |
| |
Fiscal Policy Stance and Macroeconomic Activity in India: An Empirical Investigation |
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Pinaki Chakraborty (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) |
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Lekha Chakraborty (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) |
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Fiscal Deficit and Rate of Interest Link in India: An Econometric Analysis of Deregulated Financial Regime |
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Lekha Chakraborty (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) |
| |
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Pinaki Chakraborty (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) |
| Discussants |
Pinaki Chakraborty (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) |
| |
Suzanne Kennedy (Department of Finance) |
| |
Hiranya Nath (Southern Methodist University) |
| Chair |
Kevin Milligan (University of Toronto) |
| Presentations |
Is There Evidence of Income Splitting Among Canadian Self-Employed Families? |
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Herbert Schuetze (Dartmouth College) |
| |
Union Organizing, Union Suppression and Mandatory Voting: Empirical Evidence from British Columbia, 1978-98 |
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Chris Riddell (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Are There Long-Term Neighborhood Effects in Toronto? A Quasi-experimental Approach Comparing Outcomes of Adults Who Grew Up in Different Public Housing Projects |
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Philip Oreopoulos (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Discussants |
Rafael Gomez (London School of Economics & Political Science) |
| |
Felice Martinello (Brock University) |
| |
Kevin Milligan (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Pisa) |
| Presentations |
Aggregate Effects of Reallocation Shocks: A Comparative Impulse Response Function Analysis for Selected European Countries |
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Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Pisa) |
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Theodore Panagiotidis (University of Sheffield) |
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Wolfgang Polasek (University of Basel) |
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Information Technology and Productivity Change in the Banking Industry: a Stochastic Frontier Approach |
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Luca Casolaro (Bank of Italy) |
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Giorgio Gobbi (Bank of Italy, Research Department) |
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Equilibrium Unemployment and Mobility |
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Vincenzo Caponi (University of Western Ontario and ISTAT) |
| Discussants |
Vincenzo Caponi (University of Western Ontario and ISTAT) |
| |
Alok Kumar (Queen's University) |
| |
Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) |
| Chair |
Peter Christoffersen (McGill University) |
| Presentations |
Overnight Borrowing, Interest Rates and Extreme Value Theory |
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Ramo Gencay (University of Windsor) |
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Faruk Selcuk (Bilkent University, Turkey) |
| |
Empirical Issues in Value-at-Risk |
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Dennis Bams (Maastricht University) |
| |
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Jacco Wielhouwer (CENTER, Tilburg University) |
| |
Estimates of Quantiles of Daily Conditional Volatility Using High-Frequency Data |
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Serguei Zernov (McGill University) |
| |
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John W. Galbraith (McGill University) |
| |
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Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) |
| Discussants |
Dennis Bams (Maastricht University) |
| |
Ramo Gencay (University of Windsor) |
| |
Serguei Zernov (McGill University) |
| Chair |
James Smythe (University of Alberta) |
| Presentations |
Intergovernmental Tax Interactions in Canada: Personal and Corporate Income Taxes |
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Ann Cavlovic (Finance Canada) |
| |
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Harriet Jackson (Finance Canada) |
| |
Taxpayers' Response to Tax Rate Changes: a Canadian Panel Study |
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Robert Gagné (École des HEC) |
| |
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Jean-Francois Nadeau (Bank of Canada) |
| |
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Francois Vaillancourt (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Effective Tax Rates in Russian Transition |
| |
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Vlad Ivanenko (University of Western Ontario) |
| Discussants |
Ann Cavlovic (Finance Canada) |
| |
Paul Makdissi (Université de Sherbrooke) |
| Organizer |
John Smithin (York University) |
| Chair |
Nick Falvo (Progressive Economics Forum) |
| Presentations |
What if Government Debt is Good? A New Paradigm for Fiscal Policy |
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Thomas Palley (AFL-CIO) |
| |
The Role of Taxes in the National Economy |
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Hassan Bougrine (Laurentian University) |
| |
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Mario Seccareccia (University of Ottawa) |
| |
Can We Afford to Pay for Social Programs? |
| |
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John Smithin (York University) |
| Discussants |
Fletcher Baragar (University of Manitoba) |
| |
Brenda Spotton-Visano (York University) |
| Chair |
Kirk Collins (University of Ottawa) |
| Presentations |
Tax Policy and Irreversible Investment |
| |
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Michel Demers (Carleton University) |
| |
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Fanny Demers (Carleton University) |
| |
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Sumru Altug (University of York) |
| |
Optimal Emissions-Control Policy Under Imperfect Competition |
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Marie-Christine Tremblay (Finance Canada) |
| |
Contests for Pricing Externalities with Free Entry of Injurers and Victims |
| |
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Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph) |
| Discussants |
Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) |
| |
John Boyce (University of Calgary) |
| |
Pierre Lasserre (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| Chair |
David Love (Brock University) |
| Presentations |
Continuous Dispersion of Posted Prices in a Random Matching Monetary Model |
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Allen Head (Queen's University) |
| |
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Alok Kumar (Queen's University) |
| |
Matching Foundations |
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Ian King (University of Auckland) |
| |
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Benoit Julien (University of Miami) |
| |
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John Kennes (University of Amsterdam) |
| |
Limited Participation and Search in the Financial Markets |
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Kevin Moran (Bank of Canada) |
| |
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Scott Hendry (Bank of Canada) |
| Discussants |
Allen Head (Queen's University) |
| |
Ian King (University of Auckland) |
| |
Kevin Moran (Bank of Canada) |
| Chair |
Todd Mattina (Queen's University and University of Guelph) |
| Presentations |
Leaving a Monetary Union: Expected Time and Probability |
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Frank Strobel (University of Birmingham) |
| |
Useful Government Spending, Direct Crowding Out and Fiscal Policy Interdependence |
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Giovanni Ganelli (University of Warwick) |
| |
Foreign Direct Investment Capital and Financial Inflows and their Impact on Barbados' Current Account |
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Trevor Campbell (Central Bank of Barbados) |
| Discussants |
Trevor Campbell (Central Bank of Barbados) |
| |
Giovanni Ganelli (University of Warwick) |
| |
Frank Strobel (University of Birmingham) |
| Chair |
Frances Woolley (Carleton University) |
| Presentations |
The Evolution of Gender Roles |
| |
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Linda Welling (University of Victoria) |
| |
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Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria) |
| |
Does Evolutionary Game Theory Predict the Patriarchy? |
| |
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David Robinson (Laurentian University) |
| |
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David Goforth (Laurentian University Department of Math) |
| |
All in the Family: A Simultaneous Model of Parenting Style and Child Conduct |
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Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) |
| |
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Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) |
| |
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Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) |
| Discussants |
David Robinson (Laurentian University) |
| |
Linda Welling (University of Victoria) |
| |
Frances Woolley (Carleton University) |
| Chair |
Ake Blomqvist (Health Canada and the University of Western Ontario) |
| Presentations |
Interprovincial Migration of Canadian Physicians |
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Michael Benarroch (University of Winnipeg) |
| |
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Hugh Grant (University of Winnipeg) |
| |
The Flexibility of Hospitals in a Non-Market Health Care System |
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Stéphane Vigeant (University of Alberta) |
| |
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Daniel Bilodeau (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
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Pierre-Yves Crémieux (UQAM and Analysis Group/Economics) |
| |
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Pierre Ouellette (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
Health Human Resources: Cost Driver of the Canadian Health Care System |
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Jeffrey Carr (Health Canada) |
| |
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Ruolz Ariste (Health Canada) |
| Discussants |
Catherine Deri (University of Toronto) |
| |
Pierre-Thomas Leger (H.E.C.) |
| Chair |
Turgut Kisinbay (York University and McGill University) |
| Presentations |
Evaluating Factor Models: An Application to Canadian Inflation |
| |
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Marc-Andre Gosselin (Bank of Canada) |
| |
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Greg Tkacz (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Using Neural Networks to Forecast Core Inflation |
| |
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Umar Faruqui (Department of Finance) |
| |
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Mark Urwin (Bank of Canada, Research Department) |
| |
Evaluating QPM: A Preliminary Investigation |
| |
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Andrew Rennison (Bank of Canada) |
| |
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Robert Amano (Bank of Canada) |
| |
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Kim McPhail (Bank of Canada) |
| |
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Hope Pioro (Bank of Canada) |
| Chair |
Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) |
| Presentations |
A Test Between Search and Human Capital Models Using Linked Displaced Worker Data |
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Lars Vilhuber (U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC & York University, Toronto) |
| |
Explaining the Upward Trend in the Incidence of On-The-Job Search, 1976-1995 |
| |
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Mikal Skuterud (McMaster University) |
| |
A Structural Model of Disease Exposure and Infection |
| |
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Padma Rao Sahib (University of Groningen) |
| |
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Frans J. Willekens (University of Groningen) |
| Chair |
Robert Moir (University of New Brunswick) |
| Presentations |
Heterogeneity, Communication, Coordination and Voluntary Provision of a Public Good |
| |
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Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) |
| |
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Kenneth Chan (McMaster University) |
| |
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Robert Moir (University of New Brunswick) |
| |
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R. Andrew Muller (McMaster University) |
| |
VCM or PPM?:A Comparison of the Efficiency Properties of Two Voluntary Public Goods Mechanisms |
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Daniel Rondeau (University of Victoria) |
| |
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Gregory L. Poe (Cornell University and U. of East Anglia) |
| |
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William D. Schulze (Cornell University) |
| |
The Nash Equilibrium and Disequilibrium Effects: Cooperation Is Easier When There Is More Elbow Room |
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John Spraggon (Lakehead University) |
| |
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Robert Moir (University of New Brunswick) |
| Discussants |
Bram Cadsby (University of Guelph) |
| |
Martin Kocher (University of Innsbruck) |
| |
Steven Lehrer (University of Pittsburgh) |
| Organizer |
M-A Pigeon (Parliamentary Library) |
| Chair |
Robert Chernomas (University of Manitoba) |
| Presentations |
Too Much of a Good Thing: The Paradox of Over-Expansionary Policies in a Growth Economy |
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Anwar Shaikh (New School University) |
| |
Harrod's Growth Dynamics: Towards A New Synthesis of Mr. Keynes and the Classics |
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Jamee Moudud (Sarah Lawrence College) |
| |
Post-Keynesian and Marxist Economics: Twins or Distant Cousins? |
| |
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Marc Lavoie (University of Ottawa) |
| |
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Mario Seccareccia (University of Ottawa) |
| |
A Marxist Growth Model Derived from a Regulationist-Keynesian Perspective |
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Jean-Guy Loranger (Université de Montréal) |
| Discussants |
M-A Pigeon (Parliamentary Library) |
| |
Thomas Rymes (Carleton University) |
| Organizer |
Walter Bossert (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Stability in Dynamic Matching Markets |
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Ettore Damiano (University of Toronto) |
| |
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Ricky Lam (Northwestern University) |
| |
Invited Lecture:- Information-Proof Equilibria in Large Games |
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Ehud Kalai (Northwestern University) |
| Chair |
Mark Crosby (Melbourne University) |
| Presentations |
The Risk and Consequences of a Liquidity Trap |
| |
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Nicolas Moreau (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
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Claude Lavoie (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
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Bernard Babineau (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
Inventories, Sticky Prices and the Propagation of Nominal Shocks |
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Marc-Andre Letendre (McMaster University) |
| |
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Martin Boileau (University of Colorado, Boulder) |
| |
Credit Crunch as an Optimal Decision of Banks Under Uncertainty. |
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Martin Berka (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
Patrick Coe (University of Calgary) |
| |
Hashmat Khan (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada) |
| Presentations |
Productivity Growth in ICT-Producing Industries--A Source of Growth Differentials in the OECD? |
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Frank Lee (OECD) |
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Dirk Pilat (OECD) |
| |
Information Technology and the U.S. Productivity Revival: Is Canada Lagging Behind? |
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Benoit Robidoux (Department of Finance) |
| |
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Dirk Muir (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Information Technology Implementation and Human Capital |
| |
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Ted Wannell (Statistics Canada) |
| |
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Jennifer Ali (Statistics Canada) |
| Discussants |
Todd Mattina (Queen's University and University of Guelph) |
| |
Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) |
| |
Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance) |
| Chair |
Bryan Campbell (Concordia University) |
| Presentations |
Investigating Old Techniques Using A New Data Form |
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Yongil Jeon (Central Michigan University) |
| |
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Clive W.J. Granger (University of California, San Diego) |
| |
Forecasting Heavy-Tailed Random Variables Using Robust Estimation |
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Jon Vilasuso (West Virginia University) |
| |
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Joseph Palardy (West Virginia University) |
| Discussants |
Yongil Jeon (Central Michigan University) |
| |
Jon Vilasuso (West Virginia University) |
| Chair |
Martin Dooley (McMaster University) |
| Presentations |
Does Health-Care Utilization Increase With Age?: The Cost of Living or the Cost of Dying? |
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Allan Pollock (Health Canada) |
| |
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Seamus Hogan (University of Canterbury) |
| |
Nouvelles considérations sur l'étude empirique des déterminants des dépenses de santé des gouvernements provinciaux au Canada: 1966-1998 |
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Ruolz Ariste (Health Canada) |
| |
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Jeffrey Carr (Health Canada) |
| |
Child Health Care Utilization in Canada |
| |
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JoAnn Kingston-Riechers (Dalhousie University) |
| |
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Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) |
| |
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Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) |
| Discussants |
John W. Galbraith (McGill University) |
| |
Philip Merrigan (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
Saul Schwartz (Carleton University and SRDC) |
| Presentations |
The Determinants of Search Behaviour |
| |
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Marc Van Audenrode (Université Laval) |
| |
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Pierre-Yves Cremieux (Groupe d'Analyse Economique) |
| |
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Philip Merrigan (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
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Jimmy Royer (Université Laval) |
| |
Estimating the Equilibrium Impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project |
| |
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Shannon Seitz (Queen's University) |
| |
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Jeffrey Smith (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Estimation and Inference in Social Experiments |
| |
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Christopher Ferrall (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
Stephane Pallage (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Technological Change, the Minimum Wage and Welfare |
| |
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Burhanettin Kuruscu (University of Rochester) |
| |
Unemployment Insurance, Job-Specific Training and Wage Distribution |
| |
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Alok Kumar (Queen's University) |
| |
Occupational Mobility and Wage Inequality |
| |
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Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
|
Iourii Manovskii (University of Western Ontario) |
| Discussants |
Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Alok Kumar (Queen's University) |
| |
Stephane Pallage (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| Chair |
Muhammed Islam (Concordia University) |
| Presentations |
Are Price Controls Necessarily Bad? The Case of Rice in Vietnam |
| |
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Madanmohan Ghosh (Industry Canada and University of Western Ontario) |
| |
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John Whalley (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Agricultural Trade Liberalization Policy in Iran: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis |
| |
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Habibollah Salami (University of Tehran) |
| |
What Role is Inflationary Finance Going to Play in the Context of Liberalization? |
| |
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Abdelaziz Mahjoub (CED-TEAM, Université de Paris 1--Sorbonne) |
| Chair |
Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) |
| Presentations |
Crashing the Party: The Impact of Strategic Voting in Primaries on Election Outcomes |
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Stephan Kroll (St. Lawrence University) |
| |
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Todd L. Cherry (Appalachian State University) |
| |
Bargaining in Legislatures: An Experimental Investigation of Open versus Closed Amendment Rules |
| |
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Steven Lehrer (University of Pittsburgh) |
| |
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Guillaume Frechette (Ohio State University) |
| |
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John Kagel (Ohio State University) |
| |
Sleepers Thresholds and Gateways: The Consequences of Inevitable Dynamics from Selective Imitation in Evolutionary Games |
| |
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Bill Morrison (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| |
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Paul Harrald (SAV Capital Inc.) |
| Discussants |
Jason Childs (McMaster University) |
| |
Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) |
| |
Guillaume Frechette (Ohio State University) |
| Chair |
Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto) |
| Presentations |
Rural Poverty in Honduras: Assessing the Role of Off-Farm Employment Opportunities |
| |
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Alberto Isgut (Wesleyan University) |
| |
Re-examining Poverty Trends in Canada |
| |
|
Urvashi Biswal (Queen's University) |
| |
|
Bagala Biswal (Memorial University) |
| |
An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Public Expenditures on Education and Health on Poverty in Indian States |
| |
|
Bagala Biswal (Memorial University) |
| |
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Raghbendra Jha (Australian National University) |
| |
|
Urvashi Biswal (Queen's University) |
| Discussants |
Tom Crossley (York University) |
| |
Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) |
| Organizer |
Nick Falvo (Progressive Economics Forum) |
| Chair |
Brian MacLean (Laurentian University) |
| Presentations |
Fiscal Capacity, Capital Mobility and the New Decentralized Federalism: Are We Taxing the Right Things in the Right Places? |
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Hugh Mackenzie (United Steelworkers of America) |
| |
Citizenship, Fiscal Federalism and Atlantic Canada |
| |
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Frank Strain (Mount Allison University) |
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Alternative Perspectives in Economic Education |
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Robert Dale (National Union of Public and General Employees) |
| Discussants |
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) |
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Joe Ruggeri (University of New Brunswick) |
| Chair |
Paul Anglin (University of Windsor and University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
Estimating Peer Effects using Value Added Models: Monte Carlo Evidence and an Application to Achievement in China's Secondary Schools |
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Weili Ding (University of Pittsburgh) |
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Steven Lehrer (University of Pittsburgh) |
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Private School Entry in an Emerging Economy: A Semi-parametric Approach |
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Mark Chandler (EuroFaculty Vilnius Centre) |
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Effects on School Enrollment and Performance of a Conditional Transfers Program in Mexico |
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Pierre Dubois (INRA Toulouse) |
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Alain De Janvry (University of California, Berkeley) |
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Elisabeth Sadoulet (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Discussants |
Mark Chandler (EuroFaculty Vilnius Centre) |
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Weili Ding (University of Pittsburgh) |
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Pierre Dubois (INRA Toulouse) |
| Organizer |
Walter Bossert (Université de Montréal) |
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Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) |
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Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Jacques Robert (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Multi-Unit Pay-Your-Bid Auction with One-Dimensional Multi-Unit Demands |
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Bernard Lebrun (Université Laval) |
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Marie-Christine Tremblay (Finance Canada) |
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Identification of Strategies and Equilibrium in Games of Incomplete Information (with application to common-value auctions) |
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Artyom Shneyerov (Northwestern University) |
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License Bidding - Sunk Costs That Matter |
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Ruqu Wang (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
Edward Kutsoati (Tufts University) |
| Presentations |
Structural Changes in the European Telecommunications Industry: A Financial Strategy Perspective |
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Tatiana Shusterman (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
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Wolfgang Bessler (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen) |
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John R. Norsworthy (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
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Dividend Policy of Initial Public Offerings |
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Wolfgang Bessler (Justus-Liebig-University Giessen) |
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Dona Siregar (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
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Size Matters: The Impact of Capital Market Liberalization on Individual Firms |
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Peter Christoffersen (McGill University) |
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Vihang Errunza (McGill University) |
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Hyunchul Chung (McGill University) |
| Discussants |
Peter Christoffersen (McGill University) |
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Edward Kutsoati (Tufts University) |
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Jun Yang (University of Toronto) |
| Organizer |
Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) |
| Presentations |
Are ICT Spillovers Driving the New Economy? |
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Kevin Stiroh (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) |
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Who Benefits From Economic Reform: The Contributions of Productivity, Price Changes and Firm Size to Profitability |
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Denis Lawrence (Meyrick and Associates) |
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Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) |
| |
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Kevin Fox (University of New South Wales) |
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Productivity Growth and the Role of Government |
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Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) |
| Discussants |
John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) |
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Pierre Dugay (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Tom Wilson (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Nour Meddahi (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Maximum Likelihood and the Bootstrap for Nonlinear Dynamic Models |
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Silvia Gonçalves (Université de Montréal) |
| |
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Halbert White (University of California, San Diego) |
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A Consistent Bootstrap Test for Conditional Density Functions with Time-Dependent Data |
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Greg Tkacz (Bank of Canada) |
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Fuchun Li (Bank of Canada) |
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An Heteroskedasticity-Robust Bootstrap Test for Structural Change with Nonstationary Regressors |
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Jean-François Lamarche (Brock University) |
| Discussants |
Jean-Marie Dufour (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Ian Irvine (Concordia University) |
| Presentations |
Performance-Based Contracting and Reporting Incentives |
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Mingshan Lu (University of Calgary) |
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Ching-to Albert Ma (Boston University) |
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Information Asymmetry, Insurance, and the Utilization of Hospital Services |
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Pierre Thomas Léger (École des H.E.C. and CIRANO) |
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Ake Blomqvist (Health Canada and the University of Western Ontario) |
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A Comparison of Alternative Methods to Model Endogeneity in Count Models: An Application to the Demand for Health Care and Health Insurance Choice |
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Martin Schellhorn (McMaster University) |
| Discussants |
Ake Blomqvist (Health Canada and the University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Pierre-Yves Cremieux (Groupe d'Analyse Economique) |
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Jorgen Hansen (Concordia University) |
| Chair |
Jeffrey Smith (University of Western Ontario) |
| Presentations |
Employment Income Supplements and Mental Health: A Controlled Experiment |
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Pierre-Yves Cremieux (Groupe d'Analyse Economique) |
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Ronald Kessler (Harvard Medical School) |
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Paul Greenberg (Analysis Group Economics) |
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Philip Merrigan (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
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Returns to Experience and Tenure Among Long-Term Welfare Recipients: Do Education and Earnings Subsidies Matter? |
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Peter Gottschalk (Boston College) |
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Helen Connolly (Boston College) |
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Martin Dooley (McMaster University) |
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The Job Histories of Participants in the Self-Sufficiency Project: A Duration Analysis |
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Saul Schwartz (Carleton University and SRDC) |
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Jeffrey Zabel (Tufts University) |
| |
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Stephen Donald (University of Texas) |
| Chair |
Michael Bradfield (Dalhousie University) |
| Presentations |
Network Economies and Transportation |
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Yuri V. Yevdokimov (University of New Brunswick) |
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Switching Barriers in Industrial Business Relationships -- A Transaction Cost Analysis |
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Jan Beckmann (University of Western Ontario) |
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Estimating a Third-order Translog Demand System Using Canadian Micro-data |
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Vik Singh (University of Regina) |
| Discussants |
Jan Beckmann (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
James Brox (University of Waterloo) |
| |
Yuri V. Yevdokimov (University of New Brunswick) |
| Chair |
Urvashi Biswal (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
Toward an Empirical Analysis of Polarization |
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Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto) |
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The Evolution of Wealth Inequality in Canada, 1984-1999 |
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Rene Morissette (Statistics Canada) |
| |
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Xuelin Zhang (Statistics Canada) |
| |
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Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada / HRDC) |
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Wage Inequality in Canada and the U.S.: the Role of Trade, Technology and Factor Endowment |
| |
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Beiling Yan (Statistics Canada) |
| Discussants |
Charles Beach (Queen's University) |
| |
Christopher Nicol (University of Regina) |
| |
Fazley Siddiq (Dalhousie University) |
| Chair |
Maximilian Baylor (Department of Finance Canada) |
| Presentations |
Analyzing the Stability of the Taylor Rule for Canada |
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Frédérick Demers (Industry Canada/University of Ottawa) |
| |
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Gabriel Rodríguez (University of Ottawa) |
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On Inflation and the Persistence of Shocks to Output |
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Richard Luger (Bank of Canada) |
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Maral Kichian (Bank of Canada) |
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Estimates of New Phillips Curves with Alternate Marginal Cost Measures |
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Hashmat Khan (Bank of Canada) |
| |
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Edith Gagnon (Bank of Canada) |
| Discussants |
Patrick Coe (University of Calgary) |
| |
Mark Crosby (Melbourne University) |
| |
Richard Luger (Bank of Canada) |
| Chair |
Leonard Dudley (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Trade Protection: Commercial Policy versus Exchange Rate Policy |
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Ravi Yatawara (University of Delaware) |
| |
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Raquel Ajona (Deutschebank) |
| |
Quality Enhancing Trade Liberalization |
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Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia) |
| |
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Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Endogenous Trade Policy Through Majority Voting: An Empirical Investigation |
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Pushan Dutt (University of Alberta) |
| |
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Devashish Mitra (Florida International University) |
| Discussants |
Michael Benarroch (University of Winnipeg) |
| |
Marc Busch (Queen's University) |
| |
Alberto Isgut (Wesleyan University) |
| Organizer |
Walter Bossert (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Ed Nosal (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) |
| Presentations |
Bargaining Power and the Agenda |
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Lutz-Alexander Busch (University of Waterloo) |
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Optimal Contracts and Intertemporal Incentives With Hidden Actions |
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Jerome Detemple (Boston University) |
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Suresh Govindaraj (Rutgers University) |
| |
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Mark Loewenstein (Boston University) |
| |
Negotiation and Take It Or Leave It In Common Agency |
| |
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Michael Peters (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
Cash-in-advance Constraints, Time Preference, and the Mundell-Tobin Effect |
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Eric Kam (Ryerson University) |
| |
Delayed Income Taxation and Fluctuations |
| |
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Christian Zimmermann (UQAM) |
| |
Costly State Verification and General Equilibrium: A Note on Carlstrom and Fuerst (1998) |
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Jean-Marie Renaud (Université de Paris IX) |
| Discussants |
Martin Berka (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Christian Calmes (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Francisco Ruge-Murcia (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Nezih Guner (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
A General Equilibrium Analysis of Parental Leave Policies |
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Diego Restuccia (University of Toronto) |
| |
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Andres Erosa (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona) |
| |
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Luisa Fuster (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) |
| |
The Timing of Births: A Marriage Market Analysis |
| |
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Elizabeth Caucutt (University of Rochester) |
| |
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Nezih Guner (Queen's University) |
| |
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John Knowles (University of Pennsylvania) |
| |
Marriage and Taxes: A Two-Sided Search Analysis |
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Gustavo Ventura (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
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Hector Chade (Arizona State Univ.) |
| Chair |
Elena Pesavento (Emory University) |
| Presentations |
Linear Methods for Nonlinear Time Series Models |
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Denis Pelletier (Université de Montréal) |
| |
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Jean-Marie Dufour (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Testing Distributional Assumptions: A GMM Approach |
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Nour Meddahi (Université de Montréal) |
| |
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Christian Bontemps (CENA-LEEA, Toulouse, France) |
| Discussants |
Marine Carrasco (University of Rochester) |
| |
Ramo Gencay (University of Windsor) |
| Chair |
Robert Vigfusson (Northwestern University) |
| Presentations |
The Impacts of Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement on Canadian Merger Activity |
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Mingtao Chen (University of Ottawa) |
| |
Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations and the Dynamics of Retail Trade Industries |
| |
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Beverly Lapham (Queen's University) |
| |
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Jeffrey Campbell (University of Chicago) |
| |
Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Capital Formation |
| |
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Walid Hejazi (University of Toronto) |
| |
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Peter Pauly (University of Torono) |
| Discussants |
Nicolas Forsans (CIBUL, University of Leeds) |
| Chair |
Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) |
| Presentations |
Skills Acquisition and Obsolescence: Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Labour Market |
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Torben Drewes (Trent University) |
| |
Heterogeneous Returns to Human Capital and Dynamic Self-Selection |
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Christian Belzil (Concordia University) |
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Jorgen Hansen (Concordia University) |
| |
Is the 'Return to Over-Education' a Return to Literacy Skills? |
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Daniel Boothby (unaffiliated) |
| Discussants |
Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada / HRDC) |
| |
Jean Farès (Bank of Canada) |
| |
James Ted McDonald (University of Tasmania) |
| Chair |
Caroline Boivin (Université de Sherbrooke and CIRANO) |
| Presentations |
Durable Goods Monopoly, Learning-by-Doing and Sleeping Patents |
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|
Edward Kutsoati (Tufts University) |
| |
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Jan Zabojnik (Marshall School of Business, USC, LA) |
| |
Vertical Differentiation and Innovation Adoption |
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Luigi Filippini (Università Cattolica of Milan) |
| |
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Gianmaria Martini (Università Cattolica of Milan) |
| |
Marketing Innovations: The Choice Between Discrimination and Bargaining Power |
| |
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Mihkel Tombak (Queen's University) |
| Discussants |
Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) |
| |
Corinne Langinier (Iowa State University) |
| |
Pierre Mohnen (UQAM) |
| Chair |
Stephen Law (Ryerson University) |
| Presentations |
The Mathematics of Housing Chains |
| |
|
Paul Anglin (University of Windsor and University of British Columbia) |
| |
Taxation, Capital Gains and the Bifurcation of the Rental Housing Market |
| |
|
Marion Steele (University of Guelph) |
| |
The Changing Impact of Noise and Airport Proximity on Residential Property Values |
| |
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Michael Burns (University of South Australia) |
| |
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Valerie Kupke (University of South Australia) |
| |
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Wayne Marano (University of South Australia) |
| |
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Peter Rossini (University of South Australia) |
| Discussants |
Michael Burns (University of South Australia) |
| |
Maria Gallego (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| |
James Nolan (University of Saskatchewan) |
| Organizer |
Fletcher Baragar (University of Manitoba) |
| |
Andrew Jackson (Canadian Council on Social Development) |
| Chair |
Fletcher Baragar (University of Manitoba) |
| Presentations |
Parental Labour Force Involvement and the Social Inclusion/Exclusion of Children |
| |
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Andrew Jackson (Canadian Council on Social Development) |
| |
From The Welfare State To The No-Second-Chance State |
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Ted Schrecker (McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law) |
| |
The Social Exclusion of Children in North America |
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Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) |
| |
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Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) |
| Discussants |
Charles Beach (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
Joe Amoako-Tuffour (St. Francis Xavier University) |
| Presentations |
A Variety of Paths for Staples-Exporting Development |
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John Hartwick (Queen's University) |
| |
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Ngo van Long (McGill University) |
| |
Political Stability, Macroeconomic Management and Externalities of Foreign Aid |
| |
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Muhammed Islam (Concordia University) |
| |
Financial Development in an Endogenous Growth Model |
| |
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Mohamed Trabelsi (IHEC Carthage) |
| |
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Ghazi Boulila (FSEG Tunis) |
| Organizer |
Walter Bossert (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Ruqu Wang (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
A Reexamination of Additivity of Power in Randomized Social Preference |
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Shasikanta Nandeibam (University of Birmingham) |
| |
A Theory of Ethics and Participation In Elections |
| |
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Alvaro Sandroni (University of Rochester) |
| |
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Timothy Feddersen (Northwestern University) |
| |
Envy-Free Configurations in the Market Economy |
| |
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Yongsheng Xu (Georgia State University) |
| |
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Koichi Tadenuma (Hitotsubashi University) |
| Chair |
Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) |
| Presentations |
The Role of Memory in Long-Term Contracting |
| |
|
Mathieu Maurice (Université de Montréal) |
| |
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Georges Dionne (HEC-Montreal) |
| |
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Jean Pinquet (Université de Paris X--Nanterre) |
| |
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Charles Vanasse (TD Quantitative Capital) |
| |
Contracts, Catastrophes, Commitment and Capital |
| |
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Karine Gobert (Concordia University) |
| |
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Martin Boyer (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) |
| |
Single Versus Double Contract Regimes In Information Prospecting Model |
| |
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Thitima Songsakul (Queen's University) |
| Discussants |
Karine Gobert (Concordia University) |
| |
Mathieu Maurice (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Thitima Songsakul (Queen's University) |
| Chair |
Gabriel Rodríguez (University of Ottawa) |
| Presentations |
Forecasting Some Low-Predictability Time Series Using Diffusion Indices |
| |
|
Bryan Campbell (Concordia University) |
| |
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Marc Brisson (CIRANO) |
| |
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John W. Galbraith (McGill University) |
| |
The Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Exchange Rate Forecasting: The Role of Market Microstructure Variables |
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Nikola Gradojevic (University of British Columbia) |
| |
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Jing Yang (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Forecasting Inflation with the Diffusion Index and Nonlinear Models |
| |
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Turgut Kisinbay (York University and McGill University) |
| Discussants |
Bryan Campbell (Concordia University) |
| |
Nikola Gradojevic (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Yanjun Liu (Department of Finance Canada) |
| Chair |
Pushan Dutt (University of Alberta) |
| Presentations |
Dark Matter: Indirectly Observable Factors as Sources of Dynamic Comparative Advantage |
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Leonard Dudley (Université de Montréal) |
| |
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Johannes Moenius (Northwestern University) |
| |
The Technique Differences in Hecksher-Ohlin World |
| |
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Zheng Frank Yang (University of Toronto) |
| |
Trade Liberalization and International Specialization in Canadian Industries |
| |
|
Lori Whewell (Department of Finance) |
| |
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Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) |
| Discussants |
Leonard Dudley (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) |
| |
Zheng Frank Yang (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Torben Drewes (Trent University) |
| Presentations |
Labor Market Transition of Canadian IMDB Immigrants (1980-1995) |
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Kangqing Zhang (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
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Don DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University) |
| |
The Dynamics of Immigrant Welfare and Labor Market Behavior |
| |
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Jorgen Hansen (Concordia University) |
| |
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Magnus Lofstrom (University of California at Irvine) |
| |
Labour Market Competition Between Native Dutch and Ethnic Minorities |
| |
|
Aslan Zorlu (University of Amsterdam) |
| |
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Joop Hartog (University of Amsterdam) |
| Discussants |
Ather Akbari (St. Mary's University) |
| |
Torben Drewes (Trent University) |
| |
Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) |
| Organizer |
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) |
| Chair |
Gene Nyberg (National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy) |
| Presentations |
A Proposed Approach to Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators Based on Capital |
| |
|
Robert Smith (Statistics Canada) |
| |
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Claude Simard (Statistics Canada) |
| |
The Development of Indicators for Human Capital Sustainability |
| |
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Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) |
| Discussants |
John Hartwick (Queen's University) |
| |
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) |
| |
Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance) |
| Chair |
Helena Marques (University of Newcastle) |
| Presentations |
Is China Disintegrating? The Magnitude of Chinese Provinces' Domestic and International Border Effects. |
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Sandra Poncet (CERDI IDREC) |
| |
The Challenges of Globalization and Regionalization for Developing Countries |
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Sadegh Bakhtiari (Isfahan University) |
| |
Regional Employment Performance: A Case Study of a Province in Iran |
| |
|
Majid Sabbagh Kermani (Tarbiat Modarress University) |
| Discussants |
Peter Egger (Austrian Institute of Economic Research) |
| |
George Georgopoulos (University of Toronto at Scarborough) |
| |
Eric Santor (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Sam Wilson (University of Alberta) |
| Presentations |
Macroeconomic Consequences of a Social Wage |
| |
|
Bill Scarth (McMaster University) |
| |
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Thomas Moutos (Athens University of Economics and Business) |
| |
Inter-Jurisdictional Mobility and Agglomeration |
| |
|
Katherine Cuff (McMaster University) |
| |
|
Robin Boadway (Queens University) |
| |
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Nicolas Marceau (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
Local Labor Market, Endogenous Fertility Policies and the Optimal Level of Penalty |
| |
|
Yiu-fai (Daniel) Lee (University of Toronto) |
| Discussants |
Neil Hepburn (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
Linda Welling (University of Victoria) |
| Presentations |
The Future of Female Progress: Projecting the US Gender Wage Gap 2000-2040 |
| |
|
Michael Kidd (University of Aberdeen) |
| |
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Michael Shannon (Lakehead University) |
| |
Explaining the Canadian Gender Wage Gap |
| |
|
Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada / HRDC) |
| |
|
Jennifer Ali (Statistics Canada) |
| |
Nonstandard Work and Child Care Choices: Implications for Welfare Reform |
| |
|
Lisa Powell (Queen's University) |
| |
|
Jean Kimmel (UpJohn Institute for Employment Research) |
| Discussants |
Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada / HRDC) |
| |
Michael Kidd (University of Aberdeen) |
| |
Lisa Powell (Queen's University) |
| Organizer |
Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) |
| Presentations |
Social Learning with Cognitive Biases |
| |
|
Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) |
| |
Coordination Cascades |
| |
|
Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) |
| |
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David Krause (Competition Bureau,Industry Canada and University of Calgary) |
| |
The Macroeconomics of Job Networking |
| |
|
Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) |
| Discussants |
Lorne Carmichael (Queens' University) |
| |
Sami Kitmitto (University of California, Davis) |
| |
Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Fazley Siddiq (Dalhousie University) |
| Presentations |
Debt Accumulation in a Federation, Canada 1974-98 |
| |
|
Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) |
| |
|
John Leach (McMaster University) |
| |
Sovereign Credit Spreads and the Composition of the Government Budget |
| |
|
Astrid Van Landschoot (Ghent University) |
| |
The Implications of Spending Commitments for Debt Reduction |
| |
|
Patrick Georges (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
|
Nicolas Moreau (Department of Finance Canada) |
| Discussants |
Patrick Georges (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) |
| |
James Smythe (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
David Laidler (University of Western Ontario) |
| Presentations |
Financing University Education in Ontario |
| |
|
Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Post Secondary Funding, Admissions and Job Placement |
| |
|
Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) |
| |
|
Joel Bruneau (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
Changes in University Enrolment |
| |
|
Stephen Easton (Simon Fraser University) |
| Discussants |
Melville McMillan (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
Benoît Dostie (Cornell University and HEC Montreal) |
| Presentations |
How do Firm Personnel Policies Affect Low Earnings Workers? Evidence from Longitudinal Matched U.S. Data |
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|
Julia Lane (Urban Institute and U.S. Census Bureau) |
| |
|
Lars Vilhuber (U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC & York University, Toronto) |
| |
Earnings Imputation and Bias in Wage Gap Estimates |
| |
|
Barry Hirsch (Trinity University) |
| |
|
Edward Schumacher (East Carolina University) |
| |
Earnings Variability and Instability of Women and Men in Canada: How Do the 1990's Compare to the 1980's |
| |
|
David Gray (University of Ottawa) |
| |
|
Charles Beach (Queen's University) |
| |
|
Ross Finnie (Queen's University) |
| Discussants |
David Green (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Sophie Lefebvre (Statistics Canada) |
| |
Simon Woodcock (Cornell University) |
| Chair |
John Livernois (University of Guelph) |
| Presentations |
Spatial Spillovers of Crime and the Supply of Offenses |
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William Furlong (University of Guelph) |
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Sarah Conway (University of Guelph) |
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Who Gets Convicted? Statistical Discrimination in Law Enforcement |
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Ambrose Leung (Carleton University) |
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Frances Woolley (Carleton University) |
| Discussants |
Martin Boyer (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) |
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Matthew Clements (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Guillaume Frechette (Ohio State University) |
| Chair |
Catherine Deri (University of Toronto) |
| Presentations |
Consumption Indicators, Family Income and Child Outcomes |
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Martin Dooley (McMaster University) |
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Ellen Lipman (McMaster University) |
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David Offord (McMaster University) |
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Adrienne ten Cate (McMaster University & HRDC) |
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The Effect of the Pell Grant Program on Enrollment Behavior |
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Sami Kitmitto (University of California, Davis) |
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Positions in Search of New Workers: Recent Evidence on Job Vacancies in Canada |
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Xuelin Zhang (Statistics Canada) |
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Rene Morissette (Statistics Canada) |
| Discussants |
Sonia Laszlo (University of Toronto) |
| |
Philip Merrigan (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) |
| Organizer |
Ellen Russell (University of Massachusetts) |
| Chair |
Brenda Spotton-Visano (York University) |
| Presentations |
Easy Money Through the Back Door: The Markets vs. The ECB |
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Joerg Bibow (University of Hamburg) |
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Bank, Stock Market and Corporation: An Essay in Rethinking the Institutional Foundations of Finance Capitalism and Capitalist Finance |
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Eric Pineault (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
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Frederic Hanin (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
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Tensions in US Deregulation: The Experience of US Banks |
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Ellen Russell (University of Massachusetts) |
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Financialization and the Slowdown of Accumulation |
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Engelbert Stockhammer (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) |
| Discussants |
James Crotty (University of Massachusetts) |
| |
Brenda Spotton-Visano (York University) |
| Organizer |
Walter Bossert (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Michael Peters (University of Toronto) |
| Presentations |
Optimal Assignment of Liabilities |
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Patrick Gonzalez (Université Laval) |
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Insider Trading and Voluntary Disclosure |
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Philippe Gregoire (University of Western Ontario) |
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Corporate Hedging: A Strategic Approach |
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Ed Nosal (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) |
| |
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David Downie (Royal Bank of Canada) |
| Presentations |
Canada-US Evidence on the Research Productivity of Universities: Past and Present |
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John Chant (Simon Fraser University) |
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William Gibson (unaffiliated) |
| |
The Rate of Return to University Schooling in Canada, 1985-1995 |
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Francois Vaillancourt (Université de Montréal) |
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A Matter of Discipline: An Analysis of Early Career Outcomes of Recent Canadian University Graduates |
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Ross Finnie (Queen's University) |
| Discussants |
Jeffrey Smith (University of Western Ontario) |
| Chair |
Shannon Seitz (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
Marital Instability and Aging: A Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis of the US Experience |
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Nezih Guner (Queen's University) |
| |
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John Knowles (University of Pennsylvania) |
| |
Marriage Market, Divorce Legislation and Household Labour Supply |
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Bernard Fortin (Université Laval, CIRANO, CRÉFA) |
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Pierre-André Chiappori (University of Chicago) |
| |
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Guy Lacroix (Université Laval, CREFA, CIRANO) |
| |
An Economic Model of Marriage and Divorce |
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Jie Yang (University of Ottawa) |
| |
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Vicky Barham (University of Ottawa) |
| |
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Rose Ann Devlin (University of Ottawa) |
| Chair |
Christian Richter (University of Strathclyde) |
| Presentations |
Multiple Structural Breaks in the Nominal Interest Rate and the Inflation Rate |
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Frank Atkins (University of Calgary) |
| |
Revisiting Break Dates in the Volatility of Canadian and U.S. GDP Growth |
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Yanjun Liu (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
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François Painchaud (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Estimating Euler Equations for Consumption |
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Sule Alan (McMaster University) |
| |
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Martin Browning (University of Copenhagen) |
| Discussants |
Greg Tkacz (Bank of Canada) |
| Chair |
John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) |
| Presentations |
Inter-Utility Cost and Efficiency Differences Among Electric Distribution Utilities in Ontario |
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Stephen Motluk (Ontario Energy Board) |
| |
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Francis (Frank) Cronin (Consultant) |
| |
The Impact of Changing Market Structure on Margins, Economies of Scale and Technical Change in Singapore Electronics Industry |
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Sam Hak Kan Tang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| |
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Harry Bloch (Curtin University of Technology) |
| |
Public Infrastructure and Productive Performance of Selected Canadian Manufacturing Industries |
| |
|
Satya Paul (University of Western Sydney) |
| |
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Balbir Sahni (Concordia University) |
| |
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Bagala Biswal (Memorial University) |
| Chair |
Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Social Divergence and Economic Performance |
| |
|
Quentin Grafton (University of Ottawa) |
| |
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Stephen Knowles (University of Otago) |
| |
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Dorian Owen (University of Otago) |
| |
The J-Curve Revisited: An Empirical Examination for Canada |
| |
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George Georgopoulos (University of Toronto at Scarborough) |
| Discussants |
Helena Marques (University of Newcastle) |
| |
Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance) |
| Chair |
Ann Cavlovic (Finance Canada) |
| Presentations |
Analyzing VFI in a Framework of Fiscal Sustainability |
| |
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Chris Matier (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
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Harriet Jackson (Finance Canada) |
| |
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Lisa Wu (Department of Finance Canada) |
| |
Canada's Equalization Program: Re-Thinking Principles |
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Oliver Franke (Alberta Finance) |
| |
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Michael D'Antoni (Alberta Finance) |
| |
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Robert Howard (Alberta Finance) |
| |
Election Timing and Strategic Voting in a Three-Party Two-Tier Parliamentary System |
| |
|
Maria Gallego (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| Discussants |
Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) |
| |
Stephan Kroll (St. Lawrence University) |
| |
Tracy Snoddon (Wilfred Laurier University) |
| Chair |
Ken Stewart (University of Victoria) |
| Presentations |
Economic Uncertainty, Irreversibilities, and the Decision to Reduce Emissions of a Stock Pollutant: A Real Option Approach |
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Rams Kanouni (Université Laval and GREEN) |
| |
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Jean-Daniel Saphores (University of California Irvine) |
| |
A Market for Rail Capacity: Do Derivatives Belong? |
| |
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James Nolan (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
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Stephen Law (Ryerson University) |
| |
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Alexandra MacKay (University of Toronto) |
| |
Money as Real Options in a Cash-in-Advance Economy |
| |
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David Stockman (University of Delaware) |
| |
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Stacie Beck (University of Delaware) |
| Discussants |
Pierre Lasserre (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
Stéphane Vigeant (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
Ted To (Bureau of Labor Statistics) |
| Presentations |
Biotechnology Firms in Canada as Privatisers and Diffusers of Economically Valuable Information |
| |
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Gary Lazarus (Intellectual Property Policy Directorate) |
| |
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Dominique Cusson (Industry Canada) |
| |
Incentives and Diffusion of Knowledge: Public Rewards, or Patent Buyouts, as an Alternative to the Patent System |
| |
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Julien Penin (UQAM) |
| |
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Patrick Cohendet (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg) |
| Discussants |
Gary Lazarus (Intellectual Property Policy Directorate) |
| |
Julien Penin (UQAM) |
| Chair |
Lori Whewell (Department of Finance) |
| Presentations |
Trade and Growth: The Case of Canadian Agriculture |
| |
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Hartley Furtan (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
A Longitudinal Analysis of bST use in California: A Technological Substitute or Complement? |
| |
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Irene Henriques (York University) |
| |
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L.J. Butler (University of California, Davis) |
| Discussants |
Hartley Furtan (University of Saskatchewan) |
| |
Irene Henriques (York University) |
| Organizer |
Walter Bossert (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Lars Ehlers (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Delegating Decisions to Experts |
| |
|
Li Hao (University of Toronto) |
| |
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Wing Suen (University of Hong Kong) |
| |
Almost-Dominant Strategy Implementation |
| |
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James Schummer (Northwestern University) |
| |
Communication Costs and the Revelation Principle |
| |
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Sergei Severinov (University of Wisconsin) |
| |
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Raymond Deneckere (University of Wisconsin) |
| Chair |
Kris Inwood (University of Guelph) |
| Presentations |
Fruits of the Sea: A Preliminary Estimation of Incomes from the Fisheries of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1870 |
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Marilyn Gerriets (St. Francis Xavier University) |
| |
Montreal's Economy over 1851-1901 and the Search of a Periphery |
| |
|
Benoit Mario Papillon (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) |
| |
The Wharf of the Dominion: The Port of Halifax, 1850-2000 |
| |
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James Frost (unaffiliated) |
| Discussants |
Cherie Metcalf (Queen's University) |
| |
Anthony Ward (Brock University) |
| Chair |
Benoit Perron (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Tests for Unit-Root versus Threshold Specification with an Application to the PPP |
| |
|
Marine Carrasco (University of Rochester) |
| |
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Frederique Bec (ENSAE, France) |
| |
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Melika Ben Salem (Université de Paris I, France) |
| |
Bias, Persistence, and the Forward Premium Puzzle: Just How Bad Is It? |
| |
|
Alex Maynard (University of Toronto) |
| |
A Correlated Bivariate Poisson Jump Model for Foreign Exchange |
| |
|
Wing Chan (University of Alberta) |
| |
|
John Maheu (University of Alberta) |
| Discussants |
Bryan Campbell (Concordia University) |
| |
Denis Pelletier (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Benoit Perron (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
Jean-Daniel Saphores (University of California Irvine) |
| Presentations |
Instrument Choice in a Fishery |
| |
|
John Boyce (University of Calgary) |
| |
Is There a Value-Added Kuznets Curve in the Canadian Forest Industry? |
| |
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Van Lantz (University of New Brunswick) |
| |
Hugging Trees: Claiming de Facto Property Rights by Blockading Resource Use |
| |
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Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) |
| Discussants |
John Boyce (University of Calgary) |
| |
Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) |
| |
Van Lantz (University of New Brunswick) |
| Chair |
James Murtagh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
| Presentations |
Pooling Externalities in Mutual Funds |
| |
|
Woodrow Johnson (Columbia University) |
| |
The Link of Bank Behavior and Non-performing Loans in China |
| |
|
Qing Hu (National University of Sinapore) |
| |
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Ding Lu (National University of Sinapore) |
| |
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Shandre Thangavelu (National University of Singapore) |
| |
Financial Constraints and Investment: Assessing the Impact of a World Bank Credit Program on Small and Medium Enterprises in Sri Lanka |
| |
|
Eric Santor (University of Toronto) |
| |
|
Varouj Aivazian (University of Toronto) |
| |
|
Dipak Mazumdar (University of Toronto) |
| Discussants |
Qing Hu (National University of Sinapore) |
| |
Woodrow Johnson (Columbia University) |
| |
Eric Santor (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Philip Oreopoulos (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Presentations |
The Impact of Employment Insurance Restructuring on The Distribution of Work Hours |
| |
|
Marina Adshade (Queen's University) |
| |
|
Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University) |
| |
Employment Insurance and Social Assistance: The Dynamics of Program Interaction |
| |
|
Alex Grey (Human Resources Development Canada) |
| |
The Effects of the 1994/96 Employment Insurance Reforms on Young People |
| |
|
Rick Audas (University of New Brunswick) |
| |
|
David Murrell (University of New Brunswick) |
| Discussants |
Tom Crossley (York University) |
| |
Philip Oreopoulos (University of California, Berkeley) |
| |
Lars Vilhuber (U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC & York University, Toronto) |
| Organizer |
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) |
| |
France St-Hilaire (Institute for Research on Public Policy) |
| Chair |
Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario) |
| Presentations |
The Zero Sum Illusion: Industrial Relations and Modern Economic Approaches to Growth and Income Distribution |
| |
|
Rafael Gomez (London School of Economics & Political Science) |
| |
|
Noah Meltz |
| |
Labour Supply and Inequality Trends in the United States and Elsewhere |
| |
|
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) |
| Discussants |
Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) |
| |
Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) |
| Chair |
Ugurhan G. Berkok (Royal Military College) |
| Presentations |
Some Neoclassical Implications of Sunk Cost |
| |
|
Robert Cairns (McGill University) |
| |
The Kinked Demand Curve with a Conjectural Hitch - A Micro Explanation of Stagflation and Job-less Recovery |
| |
|
Michael Bradfield (Dalhousie University) |
| |
Visceral Factors in Economic Analysis: The Ghost at the Banquet |
| |
|
Larry Levine (University of New Brunswick) |
| Discussants |
Ugurhan G. Berkok (Royal Military College) |
| |
Hassan Bougrine (Laurentian University) |
| |
Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) |
| Chair |
James Feehan (Memorial University) |
| Presentations |
The Impact on Births of Relative Cohort Size: A Reexamination of the Easterlin Hypothesis |
| |
|
Michael P. Shields (Central Michigan University) |
| |
|
Gail Shields (Central Michigan University) |
| |
|
Yongil Jeon (Central Michigan University) |
| |
Farm size and Fertility in the Peruvian Amazon: A Causality Analysis |
| |
|
Franque Grimard (McGill University) |
| |
|
Oliver Coomes (McGill University) |
| |
|
Victoria Diaz (McGill University) |
| Discussants |
Sonia Laszlo (University of Toronto) |
| |
Padma Rao Sahib (University of Groningen) |
| Chair |
David Robinson (Laurentian University) |
| Presentations |
Identity, Entropy and Culture |
| |
|
Bernard Beaudreau (Université Laval) |
| |
Volunteering and Participation: Camrose, A Case Study |
| |
|
Mansoureh Shabany-Ghazvini (UofL Off Campus/Augustana UC) |
| |
The Elites and their Boards of Directors |
| |
|
Géraldine Carminatti-Marchand (ESCEM) |
| |
|
Mathieu Paquerot (Université de La Rochelle, IUPCD) |
| Discussants |
Bernard Beaudreau (Université Laval) |
| |
David Robinson (Laurentian University) |
| |
Derek Wilkinson (Laurentian University) |
| Organizer |
Walter Bossert (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) |
| Chair |
William McCausland (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Advertising Competition in a Duopoly Market for Goods with Consumption Scale Effects |
| |
|
Robert Clark (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
|
Ignatius Horstmann (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Financial Contracting, Signal-Jamming, and Entry Deterrence |
| |
|
Neelam Jain (Rice University) |
| |
|
Thomas D. Jeitschko (Texas A&M University) |
| |
|
Leonard J. Mirman (University of Virginia) |
| |
Quasi-Stationary Cardinal Utility and Present Bias |
| |
|
Takashi Hayashi (University of Rochester) |
| Chair |
Russell Boyer (University of Western Ontario) |
| Presentations |
Nonlinear Effects of Inflation on Economic Growth |
| |
|
Saeed Moshiri (University of Allameh Tabatabaie) |
| |
|
Ardeshir Sepehri (University of Manitoba) |
| |
Is there Inflation-Growth Tradeoff in the Turkish Economy? |
| |
|
Hasan Kirmanoglu (Istanbul Bilgi University) |
| |
Financial Liberalization and Economic Growth: A Theoretical Analysis of the Transforming Chinese Economy |
| |
|
Wai-Ming Ho (York University) |
| |
|
Michael K. Y. Fung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| |
|
Lijing Zhu (National University of Singapore) |
| Discussants |
Russell Boyer (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Cesaire Meh (University of Western Ontario and Bank of Canada) |
| |
Miana Plesca (University of Western Ontario) |
| Chair |
Cherie Metcalf (Queen's University) |
| Presentations |
A Life-Cycle Model of the Transition from Slavery to Freedom |
| |
|
Frank D. Lewis (Queen's University) |
| |
Dominion or Republic? British Migrants to North America 1880-1910 |
| |
|
Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) |
| |
|
Alan Green (Queen's University) |
| |
|
Chris Minns (McGill University) |
| |
The Extent of the Canadian Labor Market 1901 to 1950 |
| |
|
Patrick Coe (University of Calgary) |
| |
|
Herb Emery (University of Calgary) |
| Discussants |
Herb Emery (University of Calgary) |
| |
Kris Inwood (University of Guelph) |
| |
Stuart Wilson (University of Regina) |
| Chair |
Pierre St. Amant (Bank of Canada) |
| Presentations |
Monetary Policy and Built-in Stability in an Open Economy Framework |
| |
|
Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) |
| |
Inflation Targeting under Asymmetric Preferences |
| |
|
Francisco Ruge-Murcia (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Simple Rules in the M1-VECM |
| |
|
Denise Cote (Bank of Canada) |
| |
|
Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) |
| Discussants |
Matthew Doyle (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Sharon Kozicki (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City) |
| |
Kevin Moran (Bank of Canada) |
| Chair |
Maral Kichian (Bank of Canada) |
| Presentations |
Border Effects On Productivity: Canada and the United States |
| |
|
Robert Vigfusson (Northwestern University) |
| |
Inventory Investment and Finance Constraints: Evidence from Panel Data on Canadian Firms |
| |
|
Rose Cunningham (Carleton University) |
| |
Can Technology Shocks Explain Fluctuations in Productivity, Output, and Employment? Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing |
| |
|
Samer Kherfi (Simon Fraser University) |
| Discussants |
Rose Cunningham (Carleton University) |
| |
Samer Kherfi (Simon Fraser University) |
| Chair |
Ken Stollery (University of Waterloo) |
| Presentations |
Random-Effects Estimation in Spatially Autocorrelated Unbalanced Panel Data: The Case of Transboundary Air Pollution |
| |
|
Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Measuring Productivity Growth in the Presence of Undesirable Outputs |
| |
|
Scott Atkinson (University of Georgia) |
| |
|
Jeffrey Dorfman (University of Georgia) |
| |
Estimating Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Quality in the Presence of Potential Non-Response Bias |
| |
|
James Brox (University of Waterloo) |
| |
|
Ramesh Kumar (University of Waterloo) |
| |
|
Ken Stollery (University of Waterloo) |
| Discussants |
Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) |
| |
Scott Atkinson (University of Georgia) |
| |
James Brox (University of Waterloo) |
| Chair |
Tom Crossley (York University) |
| Presentations |
Labour Force Transitions of Men and Women in the United States: 1980-2000 |
| |
|
Qiuyan Wang (The Pennsylvania State University) |
| |
|
Jill Findeis (The Pennsylvania State University) |
| |
Displaced Workers in Australia: Macroeconomic Effects and Structural Change |
| |
|
James Ted McDonald (University of Tasmania) |
| |
|
Jeff Borland (University of Melbourne) |
| Discussants |
Louise Grogan (McMaster University) |
| |
Sung-Hee Jeon (York University) |
| Organizer |
Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) |
| |
France St-Hilaire (Institute for Research on Public Policy) |
| Chair |
David Slater (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) |
| Presentations |
Age Structure, Income Distribution and Economic Growth |
| |
|
Rafael Gomez (London School of Economics & Political Science) |
| |
|
David Foot (University of Toronto) |
| |
Sharing the Wealth from Growth: Comparing the Canadian and U.S. Experiences |
| |
|
Shay Aba (C.D. Howe Institute) |
| |
|
Jack Mintz (University of Toronto) |
| |
The Impact of Inequality on Productivity Growth in the Short and Long Term: A Synthesis |
| |
|
Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) |
| Discussants |
Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario) |
| |
Chris Ragan (McGill University) |
| Chair |
Hassan Benchekroun (Florida Atlantic University) |
| Presentations |
Private Information and Teamwork |
| |
|
Aidan Hollis (University of Calgary) |
| |
|
Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) |
| |
Sharing Rules in Teams |
| |
|
Shasikanta Nandeibam (University of Birmingham) |
| |
Dynamic Production Team with Strategic Behavior |
| |
|
Désiré Vencatachellum (École des HEC) |
| |
|
Michèle Breton (École des HEC) |
| |
|
Pascal St-Amour (École des HEC) |
| Discussants |
Steve Ambler (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| |
Michael Raith (University of Chicago) |
| Chair |
Pascale Valéry (Université de Montréal) |
| Presentations |
Exact Simulation-Based Tests in Multivariate Regressions: Applications to Asset Pricing Models |
| |
|
Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) |
| |
|
Marie-Claude Beaulieu (Université Laval) |
| |
|
Jean-Marie Dufour (Université de Montréal) |
| |
Alternative Methods of Estimating Economic Depreciation: New Results using a Survival Model |
| |
|
Guy Gellatly (Statistics Canada) |
| |
|
Marc Tanguay (Statistics Canada) |
| Discussants |
Raymond Kan (University of Toronto) |
| Chair |
Jimmy Royer (Université Laval) |
| Presentations |
The Impact of Severance on Pensions and the Timing of Retirement: Canadian Evidence |
| |
|
Catherine Deri (University of Toronto) |
| |
The Consequences of Population Ageing in a Three-Region Overlapping Generations Model |
| |
|
Marcel Mérette (University of Ottawa) |
| |
|
Jean Mercenier (Université Cergy-Pontoise) |
| |
Preferential Tax Treatment of Employer-Provided Health Care Insurance in Canada: Distributional Implications |
| |
|
James Smythe (University of Alberta) |
| Discussants |
Jeremy Lise (Finance Canada) |