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CEA 37th Annual Meetings Thursday, May 29 - Sunday, June 1, 2003 Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Current as of Thursday, June 5, 2003 - Please watch for updates Programme is updated once a day at 20:30 PDT. |
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| Location Directory | |
| AT101 | Azrieli Pavilion 101 |
| AT102 | Azrieli Pavilion 102 |
| Azrieli | Foyer, 1st Floor, Azrieli Pavilion |
| Common's Grille | Residence Common's Building |
| DT2017 | Arts Faculty Lounge, Durton Tower |
| Friday's | Friday's Roast Beef House |
| LA C869 | Loeb Building |
| Lobbies | Common Lobbies |
| Loeb C869 | Loeb Building C869 |
| MacLaren's | MacLaren's Pub(Corner of MacLaren & Elgin) |
| MC2000 | Minto Centre 2000 |
| Residence Commons | Residence Commons Building, 3rd Floor |
| TB202 | Tory Building 202 |
| TB204 | Tory Building 204 |
| TB206 | Tory Building 206 |
| TB208 | Tory Building 208 |
| TB210 | Tory Building 210 |
| TB213 | Tory Building 213 |
| TB215 | Tory Building 215 |
| TB217 | Tory Building 217 |
| TB219 | Tory Building 219 |
| TB230 | Tory Building 230 |
| TB234 | Tory Building 234 |
| TB236 | Tory Building 236 |
| TB238 | Tory Building 238 |
| TB240 | Tory Building 240 |
| TB340 | Tory Building 340 |
| TB342 | Tory Building 342 |
| TB360 | Tory Building 360 |
| TB432 | Tory Building 432 |
| TB446 | Tory Building 446 |
| TB447 | Tory Building 447 |
| UC231 | Unicentre 231 |
| Thursday, May 29, 2003 |
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| Thu 08:00 - 08:15 | Azrieli |
| CERF Continental Breakfast / CERF petit déjeuner continental | |
| Thu 08:15 - 08:30 | AT101 |
| CERF Opening Comments: Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta; CERF Co-Chair) / CERF Rémarques d'ouverture: Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta; CERF Présidente conjointe) | |
| Thu 08:30 - 10:00 | AT101 |
| CERF Session I: Access To Post-Secondary Education / CERF Séance I: L'accès à l'éducation de troisième cycle | |
| Organizer | Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | |
| Daniel Parent (McGill University) | ||
| Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance, Canada) | ||
| Chair | Ross Finnie (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | Perception of Barriers to Education in a Group of 18 to 20 Year Olds: For Whom Does Money Matter? | |
| Joanna Tomkowicz (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Sylvie Ouellette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Lisa Shipley (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Have University Fee Hikes in the 1990s Undermined Access? | ||
| Mélanie Raymond (Department of Finance) | ||
| Maud Rivard (Department of Finance) | ||
| Family Income and Post-Secondary Participation | ||
| Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Garth Lipps (Statistics Canada) | ||
| John Zhao (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) | |
| Thu 10:00 - 10:30 | Azrieli |
| CERF Coffee/Tea Break / CERF pause café | |
| Thu 10:30 - 12:00 | AT101 |
| CERF Session II: Measuring and Understanding Student Achievement / CERF Séance II: Évaluation et compréhension du niveau de réussite des étudiants | |
| Organizer | Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | |
| Daniel Parent (McGill University) | ||
| Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance, Canada) | ||
| Chair | William Robson (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Presentations | The Interpretation of Elementary Test Scores in Ontario | |
| David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Provincial Differences in the Distribution of Achievement: The Role of Class Size and Hours per Year of Instruction | ||
| Darren Lauzon (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Understanding the Urban-Rural Reading Gap | ||
| Fernando Cartwright (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Mary Allen (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Yahong Zhang (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Thu 14:00 - 15:30 | AT101 |
| CERF Session III: Streaming, Peer Effects, and Networks / CERF Séance III: Le tri, l'influence des pairs et des réseaux éducatifs | |
| Organizer | Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | |
| Daniel Parent (McGill University) | ||
| Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance, Canada) | ||
| Chair | Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance, Canada) | |
| Presentations | Educational Track, Networks and Labor Market Outcomes | |
| David Margolis (Université de Paris) | ||
| Véronique Simonnet (Université de Paris) | ||
| Peer Effects in Canadian Schools | ||
| Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Jane Friesen (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| School Program Choice and Streaming: Evidence from French Immersion Programs | ||
| Chris Worswick (Carleton University) | ||
| Discussants | Stephen Jones (McMaster University) | |
| Thu 15:00 - 16:00 | LA C869 |
| CEA Executive Meeting / Assemblée éxecutive de l' ACE | |
| Thu 15:30 - 16:00 | Azrieli |
| CERF Coffee/Tea Break / CERF pause café | |
| Thu 16:00 - 17:30 | AT101 |
| CERF Session IV: School Attainment and Labour Market Outcomes / CERF Séance IV: La réussite à l'école et les résultats sur le marché du travail | |
| Organizer | Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | |
| Daniel Parent (McGill University) | ||
| Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance, Canada) | ||
| Chair | Satya Brink (Human Resources Development Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Effectiveness of Compulsory School Laws in Canada | |
| Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto) | ||
| Estimating the Value of Community College: Evidence from Quebec's CÉGEPs | ||
| Mark Lewis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | ||
| Breaking the Cycle: The Effect of Education on Welfare Receipt Among Children of Welfare Recipients | ||
| Michael Coelli (University of British Columbia) | ||
| David Green (University of British Columbia) | ||
| William P. Warturton (Ministry of Human Resources, BC) | ||
| Discussants | Daniel Parent (McGill University) | |
| Thu 17:30 - 20:00 | Loeb C869 |
| CERF Executive Meeting / Assemblée éxecutive du CERF | |
| Thu 18:30 - 21:30 | Friday's |
| CEA Past Presidents' Dinner/Dîner des anciens présidents de l'ACE | |
| Friday, May 30, 2003 |
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| Fri 08:00 - 08:30 | Lobbies |
| Statistics Canada Morning Coffee / Café matinal offert par Statistiques Canada | |
| Sponsored by | Statistics Canada / Statistiques Canada | |
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | AT101 |
| CERF Session V: Credentials, School Quality, and Earnings / CERF Séance V: États de services d'enseignement, qualité de l'école et revenues salariaux | |
| Organizer | Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | |
| Daniel Parent (McGill University) | ||
| Timothy Sargent (Department of Finance, Canada) | ||
| Chair | Ging Wong (Human Resources Development Canada) | |
| Presentations | Education Credentials and Immigrant Earnings | |
| Ana Ferrer (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Co-op Education and Earnings | ||
| Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University) | ||
| How Robust is the Evidence on the Effects of College Quality? Evidence from Matching | ||
| Jeffrey Smith (University of Maryland) | ||
| Dan A. Black (Syracuse University) | ||
| Discussants | Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | |
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB202 |
| Foreign Direct Investment / L'investissement étranger direct | |
| Chair | Marie-Christine Tremblay (Department of Finance) | |
| Presentations | The Differential Impact of Foreign Direct Investment from Japan and U.S. on Exports of Indian Manufacturing [abstract] | |
| Rashmi Banga (Jesus and Mary College) | ||
| U.S. Acquisitions of Canadian Firms and the Role of the Exchange Rate [abstract] | ||
| George Georgopoulos (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | ||
| Explaining Canada's Changing FDI Patterns [abstract] | ||
| Walid Hejazi (University of Toronto) | ||
| A. Edward Safarian (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) | |
| Don Brean (University of Toronto) | ||
| Prakash Sharma (Industry Canada) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB204 |
| Labour Markets: Labour Supply / Le marché du travail: L'offre de main d'oeuvre | |
| Chair | Vik Singh (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | An Econometric Model of Labour Supply in the Underground Economy [abstract] | |
| Bernard Fortin (Laval University) | ||
| Nadia Joubert (Université de Lyon 2) | ||
| Guy Lacroix (Laval University) | ||
| Mandatory Retirement Bans and Older Worker Employment [abstract] | ||
| Mike Shannon (Lakehead University) | ||
| Diana Grierson (Lakehead University) | ||
| Price Guarantees in a Searching Model [abstract] | ||
| Liping Zhang (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Zhiqi Chen (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB206 |
| Economic History I: Earnings and Wealth at the Turn of the Century in Canada / Histoire économique: Les gains de travail et la richesse au Canada au début du vingtième siècle | |
| Organizer | Sean Rogers (Dalhousie University) | |
| Chair | Stephen Salmon (National Archives of Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Earnings Gap between Rural and Urban Canada in 1901 | |
| Alan Green (Queen's University) | ||
| Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | ||
| Chris Minns (McGill University) | ||
| Wealth, Aging and the Elderly in Turn of the Century Ontario [abstract] | ||
| Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB208 |
| Growth and Productivity / Croissance et productivité | |
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Chair | Steven Ambler (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Presentations | Investor Protection, Optimal Incentives and Economic Growth | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Gian Luca Clementi (Carnegie Mellon University) | ||
| Glenn MacDonald (Washington University, St. Louis) | ||
| Effective Property Rights, Appropriative Conflict and Growth | ||
| Francisco Gonzalez (University of British Columbia) | ||
| The Role of Agriculture in International Productivity Differences | ||
| Diego Restuccia (University of Toronto) | ||
| Xiaodong Zhu (University of Toronto) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB210 |
| CABE Session: Fiscal Challenges and Options Over the Medium and Long-Term / Séance de la CABE: Les défis fiscaux et les options dans le moyen et long terme | |
| Organizer | Catherine Harris (Canadian Assocation of Business Economics) | |
| Chair | David Hanly (Saskatchewan Industry & Resources) | |
| Panelists | Michael McCracken & Carl Sonnen (Informetrica) | |
| Brian MacLean (Laurentian University) | ||
| Tom Wilson (University of Toronto) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB217 |
| Globalization and Labour Market Outcomes / La mondialisation et ses résultats sur le marché du travail | |
| Chair | Alena Kimakova (York University) | |
| Presentations | Is Trade Good for Women? [abstract] | |
| Teresa Cyrus (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Globalization and Wage Inequality in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector: A Time Series Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Akbar Tavakoli (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Gilles Grenier (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Discussants | René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | |
| Paul Oslington (University New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB219 |
| Financial Economics: Theory / Économie financière: Théorie | |
| Chair | Douglas Hodgson (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Presentations | Corporate Income Taxation and Signaling with Capital Structure [abstract] | |
| Kwang Soo Cheong (Johns Hopkins University) | ||
| Asset Pricing Under Progressive Taxes and Existence of General Equilibrium [abstract] | ||
| Hui Huang (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Property Rights and Optimal Security Design [abstract] | ||
| Anton Miglo (UQAM) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB230 |
| Auction Theory / Théorie sur la vente aux enchères | |
| Chair | Eugene Choo (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Allocation of Buyers Across Auctions Under Imperfect Information [abstract] | |
| Konstantin Rybakov (University of Toronto) | ||
| Buy-out Prices in Online Auctions: Multi-Unit Demand [abstract] | ||
| Rene Kirkegaard (University of Aarhus) | ||
| Per Overgaard (University of Aarhus) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB234 |
| Monetary Integration / L'intégration monétaire | |
| Chair | James Dean (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | Monetary Integration and Inflation Preferences: A Real Options Analysis [abstract] | |
| Frank Strobel (University of Birmingham) | ||
| Regional Perspectives on Dollarization in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Michel Beine (University of Brussels) | ||
| Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa) | ||
| The Choice of Monetary Policy Objectives in a Monetary Union [abstract] | ||
| Alina Carare (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Xiang Lin (Sodertron University) | ||
| Discussants | Michel Beine (University of Brussels) | |
| Alina Carare (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| James Dean (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Frank Strobel (University of Birmingham) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB236 |
| Teaching of Economics Session I: The Acadia Advantage / Séance sur la pédagogie des sciences économiques I: l'avantage Acadien | |
| Organizer | Jeremiah Allen (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Chair | Jeremiah Allen (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Panelists | Chris Fader (University of Waterloo) | |
| John Janmaat (Acadia University) | ||
| Peter Townley (Acadia University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB238 |
| Productivity / Productivité | |
| Organizer | Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | |
| Chair | Renée St-Jacques (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Industrial Competition, Shifts in Market Share and Productivity Growth [abstract] | |
| John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Capital Accumulation and the Canada-U.S. Productivity Gap [abstract] | ||
| Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) | ||
| Weimin Wang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Has Trend Productivity Growth Increased in Canada? [abstract] | ||
| Benoît Robidoux (Department of Finance) | ||
| Bing-Sun Wong (Department of Finance) | ||
| The Effects of Adjustment Costs and Organizational Change on Productivity in Canada: Evidence from Aggregate Data [abstract] | ||
| Danny Leung (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Lori Whewell (Department of Finance) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB340 |
| Public Economics: Political Economy / Économie publique: Économie politique | |
| Chair | Gebhard Kirchgaessner (University of St. Gallen) | |
| Presentations | Are Positive, Finite, Campaign Spending Limits Rational? [abstract] | |
| Thomas Evans (Clemson University) | ||
| Political Instability, Economic Policies and the Effects of Aid on Growth [abstract] | ||
| Muhammed N. Islam (Concordia University) | ||
| The Impact of Campaign Spending on Votes in Multiparty Elections [abstract] | ||
| Marie Rekkas (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Discussants | Thomas Evans (Clemson University) | |
| Marie Rekkas (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Binyam Solomon (Department of National Defense and University of York) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB342 |
| Post-Secondary Education I / L'éducation post secondaire | |
| Chair | Bruce Shearer (Université Laval) | |
| Presentations | Determining Demand for University Education in Ontario [abstract] | |
| Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Duane Rockerbie (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Which Fields Pay, Which Fields Don't? An Examination of the Returns to University Education in Canada by Detailed Field of Study [abstract] | ||
| Alan Stark (Department of Finance) | ||
| Field Choice and Earnings of New College Graduates in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Brahim Boudarbat (University of Montreal and UBC) | ||
| Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Brahim Boudarbat (University of Montreal and UBC) | |
| Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Alan Stark (Department of Finance) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB432 |
| Politics, Institutions and Growth / La politique, les institutions et la croissance | |
| Chair | Nathan Nunn (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Partisan Competition, Growth and the Franchise [abstract] | |
| Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | ||
| Humberto Llavador (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) | ||
| Initial Political Conditions and Reform in Central and Eastern Europe [abstract] | ||
| Bogdan Buduru (Carleton University) | ||
| Discussants | Azim Essaji (University of Toronto) | |
| Christine Neill (University of Toronto) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB446 |
| Monetary Policy I / Politique monétaire I | |
| Chair | Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Optimal Targeting Regimes Under Imperfect and Asymmetric Information [abstract] | |
| Florian Pelgrin (Bank of Canada; EUREQua, Université de Paris I and OFCE ) | ||
| Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) | ||
| How Important is Precommitment for Monetary Policy? [abstract] | ||
| Richard Dennis (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) | ||
| Ulf Soderstrom (Sveriges Riksbank) | ||
| The Brown Book Method: Adaptive Learning for Inflation Targeting Central Banks [abstract] | ||
| Nicholas Rowe (Carleton University) | ||
| Discussants | Richard Dennis (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) | |
| Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Robert Tetlow (Federal Reserve Board) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | TB447 |
| PEF Session I: Institutions, Innovations and Inconsistencies - Critical Observations on Contemporary Financial Arrangements / Séance de PEF I: du Institutions, innovations et contradicitions - commentaires critiques des dispostions financières contemporaines | |
| Organizer | Adam Harmes (Progressive Economics Forum) | |
| Chair | Marc-Andre Pigeon (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Financial Instability Revisited: Recent Experience With Innovation and Institutional Change | |
| Brenda Spotton Visano (York University) | ||
| From Marx to Minsky: A Contribution to an Institutionalist Theory of Capitalist Finance and Finance Capital | ||
| Eric Pineault (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Institutional Dilemmas in Banking | ||
| Ellen Russell (University of Massachusetts) | ||
| Discussants | Marc-Andre Pigeon (Carleton University) | |
| Fri 10:00 - 10:30 | Azrieli |
| CERF Coffee/Tea Break / CERF pause café | |
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | AT101 |
| CERF Panel Discussion on Education, Schooling and The Labour Market / La formation, éducation et le marché du travail | |
| Organizer | Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | |
| Chair | Jean-Pierre Voyer (Policy Research Initiative) | |
| Panelists | Scott Murray (Statistics Canada) | |
| Alex Usher (Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | AT102 |
| State of the Art Lecture / État des connaissances: Tom Ross | |
| Sponsored by | Industry Canada | |
| Chair | Renée St-Jacques (Industry Canada) | |
| Speaker | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Canadian Competition Policy: Progress and Prospects | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB202 |
| Public Economics: Fiscal Policy I / Économie publique I: La politique fiscale | |
| Chair | Ronald G. Bodkin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Life Cycles and Taxes: The Micro-Economic Theories of Macro-Economic Saving [abstract] | |
| Allan Pollock (Department of Finance) | ||
| Intra-Sector Mobility and Specific Inputs in Tax-Incidence Theory [abstract] | ||
| Kul Bhatia (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Estimation of Tax Buoyancy: Kernel Techniques and International Comparisons [abstract] | ||
| Masood Ahmed Qazi (Institute of Business Administration, Karachi) | ||
| Syed F. Mahmud (Bilkent University, Turkey) | ||
| Eray M. Yucel (Bilkent University, Turkey) | ||
| Discussants | Ronald G. Bodkin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Nguyen V. Quyen (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB204 |
| Labour Markets: Life Cycle and Demographic Issues / Le marché du travail: problèmes du cycle de la vie et de la démographie | |
| Chair | Mike Shannon (Lakehead University) | |
| Presentations | Interethnic Marriages, Economic Assimilation and Self-Selection [abstract] | |
| Jasmin Kantarevic (University of Toronto and Institute for Policy Analysis) | ||
| Parents' Money Versus Parents' Ability [abstract] | ||
| Haoming Liu (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Savings and Health Behavior Over the Lifecycle and Across Generations [abstract] | ||
| John Knowles (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Andrew Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Petra Todd (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Discussants | Nina Ahmed (Human Resources Development Canada) | |
| Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Ian Irvine (Concordia University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB206 |
| Technical Change I / Le changement technique I | |
| Chair | Dennis Lu (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Comparative Innovative Performance of Canadian Provinces: Patterns, Determinants and Explanations [abstract] | |
| Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) | ||
| Eric Chalifoux (Industry Canada) | ||
| The Anchor Tenant Hypothesis: Examining the Role of Large, Local, R&D-Intensive Firms in Regional Innovation Systems [abstract] | ||
| Ajay Agrawal (Queen's University) | ||
| Iain Cockburn (Boston University) | ||
| The (Teaching) Role of Universities in Technology Adoption [abstract] | ||
| Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Gwillym Allen (Competition Bureau) | |
| Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) | ||
| David Madani (Conference Board of Canada) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB210 |
| CABE Session - Canadian Economic Outlook: Medium Term Drivers of the Economy / Séance de la CABE - La perspective sur l'économie canadienne: les tendances lourdes de l'économie à moyen terme | |
| Organizer | Catherine Harris (Canadian Assocation of Business Economics) | |
| Chair | Catherine Harris (Canadian Assocation of Business Economics) | |
| Panelists | Peter Hall (Conference Board of Canada) | |
| Nancy Cerbyk and Michael McCracken (Informetrica) | ||
| Stephen Poloz (Export Development Canada) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB213 |
| Household Dynamics / La dynamique des ménages | |
| Chair | Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Public Goods and Household Dynamics: An Empirical Investigation [abstract] | |
| Jie Yang (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Vicky Barham (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Who Marries Whom and Why [abstract] | ||
| Eugene Choo (University of Toronto) | ||
| Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto) | ||
| Why Are Power Couples Increasingly Located in Large Cities [abstract] | ||
| Janice Compton (Washington University, St. Louis) | ||
| Robert A. Pollak (Washington University, St. Louis) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB215 |
| Health Care: Smoking / Les services de santé: Le tabagisme | |
| Chair | Kisalaya Basu (Health Canada) | |
| Presentations | Peer Effects, Tobacco Control Policies, and Youth Smoking Behavior [abstract] | |
| Lisa Powell (Queen's University) | ||
| John Tauras (University of Illinois at Chicago) | ||
| Hana Ross (University of Illinois at Chicago) | ||
| Social Interactions, Taxes, and Youth Smoking [abstract] | ||
| Anindya Sen (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Tony Wirjanto (Economics, University of Waterloo) | ||
| Peer Effects and Selection Effects in Youth Smoking [abstract] | ||
| Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Discussants | Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Lisa Powell (Queen's University) | ||
| Anindya Sen (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB217 |
| Labour Markets: Gender Issues / Le marché du travail: Les problèmes d'égalité entre les sexes | |
| Chair | Lorie Srivastava (Parliamentary Research Branch) | |
| Presentations | Why Are Women Less Productive Than Men? Evidence From Incentive Contracts [abstract] | |
| Bruce Shearer (Université Laval) | ||
| Harry Paarsch (University of Iowa) | ||
| Career Interruptions and Wage Differentials in a General Equilibrium Search Model [abstract] | ||
| Yahong Zhang (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Do Credit Constraints Affect the Size and Persistence of the Gender Wage Differential? [abstract] | ||
| Kathleen Rybczynski (Queen's University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB230 |
| Law and Economics: Theory / Droit et économie: Théorie | |
| Chair | Bill Morrison (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | Bigots or Bayesians? A Model of Profiling In Law Enforcement [abstract] | |
| Linda Welling (University of Victoria) | ||
| Frances Woolley (Carleton University) | ||
| Split-Award Tort Reform, Firm's Level of Care and Litigation Outcomes [abstract] | ||
| Landeo Claudia (University of Alberta) | ||
| Linda Babcock (Carnegie Mellon University) | ||
| Maxim Nikitin (University of Alberta) | ||
| Imperfect Competition and Corporate Governance [abstract] | ||
| Frank Milne (Queen's University) | ||
| David Kelsey (University of Birmingham) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB234 |
| Monetary Policy in Open Economies / La politique monétaire en économie ouverte | |
| Chair | Srobona Mitra (International Monetary Fund) | |
| Presentations | Monetary Policy in an Estimated Canadian Small-Open Economy Model [abstract] | |
| Ali Dib (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Do Central Banks Target Exchange Rates? A Structural Empirical Investigation [abstract] | ||
| Thomas Lubik (Johns Hopkins University) | ||
| Frank Schorfheide (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Discussants | Brian Doyle (Federal Reserve Board) | |
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB236 |
| Public Economics: Taxing Capital / Économie publique: Les impôts fonciers | |
| Chair | Daniel Hara (Hara Associates Inc) | |
| Presentations | Optimal Capital Income Taxation in a Small Open Economy [abstract] | |
| Constantine Angyridis (University of Toronto) | ||
| Capital Tax Competition with Heterogeneous Firms [abstract] | ||
| John Burbidge (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Katherine Cuff (McMaster University) | ||
| John Leach (McMaster University) | ||
| Capital Taxation, Globalization, and International Tax Competition [abstract] | ||
| Ken Stewart (University of Victoria) | ||
| Michael Webb (University of Victoria) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB238 |
| CSLS Session: Understanding and Improving Labour Market Statistics I / Comment comprendre et améliorer les statistiques du marché du travail I | |
| Organizer | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Chair | Ian Stewart (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Presentations | Beyond the Unemployment Rate: Toward a Summary Measure of Employment and Earnings Adequacy | |
| David Howell (New School University) | ||
| An Index of Labour Market Well-being for OECD Countries | ||
| Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Discussants | Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) | |
| Doug Smith (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB240 |
| IRPP Session: Policy Implications of Deepening North American Integration / IRPP Séance: Implications pour la politique de l'intégration croissante des pays de l'Amérique du Nord | |
| Organizer | Daniel Schwanen (Institute for Research on Public Policy) | |
| Chair | John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Industrial Strength? Cross-Border Business Strategies and Public Policy | |
| Don Brean (University of Toronto) | ||
| Unbundling the Canada-US Relationship: When Is North America Home | ||
| Daniel Schwanen (Institute for Research on Public Policy) | ||
| Deepening NAFTA: Taxes, Trade and Foreign Direct Investment | ||
| Lorraine Eden (Texas A&M University) | ||
| Discussants | Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) | |
| Sam Boutziouvis (Canadian Council of Chief Executives) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB340 |
| Macroeconomics and the Labour Market / La théorie macroéconomique et le marché du travail | |
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Chair | Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | Productivity Gains From Progressive Taxation of Labor Income | |
| Iourii Manovskii (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Examining the Effects of Wealth, and Unemployment Benefits on Individuals' Search Behavior and Labor Market Transitions in the U.S. | ||
| Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) | ||
| Tricia Gladden (University of Missouri-Columbia) | ||
| From Individual to Aggregate Labor Supply [abstract] | ||
| Sun-Bin Kim (Concordia University) | ||
| Yongsung Chang (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB342 |
| Post-Secondary Education II / L'éducation post-secondaire II | |
| Chair | René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Wages and Educational Credentials: The Case of Registered Nurses in Canada [abstract] | |
| Karen Buhr (Carleton University) | ||
| Access to College and University: Does Distance Matter? [abstract] | ||
| Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| The US/Canada Difference in Post-Secondary Educational Choice [abstract] | ||
| Shek-wai Hui (The University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB360 |
| The Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators Initiative / Implications pour la politique de l'integration croissante des pays de l'Amerique du Nord | |
| Chair | John Livernois (University of Guelph) | |
| Panelists | Robert Cairns (McGill University) | |
| John Hartwick (Queen's University) | ||
| Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph) | ||
| Stuart Smith (National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB432 |
| Growth I / Croissance I | |
| Chair | Francisco Gonzalez (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of a General Purpose Technology Shock on Market Structure and Growth: The Internet as a Case in Point [abstract] | |
| Antonia Swann (York University) | ||
| The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Inequality: Theory and Evidence [abstract] | ||
| Parantap Basu (Fordham University) | ||
| Alessandra Guariglia (University of Kent at Canterbury) | ||
| What Do We Learn From Endogenous Economic Growth Theory: The Role of the Utility Function [abstract] | ||
| Xiaopeng Yin (University of Windsor) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB446 |
| Financial Economics: Asset Pricing / Économie financiére: L'évaluation d'actifs financiers | |
| Chair | James Brox (University of Waterloo) | |
| Presentations | State Dependent Preferences Can Explain the Equity Premium Puzzle [abstract] | |
| Angelo Melino (University of Toronto) | ||
| Alan X. Yang (Algorithmics Inc.) | ||
| La Non-Explication De L'Historique Du Cours Des Actions: Une Nouvelle Enigme [abstract] | ||
| Georges Prat (Université de Paris 10, CNRS) | ||
| Asset Pricing Theory and the Valuation of Canadian Paintings [abstract] | ||
| Douglas Hodgson (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Keith Vorkink (Brigham Young University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | TB447 |
| PEF Session II: Issues in the New Global Economy / Séance du PEF II: Problèmes de la nouvelle économie mondiale | |
| Organizer | Adam Harmes (Progressive Economics Forum) | |
| Chair | Myron Gordon (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Has the New Economy Come to Canada?: Has Anybody Noticed? | |
| Ian Hudson (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Wayne Simpson (University of Manitoba) | ||
| A Post-Keynesian Alternative to the New Consensus on Monetary Policy | ||
| Marc Lavoie (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Alternative Frameworks to Prevent and Resolve International Financial Crises | ||
| Joelle Leclaire (University of Missouri) | ||
| Discussants | Myron Gordon (University of Toronto) | |
| Fri 12:00 - 14:00 | Common's Grille |
| Luncheon for Chairs of Departments of Economics at Canadian Universities / Dîner-causerie pour les directeurs et directrices de départements d'économie aux universités canadiennes | |
| Chair | Arch Ritter (Carleton University) | |
| Speaker | B. Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) | |
| Differential Grading Standards | ||
| Fri 12:00 - 14:00 | DT2017 |
| Canadian Women Economists Network Luncheon (Members and Non-Members Welcome; Pre-registration Required.) / Dîner-causerie du CWEN (Bienvenue à tous et à toutes; veuillez vous-inscrire en avance) | |
| Sponsored by | Pearson Economics | |
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | AT102 |
| State of the Art Lecture / État des connaissances: Nancy Folbre | |
| Sponsored by | Office of the President, Carleton University | |
| Chair | Linda Welling (University of Victoria) | |
| Speaker | Nancy Folbre (University of Massachusetts) | |
| Ménage à trois: Feminist Theory, Evolutionary Economics, and Individual Optimization in the Household | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB202 |
| Learning and Best Responses / L'apprentissage et les méilleures réponses | |
| Organizer | Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | |
| Chair | Barb L. Bloemhof (Mcmaster University) | |
| Presentations | An Initial Implementation of the Turing Tournament to Learning in Two Person Games | |
| Jasmina Arifovic (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Richard McKelvey (Centre d'Étude en Macrodynam Finance Internationale) | ||
| Svetlana Pevnitskaya (Ohio State University) | ||
| Can We Train Students to be Nash Payoff Maximizers? | ||
| John Spraggon (Lakehead University) | ||
| Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | ||
| Currency Crises in Experimental Asset Markets [abstract] | ||
| Jason Childs (University of New Brunswick at Saint John) | ||
| Discussants | Bill Morrison (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB204 |
| Labour Markets: Equity Issues I / Le marché du travail: les problémes d'équité I | |
| Chair | Parantap Basu (Fordham University) | |
| Presentations | Changes in the Structure of Family Income in Canada, 1980-1997: The Effects of Changing Family Structure and Growing Proportion of Recent Immigrants [abstract] | |
| Wen-Hao Chen (Statistics Canada) | ||
| A Cohort Analysis of the Impact of Ethnic Enclaves on the Economic Integration of Immigrants: Evidence from the 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996 Canadian Censuses [abstract] | ||
| Casey Warman (Carleton University) | ||
| When Twenty-Four Hours Is Not Enough: Time Poverty [abstract] | ||
| Arun Mukhopadhyay (Saint Mary's University) | ||
| Andrew Harvey (Saint Mary's University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB210 |
| The Effects of Government Policy and Taxation on the Macroeconomy / Les effets de la politique gouvernementale et de l'imposition sur la macroéconomie | |
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Chair | Diego Restuccia (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Public Debt as Private Liquidity: A Quantitative General Equilibrium Exercise | |
| Ahmet Akyol (York University) | ||
| The Backing of Government Debt and the Price Level [abstract] | ||
| Carlos Resende (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Francisco Ruge-Murcia (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Labor Market Restrictions and the Sectoral Reallocation of Workers: The Case of Trade Liberalizations [abstract] | ||
| Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB213 |
| Labour Markets: Migration / Le marché du travail: la migration | |
| Chair | Xuelin Zhang (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Migration as an Option [abstract] | |
| Jeremiah Allen (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Household Migration Decision in Burkina Faso [abstract] | ||
| Adama Konseiga (ZEF/University of Bonn) | ||
| Co-ordination Failures in Network Migration [abstract] | ||
| Axel Heitmueller (Centre for Economic Reform & Transformation, and Institute for the Study of Labor) | ||
| Discussants | Axel Heitmueller (Centre for Economic Reform & Transformation, and Institute for the Study of Labor) | |
| Jasmin Kantarevic (University of Toronto and Institute for Policy Analysis) | ||
| Adama Konseiga (ZEF/University of Bonn) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB215 |
| Health Care: Immigrants and the Elderly / Les services de santé: Les immigrants et personnes âgées | |
| Chair | Ruolz Ariste (Health Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Health of Immigrants to Canada [abstract] | |
| Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| The Living Arrangement Dynamics of Sick Elderly Individuals [abstract] | ||
| Pierre-Thomas Leger (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Benoit Dostie (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Discussants | Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) | |
| Umut Oguzoglu (University of Guelph) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB217 |
| Education: Some Social Issues / L'éducation: quelques questions sociales | |
| Chair | Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | Gender Differences in Reading Achievement [abstract] | |
| Urvashi Dhawan-Biswal (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| Do Peers Affect Student Achievement in China's Secondary Schools? [abstract] | ||
| Weili Ding (University of Michigan) | ||
| Steven Lehrer (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| ICT and Socio-Economic Exclusion [abstract] | ||
| John Haisken-DeNew (RWI Essen) | ||
| Discussants | Jane Friesen (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Steven Lehrer (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB219 |
| The Environment: Institutions / L'environnement: Les institutions | |
| Chair | Benjamin Richardson (York University) | |
| Presentations | How Effective is Green Regulatory Threat? [abstract] | |
| Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Brownfield Redevelopment: Market Failures, Policy Tools, [abstract] | ||
| Daniel Hara (Hara Associates Inc) | ||
| Instruments volontaires: une remise en question des définitions de la littérature [abstract] | ||
| Naoufel Mzoughi (Université de Bourgogne UMR INRA-ENESAD) | ||
| Gilles Grolleau (Université de Bourgogne et UMR INRA-ENESAD) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB230 |
| Public Economics: Some Theoretical Issues / Économie publique: Quelques sujets théoriques | |
| Chair | Al Slivinski (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | February is Heart and Stroke Month [abstract] | |
| Amornrat Apinunmahakul (University of Windsor) | ||
| Vicky Barham (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Innovation, Venture Capital Financing, And Tax Policy [abstract] | ||
| Oana Secrieru (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Your Money or Your Time: Pricing, Queuing, and Merit Good Egalitarianism [abstract] | ||
| Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) | ||
| Bonggeun Kim (University of Canterbury) | ||
| Discussants | J. Atsu Amegashie (University of Guelph) | |
| John Burbidge (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Michael Hoy (University of Guelph) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB234 |
| Fiscal Policy I / Politique fiscale I | |
| Chair | Thomas Lubik (Johns Hopkins University) | |
| Presentations | Capital Mobility, Crowding Out and Government Size [abstract] | |
| Saleh Amirkhalkhali (Saint Mary's University) | ||
| Atul Dar (Saint Mary's University) | ||
| Samad Amirkhalkhali (Saint Mary's University) | ||
| Vulnerability of External Debt to Exchange Rate Movements in Emerging Market Economies [abstract] | ||
| Doug Hostland (Bank of Canada) | ||
| The Macroeconomic Impact of Deficit Financing: Some Evidence from the Canadian Experience [abstract] | ||
| Fazley Siddiq (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Mohammad Safa (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Discussants | Thomas Lubik (Johns Hopkins University) | |
| Fazley Siddiq (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB236 |
| Bank of Canada Session: Exchange Rate Pass-Through / Séance de la Banque du Canada: La transmission du taux de change | |
| Organizer | Jeannine Bailliu (Bank of Canada) | |
| Chair | Bob Fay (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Exchange Rate Pass-through in Industrialized Countries: Has it Really Declined? | |
| Jeannine Bailliu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Eiji Fujii (Otaru University of Commerce, Japan) | ||
| A Structural Small Open Economy Model with Nominal Rigidities | ||
| Steven Ambler (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Ali Dib (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Nooman Rebei (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Hafedh Bouakez (Bank of Canada) | |
| Alina Carare (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Danny Leung (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB238 |
| CSLS: Understanding and Improving Labour Market Statistics II / CSLS: Comment comprendre et améliorer les statistiques du marché du travail II | |
| Organizer | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Chair | David Slater (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Presentations | Toward a Better Measure of Labour Market Capacity: The Role of Hours in Aggregate Supply | |
| Barry Bluestone (Northeastern University) | ||
| Construction of a New Architecture for Labour Market Statistics: A Synthesis of the Bellagio Rockefeller-Ford Foundation International Project | ||
| Barry Bluestone (Northeastern University) | ||
| Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Discussants | Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | |
| Deborah Sunter (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB240 |
| Industrial Organization Theory III / Théorie de l'organisation industrielle III | |
| Chair | Aidan Hollis (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Consumer Uncertainty About Which Firms Sells the High Quality Combined with Increasing Quality Costs [abstract] | |
| Olivier Bonroy (Université Laval) | ||
| Pricing of Brand-Name Drugs Under Different Institutional Arrangements [abstract] | ||
| Hu Lu (Health Canada) | ||
| Charles Mallory (Health Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Nicolae Gabriel Dragan (University of British Columbia) | |
| Aidan Hollis (University of Calgary) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB340 |
| Labour Markets: Demographic Issues I / Le marché du travail: problémes de démographie I | |
| Chair | Bernard Fortin (Laval University) | |
| Presentations | The Microeconomic Impact of Aging on Industrial Sectors and Occupations in Canada [abstract] | |
| Marcel Mérette (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Simon Harvey (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| Jean Mercenier (Université Cergy Pontoise and THEMA) | ||
| Aging Population and Immigration in Canada: An Analysis with a Regional CGE Overlapping Generations Model [abstract] | ||
| Maxime Fougère (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| Simon Harvey (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| Marcel Mérette (University of Ottawa) | ||
| François Poitras (Industry Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Bernard Fortin (Laval University) | |
| Carole Vincent (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB342 |
| Trade Theory I / Théorie du commerce II | |
| Chair | Akbar Tavakoli (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Quality of Foreign Direct Investments Under Country Risk With Incomplete Markets [abstract] | |
| Kinga Z Elo (The University of Melbourne) | ||
| Firm Taxation, Trade Liberalization, and National Treatment [abstract] | ||
| Chi-Chur Chao (Chinese University of Hong Kong) | ||
| Eden Yu (City University of Hong Kong) | ||
| Technology, Trade and Dynamic Gains [abstract] | ||
| M.H. Zahedi Vafa (Imam Sadiq University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB432 |
| Financial Economics: Market Efficiency / Économie financière: L'efficacité des marchés | |
| Chair | Angelo Melino (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Testing Weak-Form Efficiency in Greater Toronto Area Residential Real Estate [abstract] | |
| James Brox (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Emanuel Carvalho (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Matthew Duckett (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Auction Participation and Market Uncertainty: Evidence from the Bank of Canada's Auctions [abstract] | ||
| Dennis Lu (Industry Canada) | ||
| Jing Yang (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB446 |
| Growth II / Croissance II | |
| Chair | Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | Domestic Growth in a Global R&D Context [abstract] | |
| Marie-Christine Tremblay (Department of Finance) | ||
| Evolution of Population and Resource with Maximin Objective [abstract] | ||
| Huilan Tian (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | ||
| Robert Cairns (McGill University) | ||
| Discussants | Eugene Choo (University of Toronto) | |
| Ryan Compton (Washington University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | TB447 |
| PEF Session III: Health Care Finance - Romanow and Beyond / Séance de PEF III: Le financement des services de santé - Romanow et au-delà | |
| Chair | Michael McCracken (Informetrica) | |
| Presentations | Health Care Sustainability: Measurement and Forecasting Issues | |
| Kim Jarvi (Registered Nurses Association of Canada) | ||
| The De-Commodification and Re-Commodification of Health Care in Canada | ||
| Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) | ||
| Influences on Long-erRun Trends in Health Care Expenditures | ||
| Alison McDermott (Fiscal Policy Div, Finance Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Fletcher Baragar (University of Manitoba) | |
| Fri 15:30 - 17:30 | TB206 |
| PEF Annual Business Meeting and Steering Committee Elections (Wine and Cheese Social) / Réunion annuelle de FEP et élection du comité directeur | |
| Speaker | David Howell (New School University) | |
| Cracks in the Conventional Wisdom: What Happened to the 'American Model'? | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | AT102 |
| State of the Art Lecture / État des connaissances: Paul Beaudry | |
| Sponsored by | Bank of Canada | |
| Chair | Tiff Macklem (Bank of Canada) | |
| Speaker | Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia) | |
| An International Perspective on Canada's Economic Performance Over the Last 30 Years | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB202 |
| Empirical Investigations in Behavioural Economics / Enquêtes empiriques de la conduite éonomique | |
| Organizer | Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | |
| Chair | Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Proportion Heuristics and the Framing Effect of Incentives | |
| Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | ||
| Self-Perceived Social Status and Behaviour in Experimental Social Dilemmas | ||
| Pat Barclay (McMaster University) | ||
| Experimental Modulation of Temporal Discount Rates | ||
| Margo Wilson (McMaster University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB204 |
| Labour Markets: Equity Issues II / Le marché du travail: les problémes d'équité II | |
| Chair | David Gray (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Stuck on the Wrong Side of the Track? Residential Spell Length in Low-Income Neighbourhoods [abstract] | |
| Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Roger Sceviour (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Recent Trends in Earnings Inequality:Taking Earnings Mobility Into Account [abstract] | ||
| Roger Sceviour (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Ross Finnie (Queen's University) | ||
| Discussants | David Gray (University of Ottawa) | |
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB213 |
| Labour Markets: Wage Rates and Skills / Le marché du travail: les taux de salaires et les compétences | |
| Chair | John Burbidge (University of Waterloo) | |
| Presentations | Should Workers Care about Firm Size? [abstract] | |
| Ana Ferrer (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Stephanie Lluis (University of Minnesota) | ||
| New Forms of Work Organization, Skills and Training [abstract] | ||
| Craig Eschuk (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| The Impact of Hiring and Firing Costs on Wages and Unemployment [abstract] | ||
| Paul Oslington (University New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy) | ||
| Discussants | Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | |
| George Slotsve (Northern Illinois University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB217 |
| Education: Some Equity Issues / L'éducation: Quelques problèmes d'équité | |
| Chair | Linda Welling (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Educational Mobility in Canada: Results From the 1996 Adult Literacy Survey [abstract] | |
| James McIntosh (Concordia University) | ||
| The Growth of Human Capital in Canada and Atlantic Canada, 1976-2000 [abstract] | ||
| Zhen (Christine) He (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Joe Ruggeri (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Discussants | Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa) | |
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB219 |
| The Environment: Theory / L'environnement: Théorie | |
| Chair | David Robinson (Laurentian University) | |
| Presentations | Modelling Climate Change Policies: An Application of ENERGY2020 [abstract] | |
| Govinda Timilsina (Canadian Energy Research Institute) | ||
| Abha Bhargava (Canadian Energy Research Institute) | ||
| George Backus (Policy Assessment Corporation) | ||
| Slowing Deforestation Pace through Subsidies : A Differential Game Approach [abstract] | ||
| Karima Fredj (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Guiomar Martín-Herrán (Universidad de Valladolid) | ||
| Georges Zaccour (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Towards Sustainable Banking: Environmental Financing and its Regulation [abstract] | ||
| Benjamin Richardson (York University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB234 |
| Debt and Monetary Policy / La politique de la dette et la politique monétaire | |
| Chair | Denise Côté (Banque du Canada) | |
| Presentations | Is the Quantity of Debt a Constraint for Monetary Policy? [abstract] | |
| Srobona Mitra (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Monetary Policy Arithmetic, Superneutrality, and the Empirical Evidence: A Reconciliation [abstract] | ||
| Maxim Nikitin (University of Alberta) | ||
| Steven Russell (IUPUI) | ||
| Currency Cooperation in East Asia [abstract] | ||
| James Dean (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Discussants | James Dean (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Maxim Nikitin (University of Alberta) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB236 |
| Agriculture and Development: Empirics / L'agriculture et le développement: Études empiriques | |
| Chair | John Janmaat (Acadia University) | |
| Presentations | Demand for Agricultural Loans Under Islamization: An Econometric Analysis of the Sudanese Credit Market [abstract] | |
| Khalid Yousif Khalafalla (University of Bonn) | ||
| Global Pistachio Production and Marketing Challenges [abstract] | ||
| Karim Koshteh (University of Guelph) | ||
| Vardan Urutyan (Armenian Agricultural Academy, Agribusiness Teaching Center) | ||
| The Economic Impacts of Drought on the Economy of Iran: An Integration of Macroeconometric and Mathematical Programming approaches [abstract] | ||
| Habibollah Salami (University of Tehran) | ||
| Naser Shahnousi (University of Tehran) | ||
| Discussants | Karim Koshteh (University of Guelph) | |
| Habibollah Salami (University of Tehran) | ||
| Khalid Yousif Khalafalla (University of Bonn) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB238 |
| CSLS Session: Industry Productivity Trends in Canada / CSLS Séance: Les tendances de la productivité industrielle au Canada | |
| Organizer | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Chair | Dale Orr (Global Insight) | |
| Presentations | Productivity and Competitiveness Challenges Facing Canadian Industries | |
| Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) | ||
| Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Contributions of SMEs to the Manufacturing Productivity Gap Between Canada and the United States | ||
| John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Productivity Trends in the Natural resources Industries in Canada | ||
| Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Discussants | Andrew Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | |
| Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB240 |
| Industrial Organization Theory IV / Théorie de l'organisation industrielle IV | |
| Chair | Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Inventories and Price Volatility in a Cournot Duopoly [abstract] | |
| Henry Thille (University of Guelph) | ||
| Flexible Commitments [abstract] | ||
| Nicolae Gabriel Dragan (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Brand Proliferation and Entry Deterrence under Vertical Differentiation [abstract] | ||
| Kazutaka Takechi (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB340 |
| Labour Markets: Demographic Issues II / Le marché du travail: problèmes de démographie | |
| Chair | René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Canadian Retirement Behaviour: A Microeconomic Examination [abstract] | |
| Greg Maloney (Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) | ||
| Mashood Mirza (Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) | ||
| François Paris (Canada Customs and Revenue Agency) | ||
| Immigrants' Assimilation and Child Outcomes in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Nina Ahmed (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| Health Expectancy Trends in the Canadian Population: 1994/95-2000/01 [abstract] | ||
| Ruolz Ariste (Health Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Mike Shannon (Lakehead University) | |
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB342 |
| Trade Theory II / Théorie du commerce II | |
| Chair | Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Trade Agreements as Self-Protection [abstract] | |
| Jennifer Pedussel Wu (Center European Integration Studies (ZEI) and University of Bonn) | ||
| International Trade and Conservation With Costly Natural Resource Management [abstract] | ||
| Nancy Bergeron (Université Laval) | ||
| Discussants | Jen Baggs (Queen's University ) | |
| Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB432 |
| Public Economics: Fiscal Policy III / Économie publique: Politique fiscale III | |
| Chair | Stanley Winer (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Long-Term Trends of Government Spending on Current Goods and Services in Canada: 1961 to 2000 [abstract] | |
| P.S. Krishna Murty (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Economic Integration and Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from OECD Countries [abstract] | ||
| Dan Stegarescu (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)) | ||
| Deficit Downloading: Who's Doing What to Whom and By How Much? [abstract] | ||
| Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) | ||
| Discussants | Andrew Garzoni (Carleton University) | |
| Gebhard Kirchgaessner (University of St. Gallen) | ||
| Stanley Winer (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | TB447 |
| Public Economics: Taxes, Transfers, and Employment Insurance / Économie publique: Les impôts, les transferts et l'assurance-emploi | |
| Chair | Mokhtar Souissi (Finances Canada) | |
| Presentations | Redistributional Impact of the Fiscal System in Canada, 1994 - 2000 [abstract] | |
| Dagmar Dyck (Department of Finance) | ||
| Unemployment Benefits and Social Differentiation [abstract] | ||
| Johannes Rincke (Centre for European Economic Research) | ||
| Federal Taxes and Transfers Across Canada: Where Does the Money Go? [abstract] | ||
| Marie-Anne Deussing (Department of Finance) | ||
| Discussants | Émile Allie (Finance Canada) | |
| Gamal Atallah (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Bev Dahlby (University of Alberta) | ||
| Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Fri 17:45 - 19:00 | MC2000 |
| Innis Lecture: C. Knick Harley | |
| Chair | Angela Redish (University of British Columbia) | |
| Speaker | C. Knick Harley (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Growth Theory and Industrial Revolutions in Britain and America | ||
| Fri 19:00 - 22:00 | Residence Commons |
| Dean's Reception / Réception du doyen | |
| Sponsored by | Dean of Public Affairs and Management, Carleton University | |
| Saturday, May 31, 2003 |
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| Sat 08:00 - 08:30 | Lobbies |
| Statistics Canada Morning Coffee / Café matinal offert par Statistiques Canada | |
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | AT102 |
| The Political Economy of International Trade / Économie politique du commerce international | |
| Organizer | Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | |
| Chair | Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Trade and Wages: A Non-Stolper-Samuelson Explanation, Theory and Evidence | |
| Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) | ||
| Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | ||
| Hazrat-Omar Zakhilwal (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Trade Reforms and Multilateral Institutions | ||
| Ravi Yatawara (University of Delaware) | ||
| Trade and Labour Standards: Theory, New Empirical Evidence, and Policy Implications | ||
| Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | ||
| Yiagadeesen Samy (Carleton University) | ||
| Discussants | Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | |
| Yiagadeesen Samy (Carleton University) | ||
| Zhihao Yu (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB202 |
| Kyoto in the Laboratory /Kyoto au laboratoire | |
| Organizer | Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | |
| Chair | Roberto Martinez-Espineira (St Francis Xavier University) | |
| Presentations | Tax Compliance and Obeedience to Authority | |
| Bram Cadsby (University of Guelph) | ||
| Exogenous Targeting Instruments Under Differing Information Conditions. [abstract] | ||
| John Spraggon (Lakehead University) | ||
| Long-Run Implications of Alternative Emission Trading Plans: An Experiment with Robot Traders [abstract] | ||
| Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | ||
| Neil Buckley (McMaster University) | ||
| Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Barb L. Bloemhof (Mcmaster University) | |
| Karima Fredj (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB204 |
| Financial Economics: Governance and Regulation / Économie fiscale: Gestion et réglementation | |
| Presentations | Regulation the Market for Corporate Control and Corporate Governance [abstract] | |
| Rajeeva Sinha (University of Windsor) | ||
| Is the Demand for Corporate Insurance a Habit? Evidence from Directors' and Officers' Insurance [abstract] | ||
| Martin Boyer (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB206 |
| Econometric Theory I / Théorie économétrique I | |
| Chair | Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Residual-Based Finite-Sample Misspecification Tests in Multivariate Regressions with Applications to Asset Pricing Models [abstract] | |
| Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) | ||
| Jean-Marie Dufour (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Marie-Claude Beaulieu (Université Laval) | ||
| An Evaluation of MLE in Nonlinear Continuous Time Short-Rate Model [abstract] | ||
| Ka Man Lo (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Testing For Conditional Distribution Functions in Time Series Model with an Application to Inflation Forecast [abstract] | ||
| Fuchun LI (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Douglas Hodgson (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Fuchun LI (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Ka Man Lo (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB208 |
| Business Cycles I: Wage and Price Stickiness / Cycles économiques I: Rigidités des salaires et des prix | |
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Chair | Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Learning By Doing and (Truly) Endogenous Price Stickiness [abstract] | |
| Alok Johri (McMaster University) | ||
| Nominal Wage Rigidity as a Nash Equilibrium [abstract] [duplicate session assignment] | ||
| Steven Ambler (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB210 |
| Public Economics: Equity Issues / Économie publique: Problèmes d'équité | |
| Chair | Stanley Winer (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Social Capital and Private Philanthropy [abstract] | |
| Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Amornrat Apinunmahakul (University of Windsor) | ||
| Equity, Efficiency and Social Welfare: An Application of Lorenz Dominance to New Zealand Incomes Data 1984-98 [abstract] | ||
| Srikanta Chatterjee (Massey University) | ||
| Nripesh Podder (University of New South Wales) | ||
| Discussants | Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa) | |
| Michael Hoy (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB213 |
| Exchange Rates I / Les taux de change I | |
| Chair | Martin Charron (Department of Finance) | |
| Presentations | The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regime Determination: Theory and Evidence [abstract] | |
| Alena Kimakova (York University) | ||
| A Noise Trading Model on Foreign Exchange Market [abstract] | ||
| Chuling Chen (University of California at Los Angeles) | ||
| A New Open Economy Macroeconomic Model with Noise Traders [abstract] | ||
| Juanyi Xu (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada) | |
| Juanyi Xu (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB215 |
| Productivity and Growth in Canada / La productivité et la croissance au Canada | |
| Chair | Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | Machinery & Equipment Investment and Growth: Evidence From the Canadian Manufacturing Sector [abstract] | |
| Tahir Abdi (Department of Finance) | ||
| Is It Skill-Biased or Sector-Biased Technological Change? [abstract] | ||
| Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | ||
| The Dynamics of the Canadian Manufacturing Sector [abstract] | ||
| Faouzi Tarkhani (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Tarek Harchaoui (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Richard Bodell (University of Waterloo) | |
| Chris Fader (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Christina Wang (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB217 |
| Resource Economics: Theory / Politiques économique des ressources et de l'environnement: Théorie | |
| Chair | Nancy Bergeron (Université Laval) | |
| Presentations | How To Eat A Cake Of Unknown Size: A Reconsideration [abstract] | |
| Ramesh Kumar (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Strike When the Force is With You: A Robust Rule Involving the Force of Interest and Natural Resources [abstract] | ||
| Robert Cairns (McGill University) | ||
| Graham Davis (Colorado School of Mines) | ||
| Discussants | Nancy Bergeron (Université Laval) | |
| Nguyen V. Quyen (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB230 |
| Financial Economics: Volatility / Économie financière: La volatilité | |
| Chair | Silvia Goncalves (Université de Montréal) | |
| Presentations | Time Reversibility or Irreversibility of Asset Return Volatility [abstract] | |
| William McCausland (University of Montreal) | ||
| Predictive Ability of Asymmetric Volatility Models at Medium Term Horizons [abstract] | ||
| Turgut Kisinbay (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Circuit Breakers and the Tail Index of Equity Returns [abstract] | ||
| Serguei Zernov (McGill University) | ||
| John Galbraith (McGill University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB234 |
| C.D. Howe Institute Session I: Demographic Change, Productivity Growth, and Fiscal Outcomes 1 / Séance du C.D. Howe Institute Séance: Le changement démographique, croissance de la productivité et les résultats fiscaux | |
| Organizer | William Robson (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Chair | William Robson (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Presentations | Will Population Aging Increase Inequality Across Regions In Canada? | |
| Marcel Merette (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Productivity and Living Standards with an Aging Population | ||
| Yvan Guillemette (C.D. Howe Institute) | ||
| Population Change and Economic Growth: The Long-Term Outlook | ||
| Frank Denton (McMaster University) | ||
| Byron Spencer (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa) | |
| Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Tom Wilson (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB236 |
| Bank of Canada Session: Financial Development and Financial Markets: Empirical Approaches / Séance de la Banque du Canada: Développement financier et marchés financiers; approches empiriques | |
| Organizer | Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | |
| Chair | Jeannine Bailliu (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Corporate Governance, Cross-Border Valuation, and Home Bias | |
| Michael King (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Dan Segal (University of Toronto) | ||
| Financial Structure, Constraints, and Investment Growth: Cross-Country Evidence | ||
| Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Varouj Aivazian (University of Toronto) | ||
| An Institutional Approach to Financial Fragility | ||
| Michael Francis (University of Canberra, Australia) | ||
| Discussants | Andrea Garzoni (Carleton University) | |
| Michael McIntyre (Carleton Business School) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB238 |
| CSGB Session: Papers on Competition Policy / CSGB Séance: Articles sur la politique de la concurrence | |
| Organizer | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Peter Townley (Acadia University) | ||
| Chair | Peter Townley (Acadia University) | |
| Presentations | Rebates as Incentives to Exclusivity | |
| Can Erutku (Competition Bureau) | ||
| On The Existence of Predatory Pricing In Air Travel Markets | ||
| Bill Morrison (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Recoupment and The Pseudogeneric Strategy in Canadian Pharmaceuticals | ||
| Aidan Hollis (University of Calgary) | ||
| Discussants | Zhiqi Chen (Carleton University) | |
| Anindya Sen (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Roger Ware (Queen's University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB240 |
| Industrial Organization Theory V / Théorie de la l'organisation industrielle V | |
| Chair | Linda Welling (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Low Fare Flights in Airline Competiton [abstract] | |
| Ying Kong (University College of the Cariboo) | ||
| Andre Dressay (The Fiscal Realities Associates) | ||
| Loyal Consumers and Bargain Hunters: Price Competition with Asymmetric Information [abstract] | ||
| Lester Kwong (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Production Under Uncertainty with the Presence of Managerial Moral Hazard [abstract] | ||
| Baomin Dong (Concordia University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB340 |
| Labour Markets: Quit Rates / Le marché du travail: Le taux de départs | |
| Chair | Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick) | |
| Presentations | Does Job Rotation Reduce Quit Rates ? [abstract] | |
| René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| The Impact of Pay Structures On Quit Rates: Evidence From a Quasi-Panel [abstract] | ||
| Chris Riddell (University of Toronto) | ||
| Does Deferred Compensation Reduce Quits? [abstract] | ||
| Tony Fang (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Ather H. Akbari (Saint Mary's University) | |
| Craig Eschuk (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| George Slotsve (Northern Illinois University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB342 |
| SRDC Session - Work and Unemployment Patterns: Evidence from the SLID / Les caractéristiques du travail et du chômage; les preuves de SLID | |
| Organizer | Carole Vincent (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) | |
| Chair | Carole Vincent (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) | |
| Presentations | The Dynamics of Reliance on Employment Insurance (EI) Benefits | |
| Shawn de Raaf (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) | ||
| Anne Motte (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) | ||
| Carole Vincent (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) | ||
| Young Canadians' Exposure to Reliance on Social Programs and Their Career Decisions | ||
| Rick Audas (University of New Brunswick, Stat Canada) | ||
| Seasonal Employment and Reliance on Employment Insurance (EI) Benefits | ||
| Shawn de Raaf (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) | ||
| Costa Kapsalis (Data Probe) | ||
| Carole Vincent (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation) | ||
| Discussants | Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) | |
| Stephen Jones (McMaster University) | ||
| Francis L'Italien (Developpement des ressources humaines Canada) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB446 |
| Inequality and Growth / L'inégalité et la croissance | |
| Chair | Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | `Inequality and Growth' or `Growth and Inequality'? Identifying causality in the evolution of inequality [abstract] | |
| Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) | ||
| Loren Brandt (University of Toronto) | ||
| John Giles (Michigan State University) | ||
| A Semiparametric Analysis of the Role of Inequality, Investment, and Government Expenditure in Economic Growth [abstract] | ||
| Dustin Chambers (University of California at Riverside) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | TB447 |
| PEF Panel Discussion: A New Automotive Policy for Canada: Do We Need One and Why? / PEF Table ronde: Une nouvelle politique de l'industrie des automobiles pour le Canada. En avons-nous besoin, et pourquoi? | |
| Chair | Andrew Jackson (Canadian Labour Congress) | |
| Panelists | John Banigan (Industry Canada) | |
| Robert Seguin (Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation) | ||
| Jim Stanford (Canadian Auto Workers) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | AT102 |
| State of the Art Lecture / État des connaissances: Janet Currie | |
| Sponsored by | IRPP | |
| Chair | France St. Hilaire (Institute for Research on Public Policy) | |
| Speaker | Janet Currie (University of California at Los Angeles) | |
| Child Research Grows Up | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB202 |
| Market Structure and Behaviour / La structure du marché et le comportement économique | |
| Organizer | Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | |
| Chair | John Spraggon (Lakehead University) | |
| Presentations | Bargaining or Searching for a Better Price? An Experimental Study [abstract] | |
| Anita Gantner (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Duopolies with Advance Production and Posted Prices or Market-Clearing Prices [abstract] | ||
| David Goodwin (Queen's University) | ||
| Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | ||
| Canvassing for Customers with Limited Information: A Posted Offer Experiment [abstract] | ||
| Barb L. Bloemhof (Mcmaster University) | ||
| Discussants | John Cranfield (University of Guelph) | |
| Marc Duhamel (Industrial Analysis Centre) | ||
| Philippe Gregoire (Lakehead University) | ||
| Aidan Hollis (University of Calgary) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB204 |
| Public Economics: Welfare, Inequality and Well-Being / Économie publique: Bien-être social; inégalité et bien être | |
| Chair | Joseph Schaafsma (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Inequality, Wellbeing and Institutions in LAC [abstract] | |
| Syed Ahsan (Concordia University) | ||
| Jaideep Oberoi (Concordia University) | ||
| Incentive Issues in the Contracting out of Welfare and Labor Market Services [abstract] | ||
| Paul Oslington (University New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy) | ||
| Discussants | Kuan Xu (Dalhousie University) | |
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB206 |
| Econometric Theory II / Théorie économétrique II | |
| Chair | Gordon Fisher (Concordia University) | |
| Presentations | Testing Procedures for Robust Estimators With Non-Parametric Convergence Rate [abstract] | |
| Yulia Kotlyarova (McGill University) | ||
| The Third Order Bias Of Nonlinear Estimators [abstract] | ||
| Gubhinder Khundi (York University) | ||
| Paul Rilstone (York University) | ||
| Bayesian Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models [abstract] | ||
| Neelam Jain (Northern Illinois University) | ||
| Andrew Ching (Ohio State University) | ||
| Susumu Imai (Concordia University) | ||
| Discussants | Nikolay Gospodinov (Concordia University) | |
| Douglas Hodgson (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| William McCausland (University of Montreal) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB208 |
| CSGB Panel Discussion: Electricity Deregulation - What Have We Learned? / CSGB Table ronde: La déréglementation d'électricité. Qu'avons-nous appris? | |
| Organizer | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Peter Townley (Acadia University) | ||
| Chair | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Panelists | Don Dewees (University of Toronto) | |
| David Krause (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Brian Rivard (Independent Electricity Market Operator (Ontario)) | ||
| Mark Ronayne (Competition Bureau) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB210 |
| Technical Progress, Scale Effects and Mark-ups / Le progrés technique, les effets d'échelle et les majorations | |
| Organizer | Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | |
| Chair | Tom Wilson (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Japanese TFP Growth Before and After the Financial Bubble: Japanese Manufacturing Industries | |
| Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Takanobu Nakajima (Keio University) | ||
| Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | ||
| Masao Nakamura (University of British Columbia) | ||
| On the Estimation of Returns to Scale, Technical Progress and Monopolistic Markups | ||
| Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Kevin J. Fox (University of New South Wales) | ||
| Why Has Productivity Accelerated in the United States But Not the United Kingdom? | ||
| Susanto Basu (University of Michigan and Harvard) | ||
| John Fernald (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) | ||
| Nicholas Oulton (Bank of England) | ||
| Sylaja Srinivasan (University of Southampton) | ||
| Discussants | Susanto Basu (University of Michigan and Harvard) | |
| Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB213 |
| Exchange Rates II / Les taux de change II | |
| Chair | Frank Atkins (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Long-Horizon Regression Tests of the Theory of Purchasing Power Parity [abstract] | |
| Apostolos Serletis (University of Calgary) | ||
| Periklis Gogas (University of Calgary) | ||
| The Links Between the Productivity of Canadian Firms and the Canadian Dollar Exchange Rate [abstract] | ||
| Martin Charron (Department of Finance) | ||
| Joe Italiano (Department of Finance) | ||
| Canada's Floating Exchange Rate in the 1950s: Was Milton Friedman Right? [abstract] | ||
| Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Michael Bordo (Rutgers University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB215 |
| The Environment: H2O, CO2, and Transportation / L'environnement: H20, CO2 et le transport | |
| Chair | Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Testing for the Environmental Kuznets Curve in Canadian carbon dioxide emissions. [abstract] | |
| Van Lantz (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Qingjun Feng (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Investing in Transportation Infrastructure Under Uncertainty [abstract] | ||
| Jean-Daniel Saphores (University of California Irvine) | ||
| Marlon Boarnet (University of California Irvine) | ||
| Is All Water Consumption Sensitive to Water Pricing? [abstract] | ||
| Roberto Martinez-Espineira (St Francis Xavier University) | ||
| Celine Nauges (LEERNA-INRA, University of Toulouse) | ||
| Discussants | Roberto Martinez-Espineira (St Francis Xavier University) | |
| Frank Strobel (University of Birmingham) | ||
| Lasheng Yuan (University of Calgary) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB217 |
| Agriculture and Development: Theory / Agriculture et développement: Théorie | |
| Chair | Jan Liu (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | The Lasting Legacy of Colonialism: A Model of African Underdevelopment [abstract] | |
| Nathan Nunn (University of Toronto) | ||
| Subsistence Plots in Agricultural Labour Contracts [abstract] | ||
| Carlos Rosell (University of Toronto) | ||
| Agricultural Investment Under Production Uncertainty [abstract] | ||
| Gholamreza Chabokrow (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Richard Gray (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Discussants | Gholamreza Chabokrow (University of Saskatchewan) | |
| Carlos Rosell (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB219 |
| Applied Econometrics II / Économétrie Appliquée II | |
| Chair | Fuchun LI (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Measuring the Output and Prices of the Lottery Sector: An Application of Implicit Expected Utility Theory [abstract] | |
| Kam Yu (Lakehead University) | ||
| Stochastic Semi-Parametric Frontier Analysis in Measuring Technical Efficiency: A Case Study of the Wisconsin Dairy Industry [abstract] | ||
| Morteza Haghiri (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Estimation of Total Factor Productivity for Selected Indian Manufacturing Industries: A Panel cointegration Approach [abstract] | ||
| Sanja Samirana Pattnayak (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Shandre Mugan Thangavelu (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB230 |
| Health Care: Institutions / Les services de santé: Les institutions | |
| Chair | Anindya Sen (University of Waterloo) | |
| Presentations | Tax Credits and the Use of Medical Care [abstract] | |
| Mark Stabile (University of Toronto) | ||
| Michael Smart (University of Toronto) | ||
| Physician Competition, and Managed Care Organizations' Contract Choice [abstract] | ||
| Hideki Ariizumi (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Utilization of Physician Services: Analysis Based on Canadian Community Health Survey [abstract] | ||
| Hasheem Nouroz (Health Canada) | ||
| Anil Gupta (Health Canada) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB234 |
| Labour Markets: Specific Human Capital / le marché du travail: Le capital humain particulier | |
| Chair | Tony Fang (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Market Conditions and Worker Training: How Does It Affect and Whom? [abstract] | |
| Sumon Majumdar (Queen's University) | ||
| Firm-Specific Human Capital and Employee Information Advantages [abstract] | ||
| Alan Douglas (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Learning the Master's Trade: Apprenticeship and Firm-Specific Human Capital [abstract] | ||
| Garth Frazer (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB236 |
| Bank of Canada Session: Open-Economy Dynamic General Equilibrium (DGE) Models / Séance de la Banque du Canada: Le modèle dynamique de l'analyse de l'équilibre générale en économie ouverte | |
| Organizer | Hafedh Bouakez (Bank of Canada) | |
| Takashi Kano (Bank of Canada/University of British Columbia) | ||
| Chair | Emanuela Cardia (University of Montreal) | |
| Presentations | Nominal Rigidity, Desired Markup Variations, and Real Exchange Rate Persistence | |
| Hafedh Bouakez (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Habit Formation, the World Real Interest Rate, and the Present Value Model of the Current Account | ||
| Takashi Kano (Bank of Canada/University of British Columbia) | ||
| Capital Utilization and Habit Formation in a Small-Open Economy Model | ||
| Marc-André Letendre (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Emanuela Cardia (University of Montreal) | |
| Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB238 |
| Labour Markets: Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities / Le marché du travail: Les immigrants et les minorités ethniques | |
| Chair | Ana Ferrer (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Wealth Assimilation of Immigrant Families in Canada [abstract] | |
| Xuelin Zhang (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Labour Market Earnings of Ethnic Minorities: Evidence from 1986 and 1996 Censuses [abstract] | ||
| Ather H. Akbari (Saint Mary's University) | ||
| Labor Market Effects of Immigration: Evidence from Canada [abstract] | ||
| Asadul Islam (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Kien Tran (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Discussants | David Gray (University of Ottawa) | |
| Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Chris Worswick (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB340 |
| Monetary Policy and the Macroeconomy / Politique monétaire et macroéconomie | |
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Chair | Alok Johri (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Some Implications of the Zero Lower Bound on Interest Rates for the Term Structure and Monetary Policy | |
| Francisco Ruge-Murcia (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Direct and Intermediated Lending: Reassessing the Accelerator | ||
| Cesaire Meh (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Kevin Moran (Banque du Canada) | ||
| Central Bank Announcements in a Learning Environment [abstract] | ||
| Nurlan Turdaliev (McGill University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB342 |
| C.D. Howe Institute Session II: Demographic Change, Productivity Growth, and Fiscal Outcomes 2 / Séance de l'Institut C.D. Howe II: Changement démographique, la croissance de productivité et les résultats fiscaux 2 | |
| Organizer | William Robson (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Chair | Jack Mintz (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Presentations | Deferred Taxes on Pension Savings: A Present-Value Analysis | |
| Mike Veall (McMaster University) | ||
| Mortality of Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Beneficiaries: Implications for Public Pensions | ||
| Jean-Claude Menard (Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions) | ||
| Demographic Change and Government Balance Sheets: Implicit Assets and Liabilities | ||
| William Robson (C.D. Howe Institute) | ||
| Discussants | Chris Matier (Finance Canada) | |
| Kevin Milligan (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Chris Ragan (McGill University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB446 |
| Public Economics: Fiscal Policy II / Économie publique: La politique fisale II | |
| Chair | Kul Bhatia (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | The Marginal Cost of Public Funds Obtained Through Debt Financing [abstract] | |
| Bev Dahlby (University of Alberta) | ||
| Borrowing Short- or Long-Term: Does the Government Really Face a Trade-off? [abstract] | ||
| Patrick Georges (Department of Finance) | ||
| Empirical Evidence on Taxpayers' Perceptions of Their Marginal Tax Rates [abstract] | ||
| Alan Macnaughton (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Pauline Downer (Memorial University) | ||
| Jeffrey Pittman (Memorial University) | ||
| Discussants | Doug Hostland (Bank of Canada) | |
| Manish Pandey (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Frances Woolley (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | TB447 |
| PEF/CSLS Panel Discussion: Whatever Happened to the Canada-US Unemployment Rate Gap? / PEF/CSLS Table ronde: Qu'est-il arrivé de la différence entre le taux de chômage aux États-unis et au Canada? | |
| Chair | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Panelists | Geoff Bowlby (Statistics Canada) | |
| Tiff Macklem (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Jim Stanford (Canadian Auto Workers) | ||
| Sat 12:00 - 13:30 | UC231 |
| Purvis Luncheon (Pre-registration required) / Dîner-conférence Purvis (veuillez vous-inscrire en avance) | |
| Chair | Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | |
| Speaker | Matthew Rabin (University of California at Berkeley) | |
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB202 |
| Behaviour in the Provision of Public Goods / Le comportement dans la provision de biens publics | |
| Organizer | Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | |
| Chair | Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Social Reciprocity [abstract] | |
| Peter Matthews (Middlebury College) | ||
| Jeffrey Carpenter (Middlebury College) | ||
| Lotteries as a Public Good Fund-raising Tool [abstract] | ||
| Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick in Saint John) | ||
| Voting, Punishment and Public Goods: An Experimental Investigation [abstract] | ||
| Stephan Kroll (St. Lawrence University) | ||
| Todd Cherry (Appalachian State University) | ||
| Jason Shogren (University of Wyoming) | ||
| Discussants | Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) | |
| Stephan Kroll (St. Lawrence University) | ||
| Peter Matthews (Middlebury College) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB204 |
| Economic History II: Modern Economic Growth and Canadian Multinationals / Histoire économique II: La croissance économique contemporaine et les firmes multinationales canadiennes | |
| Organizer | Sean Rogers (Dalhousie University) | |
| Chair | Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | When did Modern Economic Growth Really Start? The Empirics of Malthus to Solow | |
| Alvaro S. Pereira (University of British Columbia) | ||
| The Great Institution of Life Insurance: Canadian Life Insurance Companies in China 1897-1941 | ||
| Stephen Salmon (National Archives of Canada) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB206 |
| Education: Child Development / L'éducation: Le développement de l'enfant | |
| Chair | Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | The Recipe for Good Quality Early Childhood Care and Education: Do We Know the Key Ingredients? [abstract] | |
| Gordon Cleveland (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | ||
| Douglas Hyatt (University of Toronto) | ||
| An Exploratory Analysis Towards the Development of an Index of Positive Development of Children: Using NLSCY Data [abstract] | ||
| Bagala Biswal (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Catherine Deri (Univeristy of Toronto) | |
| Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Lisa Powell (Queen's University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB210 |
| Teaching of Economics Session II: Perspectives on the Teaching of Economics / Séance sur la pédagogie en sciences économiques II: Perspectivies sur l'enseignement des sciences économiques | |
| Organizer | Jeremiah Allen (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Chair | Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Presentations | The Art of Teaching Economics | |
| David Colander (Middlebury College) | ||
| Does Teaching Enhance Research in Economcs? [abstract] | ||
| Peter Kennedy (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| William Becker (Indiana University) | ||
| Online Learning as an Improvement? The Case of Economics Principles [abstract] | ||
| Chiara Gratton-Lavoie (California State University at Fullerton) | ||
| Denise Stanley (California State University at Fullerton) | ||
| Discussants | Jeremiah Allen (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Peter Ibbott (King's College, University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Duane Rockerbie (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB213 |
| Money Demand / La demande de la monnaie | |
| Chair | Marc Tomljanovich (Colgate University) | |
| Presentations | Economic Policies and Demand for Money, Evidence from Canada [abstract] | |
| Amir Kia (Emory University) | ||
| Money Demand Function: Heterogeneous Panel Application [abstract] | ||
| Nasri Harb (UAE University) | ||
| Money Demand and Financial Innovation: A Dynamic Microeconometric Approach [abstract] | ||
| Kim Huynh (Queen's University at Kingston) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB215 |
| Microeconomic Theory I / Théorie microéconomique I | |
| Chair | Patrick Gonzalez (Université Laval) | |
| Presentations | On the Pareto Optimality of Partial Equilibrium Analysis in Second-Best Economies [abstract] | |
| Marc Duhamel (Industrial Analysis Centre) | ||
| A Graphical Depiction of Hicksian Partial-Equilibrium Welfare Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Keir Armstrong (Carleton University) | ||
| An Analysis of Social Efficiency in Two-Person Ordinal Games: Strategies and Salience [abstract] | ||
| David Goforth (Laurentian University) | ||
| David Robinson (Laurentian University) | ||
| Discussants | Constantine Angyridis (University of Toronto) | |
| Patrick Gonzalez (Université Laval) | ||
| John Spraggon (Lakehead University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB217 |
| Trade Empirics I / Questions empiriques de commerce | |
| Chair | Garth Frazer (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Don't Mess with the WTO [abstract] | |
| Volker Nitsch (Bankgesellschaft Berlin) | ||
| Daniel Sturm (University of Munich) | ||
| The Political Economy of Tariffs and Growth [abstract] | ||
| Nathan Nunn (University of Toronto) | ||
| Diego Puga (University of Toronto) | ||
| Daniel Trefler (University of Toronto) | ||
| Will WTO Membership Really Improve Market Access For Ukrainian Exports? [abstract] | ||
| Igor Eremenko (Institute for Economic Research) | ||
| James Dean (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Discussants | Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) | |
| Jen Baggs (Queen's University ) | ||
| Shenjie Chen (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB219 |
| Health Care: Spending and Health Outcomes / Les services de santé: Dépenses et résultats | |
| Chair | Hu Lu (Health Canada) | |
| Presentations | Health Spending, Health Outcomes, and Per Capita Income in Canada: A Dynamic Analysis [abstract] | |
| Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Julie Tousignant (Department of Finance) | ||
| The Effect of Provincial Health Care Expenditures on Health Status in the National Population Health Survey [abstract] | ||
| Emmanuelle Piérard (McMaster University) | ||
| Modeling Health Production Function And Decomposing Health Inequalities Based On Semiparametric Quantile Regression Approach [abstract] | ||
| Yiguo Sun (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB230 |
| The Chinese Economy / L'économie chinoise | |
| Chair | Kam Yu (Lakehead University) | |
| Presentations | Technology Adoption and Absorption: The Case of China [abstract] | |
| Chun Zhu (Michigan State University) | ||
| Loren Brandt (University of Toronto) | ||
| Estimating China's Grain Consumption Demand Using Time-Varying Parameter Models [abstract] | ||
| Jan Liu (University of Alberta) | ||
| Terry Veeman (University of Alberta) | ||
| Michele Veeman (Unviersity of Alberta) | ||
| Discussants | Debkumar Mukhopadhyay (Alipurduar College) | |
| Serguei Zernov (McGill University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB234 |
| Prediction / La prédiction | |
| Chair | Nicholas Rowe (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | The Interest Rate Gap as a Predictor of Output and Inflation in Canada [abstract] | |
| Joseph Atta-Mensah (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Predictive Content of Monetary Aggregate For Output and Inflation [abstract] | ||
| Ramdane Djoudad (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Carolyn Wilkiins (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Frank Atkins (University of Calgary) | |
| Frederick Demers (Banque du Canada) | ||
| Walid Hejazi (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB236 |
| Growth III / Croissance III | |
| Chair | Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Productivity Growth and Agricultural Out-Migration in the U.S. [abstract] | |
| Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Benjamim Dennis (University of the Pacific) | ||
| Social Factors and Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States [abstract] | ||
| Carolyn Mac Leod (Industry Canada) | ||
| Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) | |
| Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB238 |
| CSLS Session: Indices of Economic and Social Well-Being / Séance CSLS: Les indices du bien-être économique et social | |
| Organizer | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Chair | Ernie Stokes (Centre for Spatial Analysis) | |
| Presentations | Methodological Issues Encountered in the Construction of Indices of Economic and Social Well-being | |
| Julia Salzman (Stanford University and Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Human Well Being and Economic Well Being: What Values are Implicit in Current Indices? | ||
| Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Discussants | Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) | |
| Michael McCracken (Informetrica) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB240 |
| The Environment: Kyoto / L'environnement: Kyoto | |
| Chair | Jean-Daniel Saphores (University of California Irvine) | |
| Presentations | Will Kyoto's Costs be Shared Evenly Across Canada? -- A Descriptive Analysis of Assumptions Uniderlying the Reference Policy Package in Climate Change Plan for Canada [abstract] | |
| David Murrell (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Van Lantz (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Instrument Choice in Canada's Climate Change Plan [abstract] | ||
| Randall Wigle (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Tracy Snoddon (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Regional and Global Wealth Redistribution Effects of Kyoto Protocol [abstract] | ||
| Lasheng Yuan (University of Calgary) | ||
| Guang Huang (University of Calgary) | ||
| Discussants | Joel Bruneau (University of Saskatchewan) | |
| Van Lantz (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Randall Wigle (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB340 |
| Financial Economics: Liquidity and Trade Credit /Économie financière: Liquidité et crédit commercial | |
| Chair | Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Value and Liquidity Effects of a Change in Market Conditions [abstract] | |
| Paul Anglin (University of Windsor) | ||
| Measuring Liquidity in the Interdealer Government of Canada Bond Market [abstract] | ||
| Charles Gaa (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Christopher D'Souza (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Jing Yang (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Trade Credit Decisions: Empirical Tests with Firm-Level Data [abstract] | ||
| Rose Cunningham (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB342 |
| Trade Theory III / Théorie du commerce III | |
| Chair | Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Environmental Technoloy Transfer [abstract] | |
| Zhihao Yu (Carleton University) | ||
| Larry Qiu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) | ||
| Endogenous International Joint Ventures and the Environment [abstract] | ||
| Kenzo Abe (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Laixun Zhao (Hokkaido University) | ||
| Discussants | Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | |
| Mohammad Mahbobi (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Zhihao Yu (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB432 |
| Transition in Eastern Europe / Transition en Europe de l'Est | |
| Chair | Bogdan Buduru (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | How Much Do Institutions Matter inTransition? [abstract] | |
| Fjorentina N. Angjellari (Kansas State University) | ||
| East West Migration and Welfare [abstract] | ||
| Subrata Ghatak (Kingston University) | ||
| Paul Levinel (Surrey University) | ||
| Trade without Money: Russian Experience [abstract] | ||
| Vlad Ivanenko (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Discussants | Bogdan Buduru (Carleton University) | |
| Don DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB446 |
| Real Business Cycles I / Les cycles économiques réels I | |
| Chair | Maxim Nikitin (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | A Real Business Cycle Model with Nominal Wage Contracts and Labor Adjustment Costs [abstract] | |
| Zuzana Janko (University of California at Riverside) | ||
| Can Sectoral Shifts Generate Persistent Unemployment in Real Business Cycle Models? [abstract] | ||
| Ossama Mikhail (University of Central Florida) | ||
| Curtis Eberwein (Center for Human Resource Research, OSU) | ||
| Jagdish Handa (McGill University) | ||
| Opportunity Cost of Productivity Growth, Endogenous Technological Progress, and Propagation of Shocks [abstract] | ||
| Toshiya Ishikawa (Kyushu Kyoritsu University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | TB447 |
| Industrial Organization Theory II / Théorie de l'organisation industrielle II | |
| Chair | Zhiqi Chen (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Multimarket Contact, Price Discrimination and Consumer Welfare [abstract] | |
| George Norman (Tufts University) | ||
| Monitoring Cost for a Multiproduct Monopoly [abstract] | ||
| Patrick de Lamirande (University of Montréal) | ||
| Durable Goods Monopoly on a Linear City: Horizontal Uniformity [abstract] | ||
| Greg Caldwell (Mount Allison University) | ||
| Discussants | Greg Caldwell (Mount Allison University) | |
| Patrick de Lamirande (University of Montréal) | ||
| George Norman (Tufts University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | AT102 |
| State of the Art Lecture / État des connaissances: Aloysius Siow | |
| Sponsored by | Department of Economics, University of Calgary | |
| Chair | Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) | |
| Speaker | Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto) | |
| The Economics of the Marriage Market 30 Years After Becker | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB202 |
| Understanding Behaviour in Markets / Á comprendre le comportement économique sur les marchés | |
| Organizer | Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | |
| Chair | Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Islamic Economic Model of Moslem's Preference on Halal Foods: Evidence From Experimental Auction Markets [abstract] | |
| Akhmad Akbar Susamto (Gadjah Mada University) | ||
| Investing in Human Capital: Experimental Evidence | ||
| Cathleen Johnson (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)) | ||
| Claude Montmarquette (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Catherine Eckel (Virginia Tech) | ||
| The Hayek Hypothesis and the Production Decision: An Experimental Analysis [abstract] | ||
| John Janmaat (Acadia University) | ||
| Discussants | Jason Childs (University of New Brunswick at Saint John) | |
| Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) | ||
| Stephan Kroll (St. Lawrence University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB204 |
| Economic History III: Manufacturing in 19th Century Canada / Histire économique III: Les ateliers de fabrication au Canada du 19 ième siècle | |
| Organizer | Sean Rogers (Dalhousie University) | |
| Chair | Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University) | |
| Presentations | Évolution de la production manufacturière à Montréal et dans la Province de Québec dans la seconde moitié du 19ième siècle. | |
| Benoit Mario Papillon (Université du Québec à Trois Rivières) | ||
| Regional Variation in the use of Steam and Water Power by Canadian Manufacturers in 1871 | ||
| Sean Rogers (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Marilyn Gerriets (St. Francis Xavier University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB206 |
| Education: Training and Skill Development / L'éducation: La formation et le développement des compétences | |
| Chair | Jane Friesen (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | Unionization and Technology Related Skill Development [abstract] | |
| George Slotsve (Northern Illinois University) | ||
| Richard Chaykowski (Queen's University) | ||
| Youth Transition After High School [abstract] | ||
| Julie Dubois (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB208 |
| IRPP Session: Immigration / Séance de l'IRPP: l'immigration | |
| Organizer | Geneviève Bouchard (Institute for Research on Public Policy) | |
| Chair | France St. Hilaire (Institute for Research on Public Policy) | |
| Presentations | Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Harmonizing Our Immigration Policy with that of the United States | |
| Alan Green (Queen's University) | ||
| Using Immigrants' Skills to their Potential: Policy Options | ||
| Ross Finnie (Queen's University) | ||
| Naomi Alboim (Queen's University) | ||
| The Immigration Triangle: Quebec, Canada and the Rest of the World | ||
| Don DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Discussants | Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) | |
| Elizabeth Ruddick (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB210 |
| Statistics Canada and Industry Canada Session: Canada-U.S. Productivity Growth in the Information Age / La croissance de productivité au Canada et aux États-Unis dans l'ère de l'informatique | |
| Organizer | Tarek Harchaoui (Statistics Canada) | |
| Chair | Pierre Duguay (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of ICTs on Economic and Productivity Growth at the Industry Level: A Canada-U.S. Comparison | |
| Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) | ||
| Mun Ho (Harvard University) | ||
| Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Information Technology and Economic Growth in the North American Private Business Sector | ||
| Tarek Harchaoui (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Bilkis Khanam (Industry Canada) | ||
| Faouzi Tarkhani (Statistics Canada) | ||
| What Drives Productivity Growth in Canadian Industries? [abstract] | ||
| John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Weimin Wang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Michael Denny (University of Toronto) | |
| Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB213 |
| Empirical Portfolio Choice / Le choix empirique de la composition du portefeuille | |
| Chair | Steven Ambler (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Presentations | The Macroeconomic Determinants of Western European Portfolio Investment in the U.S., 1988-2001 [abstract] | |
| Marc Tomljanovich (Colgate University) | ||
| Nicole Simpson (Colgate University) | ||
| George Georgiev (Colgate University) | ||
| Credit Dollarization: Is it Firms' or Banks' Fault? [abstract] | ||
| Alina Luca (Michigan State University) | ||
| Iva Petrova (Michigan State University) | ||
| Discussants | George Georgopoulos (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | |
| Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB215 |
| Microeconomic Theory II / Théorie microéconomique II | |
| Chair | Sumon Majumdar (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | Multi-Agent Bilateral Bargaining with Endogenous Protocol [abstract] | |
| Suh Sang-Chul (University of Windsor) | ||
| Quan Wen (Vanderbilt University) | ||
| A Topologically Based Classification of the 2x2 Ordinal Games [abstract] | ||
| David Robinson (Laurentian University) | ||
| David Goforth (Laurentian University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB217 |
| Trade Empirics II / Questions empiriques de commerce II | |
| Chair | Randall Wigle (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | Trade Performance and Global Competitiveness of Canada's Resource Sector [abstract] | |
| Mingtao Chen (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) | ||
| Trade Liberalization and Financial Leverage [abstract] | ||
| Jen Baggs (Queen's University ) | ||
| James Brander (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Barry David (Dept Foreign Affairs & International Trade) | |
| Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB219 |
| Health Care: Budgetary and Distributional Issues / Les services de santé: Problèmes de budget et de répartition | |
| Chair | David Murrell (University of New Brunswick) | |
| Presentations | Budgetary Implications of a Publicly Funded Medical Savings Account Plan [abstract] | |
| Joseph Schaafsma (University of Victoria) | ||
| William Land (University of Victoria) | ||
| Distributional Effects of Public Financing of Health Insurance [abstract] | ||
| Michael Hoy (University of Guelph) | ||
| James Davies (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Interregional Inequities and the Redistributive Effect of Health Care Finance in Canada [abstract] | ||
| James Smythe (University of Alberta) | ||
| Discussants | Robert A. Pollak (Washington University, St. Louis) | |
| Joseph Schaafsma (University of Victoria) | ||
| James Smythe (University of Alberta) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB230 |
| Resource Economics: Fish and Oligopoly / L'économie des ressources de l'environnement: La pêche et l'oligopole | |
| Chair | Erik Poole (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | Reforming Canada's Atlantic Cod Fishery Policy [abstract] | |
| Stephan Schott (Carleton University) | ||
| Best Practice Angling Method [abstract] | ||
| Erik Poole (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Dynamic Oligopolistic Exploitation of Renewable Natural Resources and Taxation [abstract] | ||
| Shinji Kobayashi (Nihon University) | ||
| Discussants | Robert Cairns (McGill University) | |
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB234 |
| Financial Conditions and Monetary Policy / Conditions financières et politique monétaire | |
| Chair | Apostolos Serletis (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Financial Conditions Indices for Canada [abstract] | |
| Christopher Graham (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Celine Gauthier (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Ying Liu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Monetary Policy, Asset Prices and Misspecification: The Robust Approach to Model Uncertainty and Bubbles [abstract] | ||
| Robert Tetlow (Federal Reserve Board) | ||
| Peter von zur Muehlen (Federal Reserve Board) | ||
| Monetary Policy Transmission Across Industries and the Role of Credit [abstract] | ||
| Jean-Philippe Cayen (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Bradly Thompson (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Meenakshi Basant-Rio (Bank of Canada) | |
| Kim Huynh (Queen's University at Kingston) | ||
| Srobona Mitra (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Geoff Wright (Bank of Canada, MFA) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB236 |
| CWEN Session: Health and Health Care Utilization in Canada / Séance CWEN: La santé et l'utilisation des services de santé au Canada | |
| Chair | Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | Health Care Utilization in Nova Scotia, Too Much or Too Little? | |
| Lori Curtis (Dalhousie University) | ||
| JoAnn Kingston-Riechers (Dalhousie University) | ||
| The Health Immigrant Effect: Canadian Evidence | ||
| Catherine Deri (Univeristy of Toronto) | ||
| Taking its Toll: The Implications of Paid and Unpaid Work Responsibilities for Women's Well-being | ||
| Martha MacDonald (St. Mary's University) | ||
| Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Lynn Lethbridge (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB238 |
| Business Cycles II / Cycles économiques II | |
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | ||
| Chair | Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | |
| Presentations | Heterogenous Costs of Business Cycles with Incomplete Markets | |
| Toshihiko Mukoyama (Concordia University) | ||
| Characterization of the Dynamic Effects of Fiscal Shocks in a Small Open Economy | ||
| Nooman Rebei (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Co-movement, Capital and Contracts: Endogenous Business Cycles Through Creative Destruction [abstract] | ||
| Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) | ||
| Patrick Francois (UBC and Tilburg University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB240 |
| Public Economics: Public Good Provision / Économie publique: la provision en biens publics | |
| Chair | Jie Yang (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Voluntary Provision of Public Goods and the Size of the Economy [abstract] | |
| Kwang Soo Cheong (Johns Hopkins University) | ||
| Ratna Shrestha (Memorial University) | ||
| The Provision of Public Goods, the Revelation of "True" Preferences; Two Views [abstract] | ||
| Larry Levine (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Toward a More General Theory of Voluntary Cooperation [abstract] | ||
| Ratna Shrestha (Memorial University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB340 |
| IDRM/RMC Session: Economics of Defense and Security / Séance IDRM/RMC: Économie de la défense et de la securité | |
| Organizer | Ugurhan G. Berkok (Royal Military College of Canada) | |
| Chair | Robin Boadway (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | The Industrial Structure of National Defence and Transactions Costs [abstract] | |
| Lawrence McDonough (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| Afifa Kerkeni-Khazri (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| James Finan (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| Scot Robertson (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| The Demand for Defence in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Binyam Solomon (Department of National Defense and University of York) | ||
| Terrorism as Entry Deterrence Equilibrium [abstract] | ||
| Ugurhan G. Berkok (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| Global Terrorism: Deterrence versus Preemption [abstract] | ||
| Kevin Siqueira (Clarkson University) | ||
| Todd Sandler (University of California) | ||
| Discussants | Louis Parai ( ) | |
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB342 |
| Trade Theory IV: Environmental Issues / Théorie de commerce IV: problèmes environnementaux | |
| Chair | Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Direct Versus Indirect Environmental Regulation and Gains from Trade [abstract] | |
| Joel Bruneau (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Trade Liberalization, Standards and Protection [abstract] | ||
| Azim Essaji (University of Toronto) | ||
| Trade and Environment: Piecemeal Policy Reforms and Market Access [abstract] | ||
| Shinya Kawahara (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | |
| Yiagadeesen Samy (Carleton University) | ||
| Jennifer Pedussel Wu (Center European Integration Studies (ZEI) and University of Bonn) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB432 |
| Growth and Development / Croissance et développement | |
| Chair | Tahir Abdi (Department of Finance) | |
| Presentations | Land Distribution and Barriers to Development [abstract] | |
| Tasso Adamopoulos (University of Toronto) | ||
| Why Private Investment in Pakistan Has Collapsed and How Can It Be Restored [abstract] | ||
| Kalim S Hyder Bukhari (University of Calgary) | ||
| Masood Ahmed Qazi (Institute of Business Administration, Karachi) | ||
| Productivity Growth and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries [abstract] | ||
| Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Discussants | Tahir Abdi (Department of Finance) | |
| Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | ||
| Rodney Schmidt (The North-South Institute) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB446 |
| Measuring Business Cycles I / La mesure des cycles économiques I | |
| Chair | Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | What is the Value Added by Caseworkers? [abstract] | |
| Jeffrey Smith (University of Maryland) | ||
| Michael Lechner (University of St. Gallen) | ||
| A Comparison of Twelve Macroeconomic Models of the Canadian Economy [abstract] | ||
| Denise Côté (Banque du Canada) | ||
| John Kuszczak (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Ying Liu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Pierre St-Amant (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Breaks in the Variability and Co-Movement of G-7 Economic Growth [abstract] | ||
| Brian Doyle (Federal Reserve Board) | ||
| Jon Faust (Federal Reserve Board) | ||
| Discussants | Thomas Crossley (McMaster University) | |
| Brian Doyle (Federal Reserve Board) | ||
| Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | TB447 |
| Public Economics: The Tails of Income Distribution / Économie publique: Les queues dans la courbe de répartition des revenus | |
| Chair | Bev Dahlby (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | Some Ambiguity in Measuring Poverty in Canada [abstract] | |
| Peter Ibbott (King's College, University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto) | ||
| The Evolution of High Incomes in Canada, 1920-2000 [abstract] | ||
| Mike Veall (McMaster University) | ||
| Emmanuel Saez (University of California at Berkeley) | ||
| Crime, Punishment and the Measurement of Poverty in the United States, 1979--1997 [abstract] | ||
| Kuan Xu (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Ian Irvine (Concordia University) | ||
| Discussants | Syed Ahsan (Concordia University) | |
| Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Claudia Landeo (University of Alberta) | ||
| Sat 17:45 - 19:00 | MC2000 |
| CEA Presidential Address / Discours du président de l'ACE: Jean-Marie Dufour | |
| Chair | James MacKinnon (Queen's University) | |
| Speaker | Jean-Marie Dufour (Université de Montréal) | |
| Identification, Weak Instruments and Statistical Inference in Econometrics: Problems and Solutions | ||
| Sat 19:00 - 22:00 | Residence Commons |
| President's Reception / Réception du Président | |
| Sponsored by | Nelson | |
| Sat 21:00 - 24:00 | MacLaren's |
| CEA Graduate Student Reception / Réception des étudiants diplomés | |
| Organizer | Janice Compton (Washington University, St. Louis) | |
| Sunday, June 1, 2003 |
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| Sun 08:00 - 08:30 | Lobbies |
| Statistics Canada Morning Coffee / Cafée matinal offert par Statistiques Canada | |
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB202 |
| Industrial Organization Empirics I / Analyses empiriques de l'organisation industrielle I | |
| Chair | Jen Baggs (Queen's University ) | |
| Presentations | Exchange-Rate Passthrough in Canadian Manufacturing: Its Direct and Indirect Components [abstract] | |
| Stanley Kardasz (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Ken Stollery (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Impact of Initial Debt on the Long-Term Employment Growth of New Firms [abstract] | ||
| Robert Petrunia (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Growth Determinants of Micro-businesses in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Evangelia Papadaki (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) | ||
| Bassima Chami (Industry Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) | |
| Martin Boyer (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Robert Petrunia (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB204 |
| Development Issues / Problémes en développement | |
| Chair | Syed Ahsan (Concordia University) | |
| Presentations | The Socio-Economic Impact of Village Wells on the Villages [abstract] | |
| Vardan Urutyan (Armenian Agricultural Academy, Agribusiness Teaching Center) | ||
| Economic Dependence and the Elderly in India [abstract] | ||
| Sharanjit Uppal (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Sisira Sarma (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Who Supports Development Cooperation in Canada and Does it Matter? Canadian Public Opinions and the Reality of Aid [abstract] | ||
| Nizar Assanie (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada) | ||
| Jim Storey (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada) | ||
| Yuen Pau Woo (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Urvashi Dhawan-Biswal (Human Resources Development Canada) | |
| Sharanjit Uppal (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Vardan Urutyan (Armenian Agricultural Academy, Agribusiness Teaching Center) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB206 |
| Technical Change II / Le changement technique II | |
| Chair | Barb L. Bloemhof (Mcmaster University) | |
| Presentations | Industry - University Collaboration by Canadian Manufacturing Firms [abstract] | |
| Petr Hanel (Université de Sherbrooke) | ||
| Marc St-Pierre (Brown University) | ||
| Gone But Not Forgotten? Knowledge Spillovers and Labour Mobility [abstract] | ||
| John McHale (Queen's University) | ||
| Ajay Agrawal (Queen's University) | ||
| Iain Cockburn (Boston University) | ||
| Indirect Patent Citations [abstract] | ||
| Gamal Atallah (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Gabriel Rodríguez (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Discussants | Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) | |
| Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) | ||
| Antonia Swann (York University) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB208 |
| Health Care: Empirical Issues I / Les services de santé: Problèmes empiriques I | |
| Chair | Steven Lehrer (University of Pennsylvania) | |
| Presentations | Overweight Children in Canada, England, Norway and the United States: Why Measurement Matters [abstract] | |
| Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Lynn Lethbridge (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Cigarette Package Health Warnings in Canada: How Effective have they Been? [abstract] | ||
| Ian Irvine (Concordia University) | ||
| Nikolay Gospodinov (Concordia University) | ||
| Demand for Outpatient Health Care in India: A Nested Multinomial Logit Approach [abstract] | ||
| Sisira Sarma (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Discussants | Ian Irvine (Concordia University) | |
| Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Sisira Sarma (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB210 |
| Productivity Comparisons and Decompositions / Comparaisons et décompositions de la productivité | |
| Organizer | Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | |
| Chair | Randall Morck (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | Accounting for Productivity within Firms | |
| Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | ||
| Peter Tiessen (University of Alberta) | ||
| Bank Production, Risk, and Output Measurement | ||
| J. Christina Wang (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) | ||
| Problems With (Dis-)Aggregating Productivity and Another Productivity Paradox | ||
| Kevin J. Fox (University of New South Wales) | ||
| Real GDP, Real Value Added and Terms-of-Trade Changes | ||
| Ulrich Kohli (Swiss National Bank) | ||
| Discussants | Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) | |
| Colin Lay (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB215 |
| Microeconomic Theory III / Théorie microéconomique III | |
| Chair | Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick in Saint John) | |
| Presentations | On The Origins of Large-Scale Specialization and Exchange: A Game-Theoretical Approach [abstract] | |
| Bernard Beaudreau (Université Laval) | ||
| Middlemen [abstract] | ||
| Hing-Lun Chiu (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB217 |
| Trade Empirics III / Questions empiriques de commerce III | |
| Chair | Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Exporting and Productivity in Canadian Manufacturing [abstract] | |
| Samer Kherfi (American University of Sharjah) | ||
| Determinants of Canada-US trade: The Role of Quality and Variety [abstract] | ||
| Shenjie Chen (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) | ||
| International Trade, Interprovincial Trade, and Canadian Provincial Growth [abstract] | ||
| Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB219 |
| CEA Nominating Committee / Rencontre du Comité de nomination de l'ACE | |
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB230 |
| Applied Econometrics III / Économétrie appliquée III | |
| Chair | John Cranfield (University of Guelph) | |
| Presentations | The Strength of the Precautionary Saving Motive When Prudence is Heterogenous [abstract] | |
| Bradley Kemp Wilson (University of St. Thomas) | ||
| Will the Marshall Laws of Derived Demand Stand Up? An Interpretation and Correction of Hicks' Elasticity Rules [abstract] | ||
| Salah El-Sheikh (St. Francis Xavier University) | ||
| Dynamics of Trade and Price Durations of Currency Futures [abstract] | ||
| Serguei Zernov (McGill University) | ||
| Discussants | Salah El-Sheikh (St. Francis Xavier University) | |
| Bradley Kemp Wilson (University of St. Thomas) | ||
| Serguei Zernov (McGill University) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB234 |
| Phillips Curves /Les Courbes de Phillips | |
| Chair | Patrick Coe (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | The Canadian Phillips Curve and Regime Shifting [abstract] | |
| Frederick Demers (Banque du Canada) | ||
| Identifying the New-Keynesian Phillips Curve [abstract] | ||
| Gregor Smith (Queen's University) | ||
| James Nason (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Ryan Compton (Washington University) | |
| Thomas Lubik (Johns Hopkins University) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB236 |
| Regional Disparities / Les Disparités regionales | |
| Chair | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Presentations | An Analysis of Differential Regional Income Inequality Trends in Canada [abstract] | |
| David Gray (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Sourushe Zandvakili (University of Cincinnati ) | ||
| Jeffrey Mills (University of Cincinnati ) | ||
| A Study of Regional Disparity in the Industrial Sector in Mexico in the Context of the Globalization of Mexican Economy [abstract] | ||
| Debkumar Mukhopadhyay (Alipurduar College) | ||
| Sub-Provincial Income Disparity in Canada Between 1982 and 2000: An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Alessandro Alasia (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB238 |
| Public Economics: Voting / Économie publique: Le vote | |
| Chair | Marie Rekkas (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | Are Canadian Voters Rational: The Impact of Economic Events on Canadian Provincial Elections [abstract] | |
| Michael Krashinsky (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | ||
| Harry Krashinsky (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | ||
| Abstention Because of Indifference and Alienation, and Its Consequences for Party Competition: A Simple Psychological Model [abstract] | ||
| Gebhard Kirchgaessner (University of St. Gallen) | ||
| Voting on Immigration Restriction [abstract] | ||
| Giuseppe Russo (DELTA-ENS) | ||
| Francesco Magris (EPEE, University of Evry, Paris) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB240 |
| Financial Economics: Banks / Économie financière: Les banques | |
| Chair | Christian Calmès (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Backtesting Value-at-Risk: A Duration-Based Approach [abstract] | |
| Denis Pelletier (North Carolina State University & Université de Montréal) | ||
| Peter Christoffersen (McGill University) | ||
| Revenue Diversification of the Canadian Banking System [abstract] | ||
| Christian Calmès (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Ying Liu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Bank Value and Financial Fragility [abstract] | ||
| Patrick Gonzalez (Université Laval) | ||
| Karine Gobert (Université de Sherbrooke) | ||
| Alexandra Lai (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB340 |
| Econometric Theory III / Théorie économétrique III | |
| Chair | Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) | |
| Presentations | Inference Via Kernel Smoothing of Bootstrap P Values [abstract] | |
| James MacKinnon (Queen's University) | ||
| Jeffrey Racine (Syracuse University) | ||
| Bootstrapping Autoregressions with Conditional Heteroskedasticity of Unknown Form [abstract] | ||
| Silvia Goncalves (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Lutz Kilian (University of Michigan and ECB) | ||
| An Invariance Condition for The Random Coefficients Regression Model [abstract] | ||
| Gordon Fisher (Concordia University) | ||
| Discussants | Lynda Khalaf (Université Laval) | |
| Jean-Francois Lamarche (Brock University) | ||
| Benoit Perron (University of Montéal) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB342 |
| Financial Economics: Stock Markets / Économie financière: La Bourse | |
| Chair | Charles Gaa (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Stock Market Valuation and Its Impact on GDP Growth [abstract] | |
| Carlos Del Castillo (Department of Finance) | ||
| Portfolio Choice and Stock Market Participation Cost over the Life Cycle [abstract] | ||
| Sule Alan (York University) | ||
| Implications of Asset Market Segmentation for Consumption: An Analysis With Household Data [abstract] | ||
| Ozden Sungur (Queen's University) | ||
| Discussants | Michel Beine (University of Brussels) | |
| Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB432 |
| Real Business Cycles II / Les cycles économiques réels II | |
| Chair | Rui Castro (Université de Montréal / CIREQ) | |
| Presentations | Real Business Cycles with Status [abstract] | |
| Rebecca Brown (University of Colorado) | ||
| Martin Boileau (University of Colorado) | ||
| Business Cycles in a Small Open Economy with Agency Costs [abstract] | ||
| Benoît Carmichael (Université Laval) | ||
| Lucie Samson (Université Laval) | ||
| Discussants | Benoît Carmichael (Université Laval) | |
| Kevin Moran (Banque du Canada) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | TB447 |
| Labour Markets: Institutions I / Le marché du travail: Les Institutions I | |
| Chair | Sun-Bin Kim (Concordia University) | |
| Presentations | A General Equilibrium Evaluation of the U.S. Employment Service [abstract] | |
| Miana Plesca (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| The Impact of Income Support Programs on Labour Market Behaviour in Canada. [abstract] | ||
| Stephen Whelan (University of Sydney) | ||
| An Economic Analysis of the Duration of Spells of Lone Motherhood in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Ross Finnie (Queen's University) | ||
| Martin Dooley (McMaster University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | AT102 |
| State of the Art Lecture / État des connaissances: Randall Morck | |
| Sponsored by | Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and School of Public Policy & Adminstration, Carleton University | |
| Speaker | Randall Morck (University of Alberta) | |
| Back to the Basics - Political Economy Is Fundamental After All: Power, Elites, and the Economy | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB202 |
| Industrial Organization Empirics II / Analyses empiriques de l'organisation industrielle II | |
| Chair | Gamal Atallah (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of Canadian Regulation on Innovation [abstract] | |
| Kevin Koch (Industry Canada) | ||
| Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) | ||
| A New Test of the Menu Cost Model [abstract] | ||
| Jerzy Konieczny (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Andrzej Skrzypacz (Stanford University) | ||
| Risk Management and Abnormal Returns for Bidding Firms in the Gold Mining Industry [abstract] | ||
| Marko Savor (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Discussants | Gamal Atallah (University of Ottawa) | |
| Rose Cunningham (Carleton University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB204 |
| Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Economics / Perspectives historiques et philosophiques sur les sciences économiques | |
| Chair | Larry Levine (University of New Brunswick) | |
| Presentations | Hume Across the Ocean: His Influence Upon Hamilton's Economic Policy [abstract] | |
| Thomas Velk (McGill University) | ||
| Al Riggs (McGill University) | ||
| Dov Zigler (McGill University) | ||
| David Hume on Canadian Paper Money [abstract] | ||
| Robert Dimand (Brock University) | ||
| Treating Economics as a Moral Science [abstract] | ||
| Gabriela Sabau (York University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB206 |
| Technical Change III / Le changement technique III | |
| Chair | Paul Anglin (University of Windsor) | |
| Presentations | A Research Agenda for the Information Society [abstract] | |
| Brenda Spotton Visano (York University) | ||
| George Sciadas (Statistics Canada) | ||
| A Price Index for (Pre-Packaged) Computer Software Using Scanner Data [abstract] | ||
| Marc Prud'Homme (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Kam Yu (Lakehead University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB210 |
| Health Care: Modelling Approaches / Les services de santé: quelques modèles divers | |
| Chair | James Smythe (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | Matching Using Semiparametric Propensity Scores [abstract] | |
| Steven Lehrer (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Gregory Kordas (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Simulating Resource Intensity Weight: Is It A Good Proxy For Allocating Health Human Resources Across Inpatients? [abstract] | ||
| Kisalaya Basu (Health Canada) | ||
| Ronald Wall (Health Canada) | ||
| Modelling Containment Strategies for a Smallpox Outbreak. [abstract] | ||
| Igor Zverev (Health Canada) | ||
| Zachary Jacobson (Health Canada) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB213 |
| Productivity and Unemployment / Productivité et chômage | |
| Chair | Ali Dib (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | High Unemployment Rate and The Female Labor Supply in Japan [abstract] | |
| Yoko Furukawa (University of Tokyo) | ||
| Tomohiko Inui (College of Economics, Nihon University) | ||
| Wage Centralized Determination and Unemployment Regional [abstract] | ||
| Vincenzo Caponi (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB219 |
| Health Care: Empirical Issues II / Les services de santé: Questions empiriques II | |
| Chair | Allan Pollock (Department of Finance) | |
| Presentations | Une estimation économétrique des prix des médicaments d'origine [abstract] | |
| Marie-Chantal Benda (Health Canada) | ||
| Hu Lu (Health Canada) | ||
| Charles Mallory (Health Canada) | ||
| Health, Consumption, and Quality-Adjusted Life Years: Explaining the International Evidence [abstract] | ||
| Ake Blomqvist (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Demand for Voluntary Health Insurance By the Poor in Developing Countries; Evidence From Rural Ghana [abstract] | ||
| Isaac Osei-Akoto (Center for Development Research (ZEF)) | ||
| Discussants | Marie-France Paquet (University of Ottawa) | |
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB230 |
| Applied Econometrics IV / Économétrie appliquée IV | |
| Chair | Ian Irvine (Concordia University) | |
| Presentations | Comparing the Regularity, Flexibility and Applied Properties of Bernstein and AIM Seminonparametric Models [abstract] | |
| Pok Man Chak (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Neal Madras (York University) | ||
| Barry Smith (York University) | ||
| An Implicit, Direct Additivity Model of Consumer Demands in Canada [abstract] | ||
| John Cranfield (University of Guelph) | ||
| Density Forecasting with Macroeconomic Survey Data [abstract] | ||
| Yongil Jeon (Central Michigan University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB234 |
| Non-Linearities and Structural Breaks / La non linéarité et les lacunes structurelles | |
| Chair | Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Stochastic Permanent Breaks in the Nominal Interest Rate and the Inflation Rate [abstract] | |
| Frank Atkins (University of Calgary) | ||
| Carmen Rakoz (University of Calgary) | ||
| Financial Instability and the Business Cycle: A Kalman Filter Approach With Markov Switching [abstract] | ||
| Ryan Compton (Washington University) | ||
| Jose Ricardo da Costa e Silva (Washington University) | ||
| Macroeconomic Market Disequilibria, Asymmetric and Non-linear Adjustments in Inflation Rates of Canada and Mexico [abstract] | ||
| Jana Nieto (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Gabriel Rodríguez (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB236 |
| Teaching of Economics Session III: New Techniques for Teaching Macroeconomics / Séance sur la pédagogie des sciences économiques III: Nouvelles techniques dans l'enseignement des sciences macroéconomiques | |
| Organizer | Jeremiah Allen (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Chair | Christopher Cook (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Presentations | Improving AD/AS Analysis [abstract] | |
| Brian MacLean (Laurentian University) | ||
| Melvin Cross (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Studio Teaching in Intermediate Macroeconomics [abstract] | ||
| Jacques Reynauld (Ecole des Hec) | ||
| Macroeconomic Changes in the Circular Flow: A Classroom Exercise [abstract] | ||
| John F.R. Harter (Eastern Kentucky University) | ||
| Thomas G. Watkins (Eastern Kentucky University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB238 |
| CSLS Session: Perspectives on Future Productivity Growth in Canada / Séance CSLS: Perspectives sur la croissance future de la productivité au Canada | |
| Organizer | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Chair | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Panelists | Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa) | |
| Tiff Macklem (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Benoît Robidoux (Department of Finance) | ||
| Tom Wilson (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB340 |
| Econometric Theory IV / Théorie économétrique IV | |
| Chair | Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | The Comparison of Different Estimators for Fixed Effect Dynamic Panel Models With Small to Moderate Dimensions [abstract] | |
| Umut Oguzoglu (University of Guelph) | ||
| Recovering Structural Breaks By Maximizing the Missing Information [abstract] | ||
| Jean-Francois Lamarche (Brock University) | ||
| Robust Asymptotic Inference in Autoregressive Models with Martingale Difference Errors [abstract] | ||
| Nikolay Gospodinov (Concordia University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB342 |
| Trade Empirics IV / Questions empiriques de commerce IV | |
| Chair | Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Effects Of A Free Trade Area Of The Americas: Evaluation Based On A Dynamic Global General Equilibrium Model [abstract] | |
| Madanmohan Ghosh (Industry Canada) | ||
| Carolyn Mac Leod (Industry Canada) | ||
| Trade Potential for UMA Countries: An Estimation. [abstract] | ||
| Bouziane Bentabet (Université de Mostaganem) | ||
| Regional Trading Arrangements and Third Country: A case Study [abstract] | ||
| Somasri Mukhopadhyay (Jawaharlal Nehru University) | ||
| Manoj Pant (Jawaharlal Nehru University) | ||
| Discussants | Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) | |
| Larry Schembri (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Randall Wigle (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB432 |
| Measuring Business Cycles II / La mesure des cycles économiques | |
| Chair | Denise Côté (Banque du Canada) | |
| Presentations | Output Dynamics in Non-linear Models [abstract] | |
| Patrick Coe (University of Calgary) | ||
| James Nason (University of British Columbia) | ||
| On Business Cycle Asymmetries in 'G5' Countries [abstract] | ||
| Khurshid Kiani (Kansas State University) | ||
| Prasad Bidarlota (Kansas State University) | ||
| Investigating Nonlinearity in the Canadian Business Cycle Using Star Models [abstract] | ||
| Joe Huang (University of Alberta) | ||
| Discussants | Doug Hostland (Bank of Canada) | |
| Joe Huang (University of Alberta) | ||
| Khurshid Kiani (Kansas State University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB446 |
| Monetary Policy II / Politique monétaire II | |
| Chair | Christian Calmès (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Alternative Targeting Regimes [abstract] | |
| Jean-Paul Lam (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Asymmetric Information and Monetary Policy [abstract] | ||
| Edward Kutsoati (Tufts University) | ||
| Sharun Mukand (Tufts University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | TB447 |
| Labour Markets: Institutions II / Le marché du travail: Institutions II | |
| Chair | James Sentance (University of Prince Edward Island) | |
| Presentations | Controlling for Heterogeneity and Partial Compliance in the Illinois Bonus Experiment [abstract] | |
| Marcel-Cristian Voia (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Seasonality in the Labour Market: The Impact of EI/UI Policy Changes [abstract] | ||
| Alex Grey (Human Resources Development Canada) | ||
| Family Friendly Employee Benefits: Incidence and Relationship With Wages [abstract] | ||
| Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | ||
| Sun 12:00 - 13:30 | TB217 |
| CJE Editorial Board Lunch / Lunch du comitén de redaction de la Revue Canadienne d'économique | |
| Sun 13:30 - 14:30 | TB446 |
| CEA Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle de l'ACE | |
| Sun 14:30 - 15:30 | TB446 |
| CEA Executive Council Meeting / Réunion du Conseil exécutif de l'ACE II | |
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