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CEA 39th Annual Meetings Friday, May 27 - Sunday, May 29, 2005 McMaster University, Hamilton PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Current as of Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - Please watch for updates Programme is updated once a day at 20:30 PDT. |
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Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Thursday, May 26, 2005 |
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| Thu 09:00 - 09:05 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: Welcome to McMaster by Ken Norrie, Provost & Vice President Academic
CERF: Bienvenue à l'Université McMaster par Ken Norrie, Principal et Vice-Président Académique |
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| Sponsored by | Human Resources & Skills Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Ontario), Canadian Institute for Health Information, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (McMaster), and Social and Economics Dimentions of an Aging Population Research Program (McMaster) | |
| Thu 09:05 - 09:10 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: Welcome by David Green & Louis Grignon (CERF co-chairs)
CERF: Bienvenue par David Green et Louis Grignon (Co-Présidents de la CERF) |
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| Thu 09:10 - 09:15 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: Logistical Matters by Thomas Crossley
CERF: Problèmes logistiques par Thomas Crossley |
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| Thu 09:15 - 11:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: Overview of the Labour Market for Physicians
CERF: Vue d'ensemble du marché du travail des médecins |
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| Presentations | Understanding the Physician Labour Market | |
| Lynda Buske (Canadian Medical Association) | ||
| Physician Labour Supply in Canada | ||
| Sung-Hee Jeon (McMaster University) | ||
| Tom Crossley (Mcmaster University) | ||
| Jeremiah Hurley (McMaster University) | ||
| Thu 11:15 - 13:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: La Reléve: Immigrants and Recent Graduates
CERF: La Reléve: Immigrants et diplômés récents |
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| Presentations | Educated and Underemployed: The Paradox of Nursing Graduates | |
| Kirsten Cleverley (McMaster University) | ||
| Andrea Baumann (McMaster University) | ||
| Jennifer Blythe (McMaster University) | ||
| Doris Grinspun (RNAO) | ||
| Catherine Tompkins (McMaster University) | ||
| The Opportunity Cost of Unemployment: The Case of Immigrant Nurses in Ontario | ||
| Karen McIntosh (McMaster University) | ||
| Andrea Baumann (McMaster University) | ||
| Jennifer Blythe (McMaster University) | ||
| Health Graduates' Labour Force Transition: An Analysis Using the National Graduates Survey (Class of 2000) | ||
| Chantal Vaillancourt (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Thu 14:15 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: Retention of Health Human Resources
CERF: Rétention des ressources de santé humaine |
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| Presentations | Leaving Nursing, Predictors of Nursing Drop-Out and Switching Between Sectors | |
| Audrey Laporte (University of Toronto) | ||
| Mohammad Alameddine (University of Toronto) | ||
| Andrea Baumann (McMaster University) | ||
| Ruth Croxford (University of Toronto) | ||
| Linda O'Brien-Palass (University of Toronto) | ||
| Raisa Deber (University of Toronto) | ||
| High Skilled Workers and the Migration Decisions of Physicians | ||
| Pierre-Thomas Léger (HEC Montréal, CIRANO and CIRPEE) | ||
| Benoit Dostie (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Thu 15:00 - 17:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CEA Executive Council Meeting 1
Conseil exécutif de l'ACE 1 |
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| Thu 15:45 - 16:45 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: New Health Human Resource Data Sources from CIHI
CERF: Donnés nouvelles des ressources de santé humaine du CIHI |
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| Presentations | New Data Sources From CIHI | |
| Steve Slade (CIHI) | ||
| Thu 17:00 - 19:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF Executive Meeting
Assemblée exécutive du CERF |
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| Friday, May 27, 2005 |
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| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Portfolio Theory
Théorie du portefeuille |
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| Chair | John Maheu (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Tax-Deferred Investing with Diversification Concern [abstract] | |
| Ashraf Zaman (St. Mary's University) | ||
| Evaluating Portfolio Value-at-Risk Using Semi-Parametric GARCH Models [abstract] | ||
| Jeroen Rombouts (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Marno Verbeek (Erasmus, University Rotterdam) | ||
| Proper Conditioning for Coherent VaR in Portfolio Management [abstract] | ||
| Georges Tsafack (Université de Montréal) | ||
| René Garcia (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Éric Renault (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) | ||
| Discussants | Jason Allen (Queen's University) | |
| Masayuki Hirukawa (Concordia University) | ||
| Jie Zhou (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Canadian Housing Markets
Marchés du logement canadien |
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| Chair | Paul Anglin (University of Windsor) | |
| Presentations | Demographics and Housing Requirements Revisited [abstract] | |
| Tahir Abdi (Finance Canada) | ||
| Renter Mobility, Cash Flow Shocks and Financial Strength: a Random Effects Logit Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Marion Steele (University of Guelph) | ||
| Jason Dean (Mc Gill University) | ||
| Discussants | Umut Oguzoglu (University of Guelph) | |
| Marion Steele (University of Guelph) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Capital Markets and Firm Dynamics
Marchés du capital et dynamiques d'entreprises |
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| Chair | Geoffrey Dunbar (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | Debt or Equity: Does it Matter for Firm Size Dynamics? [abstract] | |
| Robert Petrunia (Lakehead University) | ||
| Kim Huynh (Indiana University) | ||
| Patterns of Comovement: The Role of Information Technology in the U.S. Economy [abstract] | ||
| Randall Morck (Harvard University and University of Alberta) | ||
| Hyunbae Chun (City University of New York) | ||
| Jung-Wook Kim (Univesity of Alberta) | ||
| Jason Lee (University of Alberta) | ||
| Capital Control, Debt Financing and Innovative Activity [abstract] | ||
| Dirk Czarnitzki (Catholic University Leuven) | ||
| Kornelius Kraft (University of Dortmund) | ||
| Discussants | Nazim Belhocine (Queens University) | |
| Jean-Etienne de Bettignies (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Marcel-Cristian Voia (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Retirement Decisions 1
Décisions sur le régime de retraite 1 |
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| Chair | Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Mandatory Retirement Rules and the Retirement Decisions of University Professors in Canada [abstract] | |
| Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) | ||
| Registered Pension Plans and Early Retirement Incentives in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Cristiana Pescarus (Finance Canada) | ||
| Maud Rivard (Department of Finance Canada) | ||
| Simulating Retirement Incentives under Private Pension Plans [abstract] | ||
| Keith Horner (Unaffiliated) | ||
| Discussants | Etienne Campens (EUREQua University Paris-1 / Cepremap) | |
| James Davies (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Tammy Schirle (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Demand Systems
Systèmes de la demande |
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| Chair | Lonnie Magee (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Estimation of Non-Cointegrated Demand Systems [abstract] | |
| James Brox (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Tony Wirjanto (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Flexible Functional Forms, Curvature Conditions, and the Demand for Assets [abstract] | ||
| Apostolos Serletis (University of Calgary) | ||
| Asghar Shahmoradi (University of Calgary) | ||
| A Modified, Implicit, Directly Additive Demand System [abstract] | ||
| John Cranfield (University of Guelph) | ||
| Paul Preckel (Purdue University) | ||
| Thomas Hertel (Purdue University) | ||
| Discussants | Jean Francois Lamarche (Brock University) | |
| Dean Mountain (McMaster University) | ||
| Lorenzo Pozzi (Ghent University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Immigration 1: Skills
Immigration 1: qualifications |
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| Chair | Ross Finnie (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | How is Canada Faring in the Competition for Internationally Mobile High-Skilled Workers? [abstract] | |
| Thitima Songsakul (Industry Canada) | ||
| Surendra Gera (Industry Canada) | ||
| Population Ageing, High-Skilled Immigrants and Productivity [abstract] | ||
| Simon Harvey (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) | ||
| Maxime Fougère (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) | ||
| Marcel Mérette (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Jean Mercenier (Université Cergy-Pontoise) | ||
| Return to Foreign Credentials of Temporary Workers versus Immigrants [abstract] | ||
| Casey Warman (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macroéconomie en économie ouverte |
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| Chair | Nicholas Rowe (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | The Mundell-Fleming-Dornbusch Model in a New Bottle [abstract] | |
| Anthony Emmanuel Landry (Boston University) | ||
| Capital Mobility in an Open Economy Model with Embodied Productivity Growth [abstract] | ||
| Stephen Kosempel (University of Guelph) | ||
| Learning-By-Doing in a Small-Open Economy Model [abstract] | ||
| Daqing Luo (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Ufuk Devrim Demirel (University of Virginia) | |
| Niloufar Entekhabi (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Carlos Resende (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Endogenous Growth
Croissance endogène |
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| Chair | Andrew Clarke (University of Melbourne) | |
| Presentations | Progressive Expenditure Taxes and Growth [abstract] | |
| Bill Scarth (McMaster University) | ||
| Distortions, Structural Change and Economic Growth [abstract] | ||
| Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Benjamin Dennis (University of the Pacific) | ||
| Debt Contract and Endogenous Growth with Imperfect Financial Market [abstract] | ||
| Qichun He (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Azim Essaji (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Melanie O'Gorman (University of Toronto) | ||
| Henry Tam (York University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Macroeconomics and Labour
GECM: Macroéconomie et travail |
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| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulous (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Chair | Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Accounting for the Changing Life-Cycle Profile of Earnings | |
| Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto) | ||
| Career Choice, Marriage Timing, and the Attraction of Unequals | ||
| Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval) | ||
| Habiba Djebbari (Université Laval) | ||
| Education and Self-Employment: Relationships Between Earnings and Wealth Inequality | ||
| Yaz Terajima (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| International Trade 1
Commerce international 1 |
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| Chair | Michael Benarroch (University of Winnipeg) | |
| Presentations | Does It Matter Where Immigrants Work? Traded Goods, Non-Traded Goods, and Sector Specific Employment [abstract] | |
| Jennifer Wu (EDC Paris, ZEI / Univ. of Bonn) | ||
| Harry P. Bowen (Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School) | ||
| Welfare Analysis for Price Change Of Imports-The Role of Oligopoly and Product Differentiation [abstract] | ||
| Ying Kong (York University) | ||
| Gervan Fearon (York University) | ||
| Heterogeneous Firms and Dynamic Gains From Trade [abstract] | ||
| Julian Emami Namini (University of Duisburg Essen) | ||
| Discussants | Runjuan Liu (University of Toronto) | |
| James Townsend (University of Winnipeg) | ||
| Claudiu Tunea (University Of Western Ontario) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| McEEL: Trust, Punishments, Rewards, and Cooperation in Simple Social Dilemmas
McEEL: Confiance, sanctions, récompenses et coopération dans de simples dilemmes sociaux |
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| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| Chair | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Second-Order Punishment and Reward in Public Goods Games [abstract] | |
| Toko Kiyonari (McMaster University) | ||
| Pat Barclay (McMaster University) | ||
| The Ghost in the Machine: Inferring Machine-Based Strategies from Observed Behaviour [abstract] | ||
| William McCausland (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Jim Engle-Warnick (McGill University) | ||
| John Miller (Carnegie Mellon University) | ||
| Gaming Trust and Reciprocity: Some Experimental Evidence [abstract] | ||
| Giri Kanagaretnam (McMaster University) | ||
| S. M. Khalid Nainar (McMaster University) | ||
| Mohemad Shehata (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Neil Buckley (McMaster University) | |
| Kenneth S. Chan (McMaster University) | ||
| Fei Song (Schulich School of Business) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| The Working Poor
Le prolétariat |
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| Chair | Kisalaya Basu (Health Canada) | |
| Presentations | Is Working a Ticket Out of Poverty? Examining the Working Poor in Canada: Facts, Trends, and Causes [abstract] | |
| Chen Wen-Hao (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Determinants of Persistent Low Income for Five High Risk Groups [abstract] | ||
| Michael Hatfield (Government Of Canada) | ||
| Stability in Work Hours and the "Overworked and Underemployed" Canadian [abstract] | ||
| Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Sebastien Larochelle-Cote (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | William J. MacMinn (Health Canada) | |
| Ludmila Rovba (Cornell University) | ||
| Sumati Srinivas (Radford University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| New Evidence on Total Factor Productivity
Nouvel élément sur la productivité |
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| Chair | Arman Mansoorian (University of York) | |
| Presentations | Productivity and Convergence Trends in OECD Countries: Evidence from a Normalized Quadratic Variable Profit Function [abstract] | |
| Guohua Feng (University of Calgary) | ||
| Apostolos Serletis (University of Calgary) | ||
| Competition and Productivity Growth: The Relation from a Panel of Canadian Industries [abstract] | ||
| Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | ||
| Total Factor Productivity Growth and R&D Expenditures of Canadian Manufacturing and Services Industries, 1973-1997 [abstract] | ||
| Petr Hanel (Université de Sherbrooke) | ||
| Bilkis Khanam (Industry Canada) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:15 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: Health Human Resource Issues
CERF: Enjeux des ressources de santé humaine |
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| Presentations | Trends in Nursing | |
| Wendy Pyper (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Hospital Staffing and Patient Outcomes | ||
| BeomSoo Kim (University of Maryland) | ||
| The Distribution of Regulated Physiotherapists Across Ontario | ||
| Paul Holyoke (University of Toronto) | ||
| Raisa Deber (University of Toronto) | ||
| Molly C. Verrier (University of Toronto) | ||
| Michel D. Landry (University of Toronto) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Information
Économie de l'information |
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| Chair | Rene Kirkegaard (Brock University) | |
| Presentations | Quality, Honesty and Competition [abstract] | |
| Silvia Martinez Gorricho (University of Toronto) | ||
| Lies and Slander: The Implementation of Truth-telling in Repeated Games with Private Monitoring [abstract] | ||
| Kurt Annen (University of Guelph) | ||
| Posted-Offer vs. Double Auctions Revisited: An Investigation into Online Sports Betting [abstract] | ||
| Alper Ozgit (University of California, Los Angeles) | ||
| Discussants | Rene Kirkegaard (Brock University) | |
| Lester Kwong (Brock University) | ||
| Tobias Lindqvist (The Research Institute of Industrial Economics) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CABE: Economic Well-Being: Will the Canadian Standard of Living Improve?
CABE: Économie du bien-être: le niveau de vie canadien va-t-il augmenter? |
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| Organizer | Catherine Harris (Investment Executive) | |
| Chair | David C. Hanly (Saskatchewan Industry & Resouces) | |
| Panelists | Beata Caranci (TD Bank) | |
| Derek Holt (Royal Bank) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Bargaining and Game Theory
Négociation et théories des jeux |
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| Chair | Konstantin Rybakov (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Bargaining by Limiting Cooperation [abstract] | |
| Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Conflict, No Conflict, Common Interests, Mixed Interests [abstract] | ||
| David Robinson (Laurentian University) | ||
| David Goforth (Laurentian Univerity) | ||
| Neutrality Theorem Revisited:An Empirical Examination of Household Public Goods [abstract] | ||
| Hisahiro Naito (University of Tsukuba) | ||
| Ken Yamada (University of College London) | ||
| Discussants | Anton Miglo (University of Guelph) | |
| Lodewijk Visschers (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF/CDH: Federal Fiscal Forecasting: Past Errors, Future Reforms
PEF/CDH: Prévision sur le système fiscal fédéral; les erreurs du passé et les réformes à venir |
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| Chair | Bill Scarth (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Fiscal Forecasting and Fiscal Rules: Where to From Here? | |
| Tim O'Neill (O'Neill Strategic Economics) | ||
| Fiscal Forecasting: Issues and Uncertainties | ||
| Paul-Henry Lapointe (Finance Canada) | ||
| Understanding Past Federal Budget Errors, and What to do About Them | ||
| Jim Stanford (Canadian Auto Workers) | ||
| Errors in Fiscal Forecasting: How to Make Fewer Dumb Ones and More Smart Ones | ||
| William B.P. Robson (C.D. Howe Institute) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Retirement Decisions 2
Décisions sur le régime de retraite 2 |
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| Chair | Natalya Dygalo (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | Timing of Retirement and Family Obligations [abstract] | |
| Paula M. Kazi (Michigan State University) | ||
| The Distinctive Work-to-Retirement Transitions of the Self-Employed [abstract] | ||
| Hasheem Nouroz (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Leroy Stone (Statistics Canada and Univ. of Montreal) | ||
| The Effects of Health and Financial Incentives on Retirement Decisions in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Tammy Schirle (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Hideki Ariizumi (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Kathleen Rybczynski (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Ralf Wilke (ZEW Mannheim) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Econometric Theory 1
Économétrie 1 |
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| Chair | Chuan Goh (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Kernel Estimation When Density Does Not Exist [abstract] | |
| Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) | ||
| A Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Non-Experimental Data [abstract] | ||
| Jose Galdo (Syracuse University) | ||
| Dan Black (Syracuse University) | ||
| A Two-Stage Plug-In Bandwidth Selection and Its Implementation for Covariance Estimation [abstract] | ||
| Masayuki Hirukawa (Concordia University) | ||
| Discussants | Jeffrey Racine (McMaster University) | |
| Yiguo Sun (University of Guelph) | ||
| Marcel-Cristian Voia (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Imperfect Competition
Concurrence imparfaite |
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| Chair | Robin Lindsey (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | The Quiet Life of a Monopolist: The Efficiency Losses of Monopoly Reconsidered [abstract] | |
| Jun Chen (Carleton University) | ||
| Zhiqi Chen (Competition Bureau) | ||
| The Structure of Mixed Oligopoly Under Uncertainty [abstract] | ||
| Basher Syed (York University) | ||
| Anam Mahmudul (York University) | ||
| Chiang Shin-Hwan (York University) | ||
| Discussants | Jean-Etienne de Bettignies (University of British Columbia) | |
| Andrew Eckert (University of Alberta) | ||
| Lester Kwong (Brock University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| International Incomplete Markets
Marchés internationaux incomplets |
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| Chair | Patrick Coe (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | External Debt in Neoclassical Models with Collateral Constraints: A Quantitative Investigation [abstract] | |
| Genevieve Verdier (Texas A&M University) | ||
| Implicaiton of Limited Participation in International Business Cycles [abstract] | ||
| Koichi Yoshimine (University of British Columbia) | ||
| International Lending, Capital Controls and Wealth Inequality [abstract] | ||
| Geoffrey Dunbar (Queen's University) | ||
| Discussants | John Bluedorn (University of Oxford) | |
| Anthony Emmanuel Landry (Boston University) | ||
| Lawrence Schembri (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Habit in Macroeconomics
Habitude en macroéconomie |
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| Chair | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Presentations | Well-Being, Leisure and Consumption in the Presence of a Relative Consumption Externality [abstract] | |
| B. Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) | ||
| Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | ||
| On Habit Formation is a New Keynesian Business Cycle Model [abstract] | ||
| Richard Dennis (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) | ||
| Learning-By-Doing or Habit Formation? [abstract] | ||
| Takashi Kano (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Hafedh Bouakez (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Business Cycles
GECM: Cycles des affaires |
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| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulous (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Chair | Angelo Melino (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Measuring the Cost of Business Cycles with Preferences that Rationalize the Equity Premium [abstract] | |
| Angelo Melino (University of Toronto) | ||
| The Cyclical Behavior of Worker Reallocation | ||
| Iourii Manovskii (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Marcus Hagedorn (University of Frankfurt) | ||
| Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto) | ||
| Schumpeterian Restructuring [abstract] | ||
| Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) | ||
| Patrick Francois (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| McEEL: Learning to Play Nash
McEEL: apprendre à utiliser Nash |
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| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| Chair | R. Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | A Simple Test of Learning Theory [abstract] | |
| Jim Engle-Warnick (McGill University) | ||
| Ed Hopkins (University of Edinburgh) | ||
| A Method to Their Madness: Behavioural Motivations in Voluntary Contributions to a Public Good [abstract] | ||
| Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick Saint John) | ||
| The Effects of Recommended Play on Compliance with Exogenous Targeting Instruments [abstract] | ||
| John Spraggon (Lakehead University) | ||
| Robert Oxoby (University of Calgary) | ||
| Discussants | Pat Barclay (McMaster University) | |
| Bram Cadsby (University of Guelph) | ||
| Rod Garratt (University of California, Santa Barbara) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Poverty
Économie de la pauvreté |
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| Chair | Garth Frazer (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Welfare Reforms and the Living Standards of Single Mothers: Evidence from Canadian Provinces. [abstract] | |
| Matthew Brzozowski (McMaster University) | ||
| How Should We Measure Global Poverty in a Changing World? [abstract] | ||
| Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Kuan Xu (Economics - Dalhousie University) | ||
| Nonparametric Expenditure-Based Estimation of Income Under-Reporting and the Underground Economy [abstract] | ||
| Lindsay Tedds (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Jose Canals-Cerda (University of Colorado at Boulder) | |
| Catherine Deri (Univeristy of Ottawa) | ||
| Garth Frazer (University of Toronto) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| State of the Art Lecture: James Poterba
Conférence d'avant-garde: James Poterba |
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| Chair | Michael Smart (University of Toronto) | |
| Speaker | James Poterba (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | |
| Market Imperfections in Theory and Practice: The Market for Private Annuities | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:15 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: Forecasting and Planning for Health Human Resource Requirements
CERF: Besoins de prévisions et de planification pour les resources de santé humaine |
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| Presentations | Health Human Resources and the Production Function for Health Care | |
| Stephen Birch (McMaster University) | ||
| George Kephart (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Linda O'Brien-Palass (University of Toronto) | ||
| Gail Tomblin-Murphy (Dalhousie) | ||
| Rob Alder (HPRAC) | ||
| Users and Suppliers of Physician Services: A Tale of Two Populations | ||
| Frank Denton (McMaster University) | ||
| Amiram Gafni (McMaster University) | ||
| Byron G Spencer (McMaster University) | ||
| Health Human Resources Planning for Mental Health Services:Lessons Learned fm Review of Experiences in UK/Australia/New Zealand | ||
| Gillian Mulvale (McMaster University) | ||
| Fri 12:00 - 14:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CWEN Luncheon
CWEN: Déjeuner-conférence |
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| Speaker | Marianne Ferber (University of Illinois) | |
| Women in Academia: Slow Progress is Better Than No Change At All | ||
| Fri 12:15 - 13:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CERF: Panel Discussion and Wrap Up: What Have We Learned and Where Do we Go From Here?
CERF: Réunion-débat et conclusion: qu'avons nous appris et qu'allons nous faire de ca? |
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| Chair | Byron G Spencer (McMaster University) | |
| Panelists | Owen Adams (Canadian Medical Association) | |
| Cliff Halliwell (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) | ||
| Jeremiah Hurley (McMaster University) | ||
| Diane Watson (University of British Columbia & CIHR) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Finance Theory
Théorie financière |
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| Chair | Ashraf Zaman (St. Mary's University) | |
| Presentations | The Trader's Dilemma: Trading Strategies and Endogenous Pricing in an Illiquid Market [abstract] | |
| Dan Liang (Queen's University) | ||
| Frank Milne (Queen's University) | ||
| Using Project Financing for Mitigating Asymmetric Information Problem [abstract] | ||
| Anton Miglo (University of Guelph) | ||
| Subordinated Debt and Market Discipline in Canadian Banking [abstract] | ||
| Greg Caldwell (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Greg Caldwell (Bank of Canada) | |
| Konstantin Rybakov (University of Toronto) | ||
| James Thompson (Queen's University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CWEN: Children, Health, and Poverty
CWEN: Enfants, santé et pauvreté |
|
| Organizer | Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo) | |
| Chair | Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the Ontario Child Health Study [abstract] | |
| Martin D. Dooley (McMaster University) | ||
| Paul Contoyannis (McMaster University) | ||
| Equity in Health and Health-Care Utilization in Canada: 25 Years of Public Health Insurance [abstract] | ||
| William J. MacMinn (Health Canada) | ||
| Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Child Poverty in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Tom Crossley (Mcmaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | |
| Catherine Deri (Univeristy of Ottawa) | ||
| Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CABE: Canadian Economic Outlook and Longer-Term Issues
CABE: Perspectives sur l'économie canadienne, et enjeux à long terme |
|
| Organizer | Catherine Harris (Investment Executive) | |
| Chair | Ernie Stokes (Centre for Spatial Economics) | |
| Panelists | Rick Egelton (Bank of Montreal) | |
| Warren Jestin (Bank of Nova Scotia) | ||
| Wojciech Szadurski (Global Insights) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| PRI: Consequences of Trade Liberalization for Canada
PRI: Conséquences de la liberalization des échanges pour le Canada |
|
| Organizer | Gary Sawchuk (Policy Research Initiative) | |
| Chair | Randall Morck (Harvard University and University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | Product Diversity, Management Streamlining and Productivity Growth after Free Trade [abstract] | |
| Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) | ||
| John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | ||
| The Variety Effects of Trade Liberalization [abstract] | ||
| Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary and International Trade Canada) | ||
| Shenjie Chen (International Trade Canada) | ||
| Import Competition and Commodity Turnover [abstract] | ||
| Alla Lileeva (York University) | ||
| John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Who Does Canada Compete With in the U.S. Marketplace? Consequences of Shifting U.S. Import Market Shares and China's Export Growth [abstract] | ||
| Gary Sawchuk (Policy Research Initiative) | ||
| David Yerger (Indiana University Pennsylvania) | ||
| Discussants | Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) | |
| Danielle Goldfarb (C.D. Howe Institute) | ||
| Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Sebastien Larochelle-Cote (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF: New Thinking in Activist Industrial Policy
PEF: Nouvelle reflection en politique industrielle interventionniste |
|
| Chair | Tim Armstrong (formerly of Industry Ontario) | |
| Presentations | Industrial Policy After Neoliberalism? | |
| Greg Albo (York University) | ||
| Labour and Green Industrial Policy: Reflections from Sweden | ||
| Brendan Haley (York University) | ||
| From Industrial Policy to Community Innovation Strategies: Recent Trends in Economic Development Research and Strategy | ||
| David A. Wolfe (University of Toronto) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Health and Taxes
Santé et impôt |
|
| Chair | Paul Grootendorst (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Tobacco Taxation, Regressivity, and Time Inconsistency [abstract] | |
| Ian Irvine (Concordia University) | ||
| Nikolay Gospodinov (Concordia University) | ||
| Redistribution Using Health Care Subsidies [abstract] | ||
| Jean-François Wen (University of Calgary) | ||
| Wealth, Health, and Pursuit of Happiness [abstract] | ||
| Xiaochuan(Sherry) Wang (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Victoria Barham (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Discussants | Emmanuel Piérard (University of Waterloo) | |
| Anindya Sen (Univesity of Waterloo) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Lifecycle Economics
Économie du cycle de vie |
|
| Chair | Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Public Insurance and Private Savings: Who is Affected and By How Much? [abstract] | |
| Alex Maynard (University of Toronto) | ||
| Jiaping Qiu (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| On the Relevance of Demograhics in Explaining Life Cycle Consumption [abstract] | ||
| Ekaterina Stepanova (University of Washington) | ||
| Luigi Ventura (University of Rome) | ||
| Self-Employment: Married or Single: Does it Make a Difference? [abstract] | ||
| Kathleen Rybczynski (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Discussants | Cevat Burc Kayahan (University of Guelph) | |
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Canadian Fiscal Policy
Politique fiscale canadienne |
|
| Chair | Bev Dahlby (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | Redistributive Effectiveness of Three Equalization Alternatives: Representative Tax, Macro-Based and Fiscal Needs Systems. Evidence for Canada [abstract] | |
| Iryna Kryvoruchko (Alberta Finance) | ||
| An Empirical Investigation of Tax Competition between Canadian Provinces [abstract] | ||
| Ioana Daria Fodor (University of Calgary) | ||
| Long-Term Sustainability of Public Finances in Canada: A Scenario Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Alison McDermott (Fiscal Policy Division) | ||
| Marie-Anne Deussing (Finance Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Pierre-Pascal Gendron (Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning) | |
| Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) | ||
| Tracy Snoddon (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Political Economy of International Trade
Économie politique du commerce international |
|
| Chair | Patrick Georges (Finance Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Heckscher-Ohlin-VaneK Model and Individual Trade Policy Preferences [abstract] | |
| Michael Benarroch (University of Winnipeg) | ||
| Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary and International Trade Canada) | ||
| James Gaisford (University of Calgary) | ||
| Eddie Ng (University of Calgary) | ||
| The Political Economy of Technical Regulations: An Empirical Investigation [abstract] | ||
| Azim Essaji (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Discussants | Loretta Fung (University of Alberta) | |
| Volker Nitsch (Free University Berlin) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Education and Inequality
Éducation et inégalité |
|
| Chair | Cristina Echevarria (University of Saskatchewan) | |
| Presentations | Peer Effects and Student Academic Achievement: An Application of Spatial Autoregressive Model With Group Unobservables [abstract] | |
| Xu Lin (Ohio State University) | ||
| The Impact of Tuition Fees on University Access: Evidence From a Large-Scale Price Deregulation in Professional Programs [abstract] | ||
| Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Gordon Cleveland (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | |
| Weili Ding (Queen's University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Monetary Policy and the Canadian Dollar
Politique monétaire et dollar canadien |
|
| Organizer | Lawrence Schembri (Bank of Canada) | |
| Chair | John Murray (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | NEMO: An Equation for the Canadian Dollar [abstract] | |
| Robert Lafrance (Bank of Canada) | ||
| John Helliwell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Ramzi Issa (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Qiao Zhang (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Multilateral Adjustment and the Canadian Dollar [abstract] | ||
| Lawrence Schembri (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Jeannine Bailliu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Ali Dib (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate in the Golden Age of Inflation Targeting [abstract] | ||
| Nicholas Rowe (Carleton University) | ||
| Discussants | Nikola Gradojevic (Lakehead University) | |
| William B.P. Robson (C.D. Howe Institute) | ||
| Bill Scarth (McMaster University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Learning in Macroeconomics
Apprendre en macroéconomie |
|
| Chair | Apostolos Serletis (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Uncertain Trend Growth, Learning, and Economic Dynamics [abstract] | |
| Masashi Saito (Boston University) | ||
| Bounded Rationality, Least Squares Learning, and Business Cycles in a Standard Growth Model [abstract] | ||
| Laurent Cellarier (University of Guelph) | ||
| Learning-by-Doing, Aggregate Fluctuations and Counter-Cyclical Markups [abstract] | ||
| Andrew Clarke (University of Melbourne) | ||
| Alok Johri (McMaster University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Heterogeneity
GECM: Hétérogénéité |
|
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulous (University of Toronto) | |
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Chair | Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | |
| Presentations | Legal Institutions, Sectoral Heterogeneity, and Economic Development | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Gian Luca Clementi (New York University) | ||
| Glenn MacDonald (Washington University at St. Louis) | ||
| Irreversible Investment in Durable Goods and Household Consumption | ||
| Michio Suzuki (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Uninsured Idiosyncratic Production Risk with Borrowing Constraints | ||
| Francisco Covas (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Risk Sharing | ||
| Paul Klein (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CDSG: Intrahousehold Allocation in Development
Répartition au sein des ménages en développement |
|
| Chair | Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval) | |
| Presentations | What Determines Female Autonomy? Evidence from Bangladesh [abstract] | |
| Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Siwan Anderson (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Nutrition and income: evidence from an experiment in a developing country [abstract] | ||
| Habiba Djebbari (Université Laval) | ||
| Discussants | Hélène Couprie (Université Laval) | |
| Christine Laporte (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| McEEL: Market Performance
McEEL: Comportement du marché |
|
| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| Chair | Doug Welland (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Cycling Behaviour in Posted Offer Markets with Captive Buyers [abstract] | |
| Barbara Bloemhof (McMaster University) | ||
| Behavior in Second-Price auctions by Highly Experienced eBay Buyers and Sellers [abstract] | ||
| Rod Garratt (University of California, Santa Barbara) | ||
| Mark Walker (University of Arizona) | ||
| John Wooders (University of Arizona) | ||
| Baseline-and-Credit Style Emission Trading Mechanisms: An Experimental Investigation of Economic Inefficiency [abstract] | ||
| Neil Buckley (McMaster University) | ||
| Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | ||
| R. Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Jason Childs (University of New Brunswick Saint John) | |
| Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick Saint John) | ||
| John Spraggon (Lakehead University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| State of the Art Lecture: Donald Andrews
Conference d'avant-garde: Donald Andrews |
|
| Sponsored by | Statistics Canada | |
| Chair | Silvia Gonçalves (University of Montreal) | |
| Speaker | Donald Andrews (Yale University) | |
| Inference with Weak Instruments | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 18:00 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF: Annual General Meeting and Wine & Cheese Social | |
| Speaker | Rolf Gerstenberger (United Steelworkers Local 1005) | |
| Law of the Jungle: The Economics and Politics of CCAA Restructuring | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Health Insurance
Assurance maladie |
|
| Chair | Jean-François Wen (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Effect of Public Long-Term Care Insurance on Medical Care Demand [abstract] | |
| Hideki Ariizumi (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Ake Blomqvist (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Why is Public Health Insurance Efficient? [abstract] | ||
| Olga Lavrova (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Victoria Barham (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Hospital Competition Under Public Insurance [abstract] | ||
| Ugurhan G. Berkok (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Bev Dahlby (University of Alberta) | |
| Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Overlapping Generations and Aging
Chevauchement des générations et vieillissement |
|
| Chair | Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Population Ageing and the Accumulation of Human Capital: A Computable Overlapping Generations Model Approach [abstract] | |
| Marcel Mérette (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Jean Mercenier (Université Cergy-Pontoise) | ||
| Government Debt, Taxation, and the Economic Dynamics of Population Ageing [abstract] | ||
| Maximilian Baylor (Finance Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Laurent Cellarier (University of Guelph) | |
| Koichi Yoshimine (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Canadian Wages and Earnings
Salaires canadiens et bénéfices |
|
| Chair | Jeremiah Hurley (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Should Workers Care About Firm Size? [abstract] | |
| Stephanie Lluis (University of Minnesota) | ||
| Ana Ferrer (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Disability and the Labour Market in Canada: an Analysis of Wage Differentials and Employment Effects of Wage Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities [abstract] | ||
| Ludmila Rovba (Cornell University) | ||
| The Instability of Family Earnings in Canada, 1986-1991 and 1996-2001 [abstract] | ||
| René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Yuri Ostrovsky (Statistis Canada) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CESG: Econometrics Poster Session
CESG: Séance d'économétrie à l'affiche |
|
| Organizer | Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph) | |
| Chair | Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph) | |
| Presentations | Joint Change Point Estimation in Regression Coefficients and Variances of the Errors of a Linear Model [abstract] | |
| Oleg Glouchakov (York University) | ||
| Can Dynamic Panel Data Explain Finance-Growth Link? An Empirical Likelihood Approach [abstract] | ||
| Umut Oguzoglu (University of Guelph) | ||
| Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph) | ||
| Third-Order Inference in Economics [abstract] | ||
| Marie Rekkas (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Nonlinear DID Estimation of the Treatment Effect When the Outcome Variable is the Employment/Unemployment Duration [abstract] | ||
| Marcel-Cristian Voia (Carleton University) | ||
| Size Matters: Covariance Matrix Estimation Under the Alternative [abstract] | ||
| Jason Allen (Queen's University) | ||
| Improved Nonparametric Inference for the Mean of a Bounded Random Variable with Application to Poverty Measures [abstract] | ||
| Mame Astou Diouf (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Jean-Marie Dufour (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Simplified Edgeworth Expansions for Nonlinear Estmators [abstract] | ||
| Gubhinder Kundhi (York University) | ||
| Paul Rilstone (York University) | ||
| An Opportunistic Fisher Effect? [abstract] | ||
| Zisimos Koustas (Brock University) | ||
| Jean Francois Lamarche (Brock University) | ||
| Non-Parametric Exchange Rate Prediction: Revisited [abstract] | ||
| Nikola Gradojevic (Lakehead University) | ||
| Trend and Cycles: A New Approach and Explanations of Some Old Puzzles [abstract] | ||
| Tatsuma Wada (Boston University) | ||
| Pierre Perron (Boston University) | ||
| Nonparametric Estimation of Propensity Score with Local Maximum Likelihood Method [abstract] | ||
| Cevat Burc Kayahan (University of Guelph) | ||
| Asymmetry in Gasoline and Crude Oil Prices for U.S. Retail Market: An Application of Hidden Cointergration Techniques [abstract] | ||
| Afshin Honarvar (University of Calgary) | ||
| Frank J. Atkins (University of Calgary) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Education 1
Économie de l'éducation 1 |
|
| Chair | Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Birth Order and Educational Achievement :an Investigation of African American Families using the PSID [abstract] | |
| Stephane Mechoulan (University of Toronto) | ||
| Kantarevic Jasmin (University of Toronto) | ||
| Educational Spillovers: Does One Size Fit All [abstract] | ||
| Raphael Solomon (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Robert Baumann (College of the Holy Cross) | ||
| Discussants | Pierre R. Brochu (University of British Columbia) | |
| Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: International Macroeconomics
GECM: Macroéconomie internationale |
|
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulous (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Chair | Nooman Rebei (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Has Exchange Rate Pass-Through Really Declined in Canada? A General Equilibrium Approach | |
| Nooman Rebei (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Twin Dollarization and Exchange Rate Policy Expectation | ||
| Kang Shi (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Endogenous Borrowing Constraints and Consumption Volatility in a Small Open Economy [abstract] | ||
| Carlos Resende (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Currency Areas and Monetary Coordination [abstract] | ||
| Qing Liu (University of Toronto) | ||
| Shouyong Shi (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Salem Nechi (Queen's University) | |
| Yelena Takhtamanova (California State University, Sacramento) | ||
| Genevieve Verdier (Texas A&M University) | ||
| Juanyi Xu (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CDSG: Labour and Development
CDSG: Travail et développement |
|
| Chair | Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of the Non-Farm Sector on Labour Earnings and Gender Disparities in India: 1983-1999 [abstract] | |
| Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Bharat Ramswami (Indian Statistical Institute) | ||
| wilima Wadhwa (India Development Foundation) | ||
| Does Child Labor Decline with Household Income? A Non-Parametric Approach [abstract] | ||
| Ana Dammert (Syracuse University) | ||
| Discussants | Benoit Dostie (HEC Montreal) | |
| Alok Kumar (University of Victoria) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| McEEL: Productivity, Money, and Income Distributions in Laboratory Environments
McEEL: Productivité, monnaie et distribution des revenues dans les environnements de laboratoire |
|
| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| Chair | Kenneth S. Chan (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | The Effects of Compensation Schemes on Self-Selection and Productivity: An Experimental Investigation [abstract] | |
| Bram Cadsby (University of Guelph) | ||
| Fei Song (Schulich School of Business) | ||
| Francis Tapon (University of Guelph) | ||
| Money as a Medium of Exchange: An Experiment [abstract] | ||
| Jason Childs (University of New Brunswick Saint John) | ||
| Gil Breau (University of New Brunswick Saint John) | ||
| Coordination, Cooperation and the Distribution of Income in a Public Good Environment [abstract] | ||
| Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | ||
| Kenneth S. Chan (McMaster University) | ||
| Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick Saint John) | ||
| R. Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) | |
| Jim Engle-Warnick (McGill University) | ||
| Mary-Anne Sillamaa (University of Toronto, Scarborough) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Children and Social Policy
Enfants et politique sociale |
|
| Chair | Martin D. Dooley (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | The Level, Growth and Volatility of Family Income: Experiences of Canadian Children from 1996 to 2001 [abstract] | |
| Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) | ||
| The Quality Gap: A Study of Nonprofit and Commercial Child Care Centres in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Gordon Cleveland (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | ||
| Michael Krashinsky (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | ||
| Retailer Compliance as a Predictor of Youth Smoking Participation and Consumption [abstract] | ||
| Alan Diener (Health Canada) | ||
| Rashid Ahmed (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Judy Snider (Health Canada) | ||
| Murray J. Kaiserman (Health Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo) | |
| Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| 70 Years of Central Banking
70 ans de banque centrale |
|
| Sponsored by | Bank of Canada | |
| Organizer | John Murray (Bank of Canada) | |
| Chair | David Dodge (Bank of Canada) | |
| Panelists | John Chant (Simon Fraser University) | |
| John Helliwell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| David Laidler (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Angela Redish (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Diffusion of Innovation
Diffusion de l'innovation |
|
| Chair | Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Diffusion of Innovation: University vs. Corporate [abstract] | |
| Carlos Rosell (University of Toronto) | ||
| Ajay Agrawal (University of Toronto) | ||
| Investment in Information and Communication Technologies : An Empirical analysis [abstract] | ||
| Gilbert Cette (Banque de France / Université de la Méditerranée) | ||
| Jimmy Lopez (Université de la Méditerranée) | ||
| Pierre-Alexandre Noual (University of Chicago ) | ||
| Information Technology and Intangible Output: The Impact of IT Investment on Innovation Productivity [abstract] | ||
| Landon Kleis (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Paul Chwelos (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Ronald Ramirez (University of Colorado at Denver) | ||
| Kenneth Kraemer (University of California, Irvine) | ||
| Discussants | Ajay Agrawal (University of Toronto) | |
| Petr Hanel (Université de Sherbrooke) | ||
| Anindya Sen (Univesity of Waterloo) | ||
| Fri 17:45 - 19:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Innis Lecture
Conférence Innis |
|
| Chair | Huw Lloyd-Ellis (Queen's University) | |
| Speaker | Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia) | |
| Explorations in Medium-Run Macroeconomics | ||
| Fri 19:00 - 22:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Provost's Reception
Récéption du Principal de l'Université |
|
| Saturday, May 28, 2005 |
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| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Asset Pricing
Évaluation des actifs |
|
| Chair | Masayuki Hirukawa (Concordia University) | |
| Presentations | Extremes and Extreme Dependence in the NASDAQ and S&P 500 Indices [abstract] | |
| John W Galbraith (McGill University) | ||
| Serguei Zernov (TD Asset Management) | ||
| Conditioning Information and Variance Bounds on Pricing Kernels With Higher-Order Moments: Theory and Evidence [abstract] | ||
| Fousseni Chabi Yo (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | John W Galbraith (McGill University) | |
| John Maheu (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Misrepresentation and Clubs
Représentation déformée et clubs |
|
| Chair | David Bjerk (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Thinking Economically About Plagiarism [abstract] | |
| Alan Collins (University of Portsmouth) | ||
| Guy Judge (University of Portsmouth) | ||
| Neil Rickman (University of Surrey) | ||
| Private Sector Money as a Collusion Device [abstract] | ||
| Seamus Hogan (University of Canterbury) | ||
| The Economics of Fake Degrees [abstract] | ||
| Tarik Lakhal (University of Burgundy) | ||
| Gilles Grolleau (UMR INRA ENESAD) | ||
| Naoufel Mzoughi (UMR INRA ENESAD) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Central Bank Opacity
Opacité de la Banque Centrale |
|
| Chair | Matthew Doyle (Iowa State University) | |
| Presentations | Secrecy Versus Selective Disclosure in Sterilized Foreign Exchange Interventions [abstract] | |
| Richard Barnett (Villanova University) | ||
| Saltuk Ozerturk (Southern Methodist University) | ||
| Information Acquisition, Dissemination and Transparency of Monetary Policy [abstract] | ||
| Jacob Wong (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | James Chapman (University of Iowa) | |
| Nicholas Rowe (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CNEH: Institutions, Policies, and Progress in Historical Perspective
CNEH: Institutions, politique et progrès d'un point de vue historique |
|
| Organizer | Ian Keay (Queen's University) | |
| Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | ||
| Chair | Ian Keay (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | The Effect of Religious Denomination on Wealth [abstract] | |
| Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University) | ||
| Education for Export? Schooling Canadians, 1900-1970 [abstract] | ||
| Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | ||
| Alan Green (Queen's University) | ||
| Back to the Roots: Borders and Trade in Canada, 1933-39 [abstract] | ||
| Volker Nitsch (Free University Berlin) | ||
| Discussants | Gillian Hamilton (University of Toronto) | |
| Frank Lewis (Queen's University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CEA Nominating Committee Meeting
Comité de nomination de l'ACE |
|
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Labour Market Separations
Classification du marché du travail |
|
| Chair | David Gray (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | The Long-Term Effects of Displacement on Family Income [abstract] | |
| Yuri Ostrovsky (Statistis Canada) | ||
| René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Unionization and Plant Closure in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Tony Fang (University of Northern British Columbia) | ||
| John Heywood (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) | ||
| Severance Payments and Judicial Mistakes [abstract] | ||
| Nikolai Stähler (University of Mainz) | ||
| Discussants | Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) | |
| René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Health and Labour Supply
Santé et offre de travail |
|
| Chair | Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo) | |
| Presentations | Productivity And Welfare Losses Of Absenteeism For Canadian Labour Force With Diabetes Mellitus [abstract] | |
| Farah Farahati (McMaster University) | ||
| Jeremiah Hurley (McMaster University) | ||
| Parental Hours of Work and Child Behavioural and Emotional Outcomes [abstract] | ||
| Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | ||
| Maternal Labour Supply and Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Canada: Evidence from the NLSCY [abstract] | ||
| Yee Fei Chia (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Econometric Theory 2
Économétrie 2 |
|
| Chair | James MacKinnon (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | Nonstandard Asymptotics for Quantile Regression [abstract] | |
| Chuan Goh (University of Toronto) | ||
| Improving the Efficiency and Robustness of the Smoothed Maximum Score Estimator [abstract] | ||
| Yulia Kotlyarova (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) | ||
| Semiparametric Estimation of Regression Functions Under Shape Invariance Restrictions [abstract] | ||
| Ralf Wilke (ZEW Mannheim) | ||
| Discussants | Chuan Goh (University of Toronto) | |
| Yulia Kotlyarova (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Ralf Wilke (ZEW Mannheim) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CPEG: Fiscal Federalism 1
GECEP: Fiscalité au niveau federal 1 |
|
| Chair | Tracy Snoddon (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | The Progressivity of Equalization Payments in Federations [abstract] | |
| Michel Poitevin (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Nicolas Gravel (Université de la Méditerranée) | ||
| Risk Sharing and Job Turnover in the Swedish Regions [abstract] | ||
| Linda Andersson (Umeå University) | ||
| Johan Lundberg (Umeå University) | ||
| Vertical Versus Horizontal Tax Externalities: An Empirical Test [abstract] | ||
| Mario Jametti (McMaster University) | ||
| Marius Brülhart (University of Lausanne) | ||
| Discussants | Craig Brett (Mount Allison University) | |
| Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval) | ||
| Ioana Daria Fodor (University of Calgary) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Immigration 2: New Evidence
Immigration 2: nouveaux éléments |
|
| Chair | Thitima Songsakul (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | What Lessons Can We Learn From the Body Mass of Immigrants? [abstract] | |
| Catherine Deri (Univeristy of Ottawa) | ||
| The Migration of Educated Mexicans: The Role of Informal Social Insurance [abstract] | ||
| Alfredo Cuecuecha (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México) | ||
| The Earnings Patterns of Recent Cohorts of Immigrants -- Evidence from Tax Data [abstract] | ||
| Ross Finnie (Queen's University) | ||
| Discussants | Vincenzo Caponi (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Mikal Skuterud (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Casey Warman (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDH: Ontario School Performance in Context
CDH: Résultats de l'école en Ontario en contexte |
|
| Organizer | Yvan Guillemette (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Chair | Yvan Guillemette (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Presentations | Signpost of Success: Interpreting Ontario's Elementary School Test Scores | |
| David R. Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Discussants | Stephen Easton (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Richard Jones (EQAO) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CSGB: Competition Policy
CSGB: Politique de la concurrence |
|
| Organizer | Tom Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Chair | Anindya Sen (Univesity of Waterloo) | |
| Presentations | Information-Sharing Implications of Horizontal Mergers [abstract] | |
| Albert Banal-Estanol (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Predatory Pricing in Airlines: Lessons from Four Countries | ||
| Roger Ware (Queen's University) | ||
| Reward Programs and Entry Deterrence [abstract] | ||
| Lester Kwong (Brock University) | ||
| Discussants | Zhiqi Chen (Competition Bureau) | |
| Ken Corts (University of Toronto) | ||
| Andrew Eckert (University of Alberta) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Real Effects of Exchange-Rate Changes
Effets réels des changements du taux de change |
|
| Chair | Alex Maynard (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of Large Real Exchange Rate Movements on Firm's Performance: A Case Study of Taiwanese Manufacturing Firms [abstract] | |
| Loretta Fung (University of Alberta) | ||
| Jin-Tan Liu (National Taiwan University and NBER) | ||
| Labour Market Adjustments to Exchange Rate Fluctuations: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Industries [abstract] | ||
| Danny Leung (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Terence Yuen (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Understanding Changes in Exchange-Rate Pass-Through [abstract] | ||
| Yelena Takhtamanova (California State University, Sacramento) | ||
| Discussants | Qing Liu (University of Toronto) | |
| Kang Shi (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Yelena Takhtamanova (California State University, Sacramento) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDSG: Growth in Africa
CDSG: Croissance en Afrique |
|
| Chair | Franque Grimard (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Trade Growth under AGOA [abstract] | |
| Garth Frazer (University of Toronto) | ||
| Johannes Van Biesebroeck (University of Toronto) | ||
| Africa's Missed Agricultural Revolution: Examining the Links between Factor Endowments, Government Investment, and Technological Change in Agriculture [abstract] | ||
| Melanie O'Gorman (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Dane Rowlands (Carleton University) | |
| Genevieve Verdier (Texas A&M University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| International Trade 2
Commerce international 2 |
|
| Chair | Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary and International Trade Canada) | |
| Presentations | Relationship Specificity, Incomplete Contracts and the Pattern of Trade [abstract] | |
| Nathan Nunn (University of Toronto) | ||
| Institutional Design and Antidumping [abstract] | ||
| Claudiu Tunea (University Of Western Ontario) | ||
| Foreign Ownership: Cause or Consequence? [abstract] | ||
| Hankook Kim (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | B. Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) | |
| Hankook Kim (University of Toronto) | ||
| Yanling Wang (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Auctions
Économie des enchères |
|
| Chair | Simon Board (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Numerical Analysis of Asymmetric First Price Auctions with Reserve Prices [abstract] | |
| Wayne-Roy Gayle (University of Pittsburgh) | ||
| Jean-Francois Richard (University of Pittsburgh) | ||
| eBay 9/11 [abstract] | ||
| Jose Canals-Cerda (University of Colorado at Boulder) | ||
| Jason Pearcy (University of Colorado at Boulder) | ||
| The Phantom Made Me Jump! Preemptive Jump Bidding in Auctions [abstract] | ||
| Rene Kirkegaard (Brock University) | ||
| Discussants | Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) | |
| William McCausland (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Alper Ozgit (University of California, Los Angeles) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Canada-U.S. Productivity Differences
Canada-USA: difference de productivité |
|
| Chair | Tahir Abdi (Finance Canada) | |
| Presentations | Unbalanced Growth in Canada and the United States: Demand and Supply Effects [abstract] | |
| Weimin Wang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Anik Dufour (Industry Canada) | ||
| Disparities in Technology Diffusion between Canada and the U.S.: Patterns, Causes and Determinants [abstract] | ||
| Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) | ||
| The Role of Industry Composition in the M&E Investment Intensity Gap between Canada and the U.S. [abstract] | ||
| Edgard Rodriguez (Finance Canada) | ||
| Anthony Fisher (Department of Finance) | ||
| Discussants | Azim Essaji (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Edgard Rodriguez (Finance Canada) | ||
| Weimin Wang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Empirical Finance
Finance: approche empirique |
|
| Chair | Fousseni Chabi Yo (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Market Impact of Corporate News Stories [abstract] | |
| Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Murray Z. Frank (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Boards and Corporate Governance in a Typical Country [abstract] | ||
| Najah Attig (Saint Mary's University) | ||
| Randall Morck (Harvard University and University of Alberta) | ||
| Fund Flows and Performance: A Study of Canadian Equity Funds [abstract] | ||
| Rajeeva Sinha (University of Windsor) | ||
| Vijay Jog (Carleton University) | ||
| Discussants | Najah Attig (Saint Mary's University) | |
| Rajeeva Sinha (University of Windsor) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Ethics
Éthique |
|
| Chair | Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | What is Pro-Poor Growth? [abstract] | |
| Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval) | ||
| Quentin Wodon (World Bank) | ||
| Classical Utilitarianism and the Repugnant Conclusion [abstract] | ||
| Leslie Shiell (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Discussants | Peter Ibbott (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CNEH: Resources, Property Rights, and Canadian Economic Development
CNEH: Ressources, droit de propriété et développement économique canadien |
|
| Organizer | Ian Keay (Queen's University) | |
| Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | ||
| Chair | Alan Green (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | Mostly Harmless: Socialists, Populists, Policies and the Economic Development of Alberta and Saskatchewan [abstract] | |
| Herb Emery (University of Calgary) | ||
| Ron Kneebone (University of Calgary) | ||
| Is the Staples Thesis Dead? Economic Contributions Made by Canada's Natural Resource Industries Through the Twentieth Century [abstract] | ||
| Ian Keay (Queen's University) | ||
| The Early Development of Indian Agriculture on the Canadian Prairies [abstract] | ||
| Tony Ward (Brock University) | ||
| Discussants | Peter George (McMaster University) | |
| Ken Norrie (McMaster University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF: Macroeconomic Narratives and Macroeconomic Models
PEF: Histoires macroéconomiques et modèles macroéconomiques |
|
| Presentations | A Simple Macroeconomic Model | |
| H. Sonmez Atesoglu (Clarkson University) | ||
| John Smithin (York University) | ||
| Labour Market Narratives in Textbook Macro | ||
| Fletcher Baragar (University of Manitoba) | ||
| A Regulationist/Marxist Model of Macro-Instability | ||
| Jean-Guy Loranger (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Managing Without Growth | ||
| Peter Victor (York University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Health Care Costs
Coûts du système de santé |
|
| Chair | Seamus Hogan (University of Canterbury) | |
| Presentations | Are health care prices really rising? Evidence from heart attack treatments in Canada [abstract] | |
| Ruolz Ariste (Canadian Institute for Health Information) | ||
| Bachir Belhadji (Health Canada) | ||
| Charles Mallory (Health Canada, ARAD ) | ||
| The Quicker and Sicker Issue Revisited: The Case of British Columbia [abstract] | ||
| Eugenia Amporfu (Bishop's University) | ||
| Trends in Access and Utilization of Diagnostic Services in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Piyanjali Tissaaratchy (Health Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Ake Blomqvist (National University of Singapore) | |
| Alexandra Constant (Health Canada) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Innovation Policy and Performance
Politique de l'innovation et ses résultats |
|
| Organizer | Thitima Songsakul (Industry Canada) | |
| Surendra Gera (Industry Canada) | ||
| Chair | Richard Roy (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Market-Based Innovation vs. Originality-Based Innovation: Do They Confer the Same Advantage on Commercialization? [abstract] | |
| Pierre Therrien (Industry Canada) | ||
| The Role of Benchmarking and Targets in Canadian Innovation Policy [abstract] | ||
| Surendra Gera (Industry Canada) | ||
| Richard Roy (Industry Canada) | ||
| Thitima Songsakul (Industry Canada) | ||
| Canada's Low Business R&D Intensity: the Role of Industry Composition [abstract] | ||
| Aled ab Iorwerth (Federal Government) | ||
| Discussants | John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | |
| Petr Hanel (Université de Sherbrooke) | ||
| Don McFetridge (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Bootstrap
L'amorce |
|
| Chair | Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Bootstrapping Realized Volatility [abstract] | |
| Silvia Gonçalves (University of Montreal) | ||
| Nour Meddahi (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Applications of the Fast Double Bootstrap [abstract] | ||
| James MacKinnon (Queen's University) | ||
| Examining Ricardian Equivalence by Estimating and Bootstrapping a Nonlinear Dynamic Panel Model [abstract] | ||
| Lorenzo Pozzi (Ghent University) | ||
| Griet Malengier (Ghent University) | ||
| Discussants | Silvia Gonçalves (University of Montreal) | |
| Serguei Zernov (TD Asset Management) | ||
| Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Immigration 3: Developments in Canadian Immigration
Immigration 3: développement de l'immigration canadienne |
|
| Organizer | Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | |
| Chair | David Green (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | The New Migration: Global Labour Markets and Return Migration [abstract] | |
| Abdurrahman Aydemir (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Chris Robinson (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Immigrants, High-Wage Employers and Social Networks [abstract] | ||
| Mikal Skuterud (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Abdurrahman Aydemir (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Intergenerational Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants [abstract] | ||
| Miles Corak (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Abdurrahman Aydemir (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Wen-Hao Chen (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | David Green (University of British Columbia) | |
| Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDH: Policy Issues in Education
CDH: Enjeux politiques de l'éducation |
|
| Organizer | Yvan Guillemette (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Chair | Yvan Guillemette (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Presentations | Raising the School Leaving Age | |
| Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto) | ||
| The True Level of Public Support for Higher Education: Measuring Effective Tax Rates on Human Capital in Canada | ||
| James Davies (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Kirk Collins (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| University Salary Structure and the Quality and Quantity of Research | ||
| John Chant (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Discussants | Michael Coelli (University of British Columbia) | |
| Ross Finnie (Queen's University) | ||
| David Laidler (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Emerging Market Crises
Crises des marchés émergents |
|
| Chair | Alok Kumar (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Global Monetary Conditions versus Country-Specific Factors in the Determination of Emerging Market Spreads [abstract] | |
| Paul Masson (University of Toronto) | ||
| Mansoor Dailami (World Bank) | ||
| Jean Jose Padou (University of Toronto) | ||
| Optimal Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies in Crisis-Prone Small Open Economies [abstract] | ||
| Rajesh Singh (Iowa State University) | ||
| Joydeep Bhattacharya (Iowa State University) | ||
| A Model of Self-Fulfilling Exchange Rate Crisis With Sovereign Debts [abstract] | ||
| Millan Mulraine (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Monetary Policy and Inflation
GECM: Politique monétaire et inflation |
|
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulous (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Chair | André Kurmann (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Presentations | Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Dynamic Stochastic Theories with an Appliation to New Keynesian Pricing | |
| André Kurmann (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Monetary Policy Under Existing Inflation Targetting Regimes | ||
| Rhys Mendes (University of Toronto) | ||
| Modelling the Central Bank Repo Rate in a Dynamic General Equilibrium Framework [abstract] | ||
| Emanuel Leao (Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa) | ||
| Pedro Leao (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao) | ||
| Optimal Monetary Policy with Vertical Production and Trade | ||
| Juanyi Xu (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Kang Shi (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDSG: Family Economics and Development
CDSG: Économie de la famille et développement |
|
| Chair | Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | The Economics of Child Trafficking [abstract] | |
| Flaubert Mbiekop (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval) | ||
| Stéphane Pallage (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| An Almost Exact Overlapping Generations Model of the Rendille of Northern Kenya [abstract] | ||
| Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria) | ||
| Eric Roth (University of Victoria) | ||
| Linda Welling (University of Victoria) | ||
| Patrilocality and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Central Asia [abstract] | ||
| Louise Grogan (University of Guelph) | ||
| Discussants | J. Atsu Amegashie (University of Guelph) | |
| Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria) | ||
| Stephen Kosempel (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Environmental Industrial Organization
Organisation de l'environnement industriel |
|
| Chair | Sang-Chul Suh (University of Windsor) | |
| Presentations | The Enforcement of Environmental Regulations in a Spatial Setting [abstract] | |
| Andrew Eckert (University of Alberta) | ||
| Heather Eckert (University of Alberta) | ||
| Mandatory Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs in Canada: Are They Economically Efficient? [abstract] | ||
| Arian Khaleghi Moghadam (University of Guelph) | ||
| John Livernois (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Foreign Direct Investment 1
Investissement direct étranger 1 |
|
| Chair | Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Overseas Production and Distribution [abstract] | |
| Kazutaka Takechi (Hosei University) | ||
| The Determinants of Canadian Foreign Direct Investment Abroad [abstract] | ||
| Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary and International Trade Canada) | ||
| Shenjie Chen (International Trade Canada) | ||
| Determinants of FDI: Evidence from the Semiconductor Industry [abstract] | ||
| Yiagadeesen Samy (Carleton University) | ||
| Rose Cunningham (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | |
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| State of the Art Lecture: Rob Porter
Conférence d'avant-garde: Rob Porter |
|
| Chair | Johannes Van Biesebroeck (University of Toronto) | |
| Speaker | Rob Porter (Northwestern University) | |
| Collusion in Auctions | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Social Capital
Le capital social |
|
| Chair | Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | How's the Job? Well-Being and Social Capital in the Workplace [abstract] | |
| John Helliwell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Haifang Huang (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Formal and Informal Social Capital: The Relationship Between Income and Network Participation [abstract] | ||
| Ann Largey (Queens University Belfast) | ||
| Participation aux associations et relation de service : le cas du secteur culturel [abstract] | ||
| Damien Rousselière (Université Pierre Mendes France Grenoble II) | ||
| Danièle Demoustier (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble) | ||
| Sat 12:00 - 14:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Purvis Luncheon
Dîner-conférence Purvis |
|
| Chair | Peter George (McMaster University) | |
| Speaker | Robert Frank (Cornell University) | |
| Why Does Context Matter More for Some Goods Than Others? | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Contract Theory
Théorie des contrats |
|
| Chair | Seungjin Han (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Firm Dynamics and Aggregate Volatility with Endogenously Segmented Credit Markets [abstract] | |
| Antonio Falato (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Licensing a Headstart Innovation [abstract] | ||
| Can Erutku (Competition Bureau) | ||
| Yves Richelle (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Ex Post Production Flexiblity as a Real Option and Industrial Sourcing [abstract] | ||
| Travis Ka Ho Ng (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Syed Basher (York University) | |
| Kim Huynh (Indiana University) | ||
| Konstantin Rybakov (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Phillips Curves
Courbes de Phillips |
|
| Chair | Richard Dennis (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) | |
| Presentations | Inflation Expectations, Factor-Market Structure and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve for Canada [abstract] | |
| Stephen Murchison (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Robert Amano (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Inflation Dynamics and the Role of Expectations: Evidence from the Ifo World Economic Survey [abstract] | ||
| Steffen Henzel (ifo Institute for Economic Research) | ||
| Timo Wollmershäuser (ifo Institute) | ||
| Why Didn't Japanese Deflation Accelerate in the Nineties? [abstract] | ||
| Emmanuel De Veirman (Johns Hopkins University) | ||
| Discussants | Denise Côté (Banque du Canada) | |
| Richard Dennis (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) | ||
| Marie Diron (European Central Bank) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CNEH: Labour Market History
CNEH: Histoire du marché du travail |
|
| Organizer | Ian Keay (Queen's University) | |
| Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | ||
| Chair | Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Enabling the Visible Hand: Female Labour Force Participation and Industrial Concentration in the Early 20th Century [abstract] | |
| Marina Adshade (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Ian Keay (Queen's University) | ||
| A Ticket to Trade: Belgian Workers and Globalization Before 1914 [abstract] | ||
| Michael Huberman (Université de Montréal) | ||
| English Agrarian Labor Productivity Rates After the Black Death: A Case Study, Part 2 [abstract] | ||
| Eona Karakacili (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Discussants | Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University) | |
| Herb Emery (University of Calgary) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Education 2
Économie de l'éducation 2 |
|
| Chair | David R. Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | Estimating Dynamic Treatment Effects from Project STAR [abstract] | |
| Weili Ding (Queen's University) | ||
| Steven Lehrer (Queen's University) | ||
| Does Classroom Attendance Matter? Evidence from an Ontario ITAL [abstract] | ||
| Pierre-Pascal Gendron (Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning) | ||
| Paul Pieper (Humber College) | ||
| Student Loans and Access to Post-Secondary Education: Evidence From the New Post-Secondary Education Participation Survey [abstract] | ||
| Christine Laporte (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Ross Finnie (Queen's University) | ||
| Discussants | Ping Ching Winnie Chan (University of Toronto) | |
| David R. Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Christine Neill (University of Toronto & Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Exploiting Productivity Improvements
Exploiter les améliorations de la productivité |
|
| Chair | Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Assessing Canada's Commercialization Performance inInternational Perspective [abstract] | |
| Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada) | ||
| Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) | ||
| What Determines Absorptive Capacity? [abstract] | ||
| Tobias Schmidt (Center for European Economic Research) | ||
| Productivity, Growth, and Internationalisation: The Case of German and British High Techs [abstract] | ||
| Helmut Fryges (Centre for European Economic Research) | ||
| Discussants | Aled ab Iorwerth (Federal Government) | |
| Guy Gellatly (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Alla Lileeva (York University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Forecasting
Prévisions |
|
| Chair | John W Galbraith (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Learning, Forecasting and Structural Breaks [abstract] | |
| John Maheu (University of Toronto) | ||
| Stephen Gordon (Université Laval) | ||
| Forecasting Canadian GDP: Region-Specific Versus Country-Wide Information [abstract] | ||
| David Dupuis (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Frederick Demers (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | John W Galbraith (McGill University) | |
| James MacKinnon (Queen's University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CPEG: Public Economic Theory 1
GECEP: Théorie de l'économie publique 1 |
|
| Chair | Stefan Dodds (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Collective Risk Control [abstract] | |
| Toshihiro Ihori (University of Tokyo) | ||
| Martin McGuire (University of California-Irvine) | ||
| Differential Time and Money Pricing as a Mechanism for In-Kind Redistribution [abstract] | ||
| Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) | ||
| Bonggeun Kim (University of Canterbury) | ||
| The Law and Economics of Compensation for Aboriginal Resource Rights [abstract] | ||
| Cherie Metcalf (Queen's University) | ||
| Discussants | Rafat Alam (University of Ottawa) | |
| Craig Brett (Mount Allison University) | ||
| Jukka Pirttila (Labour Institute for Economic Research) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Economy of China
L'économie de la Chine |
|
| Chair | Wai-Ming Ho (York University) | |
| Presentations | Nutrition Transition and Intrahousehold Allocation of Food [abstract] | |
| Yiu-fai Lee (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) | ||
| Reorganizing China's Health Care System: Lessons from Canada and Other Countries [abstract] | ||
| Ake Blomqvist (National University of Singapore) | ||
| A Probe into the Status Quo & Problems of SMEs in China [abstract] | ||
| Guohan Zhu (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Hanchuan Lin (University of International Business and Economics) | ||
| Jie He (Zhongnan University of Economics & Law) | ||
| Hongxi Guan (Zhongnan University of Economics & Law) | ||
| Discussants | Hideki Ariizumi (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Jinli Zeng (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| IMF Issues
FMI: Enjeux |
|
| Organizer | Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | |
| Chair | Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Sovereign Debt Defaults and Financing Needs [abstract] | |
| Mark Kruger (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Miguel Messmacher (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Bi-Polar Disorder: Exchange Rate Regimes, Economic Crisis and the IMF. [abstract] | ||
| Dane Rowlands (Carleton University) | ||
| Graham Bird (University of Surrey) | ||
| IMF Lending and Sovereign Credit Risk [abstract] | ||
| Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Ryan Felushko (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Dealing with Country Diversity: Challenges for the IMF Coninsurance Model [abstract] | ||
| Adrian Penalver (Bank of England) | ||
| Gregor Irwin (Bank of England) | ||
| Chris Salmon (Bank of England) | ||
| Ashley Taylor (London School of Economics) | ||
| Discussants | Paul Masson (University of Toronto) | |
| Yiagadeesen Samy (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CSGB: Recent Developments in Canadian Competition Policy
CSGB: Développements récents dans la politique de la concurrence canadienne |
|
| Organizer | Tom Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Chair | Ralph Winter (University of British Columbia) | |
| Panelists | Andy Baziliauskas (LEGG) | |
| Patrick Hughes (Competition Bureau Canada) | ||
| David Krause (Competition Bureau Canada) | ||
| Don McFetridge (Carleton University) | ||
| Tom Ross (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Tools of Fiscal Policy
Outils en politique fiscale |
|
| Chair | David Murrell (University of Brunswick) | |
| Presentations | Do Public Sector Reforms Get Rusty? An Empirical Analysis on Contracting-Out [abstract] | |
| Germa Bel (Universitat de Barcelona & Cornell University) | ||
| Anton Costas (Universitat de Barcelona) | ||
| Incentive-Compatible Grants-in-Aid-Mechanisms for Federations with Local Tax Competition and Asymmetric Information [abstract] | ||
| Martin Altemeyer-Bartscher (Chemnitz University of Technology) | ||
| Thomas Kuhn (Chemnitz University of Technology) | ||
| Market Distortions and Public Enterprise Strategies in an International Mixed Oligopoly [abstract] | ||
| Mehrdad Sepahvand (The University of Nottingham) | ||
| Richard Cornes (The University of Nottingham) | ||
| Discussants | Binyam Solomon (National Defence) | |
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Housing and Portfolio Choice
GECM: Immobilier et choix de portefeuille |
|
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulous (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Chair | Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | First-Time House Buyers | |
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Housing, Personal Bankruptcy, and Entrepreneurship | ||
| Césaire Meh (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Yaz Terajima (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Portfolio Choice in Taxable and Tax-Deferred Accounts [abstract] | ||
| Jie Zhou (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| The Need for Cash andthe Credit Card Debt Puzzle | ||
| Irina Telyukova (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Valuing Natural Resources
Estimer la valeur des ressources naturelles |
|
| Chair | Robert Cairns (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Contrasting Contingent Claims and Dynamic Programming Approaches for Valuing a Risky Resource Investment [abstract] | |
| Margaret Insley (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Tony Wirjanto (University of Waterloo) | ||
| "Adopt a Hypothetical Pup": A Count Data Approach to the Valuation of Wildlife [abstract] | ||
| Roberto Martinez-Espineira (St Francis Xavier University) | ||
| Efficient Labelling Policies for Credence Goods: Who Should Pay? [abstract] | ||
| Soham Baksi (McGill University) | ||
| Pinaki Bose (University of Memphis) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Optimal Monetary Policy
Politique monétaire optimale |
|
| Chair | Genevieve Verdier (Texas A&M University) | |
| Presentations | A Two Sector Small Open Economy Model. Which Inflation to Target? [abstract] | |
| Nooman Rebei (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Eva Ortega (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Does the Optimal Monetary Policy Matter for the Current Account Dynamics [abstract] | ||
| Min Lu (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Technical Change, Staggered Contracts, and Optimal Rate of Inflation [abstract] | ||
| Niloufar Entekhabi (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Steven Ambler (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Discussants | Matthew Doyle (Iowa State University) | |
| Takashi Kano (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Juanyi Xu (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| State of the Art Lecture: Anne Case
Conférence d'avant-garde: Anne Case |
|
| Chair | Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) | |
| Speaker | Anne Case (Princeton University) | |
| Orphans in Africa | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Labour Market Policies
Politiques du marché du travail |
|
| Chair | Stephanie Lluis (University of Minnesota) | |
| Presentations | Impacts of the 1996 Employment Insurance Reform: Wage Movements Within and Across Employment Spells [abstract] | |
| Kailing Shen (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Deregulating Job Placement in Europe: A Microeconometric Evaluation of an Innovative Voucher Scheme in Germany [abstract] | ||
| Henrik Winterhager (Centre for European Economic Research) | ||
| Anja Heinze (Centre for European Economic Research) | ||
| Alexander Spermann (Centre for European Economic Research) | ||
| The Opportunity Costs of Informal Care in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Ehsan Latif (Thompson Rivers University) | ||
| Discussants | Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | |
| Chris Riddell (Queen's University) | ||
| Lars Vilhuber (Cornell University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Labour Economics Theory
Théorie de l'économie du travail |
|
| Chair | Miana Plesca (University of Guelph) | |
| Presentations | Unions, Wage Setting, and Economic Growth [abstract] | |
| Joerg Lingens (University of Regensburg) | ||
| Dynamic Effects of the Labour Market Policies: Theory and Applications [abstract] | ||
| Etienne Campens (EUREQua University Paris-1 / Cepremap) | ||
| Skill-Biased Technological Change, Fertility Choice and Gender Inequality [abstract] | ||
| Henry Tam (York University) | ||
| Discussants | Aled ab Iorwerth (Federal Government) | |
| Danny Leung (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CNEH: Pre-Industrial Canadian Development
CNEH: Développement pré-industriel canadien |
|
| Organizer | Ian Keay (Queen's University) | |
| Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | ||
| Chair | Eona Karakacili (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | Native American Living Standards in the Mid-Eighteenth Century [abstract] | |
| Frank Lewis (Queen's University) | ||
| Ann Carlos (University of Colorado) | ||
| Alexander MacDonald (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Bank Mergers, Branch Networks, and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence from Canada, 1889-1926. [abstract] | ||
| Kam Hon Chu (Memorial University of Newfoundland) | ||
| Was Pre-Industrial Society Malthusian? Tests from England and New France [abstract] | ||
| Gillian Hamilton (University of Toronto) | ||
| Greg Clark (University of California-Davis) | ||
| Discussants | Marina Adshade (Dalhousie University) | |
| Tony Ward (Brock University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Payment Systems
Systèmes de paiement |
|
| Organizer | Nadja Kamhi (Bank of Canada) | |
| Chair | Neville Arjani (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Policy in International Payment Systems with a Timing Friction [abstract] | |
| James Chapman (University of Iowa) | ||
| Central Counterparties | ||
| Thorsten Koeppl (Queen's University) | ||
| Cyril Monnet (European Central Bank) | ||
| LVTS and the Overnight Market in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Nadja Kamhi (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Can Hakyemez (Carleton University) | |
| Min Lu (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Raphael Solomon (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Physicians' Choices
Choix des médecins |
|
| Chair | Stephane Mechoulan (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Will an Increasing Proportion of Female Physicians Reduce the Availability of Physician Services? An Empirical Analysis [abstract] | |
| Alexandra Constant (Health Canada) | ||
| Pierre-Thomas Léger (HEC Montréal, CIRANO and CIRPEE) | ||
| Interprovincial Migration of Physicians in Canada: what are the determinants? [abstract] | ||
| Kisalaya Basu (Health Canada) | ||
| Sameer Rajbhandary (Health Canada) | ||
| Joint Estimation of Survival Rates and Treatment Choice for Kidney Disease Patients in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Sumana Bandyopadhyay (York University) | ||
| Paul Rilstone (York University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Academic Productivity
Productivité de l'académie |
|
| Chair | Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Did Connecting to the Internet Increase Academic Collaboration? Evidence From Engineering Publications [abstract] | |
| Avi Goldfarb (University of Toronto) | ||
| Ajay Agrawal (University of Toronto) | ||
| Influence of Mentoring on Knowledge Flows [abstract] | ||
| Guihong Zhong (Queen's University) | ||
| Ajay Agrawal (University of Toronto) | ||
| Iain Cockburn (Boston University, NBER) | ||
| The Productivity of Research in Canadian Universities [abstract] | ||
| Phaedra Kaptein-Russell (Finance Canada) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| New Large Forecasting Models
Nouveaux grands modèles de prévisions |
|
| Chair | Jean-Paul Lam (University of Waterloo) | |
| Presentations | An Introduction to TOTEM [abstract] | |
| Patrick Perrier (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Stephen Murchison (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Andrew Rennison (Bank of Canada) | ||
| André Binette (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Launching the NEUQ - The New European Union Quarterly Model [abstract] | ||
| Anna Piretti (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Charles St-Arnaud (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Recent Innovations in The Informetrica Model (TIM) [abstract] | ||
| Michael McCracken (Informetrica Limited) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CPEG: Public Economic Theory 2
GECEP: Théorie de l'économie publique 2 |
|
| Chair | Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick Saint John) | |
| Presentations | Can a Raise in Your Wage Make You Worse Off? A Public Goods Perspective [abstract] | |
| Alexander Karaivanov (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Suman Ghosh (Florida Atlantic University) | ||
| A Voluntary Participation Game Through a Unit-by-Unit Cost Share Mechanism of a Non-Excludable Public Good [abstract] | ||
| Yukihiro Nishimura (Yokohama National University) | ||
| Ryusuke Shinohara (Shinshu University) | ||
| Discussants | Giri Kanagaretnam (McMaster University) | |
| David Murrell (University of Brunswick) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Immigration 4: Impacts
Immigration 4: les impacts |
|
| Chair | Abdurrahman Aydemir (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Intergenerational Transmission of Abilities and Self Selection of Mexican Immigrants [abstract] | |
| Vincenzo Caponi (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Measuring the Substitutability of Native and Immigrant Workers [abstract] | ||
| Bruce C. Brown (California State Polytechnic University) | ||
| Immigration, Entrepreneurship and the Venture Start-Up Process [abstract] | ||
| Herbert Schuetze (University of Victoria) | ||
| Heather Antecol (Claremont McKenna College) | ||
| Discussants | Bruce C. Brown (California State Polytechnic University) | |
| Herbert Schuetze (University of Victoria) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Open Economy Fiscal Policy
Politique budgétaire en économie ouverte |
|
| Chair | John Smithin (York University) | |
| Presentations | Foreseeing Another HIPC: The Response of a Post-HIPC Economy [abstract] | |
| Syed Abbas (University of Oxford) | ||
| Old People and the Things that Pass: Shocks in a Small Open Economy [abstract] | ||
| Ward E. Romp (University of Groningen) | ||
| Ben J. Heijdra (University of Groningen) | ||
| Procyclical Fiscal Policy and Exchange Rate Regimes [abstract] | ||
| Ufuk Devrim Demirel (University of Virginia) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Monetary Policy
Politique monétaire |
|
| Chair | Zisimos Koustas (Brock University) | |
| Presentations | Testing Commitment Models of Monetary Policy: Evidence from OECD Economies [abstract] | |
| Matthew Doyle (Iowa State University) | ||
| Barry Falk (Iowa State University) | ||
| Structural VARs and Long-Run Monetary Neutrality [abstract] | ||
| Patrick Coe (Carleton University) | ||
| The Political Economy of International Monetary Integration [abstract] | ||
| Patrick Leblond (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Discussants | Nicholas Rowe (Carleton University) | |
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| TARGET: Education, Human Capital and Technical Change
TARGET: Education, capital humain et progrès technique |
|
| Organizer | Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | |
| Chair | Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | The Effects of Technological Change on Life-Cycle Human Capital Investment [abstract] | |
| Xueda Song (University of British Columbia) | ||
| John Jones (State University of New York at Albany) | ||
| Educational Upgrading and its Consequences Among Welfare Recipients [abstract] | ||
| Chris Riddell (Queen's University) | ||
| Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| School Principals and Graduation Rates [abstract] | ||
| Michael Coelli (University of British Columbia) | ||
| David Green (University of British Columbia) | ||
| William Warburton (Warburton Consulting) | ||
| Discussants | Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia) | |
| Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Money and Banking
GECM: Monnaie et système bancaire |
|
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulous (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Chair | Miquel Faig (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Precautionary Balances and the Velocity of Circulation of Money [abstract] | |
| Miquel Faig (University of Toronto) | ||
| Belen Jerez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) | ||
| The Variability of Welocity of Money in a Search Model | ||
| Shouyong Shi (University of Toronto) | ||
| Weimin Wang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Aggregate Uncertainty, Money and Banking [abstract] | ||
| Hongfei Sun (University of Toronto) | ||
| Bank Runs Without Sunspots | ||
| Francisco Santos-Arteaga (York University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CDSG: New Approaches to Inequality
CDSG: Nouvelles approaches de l'inégalité |
|
| Chair | Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Inequality, Public Goods Provision and Development [abstract] | |
| Sripad Motiram (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Jeffrey Nugent (University of Southern California) | ||
| Common Property and the Influence of Wealth on Choices [abstract] | ||
| Asha Sadanand (University of Guelph) | ||
| Clive Southey (University of Guelph) | ||
| Measurement Error in Access to Markets [abstract] | ||
| Sonia Laszlo (McGill University) | ||
| Javier Escobal (GRADE) | ||
| Discussants | Alfredo Cuecuecha (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México) | |
| Sumon Majumdar (Queen's University) | ||
| Nathan Nunn (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CREE: Resource Extraction
CREE: Extraction des ressources |
|
| Chair | Margaret Insley (University of Waterloo) | |
| Presentations | Racing for Water [abstract] | |
| John Janmaat (Acadia University) | ||
| Group and Size Asymmetries in a Fish War [abstract] | ||
| Hervé Lohoues (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Optimal Timing of Resource Development: A Comparison of Stopping Rules under Certainty and Uncertainty [abstract] | ||
| Robert Cairns (McGill University) | ||
| Graham Davis (Colorado School of Mines) | ||
| Discussants | Barbara Bloemhof (McMaster University) | |
| Margaret Insley (University of Waterloo) | ||
| John Spraggon (Lakehead University) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Empirical Industrial Organization
Organisation industrielle: approche empirique |
|
| Chair | Albert Banal-Estanol (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | Scale versus Scope: Evidence on Complementarities and Technology Adoption [abstract] | |
| Johannes Van Biesebroeck (University of Toronto) | ||
| An Empirical Test of Raising the Rivals' Costs [abstract] | ||
| Anindya Sen (Univesity of Waterloo) | ||
| Stanley Kardasz (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Product Market Competition and Agency Costs [abstract] | ||
| Jean-Etienne de Bettignies (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Jen Baggs (Queens University) | ||
| Discussants | Dirk Czarnitzki (Catholic University Leuven) | |
| Xavier Fageda (University of Barcelona) | ||
| Johannes Van Biesebroeck (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| IDRM: Defence and Security
IDRM: Défense et sécurité |
|
| Organizer | Ugurhan G. Berkok (Royal Military College of Canada) | |
| Chair | Dane Rowlands (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | (Non)intervention In Intra-State Conflicts [abstract] | |
| J. Atsu Amegashie (University of Guelph) | ||
| Edward Kutsoati (Tufts University) | ||
| Stability and the Cost of Intervention [abstract] | ||
| Lawrence McDonough (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| James Finan (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| Canadian Demand for Military Expenditures Model [abstract] | ||
| Binyam Solomon (National Defence) | ||
| Ross Fetterly (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Ugurhan G. Berkok (Royal Military College of Canada) | |
| Umut Oguzoglu (University of Guelph) | ||
| Dane Rowlands (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 17:45 - 19:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CEA Presidential Address
Discours du président de l'ACE |
|
| Chair | B. Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) | |
| Speaker | Barbara Spencer (University of British Columbia) | |
| International Outsourcing and Incomplete Contracts | ||
| Sat 19:00 - 22:00 | Loc. TBA |
| TARGET Reception
TARGET Réception |
|
| Sunday, May 29, 2005 |
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| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Evolution and Learning in Games
Évolution et apprentissage dans les jeux |
|
| Chair | David Robinson (Laurentian University) | |
| Presentations | Evolving a Taste for Privacy [abstract] | |
| Stefan Dodds (Carleton University) | ||
| The Evolution of the Week [abstract] | ||
| Amy Peng (Ryerson University) | ||
| Francis McKenna (Ontario Ministry of Finance) | ||
| Discussants | B. Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary) | |
| Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Labour Market Dynamics
Dynamiques du marché du travail |
|
| Chair | Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Labor Force Attachment Dynamics [abstract] | |
| Stephen Jones (McMaster University) | ||
| Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Social Protection, Economic Crisis, and the Risk of Unemployment: The Argentinean Case, 1995-2003. [abstract] | ||
| Roberto Félix Giuliodori (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) | ||
| Jeronimo Carballo (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) | ||
| Benoit Laplante (Université du Québec) | ||
| You Won't Get That Bling If You Ain't Got That Swing: A Nonparametric Investigation of Age, Experience, and Movement in the Market for Free Agent Major League Baseball Players [abstract] | ||
| Alexandre Olbrecht (State University of New York at Binghamton) | ||
| Discussants | David Gray (University of Ottawa) | |
| Haoming Liu (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Kathleen Rybczynski (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Human Capital and Training
Capital humain et formation |
|
| Chair | Benoit Dostie (HEC Montreal) | |
| Presentations | Returns to Government Sponsored Training [abstract] | |
| Miana Plesca (University of Guelph) | ||
| Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto) | ||
| Iourii Manovskii (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Workplace Learning: A Longitudinal Perspective From the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey [abstract] | ||
| Cindy Carter (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) | ||
| Technology, Job Stability and Inter-Industry Labor Mobility [abstract] | ||
| Sumati Srinivas (Radford University) | ||
| Discussants | Benoit Dostie (HEC Montreal) | |
| Natalya Dygalo (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Alice Nakamura (Alberta University) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| The Gradient
Le gradient |
|
| Chair | Steven Lehrer (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality: Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model [abstract] | |
| John Haisken-DeNew (RWI Essen) | ||
| Paul Frijters (Australian National University) | ||
| Michael Shields (Melbourne University) | ||
| Socioeconomic Differences in Asthma Treatment: Implications for the Income Gradient in Health [abstract] | ||
| Aparajita Zutshi (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) | ||
| Disentangling the Relationship Between Education and Health [abstract] | ||
| Caroline Yung (Health Canada) | ||
| Discussants | John Haisken-DeNew (RWI Essen) | |
| Caroline Yung (Health Canada) | ||
| Aparajita Zutshi (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Institutions and Corruption
Institutions et corruption |
|
| Chair | Sripad Motiram (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | On Promoting Institutional Change [abstract] | |
| Sumon Majumdar (Queen's University) | ||
| Sharun Mukand (Tufts University) | ||
| Corruption and Tax Auditing in Transition Economies [abstract] | ||
| Monika Cule (University of Regina) | ||
| Murray Fulton (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Institutional Traps and Growth: Lessons from the Ukrainian Transition [abstract] | ||
| Anna Klimina (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Discussants | Monika Cule (University of Regina) | |
| Anna Klimina (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| International Forecasting
Prévisions internationales |
|
| Chair | Christopher Graham (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Forecasting Output and Prices, the Benefits of Using International Linkages [abstract] | |
| Yongil Jeon (Central Michigan University) | ||
| Short-Term Forecasts of Euro Area Real GDP Growth: An Assessment of Real-Time Performance Based on Vintage Data [abstract] | ||
| Marie Diron (European Central Bank) | ||
| Does a North American Business Cycle Really Exist? [abstract] | ||
| Rosmy Jean-Louis (Malaspina University College) | ||
| Daniel Simons (Malaspina University ) | ||
| Discussants | Jason Allen (Queen's University) | |
| James Brox (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Patrick Coe (Carleton University) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CPEG: Taxation Theory
GECEP: Théorie de la fiscalité |
|
| Chair | Craig Brett (Mount Allison University) | |
| Presentations | Moral Hazard, Income Taxation, and Prospect Theory [abstract] | |
| Jukka Pirttila (Labour Institute for Economic Research) | ||
| Ravi Kanbur (Cornell University) | ||
| Matti Tuomala (University of Tampere) | ||
| In Praise of Tax Havens: International Income Shifting and Investment [abstract] | ||
| Qing Hong (University of Toronto) | ||
| Michael Smart (University of Toronto) | ||
| Three Applications of the Marginal Cost of Public Funds Concept [abstract] | ||
| Bev Dahlby (University of Alberta) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Bundling in Microeconomics
Intégration en microéconomie |
|
| Chair | Alexander Karaivanov (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | Bundling and Complementarity [abstract] | |
| Thierno Diallo (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Bundling in Low Competition Environments [abstract] | ||
| Mares Vladimir (Washington University in St. Louis) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Macroeconomics and International Trade
GECM: Macroéconomie et commerce international |
|
| Organizer | Michelle Alexopoulous (University of Toronto) | |
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Martin Gervais (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Chair | Jim MacGee (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | Trade and the Canadian Great Depression | |
| Jim MacGee (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Pedro Amaral (Southern Methodist University) | ||
| Import Protection as Export Destruction | ||
| Hiroyuki Kasahara (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Transportation Costs, Agricultural Productivity, and Cross-Country Income Differences | ||
| Tasso Adamopoulos (York University) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDSG: Cross-Country Growth Empirics
CDSG: Croissance inter-pays: approches empiriques |
|
| Chair | Habiba Djebbari (Université Laval) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of Tuberculosis on Economic Growth and Povert [abstract] | |
| Franque Grimard (McGill University) | ||
| Guy Harling (McGill University) | ||
| Dick Menzies (McGill University) | ||
| Institutional Reform, Trade And Growth [abstract] | ||
| Michael Francis (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Brigitte Desroches (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Perennial Clubs in the Distribution of Ouput Per Capita? Evidence From Calibrated Modality Tests [abstract] | ||
| Christopher Parmeter (SUNY Binghamton) | ||
| Daniel Henderson (SUNY Binghamton) | ||
| Robert Russell (University of California, Riverside) | ||
| Discussants | Azim Essaji (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Nathan Nunn (University of Toronto) | ||
| Tatsuma Wada (Boston University) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CREE: Carbon
CREE: Carbone |
|
| Chair | Brian Copeland (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Efficient Risk Allocation in Contracts to Sequester Carbon in Agriculture and Forestry [abstract] | |
| Adeyemi Esuola (University of Guelph) | ||
| Alfons Weersink (University of Guelph) | ||
| Asha Sadanand (University of Guelph) | ||
| Patrick Martin (University of Guelph) | ||
| Stationarity of Global Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Implications for Global Warming Scenarios [abstract] | ||
| Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph) | ||
| Mark Strazicich (Appalachian State University) | ||
| Tax Incentives for Investment in Pollution Abatement [abstract] | ||
| Huilan Tian (University of Toronto at Scarborough) | ||
| Discussants | Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) | |
| Brian Copeland (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sun 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Theoretical Models of Productivity
Modèles théoriques de la productivité |
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| Chair | Robert Petrunia (Lakehead University) | |
| Presentations | Measuring Productivity in a Principal-Agent Setting [abstract] | |
| Paul Anglin (University of Windsor) | ||
| Yanmin Gao (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Market Structure and Innovations in a Dynamic Industry Model [abstract] | ||
| Aamir Hashmi (National University of Singapore and University of Toronto) | ||
| Patent Protection vs Price Regulation in an R&D Growth Model [abstract] | ||
| Jinli Zeng (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Michael K. Y. Fung (Chinese University of Hong Kong) | ||
| Jie Zhang (National University of Singapore ) | ||
| Discussants | Jean-Francois Houde (Queens University) | |
| Andrew Wait (University of Sydney) | ||
| Kam Yu (Lakehead University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Mergers
Économie des fusions |
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| Chair | Raphael Solomon (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Second-Mover Advantage in a Market-Entry Game [abstract] | |
| Andrew Wait (University of Sydney) | ||
| Vladimir Smirnov (University of Sydney) | ||
| Horizontal Mergers with Free Entry [abstract] | ||
| Arijit Mukherjee (University of Nottingham) | ||
| Carl Davidson (Michigan State University) | ||
| Acquisition Strategies: Empirical Evidence of Outsider-Toeholds [abstract] | ||
| Tobias Lindqvist (The Research Institute of Industrial Economics) | ||
| Discussants | Albert Banal-Estanol (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Lester Kwong (Brock University) | ||
| Raphael Solomon (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Labour Market Search
Étude du marché du travail |
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| Chair | Mikal Skuterud (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | Taxes, Labor Market Institutions, and the Dispersion of wages [abstract] | |
| Alok Kumar (University of Victoria) | ||
| General Equilibrium Search Models and Life-Cylce Wage Growth [abstract] | ||
| Huju Liu (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Structural Estimation of Search Models with Wage-Tenure Contracts [abstract] | ||
| Giovanii Sulis (University of Essex) | ||
| Carlos Carrillo-Tudela (University of Essex) | ||
| Discussants | James Bruce (McMaster University) | |
| Andrew Clarke (University of Melbourne) | ||
| Huju Liu (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Lessons from Employer-Employee Data
Leçons des données employé/employeur |
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| Chair | Chris Riddell (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | New Evidence on the Determinants of Absenteeism Using Linked Employer-Employee Data [abstract] | |
| Benoit Dostie (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Georges Dionne (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Estimating Age-Productivity Profiles from Earnings over Employment Spells [abstract] | ||
| Natalya Dygalo (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| The Link Between Human Capital Flows Due to Mass Layoffs and Firm Deaths [abstract] | ||
| Lars Vilhuber (Cornell University) | ||
| John Abowd (Cornell University) | ||
| Kevin McKinney (US Census Bureau) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Drugs and Crime
Drogues et délit |
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| Chair | Lindsay Tedds (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Raging Hormones in Puberty: Do They Affect Adolescent Outcomes? [abstract] | |
| Steven Lehrer (Queen's University) | ||
| Richard Tremblay (University of Montreal) | ||
| Frank Vitaro (University of Montreal) | ||
| Benoist Svare (ECSI at Dijon) | ||
| Hard Drug Dynamics, Drug Abuse Violations and Property Crimes in the US [abstract] | ||
| Marco Cozzi (University College of London and University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Unintended Consequences from Marijuana Arrests: Recent Evidence from the USA [abstract] | ||
| Edward Shepard (LeMoyne College) | ||
| Paul Blackley ( LeMoyne College) | ||
| Edward Shepard (LeMoyne College) | ||
| Discussants | Eugenia Amporfu (Bishop's University) | |
| Martin D. Dooley (McMaster University) | ||
| Edward Shepard (LeMoyne College) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Matching Models
Modèles assortis |
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| Chair | Asha Sadanand (University of Guelph) | |
| Presentations | How Your Choices Effect Who You Match With [abstract] | |
| Konstantin Rybakov (University of Toronto) | ||
| Shiny Suits and Shabby Shirts: Signaling in a Bilateral Search Model [abstract] | ||
| Lodewijk Visschers (University of Pennsylvania) | ||
| Measuring the Degree of Assortative Mating [abstract] | ||
| Haoming Liu (National University of Singapore) | ||
| Discussants | Paul Anglin (University of Windsor) | |
| Seungjin Han (McMaster University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CPEG: Taxation Empirics
GECEP: Fiscalité: approche empirique |
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| Chair | Mario Jametti (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | The Effect of Property Tax Limitations on Private Government Formation: Theory and Evidence [abstract] | |
| Ron Cheung (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Taxation and R&D: An Empirical Investigation of Push and Pull Effects [abstract] | ||
| Ken McKenzie (University of Calgary) | ||
| Modeling the Removal of NAFTA Rules of Origin: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Patrick Georges (Finance Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Aled ab Iorwerth (Federal Government) | |
| Toshihiro Ihori (University of Tokyo) | ||
| Mario Jametti (McMaster University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Transportation Economics
Économie des transports |
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| Chair | Garrett Milam (Ryerson University) | |
| Presentations | Modelling and Evaluation of Road Pricing in Paris [abstract] | |
| Robin Lindsey (University of Alberta) | ||
| Andre De Palma (Université de Cergy-Pontoise) | ||
| The Operational Efficiencies of the Major United States Airlines: A Data Enveloment Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Mark Greer (Dowling College) | ||
| Measuring Conduct and Cost Parameters in the Spanish Air Transport Market [abstract] | ||
| Xavier Fageda (University of Barcelona) | ||
| Discussants | Xavier Fageda (University of Barcelona) | |
| Mark Greer (Dowling College) | ||
| Robin Lindsey (University of Alberta) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Political Economy
Économie politique |
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| Chair | Kurt Annen (University of Guelph) | |
| Presentations | Divide Et Impera: Unified Government, Divided Government And Accountability [abstract] | |
| Otto Reich (The University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Institutions: Why are They Persistent and Why do They Change? [abstract] | ||
| Bryan Paterson (Queen's University) | ||
| Rational Extremism: The Calculus of Discontent | ||
| Ronald Wintrobe (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Discussants | Kurt Annen (University of Guelph) | |
| Laurent Cellarier (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sumon Majumdar (Queen's University) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDSG: Consumption Smoothing in Development
CDSG: Régulation de la consommation |
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| Chair | Sonia Laszlo (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Hurricanes: Intertemporal Trade and Capital Shocks [abstract] | |
| John Bluedorn (University of Oxford) | ||
| Weather Variability, Income Shocks and Labour Supply Response of Farm Households in Peru [abstract] | ||
| Solomon Aklilu (St. Lawrence University) | ||
| Discussants | Franque Grimard (McGill University) | |
| Edgard Rodriguez (Finance Canada) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CREE: Pollution Control Theory
CREE: Théorie du contrôle de la pollution en développement |
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| Chair | John Janmaat (Acadia University) | |
| Presentations | Voluntary Participation vs. Non-Manipulability in a Permit Sharing Problem [abstract] | |
| Sang-Chul Suh (University of Windsor) | ||
| Sungwhee Shin (University of Seoul) | ||
| Pollution Policy and the Market for Abatement Services [abstract] | ||
| Brian Copeland (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Land Conversion, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services under North-South Trade [abstract] | ||
| Rafat Alam (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Nguyen Quyen (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Discussants | Adeyemi Esuola (University of Guelph) | |
| Lawrence McDonough (Royal Military College of Canada) | ||
| Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Foreign Direct Investment 2
Investissement direct étranger 2 |
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| Chair | Yiu-fai Lee (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) | |
| Presentations | Exchange-Rate Competitiveness with Rivals [abstract] | |
| Benjamin Dennis (University of the Pacific) | ||
| Christopher Laincz (Drexel University) | ||
| Does It Matter Where You Come From? Vertical Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment and the Nationality of Investors [abstract] | ||
| Mariana Spatareanu (World Bank) | ||
| Beata Javorcik (The World Bank) | ||
| Kamal Saggi (Southern Methodist University) | ||
| Externalities: Canadian versus Foreign Multinationals [abstract] | ||
| Guy Gellatly (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Desmond Beckstead (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| State of the Art Lecture: Shouyong Shi
Conférence d'avant-garde: Shouyong Shi |
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| Chair | André Kurmann (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Speaker | Shouyong Shi (University of Toronto) | |
| The Microfoundation of Monetary Theory: Where It Stands Now and Where It Will Possibly Go | ||
| Sun 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| International Trade 3
Commerce international 3 |
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| Chair | Azim Essaji (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | Specialization, Fragmentation, and Factor Intensities: Evidence from Chilean Plant-level Data [abstract] | |
| Chul Chung (Georgia Institute of Technology) | ||
| Alan Deardorff (University of Michigan) | ||
| Globalization and Firm Refocusing [abstract] | ||
| Runjuan Liu (University of Toronto) | ||
| Economic Integration in Europe: Its Effects on Canada [abstract] | ||
| Denise Côté (Banque du Canada) | ||
| Christopher Graham (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Richard Cameron (International Trade Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Carlos Rosell (University of Toronto) | |
| Sun 12:00 - 13:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Canadian Journal of Economics Editorial Board Lunch
Lunch du comité de rédaction de la Revue canadienne d'économique |
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| Sun 12:00 - 13:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Canadian Public Policy Editorial Board Lunch
Lunch du comité de rédaction de la revue Analyse de Politiques |
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| Sun 13:30 - 14:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CEA Annual General Meeting
Assemblée générale annuelle de l'ACE |
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| Sun 14:30 - 16:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CEA Executive Council Meeting 2
Conceil exécutif de l'ACE 2 |
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