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CEA 42nd Annual Meetings Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2008 University of British Columbia, Vancouver PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Current as of Friday, June 6, 2008 - Please watch for updates Programme is updated once a day at 20:30 PDT. |
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Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Thursday, June 5, 2008 |
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| Thu 08:45 - 10:15 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN 1: Social Capital and Spillovers | |
| Chair | Cliff Halliwall (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | |
| Presentations | Neighours' Effects on Consumption: Estimates from the Dutch Post Code Lottery | |
| Peter Kuhn (U C Santa Barbara) | ||
| Social capital and wages outcome of recent immigrants to Canada [abstract] | ||
| Li Xue (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Discussants | Sylvia Fuller (University of British Columbia) | |
| Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Thu 10:45 - 12:15 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN 2: Data and Methods Isues in Evaluating Transfer Programs | |
| Chair | Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | The Causes and Consequences of Unemployment Compensation Program generosity: What Do We Learn From Cross-National Analyses? [abstract] | |
| Michael Smith (McGill University) | ||
| Heather Zhang (McGill University) | ||
| Evaluating the Regression Discontinuity Design Using Experimental Data [abstract] | ||
| Dan Black (Syracuse University) | ||
| Jose Galdo (Syracuse University) | ||
| Jeffrey Smith (University of Michigan) | ||
| Discussants | Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia) | |
| Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Thu 13:30 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| SSHRC Open Panel Discussion: Capturing the Impact of Publicly Funded Research (Congress event)
CRSH Atelier ouvert sur l'initiative sur l'impact du savoir (événement du Congrès) |
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| Sponsored by | SSHRC | |
| Panelists | James Brander (University of British Columbia) | |
| Brian Cozzarin (Univ of Waterloo) | ||
| John Helliwell (University of British Columbia) | ||
| A. Abigail Payne (McMaster) | ||
| Thu 13:30 - 16:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN 3: Health Impacts on Labour Supply and Education | |
| Chair | David Green (UBC) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of Health on Labour Supply over the Life Cycle [abstract] | |
| Wayne Simpson (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Derek Hum (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Eyob Fissuh (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Disability Policies for an Aging Workforce: A Household-Level Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Laura Turner (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Giovanni Gallipoli (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Using Genetic Lotteries within Families to Examine the Causal Impact of Poor Health on Academic Achievement [abstract] | ||
| Steven Lehrer (Queen's University) | ||
| Jason Fletcher (Yale University) | ||
| Discussants | Stephen Jones (McMaster University) | |
| Kathleen (Kate) Rybczynski (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Ben Sand (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Thu 14:30 - 16:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CEA Executive Council Meeting I
Réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE I |
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| Thu 16:15 - 17:45 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN - Keynote Talk presented by Robert Moffitt | |
| Presentations | Inequality and Volatility in the U.S. and Canada | |
| Robert Moffitt (Johns Hopkins University) | ||
| Thu 16:30 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CEA AGM
AG de l'ACE |
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| Friday, June 6, 2008 |
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| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| International Economic Issues: China and Japan | |
| Chair | Masao Nakamura (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Foreign and Domestic Equity Relationships and Firms' Internal Wages: Differential Impacts by Worker Ranks at Japanese Manufacturing Firms [abstract] | |
| Masao Nakamura (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Hitoshi Hayami (Keio University, Fac. of Business & Com ) | ||
| Globalization, Poverty and Inequality in Urban China [abstract] | ||
| Runjuan Liu (University of Alberta) | ||
| Jun Han (University of Hong Kong) | ||
| Junsen Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong) | ||
| Discussants | Naoto Jinji (Okayama University) | |
| Yao Li (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Doina Maria Radulescu (University of Munich) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Micro-Level Mechanisms and Macro-Level Dynamics
Mécanismes microéconomiques et dynamique macroéconomique |
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| Organizer | Giovanni Gallipoli (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Labour Reallocation And Employment Volatility Through The Microscope [abstract] | |
| Theodore Panagiotidis (University of Macedonia) | ||
| Gianlugi Pelloni (Università di Bologna, Rimini) | ||
| Maurizio Mussoni (Faculty of Economics-Rimini ) | ||
| Optimal Capital Income Taxation with Housing [abstract] | ||
| Makoto Nakajima (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) | ||
| Corruption and the Size Distribution of Firms [abstract] | ||
| Jonathan Goyette (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Giovanni Gallipoli (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Real Effects of Exchange Rate Fluctuations
Effets réels des fluctuations de taux de change |
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| Chair | Jen Baggs (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of Real Exchange Rate Movements on Services Sector Firms [abstract] | |
| Jen Baggs (University of Victoria) | ||
| Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) | ||
| Loretta Fung (University of Alberta) | ||
| Exchange Rate Volatility, Plant Turnover and Productivity [abstract] | ||
| Ben Tomlin (Boston University) | ||
| Discussants | Eugene Beaulieu (University of Calgary) | |
| Ben Tomlin (Boston University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| HRSDC 1 - Issues in Canadian Post-Secondary Education
RHDSC 1 - Questions reliées à l'éducation post secondaire au Canada |
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| Organizer | Tomasz Gluszynski (Government of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Doctoral Education in Canada: Findings from the 2005-2006 Survey of Earned Doctorates [abstract] | |
| Darren King (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Judy Eisle-Culkin (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Participation in post-secondary education: graduates, continuers and drop outs: results from YITS cycle 4 [abstract] | ||
| Tomasz Gluszynski (Government of Canada) | ||
| Initial Program Choice in Postsecondary Education: The Impact of Math and Reading Performance [abstract] | ||
| Justin Bayard (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Bagala Biswal (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | |
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CWEN - Gender and the Labour Market
RFÉ - Égalité des sexes et marché du travail |
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| Sponsored by | CWEN | |
| Organizer | Teresa Cyrus (Dalhousie University) | |
| Chair | Teresa Cyrus (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | Trade Liberalization and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Vietnam [abstract] | |
| Teresa Cyrus (Dalhousie University) | ||
| The Canadian National Child Benefit and parental work hours [abstract] | ||
| Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Are Women Mostly Employed in Low - wage Industries? [abstract] | ||
| Bharati Basu (Central Michigan University) | ||
| Susan Pozo (Western Michigan University) | ||
| Discussants | Siwan Anderson (University of British Columbia) | |
| Claire de Oliveira (McMaster University) | ||
| Lihui Zhang (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Population Health I
Santé des populations I |
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| Chair | Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | How healthy are poor working-age Canadians? [abstract] | |
| Myriam Fortin (Human Resources and Social development Canada) | ||
| The Mental Health of Immigrants and Minorities in Canada: Social and Economic Effects [abstract] | ||
| Mengxuan Annie Xu (Government of Nova Scotia) | ||
| Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Marijuana Consumption, Educational Outcomes and Labor Market Success: Evidence from Switzerland [abstract] | ||
| Donata Bessey (University of Zurich) | ||
| Uschi Backes-Gellner (University of Zurich) | ||
| Discussants | Donata Bessey (University of Zurich) | |
| Myriam Fortin (Human Resources and Social development Canada) | ||
| Mengxuan Annie Xu (Government of Nova Scotia) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDESG (S.1) - Women and Children: India
GCED (S.1) - Femmes et enfants: l'Inde |
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| Organizer | Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba) | |
| Chair | Wimal Rankaduwa (UPEI and Dalhousie) | |
| Presentations | The Economics of Child Trafficking: Evidence from India [abstract] | |
| Matthieu Chemin (University of Quebec At Montreal) | ||
| Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval) | ||
| Flaubert Mbiekop (Cornell University) | ||
| Stephane Pallage (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Gender and Opportunities - who gets to play and learn in Indian Families? [abstract] | ||
| Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Sripad Motiram (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development R) | ||
| Domestic Violence in Developing Countries: Theory, and Evidence from India [abstract] | ||
| Nisha Malhotra (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Shilpi Kapur (Washington University in St Louis) | |
| Wimal Rankaduwa (UPEI and Dalhousie) | ||
| Lindsay Tedds (University of Victoria) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Applied Econometrics
Sujets en économétrie appliquée |
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| Chair | Philip Merrigan (Université du Québec à Montréal) | |
| Presentations | Biased Productivity improvement, Terms of Trade and Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate [abstract] | |
| Yunfa Zhu (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Does Inflation in China Affect Canada? [abstract] | ||
| Xue Zhao (Carleton University) | ||
| Shadow Value Measure of Energy Efficiency Changes: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Industrial Sectors, 1958-2000 [abstract] | ||
| Asgar Khademvatani (University of Calgary) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CEBERG - Investment Strategies and Information
CEBERG - Stratégies d'investissement et information |
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| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| Chair | Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | When Herding and Contrarianism Foster Market Efficiency: A Financial Trading Experiment [abstract] | |
| Andreas Park (University of Toronto) | ||
| Daniel Sgroi (University of Warwick) | ||
| Basic Financial Data and Behavior of Investors with Limited Knowledge of Finance: an Experimental Study [abstract] | ||
| Yuri Khoroshilov (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Informed and Uninformed Trading with Correlated Assets: An Experiment [abstract] | ||
| Philippe Gregoire (Université Laval) | ||
| Hui Huang (University of Victoria at Wellington) | ||
| Jonathan Coupland (Université Laval) | ||
| Discussants | Richard Martin (University Of Regina) | |
| Stephan Schott (Carleton University) | ||
| John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Econometrics I: Inference for Poverty and Inequality Measures
Économétrie I : Inférence pour les mesures d'inégalité et de pauvreté |
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| Chair | Judith Clarke (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | On statistical inference for inequality measures calculated with complex survey data [abstract] | |
| Judith Clarke (University of Victoria) | ||
| Nilanjana Roy (University of Victoria) | ||
| Statistical Inference for Multi-dimensional Poverty Measures [abstract] | ||
| Brennan Thompson (University of Guelph) | ||
| Kernel Density Estimation Based on Grouped Data: The Case of Poverty Assessment [abstract] | ||
| Camelia Minoiu (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Reddy Sanjay (Barnard-Columbia University) | ||
| Discussants | Judith Clarke (University of Victoria) | |
| David Giles (University of Victoria) | ||
| Brennan Thompson (University of Guelph) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CESG (I) - Estimation
CESG (I) - Estimation |
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| Organizer | John Abowd (Cornell University) | |
| Chair | Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Properties and Estimation of Asymmetric Exponential Power Distribution [abstract] | |
| Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University) | ||
| Dongming Zhu (Beijing University) | ||
| Approximate Empirical Saddlepoint Approximations for Nonlinear Estimators [abstract] | ||
| Gubhinder Kundhi (Carleton University) | ||
| Paul Rilstone (York University) | ||
| A Bayesian Mixed Logit-Probit Model for Multinomial Choice [abstract] | ||
| Martin Burda (University of Toronto) | ||
| Matthew C. Harding (Stanford University) | ||
| Jerry Hausman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Asset Pricing
CMSG: Évaluation des actifs |
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| Presentations | Valuation Effects And The Dynamics Of Net External Assets [abstract] | |
| Michael Devereux (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Alan Sutherland (University of St. Andrews) | ||
| Asset Pricing in a Production Economy with Chew-Dekel Preferences [abstract] | ||
| Rui Castro (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Claudio Campanale (Universidad de Alicante) | ||
| Gian Luca Clementi (New York University) | ||
| Understanding the Forward Premium Puzzle: A Microstructure Approach [abstract] | ||
| Craig Burnside (Duke University) | ||
| Martin Eichenbaum (Northwestern University) | ||
| Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Intellectual Property Protection
Protection de la propriété intellectuelle |
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| Chair | Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Canadian Patent Data: Exploring the Patent Applications of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office [abstract] | |
| Rashid Nikzad (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Elias Collette (Canadian Intellectual Property Office) | ||
| Intellectual Property Protection and Innovation [abstract] | ||
| Mohammed Rafiquzzaman (Industry Canada) | ||
| Effects of Blocking Patents on R&D: A Quantitative DGE Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Angus C. Chu (Academia Sinica) | ||
| Discussants | Gamal Atallah (University of Ottawa) | |
| Petr Hanel (Université de Sherbrooke) | ||
| Carlos Serrano (University of Toronto) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Empirical Macroeconomics and Econometrics
La macroéconomique et l'économétrie empiriques |
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| Chair | John Galbraith (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | US Inflation Dynamics 1981-2007: 13,193 Quarterly Observations [abstract] | |
| Gregor Smith (Queen's University) | ||
| Which Structural Parameters Are "Structural"? Identifying the Sources of Instabilities in Economic Models [abstract] | ||
| Atsushi Inoue (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Barbara Rossi (Duke University) | ||
| Electronic transactions as high-frequency indicators of economic activity [abstract] | ||
| John Galbraith (McGill University) | ||
| Greg Tkacz (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Jean-Philippe Cayen (Banque du Canada) | |
| John Galbraith (McGill University) | ||
| Richard Luger (Emory University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Monetary Policy Analysis
Analyse de la politique monétaire |
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| Chair | Shinichi Nishiyama (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Monetary Policy Lag, Zero Lower Bound, and Inflation Targeting [abstract] | |
| Shinichi Nishiyama (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Do Staggered Wage Setting Outperform Staggered Price Setting: The Equivalence Result Revisited [abstract] | ||
| Maher Khaznaji (Universite du Quebec A Montreal) | ||
| Discussants | Matthew Doyle (University of Waterloo) | |
| Malik Shukavev (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Innovation I
L'Économie de l'innovation I |
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| Chair | Can Erutku (Glendon College) | |
| Presentations | Licensing Innovations with Exclusive Contracts [abstract] | |
| Can Erutku (Glendon College) | ||
| Armando Priegue Freire (CapGemini) | ||
| Yves Richelle (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Competition, Innovation and the Effect of Knowledge Accumulation [abstract] | ||
| Alexander Steinmetz (University of Toronto) | ||
| Non-Technological versus Technological Innovation - Evidence from Germany [abstract] | ||
| Tobias Schmidt (Deutsche Bundesbank) | ||
| Christian Rammer (Centre for European Economic Research) | ||
| Discussants | Kurt Annen (University of Guelph) | |
| Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Markus Herrmann (Université Laval) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Competition Policy
Politique en matière de concurrence |
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| Sponsored by | Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business | |
| Organizer | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Chair | David Krause (Bell Canada) | |
| Presentations | Prohibitions of false claims and unsubstantiated claims: inducing information provision through competition policy [abstract] | |
| Kenneth Corts (University of Toronto) | ||
| RPM as Exclusion: Did the U.S. Supreme Court Stumble Upon the Missing Theory of Harm? [abstract] | ||
| Tim Brennan (University of Maryland Baltimore County) | ||
| Naked Exclusion; An Experimental Study of Contracts with Externalities [abstract] | ||
| Claudia M. Landeo (University of Alberta) | ||
| Kathryn E. Spier (Harvard University) | ||
| Discussants | Bram Cadsby (University of Guelph) | |
| Mariano Tappata (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Roger Ware (Queen's University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Aid and Development Policy
La Politique d'aide au développement |
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| Chair | Hafiz Akhand (University of Regina) | |
| Presentations | Elements of effective approaches to bottom-up/community-based development [abstract] | |
| Brian Hull (Treasury Board-Canada) | ||
| Politique de discrimination positive et pauvreté en Afrique du Sud [abstract] | ||
| Helene Maisonnave (Universite de Rouen) | ||
| Aid, Institutions and Development:: Recasting the Role of Foreign Aid [abstract] | ||
| Hafiz Akhand (University of Regina) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Keynes at 125: Keynes and his Contemporaries and Rivals | |
| Organizer | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Chair | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Presentations | Keynes, Schumpeter and Hayek: the making of the poltical economy of the twentieth century. [abstract] | |
| Peter Clarke (University of Cambridge) | ||
| Keynes and the LSE economists [abstract] | ||
| Susan Howson (University Of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Sheila Dow (University of Stirling) | |
| Richard Lipsey (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Social Discount Rates and Fiscal Incidence
Taux d'escompte sociaux et incidence fiscale |
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| Chair | David Burgess (University of Western Ontario) | |
| Presentations | Removing Some Dissonance from the Social Discount Rate Debate [abstract] | |
| David Burgess (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| The Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital for Canada - An Empirical Update [abstract] | ||
| Glenn Jenkins (Queen's University) | ||
| Chun-Yan Kuo (Queen's University) | ||
| Fiscal Incidence When Welfare Matters: The Case of Subsidization of Home-care for the Elderly [abstract] | ||
| Haizhen Mou (Carleton University) | ||
| Stanley Winer (Carleton University) | ||
| Discussants | Steven James (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) | |
| Melville McMillan (University of Alberta) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN 4 - Returns to Schooling | |
| Chair | Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Returns to Flexible Post-secondary Education: The effect of delaying School [abstract] | |
| Ana Ferrer (University of calgary) | ||
| Alicia Menendez (University of Chicago) | ||
| The Returns to Schooling on Reading, Mathematics, and Science Performance: Does Gender and Parental Income Matter? [abstract] | ||
| Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Bill Warburton (University of British Columbia) | |
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Environmental Economics I
Sujets en économie environnementale I |
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| Chair | Andrei Bazhanov (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | The extraction-saving relationship for sustainable growth [abstract] | |
| Andrei Bazhanov (Queen's University) | ||
| Growth of an integrated economy of humans and renewable biological resources [abstract] | ||
| Liaila Tajibaeva (Ryerson University) | ||
| PV-optimality and sustainability revisited [abstract] | ||
| Bin Hu (University of Guelph) | ||
| Discussants | Andrei Bazhanov (Queen's University) | |
| Bin Hu (University of Guelph) | ||
| Jason Stevens (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Computational Economics
Économie de calcul |
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| Chair | Yaz Terajima (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Inflation Targeting and Price-Level-Path Targeting in the Global Economy Model: Some Further Considerations from the Global Commodity and Oil Markets [abstract] | |
| Dirk Muir (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Don Coletti (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Rene Lalonde (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Paul Masson (Rotman School of Management) | ||
| How Does Income Inequality Affect Market Outcomes in Vertically Differentiated Markets? [abstract] | ||
| Anna Yurko (University of Texas at Austin) | ||
| The performance of Tunisia's bank : evaluation by a DEA model [abstract] | ||
| Haykel Hadj Salem (Economie Appliquée et Simulation) | ||
| Boutheina Bannour (Economie Appliquée et Simulation) | ||
| Discussants | Shubhasis Dey (Bank of Canada) | |
| Yaz Terajima (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Alexander L Wolman (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Impact of Parental Employment Decisions and Birth Order on Children's Outcomes
Impact des décisions des parents sur les résultats des enfants |
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| Chair | Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | The Effect of Maternal Work On Adolescent Educational Outcomes In 41 Countries [abstract] | |
| Coady Wing (Syracuse University) | ||
| Long-term Effects of Maternal Employment on Daughter's Labour Market Outcomes: New Intergenerational Evidence for Canada [abstract] | ||
| Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Catherine Deri-Armstrong (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Jennifer Stewart (Carleton University) | ||
| The Early Bird gets the Worm? Birth Order Effects in a Dynamic Model of the Family [abstract] | ||
| Linda Welling (University of Victoria) | ||
| Elisabeth Gugl (University of Victoria) | ||
| Discussants | Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa) | |
| Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada) | ||
| David Gray (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Employment Patterns of Older Workers
Structures d'emploi chez les travailleurs plus agés |
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| Chair | James Townsend (University of Winnipeg) | |
| Presentations | Have Employment Patterns of Older Displaced Workers Improved Over the Last Two Decades? [abstract] | |
| Wen-Hao Chen (Statistics Canada) | ||
| René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Is There a Mandatory Retirement Effect for Canadian Immigrants? [abstract] | ||
| James Townsend (University of Winnipeg) | ||
| Hugh Grant (University of Winnipeg) | ||
| Movement into Self-Employment During the Years of Transition to Retirement [abstract] | ||
| Leroy Stone (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Hasheem Nouroz (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Joyce Jacobsen (Wesleyan University) | |
| Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Financial Institutions and Stability
Institutions financières et stabilité |
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| Chair | Robert Martin (Federal Reserve Board) | |
| Presentations | Unequal Treatment of Financial Institutions: A Study of Liquidity and Stability [abstract] | |
| James Thompson (Queen's University) | ||
| Frank Milne (Queen's University) | ||
| The Subprime Crisis: Irrational Exuberance or Rational Error [abstract] | ||
| Robert Martin (Federal Reserve Board) | ||
| Clyde Martin (Texas Tech University) | ||
| Discussants | Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada) | |
| Robert Martin (Federal Reserve Board) | ||
| Hajime Tomura (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| The Equity Premium, and Financial Market Micro-structure
La prime de risque sur les actions et la micro-structure du marché financier |
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| Chair | Katya Malinova (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Agents, Incomplete Markets, and Trading Constraints [abstract] | |
| Tsvetanka Karagyozova (The University of British Columbia) | ||
| Continuous Trading vs. Batch Auctions. [abstract] | ||
| Katya Malinova (University of Toronto) | ||
| Andreas Park (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Andra Ghent (University of California, San Diego) | |
| Ingrid Lo (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| International Environmental Issues
Questions internationales en environnement |
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| Chair | Gal Hochman (Technion) | |
| Presentations | The Economics of Trade, Biofuel, and the Environment [abstract] | |
| Gal Hochman (Technion) | ||
| Steve Sexton (UC Berkeley) | ||
| David Zilberman (UC Berkeley) | ||
| A Trade-Environment Coalition Game [abstract] | ||
| Walid Marrouch (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Lucia Sbragia (GERAD, HEC Montreal) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Labour Market Dynamics
Dynamique du marché du travail |
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| Organizer | Giovanni Gallipoli (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Severance Payments: EquilibriumWelfare Effects in a Model with Heterogeneous Workers [abstract] | |
| Cozzi Marco (Queen's University) | ||
| Gianluca Violante (New York University) | ||
| Giulio Fella (Queen Mary University of London) | ||
| A Quantitative Theory of Labor Supply with Heterogeneous Agents: From Individual to Macro Elasticities [abstract] | ||
| Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto) | ||
| Andres Erosa (University of Toronto) | ||
| Luisa Fuster (University of Toronto) | ||
| Social Security, Disability and the Household: A Computational Welfare Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Laura Turner (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CD HOWE: Canadian Trade Policy
CD HOWE: La politique commerciale canadienne |
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| Organizer | Robin Banerjee (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| Presentations | Improved Access to Foreign Markets Raises Plant-Level Productivity ... for Some Plants [abstract] | |
| Daniel Trefler (University of Toronto) | ||
| Alla Lileeva (York University) | ||
| Engage the US, Forget the Rest? [abstract] | ||
| Keith Head (Univ. Brit. Col.) | ||
| Discussants | Krista Lucenti (C.D. Howe Institute) | |
| John Ries (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CWEN Panel on Publishing
Table ronde RFÉ sur la publication |
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| Organizer | Frances Woolley (Carleton University) | |
| Chair | Teresa Cyrus (Dalhousie University) | |
| Frances Woolley (Carleton University) | ||
| Presentations | Marketing Econometric Theory [abstract] | |
| Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University) | ||
| Publishing against the (tenure) clock [abstract] | ||
| Jen Baggs (University of Victoria) | ||
| How to publish in Canadian Public Policy [abstract] | ||
| James Davies (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Maximizing the Probability of Publication: Tips from the CJE [abstract] | ||
| Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) | ||
| To be confirmed [abstract] | ||
| Joyce Jacobsen (Wesleyan University) | ||
| Panelists | Jen Baggs (University of Victoria) | |
| Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) | ||
| James Davies (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Joyce Jacobsen (Wesleyan University) | ||
| Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Health and Smoking
Santé et tabagisme |
|
| Chair | Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | The long-run effect of cigarette taxes on smoking: evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey [abstract] | |
| Mahmood Zarrabi Ghahvechi (University of Calgary) | ||
| The Impact of Tobacco Control on the Smoking Behaviour of Canadians, 1999-2006 [abstract] | ||
| Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | ||
| Lindsay Tedds (University of Victoria) | ||
| Discussants | Lindsay Tedds (University of Victoria) | |
| Courtney Ward (University of Toronto) | ||
| Mahmood Zarrabi Ghahvechi (University of Calgary) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDESG (Policy Panel 2): Migration and Development: The Role of Canadian Policy
GCED (Table ronde sur la politique 2): Migration et développement: le rôle de la politique canadienne |
|
| Organizer | Franque Grimard (McGill University) | |
| Dane Rowlands (Carleton University) | ||
| Chair | Edgard Rodriguez (IDRC) | |
| Dane Rowlands (Carleton University) | ||
| Panelists | Dillon Alleyne (University of the West Indies) | |
| Charles Beach (Queen's University) | ||
| Philip Martin (University of California, Davis) | ||
| Edgard Rodriguez (IDRC) | ||
| Erica Usher (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF - Foreign Ownership, Hollowing Out and the Resource Curse
PEF - Investissement direct étranger, dépossession et le paradoxe des ressources |
|
| Organizer | Mel Watkins (Carleton University) | |
| Chair | Mel Watkins (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Foreign Ownership, Hollowing Out and the Resource Curse [abstract] | |
| Mel Watkins (Carleton University) | ||
| PEF Panel: Foreign Ownership, Hollowing Out, and [abstract] | ||
| Duncan Cameron (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| The Resource Curse, Deindustrialization, and the Loonie: Putting It All Together [abstract] | ||
| Jim Stanford (Canadian Auto Workers) | ||
| PEF Panel: Foreign Ownership, Hollowing Out, and the Resource Curse [abstract] | ||
| Diana Gibson (University of Alberta) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CEBERG - Taking the Lab to the Field: Studies of Voluntary Contributions, Wage Subsidies and a Marriage Market
CEBERG - Du laboratoire à la recherche sur le terrain: études sur les contributions volontaires, les subsides aux salaires et le marché du mariage |
|
| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| Chair | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | The effect of researcher scrutiny on donation behaviour [abstract] | |
| Richard Martin (University Of Regina) | ||
| John Randal (Victoria University of Wellington) | ||
| Impact of a Wage Subsidy in Québec: An Experimental Approach [abstract] | ||
| Dany Brouillette (Industry Canada) | ||
| Bernard Fortin (Université Laval) | ||
| Marriage in the Shadow of Caste: A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Marriage Market [abstract] | ||
| Subhasish Dugar (University of calgary) | ||
| Haimanti Bhattacharya (Columbia University) | ||
| David Reiley (University of Arizona) | ||
| Ramya Sundaram (World Bank) | ||
| Discussants | Barb Bloemhof (McMaster University) | |
| Amadou Boly (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick in Saint John) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CESG II - Inference
CESG II - Inférence |
|
| Chair | Russell Davidson (McGill University) | |
| Presentations | Wild Bootstrap Tests for IV Regression [abstract] | |
| James MacKinnon (Queen's University) | ||
| Russell Davidson (McGill University) | ||
| Reliable Inference for the Gini Index [abstract] | ||
| Russell Davidson (McGill University) | ||
| Bootstrap for Panel Data [abstract] | ||
| Bertrand Hounkannounon (Université de Montréal, CIREQ) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Contracts
CMSG: Les Contrats |
|
| Presentations | Costly Contracts and Consumer Lending [abstract] | |
| Igor Livshits (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| James MacGee (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Michele Tertilt (Stanford University) | ||
| Self-Enforcing Employment Contracts and Wage Dispersion [abstract] | ||
| Francisco Gonzalez (University of Calgary) | ||
| Christian Sigouin (Concordia University) | ||
| Financial Contracts and the Political Economy of Investor Protection [abstract] | ||
| Pavel Sevcik (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Labour and Macroeconomics
Sujets en macroéconomie et en économie du travail |
|
| Chair | Geoffrey Dunbar (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | Progeny, Productivity and Persistence in Total Factor Productivity [abstract] | |
| Geoffrey Dunbar (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Stephen T. Easton (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| How do Canadian firms set wages? [abstract] | ||
| David Amirault (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Therese Lafleche (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Paul Fenton (Bank of Canada) | ||
| The effect of Market Access on the Wage Distribution of U.S. Metropolitan Workers [abstract] | ||
| Belal Fallah (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Mark Partridge (Ohio State University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Heterogeneity and Macroeconomics
Hétérogénéité et macroéconomie |
|
| Chair | Dmytro Hryshko (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | HIP or RIP? Testing the Heterogeneous and Restricted Models of Labor Income Profiles [abstract] | |
| Dmytro Hryshko (University of Alberta) | ||
| Unemployment Insurance in a Dynamic Economy with Endogenous Layoffs [abstract] | ||
| Xue Qiao (Tsinghua University) | ||
| Discussants | René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | |
| Laura Turner (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Innovation II
Économie de l'innovation II |
|
| Chair | Markus Herrmann (Université Laval) | |
| Presentations | Firm's innovation strategy and its effect on the performance of the innovation process [abstract] | |
| Charles Berube (Industry Canada) | ||
| Michel Sabbagh (Industry Canada) | ||
| Patent Thicket and Market Value: An Empirical Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Monopoly Pricing of an Antibiotic Subject to Bacterial Resistance [abstract] | ||
| Markus Herrmann (Université Laval) | ||
| Discussants | Charles Berube (Industry Canada) | |
| Can Erutku (Glendon College) | ||
| Andreanne Leger (Industry Canada) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Competition Policy II - Panel session on Current Issues in Canadian Competition Policy
Politique en matière de concurrence II |
|
| Sponsored by | Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business | |
| Organizer | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Chair | Tim Brennan (University of Maryland Baltimore County) | |
| Panelists | Lilla Csorgo (Competition Bureau) | |
| David Jones (Camp Fiorante Matthews) | ||
| Roger Ware (Queen's University) | ||
| Douglas West (University of Alberta) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Barriers to Development
Barrières au développement |
|
| Chair | Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Corruption and the Curse of Natural Resources [abstract] | |
| Shannon M Pendergast (University of Victoria) | ||
| Judith Clarke (University of Victoria) | ||
| G. Cornelis van Kooten (University of Victoria) | ||
| Minerals, Openness, Institutions and Growth: An Empirical Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Halit Yanikkaya (Celal Bayar University) | ||
| James L Butkiewicz (University of Delaware) | ||
| Impact of Insecure Property Rights In a North-South Endogenous Growth Model [abstract] | ||
| Eesha Sen Choudhury (McGill University) | ||
| Discussants | Shannon M Pendergast (University of Victoria) | |
| Eesha Sen Choudhury (McGill University) | ||
| Halit Yanikkaya (Celal Bayar University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Bank of Canada Governor's Award Lecture
Banque du Canada: Bourse du gouverneur |
|
| Speaker | Henry Siu (University of British Columbia) | |
| Demographic Change and Postwar Business Cycle Volatility | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Keynes at 125: Inequality, Wages, and Employment
KEYNES 2 |
|
| Organizer | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Chair | Brenda Spotton Visano (York University) | |
| Presentations | Macroeconomics and Inequality: A Marriage Made in Data [abstract] | |
| James Galbraith (The University of Texas at Austin`) | ||
| The Wage-Employment Nexus in Keynes: An Evergreen Controversy [abstract] | ||
| Harald Hagemann (Universitat Hohenheim) | ||
| Discussants | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Gilles Dostaler (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Education and Public Finance
Éducation et Finances publiques |
|
| Chair | Elizabeth Dhuey (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Public Expenditures on Education, Human Capital and Growth in Canada: An OLG Model Analysis [abstract] | |
| Nabil Annabi (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Simon Harvey (Human Resources and Social Development C) | ||
| Yu Lan (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| University Access and High School Dropouts: Canadian Evidence from the Creation of New Universities [abstract] | ||
| Ping Ching Winnie Chan (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| The Effect of Fiscal Incentives on Special Education Identification Rates and Educational Placements [abstract] | ||
| Elizabeth Dhuey (University of Toronto) | ||
| Stephen Lipscomb (Public Policy Institute of California) | ||
| Discussants | Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa) | |
| Weili Ding (Queen's University) | ||
| Steven Lehrer (Queen's University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN 5 - Decisions within Families | |
| Presentations | Substitution Effects in Parental Investments across Different Investments and across Siblings [abstract] | |
| Hui Wang (University of Toronto) | ||
| Loren Brandt (University of Toronto) | ||
| Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto) | ||
| Evidence from maternity leave expansions of the impact of maternal care on early child development [abstract] | ||
| Michael Baker (University of Toronto) | ||
| Kevin Milligan (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Weili Ding (Queen's University) | |
| Mikal Skuterud (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| The Economics of Education I
L'Économie de l'éducation |
|
| Chair | Alex Whalley (University of California - Merced) | |
| Presentations | The Effects of School Consolidation on Student Performance [abstract] | |
| A. Abigail Payne (McMaster) | ||
| Steve Chan (Hugessen Consulting) | ||
| Jack Leach (McMaster University) | ||
| Do Public Subsidies for Higher Education Affect [abstract] | ||
| Alex Whalley (University of California - Merced) | ||
| Shawn Kantor (University of California - Merced, NBER) | ||
| Discussants | Martin Dooley (McMaster University) | |
| Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CSLS (Panel 1) - Policies to Improve Productivity Performance in British Columbia
CSLS (Table ronde 1) - Politiques pour améliorer la productivité en Colombie brittanique |
|
| Sponsored by | Centre for the Study of Living Standards and the Britsh Columbia Progress Board | |
| Organizer | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Chair | Athana Mentzolopoulos (British Columbia Progress Board) | |
| Panelists | Jock Finlayson (Business Council of British Columbia) | |
| Richard Harris (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Marc Lee (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) | ||
| Fazil Mihlar (Vancouver Sun) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Immigration and Labour Market Conditions
Immigration et conditions sur le marché du travail |
|
| Chair | Yuri Ostrovsky (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of Native-born Canadians [abstract] | |
| Jiong Tu (McMaster University) | ||
| Internal migration of immigrants: do immigrants respond to regional labour demand shocks? [abstract] | ||
| Yuri Ostrovsky (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Feng Hou (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Immigrant Selection, the IT Bust, and Earnings of Entering Immigrants [abstract] | ||
| Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Feng Hou (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Yuri Ostrovsky (Statistics Canada) | |
| Thitima Songsakul (Industry Canada) | ||
| Jiong Tu (McMaster University) | ||
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Bond Markets I
Marché des obligations I |
|
| Chair | Nikola Gradojevic (Lakehead University) | |
| Presentations | The Tax (Dis)Advantage of Premium Bonds in Canada: Evidence from the Market for Government of Canada Bonds [abstract] | |
| Constance Smith (University of Alberta) | ||
| Stuart Landon (University of Alberta) | ||
| Are Taxes Capitalized in Bond Prices? Evidence from the Market for Government of Canada Bonds [abstract] | ||
| Stuart Landon (University of Alberta) | ||
| Constance Smith (University of Alberta) | ||
| Discussants | Philippe Gregoire (Université Laval) | |
| Fri 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Climate Change
Changement climatique |
|
| Presentations | Choice of Market Instrument with Strategic Firms [abstract] | |
| Samer Atallah (McGill University) | ||
| The Power in Coal: Policy, Prices and CO2 Emissions [abstract] | ||
| Baran Doda (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Stephan Schott (Carleton University) | |
| Fri 12:00 - 14:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CWEN Luncheon: speaker: Nancy Olewiler
Déjeuner RFE: conférencière: Nancy Olewiler |
|
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Preferential Trading Arrangements
Accords commerciaux préférentiels |
|
| Chair | John Ries (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | The erosion of colonial trade linkages after independence [abstract] | |
| John Ries (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Keith Head (Univ. Brit. Col.) | ||
| Thierry Mayer (Universite de Paris I) | ||
| On the emergence of an MFN club: equal treatment in an unequal world [abstract] | ||
| Kamal Saggi (Southern Methodist University) | ||
| Faruk Sengul (Southern Methodist University) | ||
| Is NAFTA Sustainable? A Dynamical Systems Approach [abstract] | ||
| Weiqiu Yu (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Mehmet Dalkir (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in the Economics of Growth I
Sujets en économie de la croissance I |
|
| Chair | Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Is There an Elephant in the Room? India's Emergence and the Implications for Canada [abstract] | |
| Corinne Winters (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Michael Francis (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Indian Economy - TFP or Factor Accumulation: A Comprehensive Growth Accounting Exercise [abstract] | ||
| Abhay Gupta (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Labor Supply and Growth Effects of Environmental Policy under Technological Risk [abstract] | ||
| Christiane Clemens (University of Magdeburg) | ||
| Karen Pittel (Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) | ||
| Discussants | Claustre Bajona (Ryerson University) | |
| Madanmohan Ghosh (Government of Canada) | ||
| Ryan Macdonald (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| International Financial Flows
Flux financiers internationaux |
|
| Chair | Vladimir Klyuev (International Monetary Fund) | |
| Presentations | Real Implications of Financial Linkages Between Canada and the United States [abstract] | |
| Vladimir Klyuev (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Sovereign Wealth Funds and the New Global Financial System [abstract] | ||
| Tamara Gomes (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Christopher Graham (Bank of Canada) | |
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Teaching Economics
Enseigner l'économie |
|
| Chair | Marilyn Cottrell (Brock University) | |
| Presentations | A Complementary Technique for Reinforcing Basic Microeconomic Principles by Utilizing Animated Vignettes [abstract] | |
| Marilyn Cottrell (Brock University) | ||
| Assigning an Essay Using the Inquiry Method [abstract] | ||
| Barb Bloemhof (McMaster University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| The Economics of Education II
Sujets en économie de l'éducation II |
|
| Chair | David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | Educational streaming and labour market outcomes [abstract] | |
| Afrasiab Mirza (Queen's University) | ||
| Eric Stephens (Queen's University) | ||
| Two approaches to the measurement of school quality in British Columbia [abstract] | ||
| David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Qualified Equal Opportunity and Conditional Mobility: Gender Equity and Educational Attainment in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Teng Wah Leo (St. Francis Xavier University) | ||
| Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto) | ||
| Robert Muelhaupt (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Teng Wah Leo (St. Francis Xavier University) | ||
| Afrasiab Mirza (Queen's University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Pharmaceutical Drug Policy
Politique publique en matière de produits pharmaceutiques |
|
| Chair | David Haardt (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | The pricing of pharmaceuticals with heterogeneous health insurance coverage [abstract] | |
| Ida Ferrara (York University) | ||
| Paul Missios (Ryerson University) | ||
| Cost-related prescription drug non-adherence across Canada [abstract] | ||
| David Haardt (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Farah Farahati (THETA - University of Toronto) | |
| Paul Grootendorst (University of Toronto) | ||
| Stephen Law (Mount Allison University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CDESG (Policy Panel 1) - The Promise in Competition Policy in Developing Countries
GCED (Table ronde sur la politique 1) - Perspectives de la politique en matière de concurrence chez les pays en voie de développement |
|
| Organizer | Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba) | |
| Chair | Andres Rius (International Development Research Centre) | |
| Panelists | Lilla Csorgo (Competition Bureau) | |
| Phil Evans (Head of Consumer Policy - FIPRA) | ||
| Robert Kerton (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Taimoon Stewart (University of the West Indies) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF - Carbon Trading
PEF - Échange de permis d'émission du carbone |
|
| Organizer | Marc Lee (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) | |
| Chair | Marc Lee (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) | |
| Presentations | Distributional Aspects of Carbon Pricing [abstract] | |
| Marc Lee (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) | ||
| Trends in CO2 Content of Consumption and the Role of Income Inequality [abstract] | ||
| Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Revenue Recycling and Tax Shifting in Canadian Climate Policy [abstract] | ||
| David Sawyer (EnviroEconomics) | ||
| Nic Rivers (Simon Farser University) | ||
| Discussants | Marjorie Griffin Cohen (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CEBERG - Belief Formation, Non-Compliance and Responses to Inequality
CEBERG - Formation de croyances, prises de décision face à des options multiples et réponses à l'inégalité |
|
| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| Chair | Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Belief Formation By Outside Observers [abstract] | |
| Kyle Hydnman (Southern Methodist University) | ||
| Wolf Ehrblatt (New York University) | ||
| Erkut Ozbay (University of Maryland) | ||
| Andrew Schotter (New York University) | ||
| A Laboratory Investigation of the Welfare Effects of Imperfectly Enforced Emissions Trading Policies [abstract] | ||
| John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| John Stranlund (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| James Murphy (University of Alaska, Anchorage) | ||
| The Determinants of Trust: An Experimental Approach [abstract] | ||
| Alexander Smith (University of Calgary) | ||
| Discussants | Dany Bouillette (Université Laval) | |
| Jim Engle-Warnick (McGill University) | ||
| Yuri Khoroshilov (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Family and Education
Sujets reliés à la famille et à l'éducation |
|
| Presentations | Family Background, Parental Involvement, And Academic Achievement In Canadian Schools [abstract] | |
| James McIntosh (Concordia University) | ||
| Property Division at Divorce: the Effects on Labor Supply and Household Bargaining [abstract] | ||
| Tümer Kapan (Columbia University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Transportation
Économie du transport |
|
| Chair | David Gillen (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Airport governance, financing, aeronautical charges and government revenues [abstract] | |
| William Morrison (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Tarification des coûts externes et choix modal en Ile-de-France: cas de déplacements domicile-achat [abstract] | ||
| Néjia Zaouali (Laboratoire Thema) | ||
| André de Palma (Laboratoire Thema) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Macroeconomics and the Family
CMSG: Macroéconomie et famille |
|
| Presentations | Pacifying monogamy: the mystery revisited [abstract] | |
| Nils-Petter Lagerlöf (York University) | ||
| Who's afraid of population aging? [abstract] | ||
| Alexander Ueberfeldt (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Bank of Canada - Monetary Policy Design I
Banque du Canada: Conception de la politique monétaire I |
|
| Organizer | Robert Amano (Bank of Canada) | |
| Chair | John Murray (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Trend Inflation and Economic Growth in the Presence of Nominal Price Contracts [abstract] | |
| Kevin Moran (Université Laval) | ||
| Robert Amano (Bank of Canada) | ||
| The Optimal Rate of Inflation with Trending Relative Prices [abstract] | ||
| Alexander L Wolman (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) | ||
| Discussants | Craig Burnside (Duke University) | |
| André Kurmann (Université du Québec à Montréal, CIRPEE) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Economic Growth
Croissance économique |
|
| Chair | Haibin Wu (University of Alberta) | |
| Presentations | Tax Exemeptions, Dynamics of Redistribution and Growth [abstract] | |
| Daniel Haile (Acadia University) | ||
| Entry Barriers, Property Rights and R&D Activities: Evidence from OECD Countries [abstract] | ||
| Haibin Wu (University of Alberta) | ||
| Jiaren Pang (SUNY Buffalo) | ||
| Discussants | Min Li (University of Alberta) | |
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Industrial Organization Theory I
Théorie de l'organisation industrielle I |
|
| Chair | Mihkel Tombak (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Persuasion or Information? Firms' Decision on Advertising [abstract] | |
| Sebnem Ucar (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Endogenous Location Leadership [abstract] | ||
| Mihkel Tombak (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sergio Meza (University of Toronto) | ||
| Vertical Integration and Outsourcing: the Benefits of Operational Flexibility [abstract] | ||
| Gianpaolo Rossini (University of Bologna) | ||
| Michele Moretto (University of Padova) | ||
| Discussants | Gianpaolo Rossini (University of Bologna) | |
| Mihkel Tombak (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sebnem Ucar (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Welfare and Poverty: International Issues
Bien-être et pauvreté: enjeux internationaux |
|
| Chair | Eckhard Siggel (Concordia University) | |
| Presentations | Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Poverty -Growth and Inequality in Developing Countries [abstract] | |
| Mengisteab Chokie (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Mark Partridge (Ohio State University) | ||
| International Income Comparisons And Location [abstract] | ||
| Marcel Voia (Carleton University) | ||
| Vivek Dehejia (Carleton University) | ||
| Expected Social Security Wealth Simulations and Generational Fairness of the Turkish PAYG System [abstract] | ||
| Yigit Aydede (Saint Mary's University) | ||
| India's Economic Reforms and Poverty [abstract] | ||
| Eckhard Siggel (Concordia University) | ||
| Discussants | Yigit Aydede (Saint Mary's University) | |
| Mengisteab Chokie (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Eckhard Siggel (Concordia University) | ||
| Marcel Voia (Carleton University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Institutions and Measurement
Institutions et indicateurs |
|
| Chair | Bryan Paterson (Royal Military College of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Worldwide Governance Indicators: Tools for Good Governance or Misinformation [abstract] | |
| Anwar Shah (World Bank) | ||
| Kazi Iqbal (World Bank ) | ||
| Combating Corruption: On the Interplay between Institutional Quality and Social Trust [abstract] | ||
| Christian Bjørnskov (Aarhus School of Business) | ||
| Does Institutional Development Create Ethnic Conflict? [abstract] | ||
| Ken Jackson (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| State of the Art Lecture: David Card
État des connaissances: David Card |
|
| Sponsored by | CLSRN | |
| Chair | Dwayne Benjamin (University of Toronto) | |
| Speaker | David Card (University of California at Berkeley) | |
| Structural Modelling and Research Design: The Continuing Evolution of Methods In Labour Economics | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Keynes at 125: The British Keynesians
KEYNES 3 |
|
| Organizer | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Chair | Harald Hagemann (Universitat Hohenheim) | |
| Presentations | The Accumulation of Capital over 50 years on [abstract] | |
| Geoff(rey) Harcourt (Jesus College, Cambridge) | ||
| Was Harrod Right? [abstract] | ||
| Kevin D. Hoover (Duke University) | ||
| Discussants | Peter Howitt (Brown University) | |
| Edward Nell (The New School for Social Research) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Pensions and Retirement Incomes
Pensions de retraite et revenu des retraités |
|
| Chair | Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | The role of individual tax deferred savings accounts in retirement financing [abstract] | |
| Sung-Hee Jeon (University of Melbourne) | ||
| Yuri Ostrovsky (Statistics Canada) | ||
| The Evolving Fair Value of the Canada Pension Plan [abstract] | ||
| Steven James (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) | ||
| John Ilkiw (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) | ||
| James Pesando (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Pierre Brochu (University of Ottawa) | |
| Kelly Foley (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Aboriginal Canadians and the Economy I: Education Issues
Autochtones canadiens et l'économie I: Questions reliés à l'éducation |
|
| Sponsored by | Organized by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards and the CD Howe Institute | |
| Organizer | John Richards (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Chair | The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin (Member of Parliament) | |
| Presentations | Creating the Conditions for Improved Education on Reserve: A First Nations Education Authority Act [abstract] | |
| Michael Mendelson (Caledon Institute for Social Policy) | ||
| Explaining the Aboriginal-Non-Aboriginal Gap in Student Performance in BC Schools [abstract] | ||
| John Richards (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Creating Inclusive Learning Environments for Urban First Nations, Metis and Inuit Students [abstract] | ||
| Pamela Sparklingeyes (Edmonton Catholic School Board) | ||
| Panelists | Fred Caron (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) | |
| Cheryl Matthews (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) | ||
| Doug McArthur (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Contract Theory
Théorie des contrats |
|
| Chair | Veikko Thiele (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Asset Contractibility in Markov-Perfect Insurance Contracts [abstract] | |
| Fernando Martin (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Alexander Karaivanov (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Subjective Performance Evaluation and Collusion [abstract] | ||
| Veikko Thiele (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Ingela Alger (Carleton University) | |
| Veikko Thiele (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Changes in Income and Retirement Incentives
Variations de revenu et incitations à prendre la retraite |
|
| Chair | Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | Changes in Income and Income Inequality Among Senior Women In Canada [abstract] | |
| Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Is the reduction in Defined-Benefit Private Plan Coverage Lowering Early Retirement incentives in Canada? [abstract] | ||
| Bruno Rainville (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Maxime Fougère (Human Resources and Social Development) | ||
| Discussants | René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | |
| Herbert Schuetze (University of Victoria) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Career and Occupational Mobility
Dynamique de carrière et mobilité occupationnelle |
|
| Chair | Herb Emery (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Who becomes an entrepreneur? Occupational choice and the firm size distribution [abstract] | |
| Markus Poschke (McGill University) | ||
| Occupational Mobility in Canada, 1994-2005: Evidence from the SLID [abstract] | ||
| Xuyang Chen (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Maxime Fougere (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Zhengxi Lin (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Louis-Philippe Morin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| James Townsend (University of Winnipeg) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Financial Economics
Rémunération des cadres |
|
| Chair | Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick in Saint John) | |
| Presentations | Golden Handshakes: Pay for Failure and Executive Separation [abstract] | |
| Karim Gulamhusein (Kazakhstan Institute of Management) | ||
| Short and Long-run Determinants of Sovereign Debt Credit Ratings [abstract] | ||
| António Afonso (European Central Bank) | ||
| Pedro Gomes (London School of Economics) | ||
| Philipp Rother (European Central Bank) | ||
| Fri 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Environmental Policy and Energy
Énergie et environnment |
|
| Chair | G. Cornelis van Kooten (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | The Economics of Tidal Stream Power [abstract] | |
| Susan Boronowski (University of Victoria) | ||
| Katherine Monahan (University of Victoria) | ||
| G. Cornelis van Kooten (University of Victoria) | ||
| Analysis of the energy sector's anticipation of environmental regulations in Alberta's woodland caribou habitat [abstract] | ||
| Michael Habteyonas (University of Alberta) | ||
| Vic Adamowicz (University of Alberta) | ||
| Environmental Policy in the Presence of an Informal Sector [abstract] | ||
| Soham Baksi (University of Winnipeg) | ||
| Pinaki Bose (University of Memphis) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in the Economics of Growth II
Sujets en économie de la croissance II |
|
| Chair | Andreas Pollak (University of Saskatchewan) | |
| Presentations | Growth and convergence when technology and human capital are complements [abstract] | |
| Andreas Pollak (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Inter-Firm Knowledge Spillover and Firm Size Heterogeneity [abstract] | ||
| Jie Cai (University of British Columiba) | ||
| Discussants | Hafiz Akhand (University of Regina) | |
| Cristina Echevarria (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Markus Poschke (McGill University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Exchange Rates, Pass-through and Price Flexibility
Incidence de l'évolution des taux de change sur les prix et flexibilité des prix |
|
| Chair | Robert Lafrance (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | The effect of the euro on price flexibility [abstract] | |
| Ivan Tchinkov (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Financial Integration, Nominal Rigidity and Monetary Policy [abstract] | ||
| Ke Pang (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Pricing to Market and pass-through by Indian exporters of homogeneous and differentiated goods across G3 and BRICS markets [abstract] | ||
| Sushanta Mallick (Queen Mary, University of London) | ||
| Helena Marques (University of Manchester, UK) | ||
| Discussants | Robert Lafrance (Bank of Canada) | |
| Dirk Muir (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CABE: Economic, Financial and Social Implications from the Recent Turmoil in Financial Markets
CABE: Conséquences économiques, financières et sociales de la turbulence récente chez les marchés financiers |
|
| Sponsored by | Canadian Association for Business Economics | |
| Organizer | Craig Alexander (TD Bank Financial Group) | |
| Chair | Todd Hirsch (Alberta Treasury Board) | |
| Panelists | Craig Alexander (TD Bank Financial Group) | |
| Chris Lawless (BC Investment Management Corp.) | ||
| Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| The Economics of Education III
Sujets en économie de l'éducation II |
|
| Chair | Torben Drewes (Trent University) | |
| Presentations | Persistence of the School Entry Age Effect in a System of Flexible Tracking [abstract] | |
| Andrea Muehlenweg (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)) | ||
| Patrick Puhani (Leibniz University of Hannover ) | ||
| Age-dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education [abstract] | ||
| Karsten Reuss (Centre of European Economic Research) | ||
| Friedhelm Pfeiffer (Centre of European Economic Research) | ||
| What Does it Take? Issues of Access, Persistence, and Completion for Student Parents in Post-Secondary Education [abstract] | ||
| Trudy Smit Quosai (University of Guelph) | ||
| Donna S. Lero (University of Guelph) | ||
| Discussants | Azim Essaji (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Felice Martinello (Brock University) | ||
| Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| SSHRC Panel on Grant Application and Adjudication
CRSH Table ronde sur les demandes de subvention et le processus d'évaluation |
|
| Sponsored by | SSHRC | |
| Organizer | Michele Dupuis (SSHRC) | |
| Panelists | Michele Dupuis (SSHRC) | |
| Stephen Gordon (Université Laval) | ||
| A. Abigail Payne (McMaster) | ||
| Andre Plourde (University of Alberta) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Innovation: International Issues
Innovation: questions internationales |
|
| Chair | Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation around the World: Evidence from Panel Data [abstract] | |
| Andreanne Leger (Industry Canada) | ||
| Offshoring and Productivity: Does Geographical Location Matter? [abstract] | ||
| Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Henrique do Livramento (Industry Canada) | ||
| Relative Multifactor Productivity Levels in Canada and the United States: A Sectoral Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) | ||
| John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Beiling Yan (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) | |
| Carlos Rosell (IE Market Research) | ||
| Weimin Wang (Industry Canada) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF - Heterodox Approaches to Social Policy
PEF - Approches hétérodoxes à la politique sociale |
|
| Organizer | Nick Falvo (Street Health/York University) | |
| Chair | Salimah Valiani (Canadian Labour Congress) | |
| Presentations | Policies to Address Homelessness [abstract] | |
| Nick Falvo (Street Health/York University) | ||
| PEF Panel: Social Policy [abstract] | ||
| Salimah Valiani (Canadian Labour Congress) | ||
| The Gender Wage Gap [abstract] | ||
| Andrew Jackson (Canadian Labour Congress) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CEBERG - Experiments Using Public Good or Common Pool Resource Environments
CEBERG - Expériences en laboratoire sur les biens publics ou les ressources à utilisation commune |
|
| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| Chair | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Voluntary Contributions to Multiple Linear Public Goods [abstract] | |
| Rob Moir (University of New Brunswick in Saint John) | ||
| The Impact of Information Disclosure and Decentralized E-mail Communication on Common Pool Resource Users' Behaviour [abstract] | ||
| Stephan Schott (Carleton University) | ||
| Coady Wing (Syracuse University) | ||
| A Common Pool Resource Experiment with a Dynamic Stock Externality [abstract] | ||
| R. Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | ||
| Finlay Whillans (Dymaximum) | ||
| Discussants | Bram Cadsby (University of Guelph) | |
| Subhasish Dugar (University of calgary) | ||
| Miguel Alejandro Sanchez Villalba (Alicante) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Financial Econometrics I
Économétrie III: Économétrie financière I |
|
| Chair | David Giles (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Exact distribution-free tests of mean-variance efficiency [abstract] | |
| Richard Luger (Emory University) | ||
| Sermin Gungor (Emory University) | ||
| Extreme Value Analysis of Daily Canadian Crude Oil Prices [abstract] | ||
| David Giles (University of Victoria) | ||
| Feng Ren (University of Victoria) | ||
| ECF Estimation of Continuous-Time SV Model Using Realized Volatility and Model-Free Implied Volatility [abstract] | ||
| Linlan Xiao (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Discussants | Judith Clarke (University of Victoria) | |
| Nikola Gradojevic (Lakehead University) | ||
| Cathy Ning (Ryerson University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CESG III - Efficient Estimation of Moment Condition Models
CESG III - Estimation efficiente de modèles à restrictions sur les moments |
|
| Chair | Pascal Lavergne (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | Efficient Estimation Using the Characteristic Function [abstract] | |
| Rachidi Kotchoni (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Marine Carrasco (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Efficient Minimum Distance Estimation with Multiple Rates of Convergence [abstract] | ||
| Bertille Antoine (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Eric Renault (UNC at Chapel Hill) | ||
| Bandwidth-robust inference with conditional moment restrictions [abstract] | ||
| Pascal Lavergne (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Valentin Patilea (INSA-IRMAR and CREST-ENSAI) | ||
| Discussants | Russell Davidson (McGill University) | |
| Atsushi Inoue (University of British Columbia) | ||
| James MacKinnon (Queen's University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Firm-level Behaviour
CMSG: Comportement au niveau de la firme |
|
| Presentations | Costly vs. By-product Learning in DGE Models: A Bayesian Evaluation [abstract] | |
| Alok Johri (McMaster University) | ||
| Keqiang Hou (McMaster University) | ||
| Holdups and Overinvestment in Physical Capital Markets with Matching Frictions [abstract] | ||
| André Kurmann (Université du Québec à Montréal, CIRPEE) | ||
| Markups and Inventories in General Equilibrium (S,s) Model [abstract] | ||
| Oleksiy Kryvtsov (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Virgiliu Midrigan (New York University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Bank of Canada - Monetary Policy Design II
Banque du Canada: Conception de la politique monétaire II |
|
| Organizer | Robert Amano (Bank of Canada) | |
| Chair | John Murray (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Of Nutters and Doves [abstract] | |
| Roc Armenter (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) | ||
| Martin Bodenstein (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) | ||
| Why is Canada's Price Level So Predictable? [abstract] | ||
| Vladimir Klyuev (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Heesun Kiem (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Ondra Kamenik (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Douglas Laxton (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Discussants | Michael Devereux (University of British Columbia) | |
| Gregor Smith (Queen's University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Macroeconomic Theory
Théorie macroéconomique |
|
| Chair | Daniel Solomon (Universite de Montreal) | |
| Presentations | Credit, Vacancies and Unemployment Fluctuations [abstract] | |
| Nicolas Petrosky Nadeau (Université du Québec A Montréal) | ||
| Delayed Output Response to Productivity Shocks in a Monetary Search Model [abstract] | ||
| Ling Sun (University of Toronto) | ||
| Banks as Better Monitors and Firms Financing Choices [abstract] | ||
| Daniel Solomon (Universite de Montreal) | ||
| Discussants | James Chapman (Bank of Canada) | |
| Zhe Li (University of Toronto) | ||
| Jean-Francois Nadeau (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Industrial Organization Theory II
Théorie de l'organisation industrielle II |
|
| Chair | Lasheng Yuan (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | The Role of Returns Policies on Manufacturers' Competition [abstract] | |
| Thierno Diallo (Université du Québec (Chicoutimi)) | ||
| Hierarchical Stackelberg versus Simultaneous-Move Games: Endogenizing Game Forms [abstract] | ||
| Lasheng Yuan (University of Calgary) | ||
| Signaling Quality Through Prices in an Oligopoly [abstract] | ||
| Santanu Roy (Southern Methodist University) | ||
| Janssen Maarten (Erasmus University, Rotterdam.) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| P 3's
Partenariats publics-privés |
|
| Sponsored by | Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business | |
| Organizer | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Chair | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Public-Private Partnerships and the Privatization of Financing: An Incomplete Contracts Approach [abstract] | |
| Jean de Bettignies (Queen's University) | ||
| Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Ownership Forms Matter for Airport Efficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Investigation of Worldwide Airports [abstract] | ||
| Chunyan Yu (The University of British Columbia) | ||
| Jia Yan (Washington State University) | ||
| Tae H. Oum (The University of British Columbia) | ||
| Quantitative Analysis and Value for Money | ||
| Mark Harrison (Partnerships BC) | ||
| Discussants | Iain Cockburn (Boston University) | |
| David Scoones (University of Victoria) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Growth and Development
Sujets en croissance et développement |
|
| Chair | Liaila Tajibaeva (Ryerson University) | |
| Presentations | Trade Reforms, Poverty and Inequality in the Philippines [abstract] | |
| Erwin Corong (Université Laval) | ||
| Caesar Cororaton (International Food Policy Research Inst.) | ||
| John Cockburn (Universite laval) | ||
| Feedback Relationships between New Technology Use and Information Networks: Evidence from Ghana [abstract] | ||
| Emma Stephens (Pitzer College) | ||
| Privatization and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis [abstract] | ||
| Abdella Abdou (Brandon University) | ||
| Saeed Moshiri (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Discussants | Abdella Abdou (Brandon University) | |
| Kurt Annen (University of Guelph) | ||
| Erwin Corong (Université Laval) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CDESG Keynote Speaker: Pranab K. Bardhan
GCED: Conférencier spécial: Pranab K. Bardhan |
|
| Chair | Franque Grimard (McGill University) | |
| Speaker | Pranab K. Bardhan (University of California, Berkeley) | |
| Institutional Economics of Development: A Critical Assessment | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Keynes at 125: What was the Keynesian Revolution? | |
| Organizer | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Chair | Gilles Dostaler (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) | |
| Presentations | Keynes's Revolution: The Evidence Showing Who Killed Cock Robin [abstract] | |
| Paul Davidson (Journal of Post Keynesian Economics) | ||
| Was There a (Methodological) Keynesian Revolution? [abstract] | ||
| Sheila Dow (University of Stirling) | ||
| Discussants | Geoff(rey) Harcourt (Jesus College, Cambridge) | |
| Susan Howson (University Of Toronto) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN 6 - Wage Differentials | |
| Chair | David Gray (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Glass Ceilings or Glass Doors? Immigrant and Visible Minority Wages in Canada [abstract] | |
| Simon Woodcock (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser Univ) | ||
| Wage Differentials between Firms: the Role of Unmeasured Ability [abstract] | ||
| Natalya Dygalo (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| John Abowd (Cornell University) | ||
| Discussants | David Green (UBC) | |
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Collective Decision-Making
Prises de décision collectives |
|
| Chair | Paul Schure (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Dual Provision of Public Policies in Democracy [abstract] | |
| Christoph Luelfesmann (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| When the Powerful Drag their Feet [abstract] | ||
| Paul Schure (University of Victoria) | ||
| Francesco Passarelli (U. di Teramo and Università Bocconi) | ||
| David Scoones (University of Victoria) | ||
| A Three Class Model of Elections: the effects of income distribution on electoral outcomes [abstract] | ||
| Sebastian Miller (University Of Maryland) | ||
| Discussants | Stefan Dodds (Carleton University) | |
| Arvind Magesan (University of Toronto) | ||
| Elena Panova (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Aboriginal Canadians and the Economy II: Labour Market Issues
Autochtones canadiens et l'économie I: Questions reliées au marché du travail |
|
| Sponsored by | Organized by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards and the CD Howe Institute | |
| Organizer | John Richards (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Chair | Neil Yates (Associate Deputy Minister, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) | |
| Presentations | The Potential Contribution of Aboriginal Canadians to Labour Force, Employment, Productivity and Output Growth in Canada: An update to 2006-2026 [abstract] | |
| Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Jean-Francois Arsenault (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| Simon Lapointe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | ||
| An Exploration of Economic Self-Reliance of First Nation Communities [abstract] | ||
| Bert Waslander (Informetrica Limited) | ||
| Measuring the Self-Reliance of Aboriginal Communities [abstract] | ||
| Dan Beavon (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) | ||
| Panelists | Jane Friesen (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Labour Market Outcomes for Immigrants
Issues des immigrants sur le marché du travail |
|
| Chair | Casey Warman (Queen's University) | |
| Presentations | Estimating Returns to Foreign and Host-Country Schooling and Labour Market Experience Using Longitudinal Microdata [abstract] | |
| Mikal Skuterud (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Mingcui Su (University of Waterloo) | ||
| The main culprit behind the immigrant wage gap in Canada - Lower returns to foreign schooling or work experience? [abstract] | ||
| Jason Dean (McGill University) | ||
| Temporary Foreign Workers and Former International Students as a Source of Permanent Immigration [abstract] | ||
| Casey Warman (Queen's University) | ||
| Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University) | ||
| Discussants | Wen-Hao Chen (Statistics Canada) | |
| Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Patrizio Piraino (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Gender Issues in the Labour Market
Questions par rapport à l'égalité des sexes sur le marché du travail |
|
| Chair | Frances Woolley (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Comparative study of gender pay differentials: Britain and Canada [abstract] | |
| Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Karen Mumford (University of York) | ||
| The Motherhood Wage Penalty in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Xuelin Zhang (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Gender and Competition: From the Lab to the Classroom [abstract] | ||
| Louis-Philippe Morin (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Financial Market Efficiency
Efficience des marchés financiers |
|
| Chair | Mehmet Dalkir (University of New Brunswick) | |
| Presentations | Can Investors Benefit from Using Trading Rules Evolved by Genetic Programming? A Test of the Efficiency of U.S. Stock Markets with Margin Trading Allowed [abstract] | |
| Stan Miles (Thompson Rivers University) | ||
| Barry Smith (York University) | ||
| Why Do Markets React Badly to Good News? Evidence from Fed Funds Futures [abstract] | ||
| Andra Ghent (University of California, San Diego) | ||
| Revisiting stock market index correlations [abstract] | ||
| Mehmet Dalkir (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Discussants | Robert Martin (Federal Reserve Board) | |
| Fri 16:00 - 17:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Corporate Finance
Sujets en finance corporative |
|
| Chair | Martin Boyer (HEC Montréal and CIRANO) | |
| Presentations | Who Smooth Dividends? [abstract] | |
| Zhaoxia Xu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Laurence Booth (University of Toronto) | ||
| Investment, Leverage, and Unanticipated Growth Opportunities [abstract] | ||
| Simiao Zhou (University of Toronto) | ||
| The impact of switching costs on vendor financing [abstract] | ||
| Martin Boyer (HEC Montréal and CIRANO) | ||
| Karine Gobert (Université de Sherbrooke) | ||
| Discussants | Philippe Gregoire (Université Laval) | |
| Marie-Aude Laguna (Paris School of Economics - Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) | ||
| Eric Terry (Ryerson University) | ||
| Fri 17:45 - 19:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Innis Lecture
Conférence Innis |
|
| Chair | Keith Head (Univ. Brit. Col.) | |
| Speaker | Daniel Trefler (University of Toronto) | |
| Policies for Canadian Prosperity | ||
| Fri 19:00 - 22:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Reception
Réception |
|
| Sponsored by | UBC President | |
| Saturday, June 7, 2008 |
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| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Exchange Rate Determination
Détermination des taux de change |
|
| Chair | Carlos de Resende (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Do real interest rates converge? Evidence from the European Union [abstract] | |
| Michael Arghyrou (Cardiff Business School) | ||
| Andros Gregoriou (Brunel University) | ||
| Alexandros Kontonikas (Glasgow University ) | ||
| Informational Efficiency, Expectation Heterogeneity and Signaling Effects of Foreign Exchange Interventions [abstract] | ||
| Kentaro Iwatsubo (Kobe University) | ||
| Satoshi Kawanishi (Sophia University, JAPAN) | ||
| Junko Shimizu (Meikai University) | ||
| The Canadian Dollar Determination Puzzle [abstract] | ||
| Ali Emre Konukoglu (PhD Student) | ||
| Jordi Mondria (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Michael Arghyrou (Cardiff Business School) | |
| Robert Lafrance (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Mei Li (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CNEH - Institutions in History
CNEH - Institutions et histoire |
|
| Organizer | David Jacks (Simon Fraser Univ) | |
| Chair | David Jacks (Simon Fraser Univ) | |
| Presentations | The Economics of Clans [abstract] | |
| Gregory Dow (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Clyde Reed (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| One Hand Tied Behind Their Back: The Pre-Modern British Aristocracy [abstract] | ||
| Douglas Allen (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Transition of Credit Institution: A Case Study from Early Modern England [abstract] | ||
| Anirban Mukherjee (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Brooks Kaiser (Gettysburg College) | |
| Frank Lewis (Queen's University) | ||
| Clyde Reed (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Population Health II
Santé des populations II |
|
| Chair | David Gray (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | The Other Ex Ante Moral Hazard In Health [abstract] | |
| Mikko Packalen (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Jay Bhattacharya (Stanford University) | ||
| Stress as a Pathway in the SES-Health Relationship [abstract] | ||
| Simo Goshev (McMaster University) | ||
| Michael Veall (McMaster University) | ||
| The evolution of health outcomes from childhood to adolescence [abstract] | ||
| Jinhu Li (McMaster University) | ||
| Paul Contoyannis (McMaster University) | ||
| Discussants | Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria) | |
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Dumping
Dumping |
|
| Chair | Jim Gaisford (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | Are Antidumping Duties an Antidote for Predation? [abstract] | |
| Jim Gaisford (University of Calgary) | ||
| Shan (Victor) Jiang (University of Calgary) | ||
| Stefan Lutz (University of Manchester) | ||
| Antidumping as Strategic Trade Policy Under Asymmetric Information [abstract] | ||
| Xenia Matschke (University of Connecticut) | ||
| Anja Schottner (University of Bonn) | ||
| Trade Liberalization and Antidumping: Is there a substitution effect? [abstract] | ||
| Michael Moore (George Washington University) | ||
| Maurizio Zanardi (Université Libre de Bruxelles (Ecares) ) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Foreign Direct Investment III
Investissement direct étranger III |
|
| Presentations | Cross-border Mergers and Entry Modes of FDI Inflows [abstract] | |
| Shengzu Wang (McGill University) | ||
| The Impact of Foreign Ownership on the Performance of Canadian Firms [abstract] | ||
| Eric Santor (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Michael King (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Regulations, Business Taxes, and Foreign Direct Investment [abstract] | ||
| Haozhen Zhang (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| PEP - Policy Impact Evaluation
PEP |
|
| Organizer | Maria Laura Alzua (IERAL Fundacion Mediterranea) | |
| Presentations | Do criminal politicians increase crime, poverty and corruption? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design in India [abstract] | |
| Matthieu Chemin (University of Quebec At Montreal) | ||
| The Effect of Education on in Prison Conflict: Evidence for Argentina [abstract] | ||
| Maria Laura Alzua (IERAL Fundacion Mediterranea) | ||
| Catherine Rodriguez (Universidad de los Andes) | ||
| Edgar Villa (Universidad Javeriana) | ||
| Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions [abstract] | ||
| Martin Valdivia (Grade) | ||
| Dean Karlan (Yale University) | ||
| School achievement effects on subsequent educational attainment: results from a policy-induced natural experiment [abstract] | ||
| Chris Ryan (Australian National University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CEBERG - Studies of Potential Cheating, Tax Evasion, and Corruption
CEBERG - Études sur la tricherie potentielle, l'évasion fiscale, la corruption et la non-conformité aux règles |
|
| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| Chair | Andrew Muller (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Does Your Compensation Scheme Induce Your Employees to Cheat? An Experimental Investigation [abstract] | |
| Bram Cadsby (University of Guelph) | ||
| Fei Song (Ryerson University) | ||
| Francis Tapon (University of Guelph) | ||
| Tax Evasion as a Global Game in the Laboratory [abstract] | ||
| Miguel Alejandro Sánchez Villalba (University of Alicante) | ||
| Can Corruption Be Studied in the Lab? Comparing Evidence from a Field and a Lab Experiment [abstract] | ||
| Amadou Boly (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Olivier Armantier (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Discussants | Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) | |
| Philippe Gregoire (Université Laval) | ||
| Alexander Smith (University of Calgary) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Financial Econometrics and Econometric Theory
Économétrie IV: Économétrie financière II |
|
| Chair | Kam Yu (Lakehead University) | |
| Presentations | Daily Correlation and Volatility Dynamics between National Stock Markets with Non-overlapping Trading Hours [abstract] | |
| Yiguo Sun (University of Guelph) | ||
| Dynamic Dependence of International Stock Markets [abstract] | ||
| Cathy Ning (Ryerson University) | ||
| Discussants | Cathy Ning (Ryerson University) | |
| Yiguo Sun (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CESG IV - Specification Testing
CESG IV - Tests de spécification |
|
| Chair | Atsushi Inoue (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | m-Testing of Model Specification in Many Groups [abstract] | |
| Shinichi Sakata (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Exogeneity tests and weak-identification [abstract] | ||
| Firmin Doko Tchatoka (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Jean-Marie Dufour (McGill University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Noncognitive Skills, Peer Effects and Neighbourhood Effects
Compétences non cognitives, effets des pairs et effets de quartier |
|
| Chair | Stephane Mechoulan (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | The Effect of Schooling on Noncognitive Skills: Evidence from School Entry Laws [abstract] | |
| Patrizio Piraino (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Can a Village Make a Difference? The influence of neighbourhoods on university participation among Canadian youth [abstract] | ||
| Kelly Foley (University of British Columbia) | ||
| The Correlates of Youth Outcomes [abstract] | ||
| Lihui Zhang (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Discussants | Pierre Brochu (University of Ottawa) | |
| Christine Neill (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Casey Warman (Queen's University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Performance Pay and Benefits
La Rémunération au rendement |
|
| Chair | Stephanie Lluis (University of Waterloo) | |
| Presentations | Firm compensation policy and worker selection: do employer-provided benefits attract better workers? [abstract] | |
| Stephanie Lluis (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Jean Marie Abraham (University of Minnesota) | ||
| Can Performance-Pay Explain the CPS Divergence? [abstract] | ||
| Bok Hoong Young Hoon (McGill University) | ||
| Profit-Sharing and Employee Ownership in France : Empirical Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data Sets [abstract] | ||
| Noélie Delahaie (Centre d'Etudes de l'Emploi (CEE)) | ||
| Hélène Chaput (French Ministry of Labour) | ||
| Marc-Arthur Diaye (CEE et Université d'Evry) | ||
| Discussants | Natalya Dygalo (University of Saskatchewan) | |
| Steven Lehrer (Queen's University) | ||
| Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Intra-household Allocation and the Marriage Market
Allocation intra-familiale et le marché du mariage |
|
| Chair | Eugene Choo (University of Calgary) | |
| Presentations | An Empirical Model of Intra-Household Allocations and the Marriage Market [abstract] | |
| Eugene Choo (University of Calgary) | ||
| Shannon Seitz (Boston College and Queen's University) | ||
| Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto) | ||
| Assessing the Number of Household Decision-Makers [abstract] | ||
| Anyck Dauphin (Université du Québec en Outaouais) | ||
| Bernard Fortin (Université Laval) | ||
| Guy Lacroix (Université Laval) | ||
| Abdel-Rahmen El Lhaga ( Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis) | ||
| Education Returns in the Marriage Market: Does Female Education Investment Improve the Quality of Future Husbands in Egypt? [abstract] | ||
| Asmaa Elbadawy (McMaster University) | ||
| Endgames: Household bargaining and the purchase of long term care insurance [abstract] | ||
| Frances Woolley (Carleton University) | ||
| Elizabeth Peters (Cornell University) | ||
| Sharon Tennyson (Cornell University) | ||
| Discussants | Eugene Choo (University of Calgary) | |
| Anyck Dauphin (Université du Québec en Outaouais) | ||
| Asmaa Elbadawy (McMaster University) | ||
| Frances Woolley (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Local Public Finance
Finance publique locale |
|
| Chair | Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Tax interactions among Belgian municipalities, does language matter? [abstract] | |
| Marcel Gerard (Facultés Univeristaires Catholiques de Mons, FUCaM) | ||
| Hubert Jayet (Université Lille 1) | ||
| Sonia Paty (Université Lille 1) | ||
| Tax Reform, Local Resources and Village Leader Elections in Rural China [abstract] | ||
| Luhang Wang (University of Toronto) | ||
| The Capitalization of Public Services and Amenities into Land Prices - Empirical Evidence from German Municipalities [abstract] | ||
| Alexander Ebertz (Ifo Institute for Economic Research) | ||
| Discussants | Alexander Ebertz (Ifo Institute for Economic Research) | |
| Haizhen Mou (Carleton University) | ||
| Otto Reich (Massey University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Remittances
Transferts de fonds par les travailleurs à l'étranger |
|
| Chair | Judith Clarke (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Determinants of Worker's Remittances in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study [abstract] | |
| Md. Akhtaruzzaman Uz Zaman (Bangladesh Bank) | ||
| Shubhasish Barua (Essex University) | ||
| Md. Alauddin Majumder (Chittagong University, Chitagong) | ||
| Impact of Remittances on Household Expenditures in the Philippines [abstract] | ||
| Shandre Mugan Thangavelu (National University of Singapore) | ||
| The Effect of Remittances and Migration on Human Capital: Evidence from Mexico [abstract] | ||
| Alfredo Cuecuecha (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México) | ||
| Discussants | Dillon Alleyne (University of the West Indies) | |
| Kenneth Stewart (University of Victoria) | ||
| Bill Warburton (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Fisheries Management
Gestion de la pêche |
|
| Chair | Soham Baksi (University of Winnipeg) | |
| Presentations | Market power in an ITQ fishery [abstract] | |
| Aaron Hatcher (University of Portsmouth) | ||
| Poverty And Open Access Resources: The Case For Communal Management [abstract] | ||
| Ning Qi (University of Guelph) | ||
| Patrick Martin (University of Guelph) | ||
| Discussants | Markus Herrmann (Université Laval) | |
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Local Markets and Demand Analysis
Marchés locaux et analyse de la demande |
|
| Chair | James Vercammen (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | A Natural Experiment in the San Francisco Bay Area [abstract] | |
| Volodymyr Bilotkach (University of California, Irvine) | ||
| Yuriy Gorodnichenko (University of California, Berkeley) | ||
| Oleksandr Talavera (DIW Berlin) | ||
| An Application of Cognitive Dissonance Theory on the Competition for a Local Market [abstract] | ||
| Lampros Lamprinakis (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Murray Fulton (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Discussants | Kien Tran (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Mergers
Fusions |
|
| Chair | Andreas Park (University of Toronto) | |
| Presentations | Do Court Decisions Drive The Federal Trade Commission Enforcement Policy On Merger Settlements? [abstract] | |
| Shawn Ulrick (Federal Trade Commission) | ||
| Malcolm Coate (Federal Trade Commission) | ||
| Do Vertical Mergers Facilitate Downstream Collusion? [abstract] | ||
| Musa Ayar (The University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Discussants | Marc Duhamel (Industry Canada) | |
| Claudiu Tunea (Finance Canada) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Stress-testing of Canadian Financial Markets
Simulations de crise chez les marchés financiers canadiens |
|
| Chair | Brenda Spotton Visano (York University) | |
| Presentations | An estimation of the probability of delinquency for Canadian households and associated stress-tests [abstract] | |
| Virginie Traclet (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Shubhasis Dey (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Critical Pathways to Financial Inclusion? Fringe Lending in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Brenda Spotton Visano (York University) | ||
| Discussants | Brian MacLean (Laurentian University) | |
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Social Choice Theory
Théorie des choix sociaux |
|
| Chair | Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | Nosiness, Loss Aversion and the Stability of Sen's Paradox [abstract] | |
| Stefan Dodds (Carleton University) | ||
| Chetan Dave (University of Texas at Dallas) | ||
| The Value of Approximation: Inequality Sensitive Rules for Social Decision Making [abstract] | ||
| Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Veblen goods and neighbourhoods: endogenising consumption reference groups [abstract] | ||
| Christopher Barrington-Leigh (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Discussants | Peter Burton (Dalhousie University) | |
| Stefan Dodds (Carleton University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Human Capital, Growth and Innovation
CMSG: Capital humain, croissance et innovation |
|
| Presentations | Offshoring, Trade in Tasks and (Occupational) Specificity of Human Capital [abstract] | |
| Moritz Ritter (University of Toronto) | ||
| Why are Developing Countries Aid-Dependent? [abstract] | ||
| Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval) | ||
| Francis Andrianarison (Université Laval) | ||
| Legal Origin and Creative Destruction [abstract] | ||
| Alessandro Riboni (Universite De Montreal) | ||
| Giovanni Immordino (Universita di Salerno) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Bank of Canada - Globalization Impacts on Small Open Economies
Banque du Canada - Impacts de la globalisation sur les petites économies ouvertes |
|
| Organizer | Ali Dib (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Composition of Foreign Assets and Monetary Policy: Valuation versus Income Effect of International Financial Integration [abstract] | |
| Caroline Schmidt (Swiss National Bank) | ||
| Mathias Hoffmann (Deutsche Bundesbank) | ||
| Globalization and Optimal Monetary Policy in a Multi-Sector Small Open Economy Model [abstract] | ||
| Carlos de Resende (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Ali Dib (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Maral Kichian (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Greg Tkacz (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Do Central Banks Respond to Exchange Rate Movements? Some New Evidence from Structural Estimation [abstract] | ||
| Wei Dong (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Michael Devereux (University of British Columbia) | |
| Hashmat Khan (Carleton University) | ||
| Thomas Lubik (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Empirical Issues in Macroeconomics I
Questions empiriques en macroéconomie I |
|
| Chair | Geoffrey Dunbar (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Presentations | North American Business Cycles: A Disaggregated Shock Analysis [abstract] | |
| Kimberly Flood (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Nicolas Parent (Bank of Canada) | ||
| The Measurement of Output Instability in Western Canada [abstract] | ||
| Kathleen Diputado Macaspac (Alberta Finance and Enterprise) | ||
| Computing the Accuracy of Unorthodox Sampling Methods: The Case of the Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey [abstract] | ||
| Daniel de Munnik (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Mark Illing (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Asset Price Reactions
Réactions des prix d'actif |
|
| Chair | Eric Terry (Ryerson University) | |
| Presentations | Reactions of Canadian Interest Rates to Bank of Canada Communications: What moves Markets? [abstract] | |
| Toni Gravelle (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Christine Fay (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sound Policies or Good Fortune: What Drives Emerging Market Spreads? [abstract] | ||
| Philipp Maier (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Garima Vasishtha (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Stock Market Returns and Monetary Policy [abstract] | ||
| Badye Omar Essid (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Discussants | Calista Cheung (Bank of Canada) | |
| Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Sharif Khan (Queen's University and Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CSLS (Finance): Future Productivity Growth in the Canadian Economy
CSLS (Finance): La Croissance future de la productivité dans l'économie canadienne |
|
| Organizer | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Chair | Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Panelists | Richard Dion (Bank of Canada) | |
| Claude Lavoie (Federal Government) | ||
| Richard Roy (Industry Canada) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Public Policy and Pharmaceuticals
Les Politiques publiques et les produits pharmaceutiques |
|
| Sponsored by | Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business | |
| Organizer | Thomas Ross (University of British Columbia) | |
| Chair | Aslam Anis (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Globalization of Clinical Trials for New Medicines: Where are the Trials Going, and Why? [abstract] | |
| Iain Cockburn (Boston University) | ||
| Ernst Berndt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | ||
| Fabio Thiers (Harvard Medical School) | ||
| Targeted advertising of preventive medicine in Canada [abstract] | ||
| Christopher Willmore (University of Victoria) | ||
| Effects of `authorized generics' on Canadian drug prices [abstract] | ||
| Paul Grootendorst (University of Toronto) | ||
| Discussants | Aslam Anis (University of British Columbia) | |
| Ambarish Chandra (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Kenneth Corts (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CREE I - Trade and Environment
CREE I - Commerce international et environnement |
|
| Organizer | Andrew Leach (University of Alberta) | |
| Chair | Paul Missios (Ryerson University) | |
| Presentations | Building blocks or stumbling blocks? The relationship between trade agreements and environmental cooperation [abstract] | |
| Paul Missios (Ryerson University) | ||
| Ida Ferrara (York University) | ||
| Halis Murat Yildiz (Ryerson University) | ||
| Pollution Intensity and the Composition of Traded Goods [abstract] | ||
| Joel Bruneau (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Destination Matters: The Impact of Inter-Country Versus Intra-Country Trade on the Environment [abstract] | ||
| Carol McAusland (University of Maryland) | ||
| Daniel Millimet (Southern Methodist University) | ||
| Discussants | Claustre Bajona (Ryerson University) | |
| Paul Missios (Ryerson University) | ||
| Amrita Ray Chaudhuri (Tilburg University) | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| State of the Art Lecture: Will Strange
État des connaissances: Will Strange |
|
| Sponsored by | Sauder School of Business | |
| Chair | Robert Helsley (University of British Columbia) | |
| Speaker | William Strange (University of Toronto) | |
| On Agglomeration | ||
| Sat 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Keynes at 125: Money, Macro and Maynard
KEYNES 5 |
|
| Organizer | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Chair | Sheila Dow (University of Stirling) | |
| Presentations | The Roots of the Present Are in the Past: The Relation of Postwar Developments in Macroeconomics to Interwar Business Cycle and Monetary Theory [abstract] | |
| Robert Dimand (Brock University) | ||
| Keynes and Freud on Money and Capitalism [abstract] | ||
| Gilles Dostaler (Universite du Quebec a Montreal) | ||
| Discussants | Paul Davidson (Journal of Post Keynesian Economics) | |
| Kevin Hoover (Duke University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves and Currency Stability
Réserves internationales et stabilité des devises |
|
| Chair | Mei Li (University of Guelph) | |
| Presentations | The New Wave of Foreign Reserves Accumulations in Emerging Economies: Determinants and Sustainability [abstract] | |
| Salem Nechi (Queen's University) | ||
| Lloyd-Ellis Huw (Queen's University) | ||
| The Role of Large Players in a Dynamic Currency Attack Game [abstract] | ||
| Mei Li (University of Guelph) | ||
| Frank Milne (Queen's University) | ||
| Demand for International Reserves: A Quantile Regression Approach [abstract] | ||
| Ozan Sula (Western Washington University) | ||
| Discussants | Satoshi Kawanishi (Sophia University, JAPAN) | |
| Salem Nechi (Queen's University) | ||
| Ozan Sula (Western Washington University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CNEH - Colonies and Commodities
CNEH - Les colonies et les marchandises |
|
| Organizer | David Jacks (Simon Fraser Univ) | |
| Chair | Catherine Douglas (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Transport Costs & the Slave Trade to the Caribbean 1683-1729 [abstract] | |
| Frank Lewis (Queen's University) | ||
| David Eltis (Emory University) | ||
| Kim McIntryre (Fiscal Policy, Finance Canada) | ||
| Political Institutions, Labor Coercion, and the emergence of Public Schooling: Evidence from the 19th Century Coffee Boom [abstract] | ||
| Gustavo Bobonis (University of Toronto) | ||
| Land reform and export-oriented agriculture in the Philippines and Taiwan under colonial rule [abstract] | ||
| Michael Jolly (Ryerson University) | ||
| Discussants | David Jacks (Simon Fraser Univ) | |
| Ian Keay (Queen's University) | ||
| Nathan Nunn (Harvard University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Trade
Sujets divers en commerce international I |
|
| Chair | Matilde Bombardini (The University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Together or Alone in Lobbying for Trade Policy [abstract] | |
| Matilde Bombardini (The University of British Columbia) | ||
| Matilde Bombardini (The University of British Columbia) | ||
| Francesco Trebbi (University of Chicago GSB) | ||
| Investment in biofuels market and future trade disputes [abstract] | ||
| Crina Viju (University of Regina) | ||
| William Kerr (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade [abstract] | ||
| Volker Nitsch (ETH Zurich) | ||
| Helge Berger (Free University Berlin) | ||
| Discussants | Xenia Matschke (University of Connecticut) | |
| Andrey Stoyanov (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| International Outsourcing
Externalisation internationale |
|
| Chair | Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | |
| Presentations | Employment Structure by Skills: An Interplay of Trade and Technology [abstract] | |
| Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | ||
| Global sourcing under heterogeneous firm productivities [abstract] | ||
| Joel Blit (University of Toronto) | ||
| A theory of a Business Process Outsourcing Service Provider Firm [abstract] | ||
| Arti Grover (Delhi School of Economics) | ||
| Discussants | Ram Acharya (Industry Canada) | |
| Joel Blit (University of Toronto) | ||
| Arti Grover (Delhi School of Economics) | ||
| Yi Zheng (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CDESG (S. 2) - Aid and Development
GCED (S. 2) - Aide et développement |
|
| Organizer | Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba) | |
| Chair | Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | The Games Donors Play: Competin for influence in Recipient States [abstract] | |
| Dane Rowlands (Carleton University) | ||
| Foreign Aid, Donor Fragmentation, and Economic Growth [abstract] | ||
| Kurt Annen (University of Guelph) | ||
| Stephen Kosempel (University of Guelph) | ||
| Addressing the Food Aid Curse [abstract] | ||
| Max Blouin (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Stephane Pallage (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Discussants | J. Atsu Amegashie (University of Guelph) | |
| Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval) | ||
| Ashok Kotwal (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF - Teaching Varieties of Economics
PEF - Enseigner des approches variées à l'économie |
|
| Organizer | Abdella Abdou (Brandon University) | |
| Rod Hill (University of New Brunswick) | ||
| Chair | Rod Hill (University of New Brunswick) | |
| Presentations | PEF panel on Teaching Varieties of Economics [abstract] | |
| Fletcher Baragar (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Teaching Varieties of Economics (panel title) [abstract] | ||
| Joan McFarland (St. Thomas University) | ||
| The Problem of Ideology [abstract] | ||
| Ian Hudson (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Defying the Dominant Discourse: Critical Pedagogy and Heterodox Economics [abstract] | ||
| Brenda Spotton Visano (York University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CEBERG - Games and Bargaining in the Laboratory
CEBERG - Les Jeux et le bargaining en laboratoire |
|
| Organizer | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) | ||
| Chair | Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | |
| Presentations | Five Indefinitely Repeated Games in the Laboratory [abstract] | |
| Jim Engle-Warnick (McGill University) | ||
| A `Pure' Backward Induction Experiment [abstract] | ||
| Subhasish Dugar (University of calgary) | ||
| The effects of historical entitlements in cooperative bargaining over environmental policy: an experimental test [abstract] | ||
| Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury) | ||
| Christopher Bruce (University of Calgary) | ||
| Discussants | Kyle Hydnman (Southern Methodist University) | |
| Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University) | ||
| Andreas Park (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Econometrics V: Semiparametric Estimation
Économétrie V: Estimation semi paramétrique |
|
| Chair | Harry J. Paarsch (University of Iowa) | |
| Presentations | Semiparametric Estimation in Models of First-Price, Sealed-Bid Auctions with Affiliation [abstract] | |
| Harry J. Paarsch (University of Iowa) | ||
| Tong Li (Vanderbilt University) | ||
| Timothy P. Hubbard (University of Iowa) | ||
| Nonjointness and Scope Economies in the Multiproduct Symmetric Generalized McFadden Cost Function [abstract] | ||
| Kenneth Stewart (University of Victoria) | ||
| Alternative Semiparametric Efficient Estimation of Stochastic Frontier panel Data Model [abstract] | ||
| Kien Tran (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Discussants | Eugene Choo (University of Calgary) | |
| Pascal Lavergne (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser Univ) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CESG (V) - Testing for Nonlinerarity, Structural Change and Unit Root
CESG (V) - Tests de non-linéarité, de changements structurels et de racines unitaires |
|
| Chair | Shinichi Sakata (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Approximation Methods & Testing Linearity in Cointegrating Relations [abstract] | |
| Seung Hyun Hong (Concordia University) | ||
| Tests for a Mean Shift with Good Size and Monotonic Power [abstract] | ||
| Mohitosh Kejriwal (Purdue University) | ||
| Fast Double Sieve Bootstrap Unit Root Tests [abstract] | ||
| Patrick Richard (Université de Sherbrooke) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Labour Economics
Changements dans le domaine de la sécurité d'emploi |
|
| Chair | Pierre Brochu (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Is Job Insecurity On The Rise? Evidence From Canadian Perception Data [abstract] | |
| Pierre Brochu (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Lu Zhou (University of Ottawa) | ||
| An analysis of twentieth century work patterns: a nonparametric and semiparametric approach [abstract] | ||
| Luke Ignaczak (Human Resources and Social Development) | ||
| Marcel Voia (Carleton University) | ||
| Blood Money: Incentives for Violence in NHL Hockey [abstract] | ||
| John Haisken-DeNew (RWI Essen) | ||
| Matthias Vorell (RWI Essen) | ||
| Discussants | Philippe Belley (The University of Western Ontario) | |
| Stephanie Lluis (University of Waterloo) | ||
| René Morissette (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Educational and Labour Market Decisions of Youth
Les Décisions des jeunes en matière de l'éducation et du marché du travail |
|
| Chair | Ana Ferrer (University of calgary) | |
| Presentations | Bouncing back: What's happening to high school dropouts? [abstract] | |
| Christine Laporte (Statistique Canada) | ||
| Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University) | ||
| Does tightening access to welfare reduce the high school drop out rate? [abstract] | ||
| Bill Warburton (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Alex Mann ( BC Ministry of Education) | ||
| The long term effect of booms on human capital accumulation [abstract] | ||
| Ana Ferrer (University of calgary) | ||
| Herb Emery (University of Calgary) | ||
| David Green (UBC) | ||
| Discussants | Maria Laura Alzua (IERAL Fundacion Mediterranea) | |
| Ping Ching Winnie Chan (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Christine Neill (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics and Children
Économie et enfants |
|
| Chair | Gordon Cleveland (University of Toronto Scarborough) | |
| Presentations | Towards a Better Understanding of Barriers Faced by Canadian Young Children in Accessing Community Resources - Insights from Community-Based Survey Studies [abstract] | |
| Gong-Li Xu (Human Resources and Social Development Canada) | ||
| Producing Quality Centre-Based Child Care Services [abstract] | ||
| Gordon Cleveland (University of Toronto Scarborough) | ||
| The Causal Impact of Alternative Parental Child Rearing Practices on Adolescent Outcomes [abstract] | ||
| Steven Lehrer (Queen's University) | ||
| Discussants | Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo) | |
| Elizabeth Dhuey (University of Toronto) | ||
| Philip Merrigan (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Public Goods and Public Debt
Biens publics |
|
| Chair | Stavroula Malla (University of Lethbridge) | |
| Presentations | A Theory of Congregational Giving [abstract] | |
| Jonathan Rosborough (University of Western Ontario) | ||
| Public Intellectual Property Rights and Research Spillovers [abstract] | ||
| Stavroula Malla (University of Lethbridge) | ||
| Richard Gray (University of Saskatchewan) | ||
| Leviathan Governments and the Dynamics of Public Debt [abstract] | ||
| Eric Stephens (Queen's University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Micro-credit and Micro-insurance I
Micro-crédit et micro-assurance I |
|
| Chair | Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Social Protection for the Poor: A Study on Micro-Health Insurance in Bangladesh [abstract] | |
| Hedayet Chowdhury (Kazakhstan Institute of Management (KIMEP)) | ||
| Abu Eusuf (Dhaka University) | ||
| Time Inconsistent Choice and Social Insurance [abstract] | ||
| Russell Toth (Cornell University) | ||
| Discussants | Anirban Mukherjee (University of British Columbia) | |
| Russell Toth (Cornell University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Topics in Environmental Economics
Économie environnementale: questions reliées au pétrole |
|
| Chair | Adeyemi Esuola (Wilfrid Laurier University) | |
| Presentations | Dynamic Programming of Oil Well Abandonment [abstract] | |
| Lucija Muehlenbachs (University of Maryland) | ||
| Market Structure and Optimal Carbon Tax with Carbon Storage and Enhanced Resource Recovery. [abstract] | ||
| Adeyemi Esuola (Wilfrid Laurier University) | ||
| A Lindahl Solution to International Emissions Trading [abstract] | ||
| Yukihiro Nishimura (Yokohama National University) | ||
| Discussants | Rafat Alam (Grant MacEwan College) | |
| Walid Marrouch (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Joel Wood (University of Guelph) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| The Organization of the Firm
L'Organisation de la firme |
|
| Chair | Ingela Alger (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Surplus and Information in a Firm's Make-or-Buy Decision [abstract] | |
| Ingela Alger (Carleton University) | ||
| Ching-to Albert Ma (Boston University) | ||
| Régis Renault (Thema Université de Cergy-Pontoise) | ||
| British Rail: a matter of contractual design [abstract] | ||
| Miguel Alejandro Sánchez Villalba (University of Alicante) | ||
| Rafael Hortala-Vallve (Nuffield College (Oxford University)) | ||
| Business R&D Intensity in Canada and the United States: Does Firm Size Matter? [abstract] | ||
| Thitima Songsakul (Industry Canada) | ||
| Daniel Boothby (Industry Canada) | ||
| Bernice Lau (Industry Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Catherine Beaudry (École Polytechnique de Montréal) | |
| Veikko Thiele (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Jun Zhang (Queen's University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Industrial Organization and the Environment II
Organisation industrielle et environnement II |
|
| Chair | Sumeet Gulati (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | Do Environmental Regulations Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? A Study on Canadian Industries [abstract] | |
| Golnaz Sedigh (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Tradable Permits Under Environmental and Cost-reducing R&D [abstract] | ||
| Jian Qiao Liu (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Gamal Atallah (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Optimal Forestry Contracts With Private Information [abstract] | ||
| Francis Didier Tatoutchoup (Université de Montreal) | ||
| Discussants | Souvik Datta (University of British Columbia) | |
| James Vercammen (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Jennifer Winter (University of Calgary) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Household Finance and Insurance
Économie financière des ménages I |
|
| Chair | Nasser Ary Tanimoune (University of Ottawa) | |
| Presentations | Canadians' Means of Payment Use: The Role of Risk and Convenience [abstract] | |
| Calros A. Arango (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Varya Taylor (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Indebtedness and the household financial health: An examination of the Canadian debt service ratio distribution [abstract] | ||
| Umar Faruqui (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Efficiency of Insurance Firms with Endogenous Risk Management and Financial Intermediation Activities [abstract] | ||
| Georges Dionne (HEC Montreal) | ||
| David Cummins (Temple University) | ||
| Robert Gagne (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Abdelhakim Nouira (HEC Montreal) | ||
| Discussants | Calros A. Arango (Bank of Canada) | |
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Theory of the Firm
Théorie de la firme |
|
| Chair | Keir G. Armstrong (Carleton University) | |
| Presentations | Inframarginal Analysis and the Theory of the Firm [abstract] | |
| Keir G. Armstrong (Carleton University) | ||
| The Implications of the Ranking Axiom for Discrete Cost Sharing Methods [abstract] | ||
| Eric Akcel Bahel (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Yves Sprumont (Université de Montréal) | ||
| Team Incentives for Managing Competition [abstract] | ||
| Jaesoo Kim (Michigan State University) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CMSG: Banking and Payment Systems
CMSG: Les Banques et les systèmes de paiement |
|
| Organizer | James Chapman (Bank of Canada) | |
| Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Presentations | Banking, Liquidity and Inflation [abstract] | |
| Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Cesaire Meh (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Private Money and Bank Runs [abstract] | ||
| Xiuhua Huangfu (University of Sydney) | ||
| Hongfei Sun (Queen's University) | ||
| A Model of Tiered Settlement Networks [abstract] | ||
| James Chapman (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Miguel Molico (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Mei Dong (Simon Fraser University) | |
| Lucy Qian Liu (Queen's University) | ||
| Ling Sun (University of Toronto) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Bank of Canada - Exchange Rate Modelling
Banque du Canada - modélisation des taux de change |
|
| Organizer | Donald Coletti (Bank of Canada) | |
| Presentations | Futures beacon: Can commodity futures and interest rate expectations help predict the value of the Canadian dollar? [abstract] | |
| Robert Lafrance (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Loyal Chow (Bank of Canada) | ||
| The Quixotic Relationship between Interest Rates and the Exchange Rate [abstract] | ||
| Viktoria Hnatkovska (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Amartya Lahiri (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Carlos Vegh (University of Maryland) | ||
| What's Behind the Strength in the Canadian Dollar? New Evidence from a Panel of US Dollar Bilateral Exchange Rates [abstract] | ||
| Donald Coletti (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Jean-Philippe Cayen (Banque du Canada) | ||
| René Lalonde (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Philipp Maier (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Beliefs and Business Cycles
Les croyances et le cycle des affaires |
|
| Chair | Xiaopeng Yin (University of International Business and Economics) | |
| Presentations | Complementarities, Expectation Revisions and the Business Cycle [abstract] | |
| Jean-Francois Nadeau (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Nominal rigidity, monetary policy and expectation driven business cycles [abstract] | ||
| Shen Guo (Concordia University) | ||
| Endogenous Business Cycles with Knowledge Externalities [abstract] | ||
| Xiaopeng Yin (University of International Business and Economics) | ||
| Yuntong Wang (University of Windsor) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Open Economies
Économies ouvertes |
|
| Chair | Denise Côté (Banque du Canada) | |
| Presentations | A wave of protectionism? An analysis of economic and political considerations [abstract] | |
| Philipp Maier (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Optimal Monetary Policy Rules In A Small Open Economy [abstract] | ||
| Deming Luo (Carleton University) | ||
| Exchange rate appreciation and productivity [abstract] | ||
| Yao Tang (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Globalization and Inflation: The Role of China [abstract] | ||
| Denise Côté (Banque du Canada) | ||
| Carlos de Resende (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Deming Luo (Carleton University) | |
| Philipp Maier (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Yao Tang (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Economics of Parole Decisions
L'économie des prises de décision en matière de libération conditionnelle |
|
| Chair | David Scoones (University of Victoria) | |
| Presentations | Rehabilitated or Not?: To Release (?) is the Question [abstract] | |
| Joanne Roberts (University of Calgary) | ||
| Dan Bernhardt (University of Illinois) | ||
| Steeve Mongrain (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Assessing Racial Discrimination in Parole Release in the U.S. [abstract] | ||
| Stephane Mechoulan (University of Toronto) | ||
| Nicolas Sahuguet (HEC Montréal) | ||
| Unconditional Parole [abstract] | ||
| David Scoones (University of Victoria) | ||
| Discussants | Gregory DeAngelo (University of California Santa Barbara) | |
| Stephen T. Easton (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| Jean-Francois Wen (University of Calgary) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| BYE and AEDSB - Microfinance: Poverty, Health and Female Empowerment
BYE and AEDSB - La Micro-finance: pauvreté, santé et l'autonomisation des femmes |
|
| Organizer | Syed M Ahsan (Concordia University) | |
| Presentations | A Welfare Economic Analysis of the Impact of Microfinance in Bangladesh [abstract] | |
| Nigar Nargis (University of Dhaka) | ||
| AKM Ghulam Hussain (University of Dhaka) | ||
| What determines female autonomy? Evidence from Bangladesh [abstract] | ||
| Siwan Anderson (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia) | ||
| Helping Poor Women's Health : an evaluation of a micro-credit program targeted at the poorest in Bangladesh [abstract] | ||
| Franque Grimard (McGill University) | ||
| Vivek Prakash (McGill University) | ||
| Discussants | Siwan Anderson (University of British Columbia) | |
| Franque Grimard (McGill University) | ||
| Kim Lehrer (The University of British Columbia) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CREE II - Industrial Oorganization and the Environment
CREE II - Organisation industrielle et environnement |
|
| Organizer | Andrew Leach (University of Alberta) | |
| Chair | Joel Bruneau (University of Saskatchewan) | |
| Presentations | The effect of environmental policy on collusion [abstract] | |
| Amrita Ray Chaudhuri (Tilburg University) | ||
| Hassan Benchekroun (McGill University) | ||
| Environmental Regulation and Rationalization in the Retail Gasoline Industry [abstract] | ||
| Heather Eckert (University of Alberta) | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| State of the Art Lecture: Catherine Wolfram
État des connaissances: Catherine Wolfram |
|
| Sponsored by | IRPP | |
| Chair | Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia) | |
| Speaker | Catherine Wolfram (University of California at Berkeley) | |
| Policies to Address Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges | ||
| Sat 10:30 - 12:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Keynes at 125: Keynes and Later Macroeconomics
KEYNES 6 |
|
| Organizer | Robert Dimand (Brock University) | |
| Chair | Kevin Hoover (Duke University) | |
| Presentations | Evolutionary Economics, the Phillips Curve and the Incredible Disappearing Natural Rate of Unemployment [abstract] | |
| Richard Lipsey (Simon Fraser University) | ||
| From the LM Curve to the Equations of Finance - Reinventing a Keynesian Theory of Interest [abstract] | ||
| Edward Nell (The New School for Social Research) | ||
| Discussants | Harald Hagemann (Universitat Hohenheim) | |
| Robert Mundell (Columbia University) | ||
| Sat 12:00 - 13:30 | Loc. TBA |
| PEF AGM
PEF - AG |
|
| Sat 12:00 - 14:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Purvis Lunch
Déjeuner-conférence Purvis |
|
| Sponsored by | CIRPEE | |
| Chair | James Brander (University of British Columbia) | |
| Speaker | Caroline M. Hoxby (Harvard University) | |
| Education and Growth: Working Out the Causal Connection | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| International Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Macréconomie internationale et croissance économique |
|
| Chair | Andrew Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | |
| Presentations | How Quick is the Recovery from Aid Dependency: A Global Analysis [abstract] | |
| Anupam Das (University of Manitoba) | ||
| John Serieux (University of Manitoba) | ||
| Booming resource exports, the exchange rate and deindustrialization: Is Canada catching the "Dutch Disease"? [abstract] | ||
| Jafar Khondaker (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Sources of Growth in National Income 2002-2007 [abstract] | ||
| Andrew Baldwin (Statistics Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Fletcher Baragar (University of Manitoba) | |
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CNEH - Perspectives on Public Finance
CNEH - Perspectives en économie publique |
|
| Organizer | David Jacks (Simon Fraser Univ) | |
| Chair | Ruth Dupré (HEC Montréal) | |
| Presentations | Public Pensions and the Well-being of Seniors in Canada: Comparing Means-Tested and Universal Eligibility, 1921-1970 [abstract] | |
| Herb Emery (University of Calgary) | ||
| Jesse Matheson (University of Calgary) | ||
| School resources and schooling outcomes in a frontier society: evidence from British Columbia, 1900-1920 [abstract] | ||
| Mary MacKinnon (McGill University) | ||
| Chris Minns (London School of Economics) | ||
| Estimating the Credibility of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's Threat to Nationalize Oil Resources in Saskatchewan [abstract] | ||
| Jennifer Winter (University of Calgary) | ||
| Herb Emery (University of Calgary) | ||
| Discussants | Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University) | |
| Krishna Pendakur (Simon Fraser Univ) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Health: Theoretical Topics
Santé: sujets théoriques |
|
| Chair | Weiqiu Yu (University of New Brunswick) | |
| Presentations | Are Group Practices Good for Society's Health? [abstract] | |
| Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Jianwei Zhong (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Lifestyles, Risks on Health and Longevity, and Insurance [abstract] | ||
| Louise Lavoie (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Pierre Lasserre (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Louise Lavoie (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Optimal Public Provision of Nursing Homes and the Role of Information [abstract] | ||
| Robert Nuscheler (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Michael Kuhn (Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research) | ||
| Discussants | Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa) | |
| Louise Lavoie (Université du Québec à Montréal) | ||
| Robert Nuscheler (University of Waterloo) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Borders
Gestion frontalière et commerce international |
|
| Chair | Nisha Malhotra (University of British Columbia) | |
| Presentations | The Impact of Visa Requirements on Canadian Trade [abstract] | |
| David Boileau (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada) | ||
| North American Perimeter and Border Management Options: Is a Customs Union necessary? A CGE Investigation [abstract] | ||
| Evangelia Papadaki (Public Safety , Canadain Border Service Agency) | ||
| Marcel Merette (University of Ottawa) | ||
| Do National Borders Matter? Evidence from the Mercosur Trade Bloc [abstract] | ||
| Denise Vasconcelos (Bank of Canada) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Trade, Development and Immigration
Commerce international, développement et immigration |
|
| Chair | Crina Viju (University of Regina) | |
| Presentations | Does Africa trade less than it should? The role of market access and domestic factors [abstract] | |
| Devesh Roy (International Food Policy Research Institute) | ||
| Bouet Antoine (International Food Policy Research Institute) | ||
| Santosh Mishra (Oregon State University) | ||
| An India-China FTA: Potential Economic Implications for the Asian and the North American Economies [abstract] | ||
| Madanmohan Ghosh (Government of Canada) | ||
| Manmohan Agarwal (CIGI, Watertoo, Canada) | ||
| Discussants | Madanmohan Ghosh (Government of Canada) | |
| Devesh Roy (International Food Policy Research Institute) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| CDESG (S.3) - Health and Education in Development
GCED (S.3) - Santé et éducation en développement économique |
|
| Organizer | Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba) | |
| Chair | Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) | |
| Presentations | Health and welfare in 19th-century France [abstract] | |
| Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval) | ||
| Josée Leblanc (Finance Canada) | ||
| Gilles Postel-Vinay (INRA and EHESS) | ||
| David Sahn (Cornell University) | ||
| Children's educational completion rates and dropouts in the context of Ethiopia's national poverty reduction strategy [abstract] | ||
| Tassew Woldehanna Kahsay (Addis Ababa University; IDRC project leader) | ||
| Tassew Woldehanna (Addis Ababa University) | ||
| Adjusting the Human Development Index for Mortality [abstract] | ||
| Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria) | ||
| Sari Fink (University of Victoria) | ||
| Nilanjana Roy (University of Victoria) | ||
| Discussants | Jean-Francois Arsenault (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) | |
| Charles Beach (Queen's University) | ||
| Lihui Zhang (Dalhousie University) | ||
| Sat 14:00 - 15:30 | Loc. TBA |
| Housing Markets
Les Marchés du logement |
|
| Chair | Ron Cheung (Florida State University) | |
| Presentations | The Effect of Land-Use Regulation on the Housing Market: Disentangling Price and Quantity Responses [abstract] | |
| Ron Cheung (Florida State University) | ||
| Keith Ihlanfeldt (Florida State University) | ||
| Thomas Mayock (Florida State University) | ||
| Effect of Neighbourhood Characteristics on House Prices in the City of Edmonton [abstract] | ||
| Shahidul Islam (Grant MacEwan College) | ||
| Varghese Manaloor (University of Alberta) | ||
| Asset Prices and Armageddon: Do 'Evangelicals' 'End Times' Beliefs Affect U.S. House Prices? [abstract] | ||
| Christopher Crowe (International Monetary Fund) | ||
| Discussants | Ron Cheung (Florida State University) | |
| Shahidul Islam (Grant MacEwan College) | ||
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