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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Thu 13:20 - 13:30	Loc. TBA
CLSRN Conference - Welcome/Opening Remarks from Craig Riddell and Cliff Halliwell Mot de bienvenue de la part de Craig Riddell et Cliff Halliwell

Sponsored by	Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network
Organizer	Stephen Jones (McMaster University)

Thu 13:30 - 15:00	Loc. TBA
CLSRN: School Entry and Exit Inscriptions et décrochage

Chair	Thomas Lemieux (Univ of British Columbia)
Presentations	Ability and Preferences as Key Determinants of the Socio-Economic Gradient in Dropping out of High School
		Kelly Foley (University of British Columbia)
		Giovanni Galipoli (University of British Columbia)
		David Green (University of British Columbia)
	Is September Better than January? The Effect of School Entry Age Laws on Skill Accumulation
		Elizabeth Dhuey (University of Toronto)
		Kelly Bedard (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Discussants	Steven Lehrer (Queen's University)
	Daniel Parent (McGill)

Thu 14:00 - 17:00	Loc. TBA
CAES Executive Meeting Réunion, conseil exécutif, SCAE

Thu 15:30 - 17:00	Loc. TBA
CLSRN: School Quality, Choice and Reputation Qualité, choix et réputation des écoles

Chair	Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Anti-Lemons: School Reputation and Educational Quality
		W. Bentley Macleod (Columbia University)
		Miguel Urquiola (NBER)
	Does public information about school quality lead to flight from low-achieving schools [abstract]
		Jane Friesen (Centre for Education Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University)
		Mohsen Javdani Haji (Simon Fraser University)
		Simon Woodcock (Simon Fraser University)
Discussants	A. Abigail Payne (McMaster University)
	Justin Smith (University of Manitoba)

Thu 16:30 - 18:30	Loc. TBA
CEA Executive Meeting I Réunion du Conseil exécutif de l'ACÉ I

Thu 17:30 - 19:00	Loc. TBA
Keynote Speaker: Robert LaLonde (University of Chicago), Conférencier d'ouverture : Robert LaLonde (Université de Chicago)

Chair	Stephen Jones (McMaster University)
Speaker	Robert LaLonde (University of Chicago)
	The Case for Wage Insurance: Getting Serious about the Consequences of Unemployment

 
 
 
 
 

Friday, May 29, 2009

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CLSRN - Immigration and Labour Markets Immigration et marchés du travail

Chair	David Green (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Why do Recent Immigrations to Canada Struggle in the Labour Market? A Field Experiment with Three Thousand Resumes
		Philip Oreopoulos (University of British Columbia)
	Which Immigrants are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa
		Jennifer Hunt (McGill University)
Discussants	Mikal Skuterud (University of Waterloo)
	Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Measurement of Human Capital Les mesures du capital humain

Organizer	Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine)
Chair	Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa)
Presentations	Human Development and its Contribution to the Wealth Accounts in Canada [abstract]
		Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada)
		Ambrose Wong (Statistics Canada,MicroEconomic Analysis)
	Human Capital in the United States, 1992 to the Present [abstract]
		Michael Christian (Wisconsin Center for Education Research)
	A Categorical Approach to Constructing Jorgenson-Fraumeni Human Capital Accounts [abstract]
		Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine)
Discussants	Doug May (Memorial University)
	Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
	Christopher Robinson (University of Western Ontario)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CSLS-CERP: Education and Aboriginal Canadians L'éducation et les autochtones canadiens

Sponsored by	Centre for the Study of Livng Standards (CSLS)/Centre for Education Research and Policy (CERP)
Organizer	Jane Friesen (Centre for Education Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University)
	Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Fred Caron (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Presentations	The Effect of Eliminating Aboriginal Economic and Social Gaps on the Fiscal Position [abstract]
		Jean-Francois Arsenault (Centre for the Study for Living Standards )
		Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
		Fraser Cowan (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
	Aboriginal Performance on Standardized Tests: Evidence and Analysis from Provincial Schools in British Columbia [abstract]
		John Richards (Simon Fraser University)
		Aiden Vining (Simon Fraser University)
		David Weimer (University of Wisconsin, Maddison)
	Sorting, Peers, and Achievement of Aboriginal Students in British Columbia [abstract]
		Jane Friesen (Centre for Education Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University)
		Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University)
	Northern and Self-Declared Aboriginal Student Achievement in Saskatchewan: The 2008 Saskatchewan Education Indicators Report [abstract]
		Larry Steeves (University of Regina)
		Sheila Carr-Stewart (University of Regina)
		Jim Marshall (University of Regina)
Discussants	Colin Busby (CD Howe Institute)
	Bert Waslander (Consultant)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Causes of Economic Growth I Causes de la croissance économique I

Chair	Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada)
Presentations	R&D and Productivity: An Assessment of Robustness [abstract]
		Kul Luintel (Cardiff University)
		Mosahid Khan (WIPO)
	Does the worldwide shift of FDI from manufacturing to services accelerate economic growth- a GMM estimation study? [abstract]
		Nadia Doytch (University of New Haven)
		Merih Uctum (Brooklyn College & Graduate Center, CUNY)
	How Large are Learning Externalities?: Measurement by Calibration [abstract]
		Seung Mo Choi (Washington State University)
Discussants	Seung Mo Choi (Washington State University)
	Benjamin Dachis (C.D. Howe Institute)
	Rashid Nikzad (Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO))

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Spatial Economics and Geography Économie spatiale et géographie

Chair	Keith Head (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Market Size Matters, Distance Matters: Effects of Market Density on Product Varieties [abstract]
		Hankook Kim (Industry Canada)
	Firm Entry and Research Spillovers in Spatial Markets [abstract]
		Stavroula Malla (University of Lethbridge)
		Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)
	Bank Expansion after the Riegle-Neal Act: The Role of Diversification of Geographic Risk [abstract]
		Victor Aguirregabiria (University of Toronto)
		Robert Clark (HEC Montreal)
		Hui Wang (University of Toronto)
Discussants	Anna Yurko (State University - Higher School of Economics)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CESG 1: Identification and Inference Identification et inférence

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	John W. Galbraith (McGill University)
Presentations	Errors-in-variables models: a generalized functions approach [abstract]
		Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University)
	Identifying the Labor Market Search and Matching Model: Some Insights from Structural Estimation [abstract]
		Thomas Lubik (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
	Forecasting expected shortfall with a generalized asymmetric Student-t distribution [abstract]
		Dongming Zhu (HSBC School of Business, Peking Universi)
		John W. Galbraith (McGill University)
	Identification robust inference in structural multivariate factor models with rank restrictions [abstract]
		Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
		Marie-Claude Beaulieu (Université Laval)
		Jean-Marie Dufour (McGill University)
Discussants	Liqun Wang (University of Manitoba)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
PEF 1: Income Assistance Assistance pour le soutien des revenus

Organizer	Nick Falvo (Carleton University)
Chair	David Wink (Carleton University)
Presentations	Measuring Institutions Impacting Unemployment. An Assessment of the Evidence. [abstract]
		Miriam Rehm (The New School for Social Research)
		David Howell (Milano The New School)
	Post-welfare wages and hours of work: evidence from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics [abstract]
		Andrew Mitchell (University of Toronto)
		Ernie Lightman (University of Toronto)
		Dean Herd (University of Toronto)
	The National Child Benefit [abstract]
		Nick Falvo (Carleton University)
	Income Security for Working Age Adults in Canada: Let's Consider the model under our nose [abstract]
		John Stapleton (Policy Fellow)
Discussants	David Hay (Policy Research Initiative)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 1: Research and IP Recherche et propriété intellectuelle

Chair	Elwin Smith (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Presentations	Sources of Institutional Failure and Underinvestment in Levy-Funded Agricultural Research
		Murray Fulton (University of Saskatchewan)
		Julian Alston (University of California, Davis)
	Innovation and Farmer Welfare Implications: Patents versus Plant Breeder's Rights
		Viktoriya Galushko (University of Regina)
		Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)
	Managing Public IP with Spillovers: Open Access or Exclusive License?
		Stavroula Malla (University of Lethbridge)
		Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 2: International Trade Commerce international

Chair	Jason Grant (Virginia Tech University)
Presentations	Trade Liberalization and Bargaining in the Canadian Chicken Industry
		Bruno Larue (Université Laval)
		Sébastien Pouliot (University of California at Davis)
	Trade and Intellectual Property Rights in the Agricultural Seed Sector
		Derek Eaton (Wageningen University)
	The Trade Bias of Environmental Policies in the Automotive Sector
		Sumeet Gulati (University of British Columbia)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CMSG 1: Labour & Human Capital Travail et capital humain

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto)
Presentations	Rising Skill Premium and the Deunionization in the United States
		Baris Kaymak (Universite de Montreal)
		Omer Tugrul Acikgoz (University of Rochester)
	Female Hours and the Labor Wedge
		Simona Cociuba (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
		Alexander Ueberfeldt (Bank of Canada)
	The Heterogeneity and Dynamics of Individual Labour Supply
		Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto)
		Andres Erosa (IMDEA)
		Fuster Luisa (IMDEA)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CEBERG 1: Dragon Slaying and Ballroom Dancing: The Provision of Public Goods Provisions de biens publics : chasse aux dragons et danse de salon

Organizer	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
Chair	Neil J. Buckley (York University)
Presentations	Public Good Provision and the Vote of Confidence [abstract]
		Chloe Tergiman (New York University)
	Heterogeneity, equity and voluntary contributions toward the provision of a public good [abstract]
		Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University)
		Kenneth Chan (City University of Hong Kong)
		Robert Moir (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
		R. Andrew Muller (McMaster University)
	An Experiment on Parallel Public and Private Health Care Financing [abstract]
		Neil J. Buckley (York University)
Discussants	Neil J. Buckley (York University)
	Chloe Tergiman (New York University)
	Huan Xie (Concordia University)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Topics in Finance I Sujets en finance I

Chair	Christian Mueller (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
Presentations	On Entrepreneurial Risk-Taking and the Macroeconomic Effects of Financial Constraints [abstract]
		Maik Heinemann (University of Lueneburg)
		Christiane Clemens (University of Hamburg)
	Equity Issuance and Dividend Policy under Commitment [abstract]
		Alexios Anagnostopoulos (Stony Brook University)
		Eva Carceles-Poveda (Stony Brook University)
		Albert Marcet (Instituto de Analisis Economic)
	Puzzle Solver [abstract]
		Christian Mueller (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Determinants of Earnings I Déterminants du revenu I

Chair	Anindya Sen (University of Waterloo)
Presentations	Cross Sectional Volatility of Individual Income Processes [abstract]
		Damba Lkhagvasuren (Concordia University)
	Parental employment networks and intergenerational earnings mobility [abstract]
		Patrizio Piraino (Statistics Canada)
		Miles Corak (University of Ottawa)
	Education, Experience and Earnings in Canada: Empirical Evidence from an Extended Mincer Human Capital Model [abstract]
		Zhengxi Lin (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
		Jun Chen (HRSDC)
		Hanqing (Theresa) Qiu (Statistics Canada)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CDESG 1: Aid, Development and Happiness Aide, développement, et bonheur

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	J. Atsu Amegashie (University of Guelph)
Presentations	Aid is Good for the Poor [abstract]
		Kurt Annen (University of Guelph)
		Louise Lund Rants (University of Copenhagen)
		Joniada Milla (University of Guelph)
	Happiness and Foreign Aid [abstract]
		Mak Arvin (Trent University)
		Byron Lew (Trent University)
	The Effect of Transfers on Investment and Economic Growth: Do Remittances and Grants Behave Similarly? [abstract]
		Anupam Das (University of Manitoba)
Discussants	Hideki Ariizumi (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Arvind Magesan (University of Toronto)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Income Distribution Distribution des revenus

Chair	Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada)
Presentations	Friday morning/early afternoon: Tests for Stochastic Dominance in Mobility [abstract]
		Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval)
		Yélé Batana (Université de Montréal)
	Low income measurement in Canada: what do different lines tell us? [abstract]
		Xuelin Zhang (Statistics Canada)
	The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Provincial Wage Distributions [abstract]
		James Townsend (University of Winnipeg)
		David Green (University of British Columbia)
Discussants	Indranil Dutta (University of Manchester, UK)
	Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 3: Land Terre

Chair	Wayne Pfeiffer (University of Guelph)
Presentations	Farmland Preservation Verdicts - Rezoning Agricultural Land in British Columbia
		Alison J. Eagle (University of Victoria & Wageningen University)
		Tracy E. Stobbe (Trinity Western University)
		Geerte Cotteleer (Wageningen University)
		G. Cornelis van Kooten (University of Victoria)
	Wetland Policy in Canada
		Aaron De Laporte (University of Guelph)
		Alfons Weersink (University of Guelph)
		Kenneth Belcher (University of Saskatchewan)
		Patricia Farnese (University of Saskatchewan)
	A Pilot Watershed Approach for Wetland Restoration and Retention
		John K. Pattison (University of Alberta)
		Peter C. Boxall (University of Alberta)
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)
	The Effect of Windfarms on Nearby Farmland Property Value: A Hedonic Approach
		Ryan McCullough (University of Guelph)
		Brady Deaton (University of Guelph)
		Richard Vyn (University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 4: Market Analysis Analyses de marchés

Chair	Suren Kulshreshtha (Universioty of Saskatchewan)
Presentations	Comparisons of Linear Item Pricing Methods for Iterative Multi-unit Reverse Combinatorial Auctions
		M. S. Iftekhar (University of Western Australia)
		A. Hailu (University of Western Australia)
		R. K. Lindner (University of Western Australia)
	Complexity and Choice Experiments with a Quasi-Public Good
		Gerda Kits (University of Alberta)
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)
	Factors that Influence Fishermen's Willingness to Participate in Insurance Programs: A Study of Small Scale Fishermen in Oman
		Msafiri Daudi Mbaga (Sultan Qaboos University)
	The Economic Impact of Chronic Wasting Disease on Hunting in Alberta
		Natalie Zimmer (University of Alberta)
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)
		Peter C. Boxall (University of Alberta)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Development 7: Measurement Mesure

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
Presentations	Pauvrete Multidimensionnelle Au Cameroun : Une Alternative Par L'analyse En Composantes Principales [abstract]
		Nadine Teme Angele Manga (University of Yaoundé II, soa)
		Boniface Ngah Epo (University of Yaoundé II)
	Re-Defining `Sustainable Human Development' to Integrate Sustainability and Human Development Goals [abstract]
		Hasnat Dewan (Thompson Rivers University)
	On the Optimal Construction of the Human Development Index [abstract]
		Mehmet Pinar (University of Guelph)
		Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph)
		Nikolas Topaloglou (Athens University of Economics)
Discussants	Jean-Francois Arsenault (Centre for the Study for Living Standards )
	Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval)
	Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Economic Federalism Fédéralisme économique

Chair	Marcelin Joanis (Université de Sherbrooke)
Presentations	Fiscal Federalism in Germany: Stabilization and Redistribution Before and After Reunification [abstract]
		Ralf Hepp (Fordham University)
		Juergen von Hagen (University of Bonn, Germany)
	The impact of trade liberalization and the fiscal equalization transfer policy on provincial income disparities in Canada: an application of GMM estimation [abstract]
		Alexander Darku (University of Lethbridge)
	Imperfect Competition, Comparative Advantage, and Environmental Federalism [abstract]
		Ida Ferrara (York University)
		Paul Missios (Ryerson University)
		Halis Murat Yildiz (Ryerson University)
Discussants	Khawaja Saeed Mamun (Sacred Heart University)
	Constantin Colonescu (Grant MacEwan College)
	Marcelin Joanis (Université de Sherbrooke)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
The Economics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions L'économie des émissions de gaz à effet de serre

Chair	Chi Lok Andrew Yuen (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Presentations	Effects of High Oil Prices on the Economy and GHG emissions: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Canada [abstract]
		Madanmohan Ghosh (Department of Finance Canada)
	The Impact of Personal Consumption Behaviour on Greenhouse Gas Emissions [abstract]
		Hans Messinger (Atkinson Foundation/STC)
		Chantal Hicks (Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies)
		Joe St. Lawrence (Statistics Canada, Environmental Account)
	Unilateral GHG Control Measure and Aviation Industry: A Theoretical Analysis [abstract]
		Chi Lok Andrew Yuen (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
		Anming Zhang (University of British Columbia)
Discussants	Jie He (Université de Sherbrooke)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Uncertainty, Information, and Moral Hazard Incertitude, information et risque moral

Chair	Unjy Song (U of British Columbia)
Presentations	Strategic Deadlines, Moral Hazard, and Limited Liability [abstract]
		Bo Chen (Southern Methodist University)
	Outsourcing Added Value Operations under Asymmetric Information [abstract]
		Sébastien Mitraille (Toulouse Business School)
		Christophe Bernard (Toulouse Business School)
	Learning, Ambiguity and Life-Cycle Portfolio Allocation [abstract]
		Claudio Campanale (University of Alicante)
Discussants	Michele Biavati (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM))

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CESG 11: Labour Econometrics I L'économétrie du travail I

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
Chair	Christopher Worswick (Carleton University)
Presentations	Formation of Heterogeneous Skills and Wage Growth [abstract]
		Shintaro Yamaguchi (McMaster University)
	Estimating the impact of schooling on drinking and drink-related problems from a sample of twins from Australia [abstract]
		Nikolay Zubanov (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)
		Dinand Webbink (CPB)
	A Dynamic Analysis of Canadian Male Self-Employment: Evidence from SLID [abstract]
		Rayhaneh Esmaeilzadeh (Human Resources and Skills Development)
Discussants	Xiaoling Ang (Princeton University)
	Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada)
	Christopher Worswick (Carleton University)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Monetary Economics: 3-Slide Session Économie monétaire: séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Kuan Xu (Dalhousie University)
Presentations	The effectiveness of Monetary Policy in China: a DSGE model analysis [abstract]
		Xue Zhao (Carleton University)
	Money, capital and banking [abstract]
		Haitao Xiang (Simon Fraser University)
	On The "Hot Potato" Effect of Inflation [abstract]
		Lucy Qian Liu (Queen's University)
		Liang Wang (University of Pennsylvania)
		Randall Wright (University of Pennsylvania)
	Home Production of Services, Price Stickiness, and the Sectoral Effects of a Monetary Shock [abstract]
		Constant Lonkeng Ngouana (Université de Montréal)
	Optimal Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy With Segmented Asset Market and Sticky Prices [abstract]
		Subrata Sarker (University of British Columbia)
Discussants	Oleksiy Kryvstov (Bank of Canada)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Microfoundations of Macroeconomics Microfondements de la macroéconomique

Chair	Jean-Philippe Cayen (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Search Environment [abstract]
		Betty Daniel (Federal Reserve Board)
		Robert Martin (Federal REserve Board)
	Credit Market Imperfections and International Financial Integration in a Heterogeneous Agent Model [abstract]
		Christiane Clemens (University of Hamburg)
		Maik Heinemann (University of Lueneburg)
	Bank Capital, Housing and Credit Constraints [abstract]
		Daniel Solomon (Universite de Montreal)
		Jing Yang (Bank of England)
Discussants	Jean-Philippe Cayen (Bank of Canada)
	Maher Khaznaji (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Macroeconomics and Labour Markets I Macroéconomie et marchés du travail I

Chair	Francesco Furlanetto (Norges Bank)
Presentations	Firm Entry and Labor Market Dynamics [abstract]
		Enchuan Shao (Bank of Canada)
		Pedro Silos (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
	Stability versus Flexibility: The Role of Temporary Workers in Labour Adjustment [abstract]
		Danny Leung (Statistics Canada)
		Shutao Cao (Bank of Canada)
	Sensitivity of Impulse Responses to Small Low Frequency Co-movements: Reconciling the Evidence on the Effects of Technology Shocks [abstract]
		Alex Maynard (University of Guelph)
		Nikolay Gospodinov (Concordia University)
		Elena Pesavento (Emory University)
Discussants	Marianna Kudlyak (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
	Cevat Kayahan (Acadia University)
	Francesco Furlanetto (Norges Bank)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Trade Agreements Accords commerciaux

Chair	Bernard Beaudreau (Université Laval)
Presentations	Limited Incremental Linking and Unlinked Trade Agreements [abstract]
		Richard Chisik (Florida International University)
	Domestic Policies, Hidden protection and the GATT/WTO [abstract]
		Claustre Bajona (Ryerson University)
		Josh Ederington (University of Kentucky)
	A Political Economy Theory of Subsidy Agreements [abstract]
		Daniel Brou (University of Western Ontario)
		Michele Ruta (World Trade Organization)
Discussants	Xiaohua Bao (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)

Fri 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Exchange Rates Taux de change

Chair	Wei Dong (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	The Duration of the Exchange Rate and Financial Account Regimes: A Multiple Destinations Model Approach [abstract]
		Raul Razo-Garcia (Carleton University)
	Real exchange rate volatility and exchange rate regimes: Neutrality, complementarities and announcements [abstract]
		Guillermo Vuletin (Colby College)
		Jorge Carrera (Central Bank of Argentina)
	Does Monetary Policy Credibility Matter for Exchange Rate Volatility? A Small Open Economy Case [abstract]
		Shengzu Wang (Fudan University)
Discussants	Purba Mukerji (Connecticut College)
	Richard Watuwa (Cape Breton University)
	Wei Dong (Bank of Canada)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
State of the Art Lecture - Robert Feenstra État des connaissances - Robert Feenstra

Chair	Keith Head (University of British Columbia)
Speaker	Robert C. Feenstra (University of California at Davis)
	Measuring the Gains from Trade Under Monopolistic Competition

Fri 10:30 - 12:30	Loc. TBA
CLSRN - Changing Canadian Inequality L'évolution des inégalités au Canada

Chair	Michael Smith (McGill University)
Presentations	The Prince and the Pauper: Movement of Children Up and Down the Canadian Income Distribution, 1994-2004
		Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University)
		Peter Burton (Dalhousie University)
	Trends in Earnings Inequality Among Canadian Men, 1985-2005
		Yuri Ostrovsky (Statistics Canada)
	Changes in Income and Income Inequality Among Seniors in Canada
		Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Discussants	Michael Baker (University of Toronto)
	Charles Beach (Queen's University)
	Garnett Picot (Garnett Picot)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CWEN Panel: The Status of Women Economists: An International Comparison Le statut des économistes femmes : une comparaison internationale

Organizer	Yanling Wang (Carleton University)
Chair	Christine Neill (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Panelists	Janice Compton (University of Manitoba)
	Xiao-yuan Dong (University of Winnipeg)
	Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CSLS-CD HOWE: Policies to Foster the Human Capital Development of Aboriginal Canadians Politiques pour favoriser le développement du capital humain des autochtones canadiens

Organizer	John Richards (Simon Fraser University)
	Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Rick Van Loon (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Panelists	Dan Beavon (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
	Roberta Jamieson (National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation)
	Kathleen Keenan (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
	John McCallum (MP)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Causes of Economic Growth II Déterminants de la croissance économique

Chair	Lena Suchanek (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	FDI and Economic Growth: the Role of Gradual Financial Deregulation [abstract]
		Qichun He (Central University of Finance and Economics)
		Meng Sun (University of British Columbia)
	Effects of TRIPS on Growth, Welfare and Income Inequality in an R&D-Growth Model [abstract]
		Angus C. Chu (Academia Sinica)
		Shin-Kun Peng (Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica)
	Does Saving really matter for Growth in Developing Countries? The Case of a Small Open Economy [abstract]
		Olajide Oladipo (Medgar Evers College/CUNY)
Discussants	Nadia Doytch (University of New Haven)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Topics in Transportation Sujets en économie des transports

Chair	Hankook Kim (Industry Canada)
Presentations	Airport governance, regulation and financing: an international survey of stakeholder experience and opinion. [abstract]
		William Morrison (Wilfrid Laurier University)
		David Gillen (University of British Columbia)
	Impact of Edmonton Light Rail Transit on Property Values and Urban Development [abstract]
		Rafat Alam (Grant MacEwan College)
		Shahidul Islam (Grant MacEwan College)
	Transportation Costs, International Rivalry between Landlocked and Costal Countries, and Strategic Transportation Policies [abstract]
		Yasunori Ishii (Waseda University)
		Normizan Barkar (Waseda University)
Discussants	Victor Aguirregabiria (University of Toronto)
	Hankook Kim (Industry Canada)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CESG 2: Non-Standard Inference I Inférence non standard

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	James MacKinnon (Queen's University)
Presentations	Edgeworth Expansions for GEL and GMM Estimators [abstract]
		Gubhinder Kundhi (Carleton University)
		Paul Rilstone (York University)
	Nonparametric Least Squares Estimation in Derivative Families [abstract]
		Adonis Yatchew (University of Toronto)
		Peter Hall (University of Melbourne)
	Confidence sets for covariances between errors and endogenous regressors [abstract]
		Firmin Doko Tchatoka (Université de Montréal)
		Jean-Marie Dufour (McGill University)
Discussants	Russell Davidson (McGill University)
	Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
PEF 2: Poverty and the Welfare State Pauvreté et l'état-providence

Organizer	Nick Falvo (Carleton University)
Chair	David Wink (Carleton University)
Presentations	The Growth and Composition of Government Spending in Canada: The Contrained Welfare State [abstract]
		George Fallis (York University)
	The Shift in Canadian Immigration Policy and Unheeded Lessons of the Live-in Caregiver Program [abstract]
		Salimah Valiani (Carleton University)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 5: Economics of Food Safety Économie de l'innocuité des aliments

Chair	Jill E. Hobbs (University of Saskatchewan)
Presentations	Measures Used to Rank the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Food Safety Interventions - How to Find a Way Through the Maze?
		Claudia Schmidt (George Morris Centre)
		John Cranfield (University of Guelph)
		Spencer Henson (University of Guelph)
	A Comparative Analysis of Consumer Attitudes towards Food Safety, Animal Testing and Traceability in the Meat Industry between Japan and Canada;
		Ashwina Aubeeluck (University of Alberta)
		Ellen Goddard (University of Alberta)
		Tomas Nilsson (University of Alberta)
	Consumers' Concerns about Animal Feed and Animal Production in Canada
		Zoia Komirenko (University of Alberta)
		Michele Veeman (University of Alberta)
		Jim Unterschultz (University of Alberta)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 6: Environment Environnement

Chair	Jing Zhang (University of Saskatchewan)
Presentations	The Impact of Climate Change on Canadian Agriculture: Inclusion of Global Price Change Effects in the Ricardian Model
		Afshin Amiraslany (University of Saskatchewan)
	Cost-Effectiveness of Agri-Environmental Policies: A Comparative Analysis of Sediment Abatement Policies in Canada, the EU and the US
		Alfons Weersink (University of Guelph)
		John Baptist D. Jatoe (University of Guelph)
		B. James Deaton (University of Guelph)
		Emmanuel Yiridoe (Nova Scotia Agricultural College)
	Factors Influencing Prairie Producers' Attitudes towards Climate Change
		Wei He (University of Saskatchewan)
		Richard Schoney (University of Saskatchewan)
		James Nolan (University of Saskatchewan)
	Benefit-Cost of Ecological Goods and Services Production by Agricultural Producers in Saskatchewan
		Brad Dollevoet (University of Alberta)
		Scott Jeffrey (University of Alberta)
		Jim Unterschultz (University of Alberta)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CMSG 2: Growth and Development Croissance et développement

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Nils-Petter Lagerlof (York University)
Presentations	Corruption in Higher Education Systems
		Douwere Grekou (University of Western Ontario)
	Structural Transformation and Regional Growth Dynamics
		Trevor Tombe (University of Toronto)
	The New Foreign Aid Promise
		Sylvain Dessy (Universite Laval)
		Francis Andrianarison (Université Laval)
		Desire Vencatachellum (African Development Bank)
	From Malthusian War to Solowian Peace
		Nils-Petter Lagerlof (York University)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CEBERG 2: Classic Behavioral Phenomena: Impatience, Regret, Loss Aversion and Time Inconsistencies Phénomènes comportementaux classiques: impatience, regret, aversion aux pertes et incohérence dynamique

Organizer	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
Chair	Kam Yu (Lakehead University)
Presentations	Diminishing Impatience and Time Inconsistency: an Experimental Study [abstract]
		Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Does regret explain why people search too little? A model of sequential search with anticipated regret and rejoicing [abstract]
		Zhiquan(Darren) Weng (The Ohio State University)
	The Economic Analysis of Blackjack: An Application of Prospect Theory [abstract]
		Kam Yu (Lakehead University)
		Huan Wang (Lakehead University)
Discussants	Jim Engle-Warnick (McGill University)
	Philippe Gregoire (Université Laval)
	Andreas Park (University of Toronto)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Topics in Finance II Sujets en finance

Chair	Christian Mueller (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
Presentations	Term Structure of Monetary Policy Expectations [abstract]
		Jean-Sébastien Fontaine (Bank of Canada)
	Informed Trading and Divergence of Opinion- Evidence from the U.S. Treasury Market [abstract]
		Ingrid (Ka Man) Lo (Bank of Canada)
		George Jiang (University of Arizona)
	The leverage effect in multivariate stochastic volatility models [abstract]
		Razvan Sufana (York University)
Discussants	Christian Mueller (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Wages: the Gender Gap Salaires : l'écart hommes-femmes

Chair	Damba Lkhagvasuren (Concordia University)
Presentations	Not my mother's labour market; EVOLUTION OF THE GENDER PAY GAP [abstract]
		Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada)
	Industrial Composition, Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from U.S. Cities [abstract]
		Chris Bidner (University of New South Wales)
		Ben Sand (University of British Columbia and UC Berkeley)
	Human capital investment and gender gap: evidence from China's economic reforms [abstract]
		Haoming Liu (National University of Singapore)
Discussants	Baris Kaymak (Universite de Montreal)
	Markus Poschke (McGill University)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CDESG 2: Labour Markets in Developing Countries Marchés du travail dans les pays en voie de développement

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Ousmane Faye (African Population & Health Research Centre - APHRC)
Presentations	Status Concerns and Labour Market Participation in Developing Countries: Evidence from Rural India [abstract]
		Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia)
		Bharat Ramaswami (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)
		Wilima Wadhwa (Indian Statistical Institute & ASER)
	Enforcement and Compliance with Labor Regulations [abstract]
		Lucas Ronconi (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
	Gender Differences in Labour Market Participation During Conflict: Evidence from Displaced People's Camps in Northern Uganda [abstract]
		Kim Lehrer (University of British Columbia)
Discussants	Lindsay Tedds (University of Victoria)
	Russell Toth (Cornell University)
	Shun Wang (University of British Columbia)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Income Inequality: Consequences and Policy Responses Inégalité des revenus: conséquences et mesures politiques

Chair	Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval)
Presentations	Family allowances and child school attendance. An ex ante evaluation of alternative schemes in Uruguay [abstract]
		Verónica Amarante (Universidad de la República)
		Rodrigo Arim (Universidad de la República)
		Andrea Vigorito (Universidad de la República)
		Gioia De Melo (Universidad de la República)
	Poverty and Income Support for Immigrants and Natives In The European Union: Evidence From The EUSILC [abstract]
		Karen Robson (York University)
		Timothy M Smeeding (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
		Coady Wing (Syracuse University)
	Revisiting the link between income and children outcome: An analysis using exogenous income shocks within families [abstract]
		Ping Ching Winnie Chan (Statistics Canada)
		Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada)
Discussants	Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval)
	Xuelin Zhang (Statistics Canada)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 7: Farm Income and Regional Development Revenu agricole et développement régional

Chair	Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge)
Presentations	Exploration of Convergence in Income and Human Capital at the Sub-Provincial Level in Canada
		Derek Brewin (University of Manitoba)
		James Young (Purdue University)
	The Role of Entrepreneurship in Canadian Economic Growth
		Lukas Matejovsky (University of Alberta)
		Sandeep Mohapatra (University of Alberta)
		Bodo Steiner (University of Alberta)
	The Nature and Extent of Federal Agri-Food Programs' Contributions to Farm Income Stability in Canada
		Rakhal Sarker (University of Guelph)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 8 - CAES Symposium: The Economic Evolution of Supply Management Systems in Canada Évolution économique des systèmes de gestion de l'approvisionnement au Canada

Organizer	Al Mussell (George Morris Centre)
Chair	Rick Barichello (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	An Economic Model of Quota Credits for Turkey Exports in Canada
		Al Mussell (George Morris Centre)
	Supply Management and Niche Products: Understanding the Challenges
		Harry Stoddart (Stoddart Consulting)
		Al Mussell (George Morris Centre)
	Policies for the Evolution of Supply Management in Canada
		Dave Hope (University of Guelph)
	Implication of Strategic Pricing of Milk According to End-Use Class
		Al Mussell (George Morris Centre)
		Anatoliy Oginskyy (George Morris Centre)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Development 2: Social capital in development Développement II : le capital social dans le développement

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Marcos Agurto (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Social Capital and Managing the Firewood Commons [abstract]
		Kathy Baylis (University of Illinois)
		Wang Shun (University of British Columbia)
		Gong Yazhen (University of British Columbia)
	Village Temples, Social Capital and Rotating Labor Associations: Evidence from Rural China [abstract]
		Shun Wang (University of British Columbia)
	The Role of Social Capital in the Adoption of Firewood Efficient Stoves in the Northern Peruvian Andeans [abstract]
		Marcos Agurto (University of British Columbia)
Discussants	Marcos Agurto (University of British Columbia)
	Kathy Baylis (University of Illinois)
	Ousmane Faye (African Population & Health Research Centre - APHRC)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Social Capital, Public Goods, and Cooperation Capital social, biens publics et coopération

Chair	James Townsend (University of Winnipeg)
Presentations	The effect of social diversity on volunteering: Evidence from New Zealand [abstract]
		Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury)
		Bonggeun Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
	Together But Separate: Ethnic Heterogeneity, Ethno-nationalism and Public Goods Provision [abstract]
		Eik Swee (University of Toronto)
	People who care, people who share [abstract]
		Adian McFarlane (Human Resources & Skills Development Canada)
		Lindsay Tedds (University of Victoria)
Discussants	Muhammed Islam (Concordia University)
	James Townsend (University of Winnipeg)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Determinants of Environmental Damage Déterminants des dommages environnementaux

Chair	Yazid Dissou (University of Ottawa)
Presentations	The environmental resource curse hypothesis: the forest case. [abstract]
		Philippe Delacote (INRA, AGROPARITHEC-ENGREF and BETA)
		Olivier Damette (Banque de France and BETA CNRS)
	The environmental Kuznets curve for CO2 emissions in Canada [abstract]
		Patrick Richard (Universite de Sherbrooke)
		Jie He (Université de Sherbrooke)
	Can Geography Explain Canada's Emission Intensity? [abstract]
		Tahir Abdi (Finance Canada)
Discussants	Madanmohan Ghosh (Department of Finance Canada)
	Hans Messinger (Atkinson Foundation/STC)
	Chi Lok Andrew Yuen (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Policy, Social Welfare, and Quality of Life Information et incertitude

Chair	Jesse Matheson (University of Calgary)
Presentations	Policy Announcements and Welfare [abstract]
		Vadym Lepetyuk (University of Alicante)
		Christian Stoltenberg (University of Amsterdam)
	Gradient Indices and the Aggregate Performance of Industries [abstract]
		Hugo Pedro Boff (UFRJ-Univ.Fed.Rio de Janeiro)
	Quality-of-Life, Firm Productivity, and the Value of Amenities across Canadian Cities [abstract]
		David Albouy (University of Michigan and NBER)
		Fernando Leibovici (New York University)
Discussants	Sukhwinder Bagi (Bloomsburg University)
	Jesse Matheson (University of Calgary)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Econometric Theory: 3-Slide Session Théorie économétrique : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
Presentations	Level Crossing Random Walk Test Robust To The Presence Of Structural Breaks [abstract]
		Vitali Alexeev (University of Guelph)
		Alex Maynard (University of Guelph)
	Instrumental Variables Estimation and Weak-Identification-Robust Inference Based on Conditional Quantile Restriction [abstract]
		Shinichi Sakata (University of British Columbia)
		Vadim Marmer (University of British Columbia)
	Minimum Distance Estimator for Endogenous Regressors Model with Latent Instruments [abstract]
		Mohammed Bouaddi (HEC-Montreal)
	An Asymptotic Expansion of the Distribution of the DM Test Statistic [abstract]
		Wanling Huang (Concordia University)
		Artem Prokhorov (Concordia University)
	On estimation of Hybrid Choice Models [abstract]
		Ricardo Alvarez-Daziano (Université Laval)
		Denis Bolduc (Université Laval)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Macroeconomics I: 3-Slide Session Macroéconomie: séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Michael Parkin (University of Western Ontario)
Presentations	Delayed Output Response to a Productivity Shock in a Monetary Search Model [abstract]
		Ling Sun (University of Toronto)
	Oil Price Shocks, U.S. Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Canada [abstract]
		Keqiang Hou (McMaster University)
	Performance pay, job design and wage inequality [abstract]
		Zhe Li (University of Toronto)
		Moritz Ritter (University of Toronto)
	Inflation, Currency Coexistence and Dollarization [abstract]
		Mei Dong (Simon Fraser University)
		Janet Hua Jiang (University of Manitoba)
	A transitional lifecycle analysis of ending mandatory retirement in Canada [abstract]
		Katerina Koka (University of Guelph)
		Stephen Kosempel (University of Guelph)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Macroeconomics and the Canadian Economy La théorie macroéconomique et l'économie canadienne

Chair	Betty Daniel (Federal Reserve Board)
Presentations	How important are financial shocks for the Canadian business cycle? [abstract]
		Shin-Ichi Nishiyama (Bank of Canada)
	Dynamic Economic Modelling of Canada as a Small Open Economy Under Climate Change [abstract]
		Jacob Wibe (University of Western Ontario)
		Jim Davies (University of Western Ontario)
		Karen Kopecky (University of Western Ontario)
		James MacGee (University of Western Ontario)
	The Relative Income Hypothesis [abstract]
		Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado (McGill University)
		Ngo Van Long (McGill University)
Discussants	Daniel Solomon (Universite de Montreal)
	Christiane Clemens (University of Hamburg)
	Betty Daniel (Federal Reserve Board)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Macroeconomics and Labour Markets II Macroéconomie et marchés du travail II

Chair	Enchuan Shao (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	The unemployment correlation puzzle [abstract]
		Francesco Furlanetto (Norges Bank)
		Tommy Sveen (Norges Bank)
	The cyclicality of the user cost of labor with search and matching [abstract]
		Marianna Kudlyak (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
	The Impact of Macroeconomic Fluctuations on Training Decisions [abstract]
		Cevat Kayahan (Acadia University)
		Miana Plesca (University of Guelph)
		Vincenzo Caponi (Ryerson University)
Discussants	Danny Leung (Statistics Canada)
	Enchuan Shao (Bank of Canada)

Fri 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Topics in International Finance Sujets en finance internationale

Chair	Gregor Smith (Queen's University)
Presentations	The Economic Determinants of Border Crossings [abstract]
		Ambarish Chandra (University of British Columbia)
		Mariano Tappata (University of British Columbia)
	How to Explain the High Prices in Switzerland? [abstract]
		Rolf Weder (University of Basel)
		Christoph Sax (University of Basel)
	A new solution to the Purchasing Power Parity puzzles: Risk aversion, exchange rate uncertainty and the Law of One Price [abstract]
		Michael Arghyrou (Cardiff Business School)
		Andros Gregoriou (Norwich Business School)
		Panayiotis Pourpourides (Cardiff University)
Discussants	Gregor Smith (Queen's University)

Fri 12:00 - 12:30	Loc. TBA
IDRC Doctoral Awards presented by Jean Claude Dumais CRDI bourses de doctorat

Fri 12:00 - 14:00	Loc. TBA
PEF AGM and Lunch Assemblée générale et dîner

Fri 12:00 - 14:00	Loc. TBA
CJE Lunch Dîner RCE

Fri 12:00 - 14:00	Loc. TBA
CWEN Luncheon: Speaker: Frances Woolley (Carleton University) - A Celebration of CWEN Dîner CWEN : Conférencière : Frances Woolley (Université Carleton) - Une célébration du CWEN

Fri 12:30 - 13:00	Loc. TBA
CLSRN: Closing Remarks from Craig Riddell and Cliff Halliwell Mot de la fin de la part de Craig Riddell et Cliff Halliwell

Fri 12:30 - 14:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 9: Plenary I: Discussion on Future Directions Séance pléniaire CAES I: discussion ouverte sur les orientations futures

Chair

Dave Culver (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Children's Health Santé des enfants

Chair	Courtney Ward (University of Toronto)
Presentations	The Impact of Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Child Obesity [abstract]
		Schmeiser Maximilian (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
	The Role of Chronic Conditions in Canadian Children's Health Status [abstract]
		Claire de Oliveira (CD Howe Institute)
	Housing, Neighbourhoods, and Canadian Children's Health Outcomes [abstract]
		Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria)
Discussants	Ardeshir Sepehri (University of Manitoba)
	Courtney Ward (University of Toronto)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
State of the Art Lecture - Christopher Mayer État des connaissances - Christopher Mayer

Chair	Will Strange (University of Toronto)
Speaker	Christopher J. Mayer (Columbia University)
	Lessons Learned from the Housing and Credit Crisis

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CAES 9: Plenary II: Presidential and Fellow Addresses Plénière CAES II: discour présidentiel et discour du membre émérite

Chair	Lars Brink (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Panelists	Bruce Huff (Huff and Associates)
	William A. Kerr (University of Saskatchewan)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CABE: Forecasting in Uncertain Times: The Macroeconomic & Financial Outlook for 2009/2010 Perspectives économiques et financières pour 2009/2010

Organizer	Craig Alexander (TD Bank Financial Group)
Chair	David Cape (Ryerson University)
Panelists	Craig Alexander (TD Bank Financial Group)
	Derek Holt (Scotia Capital)
	Benjamin Tal (CIBC World Markets Inc.)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Defense and Security Economics Économie de la défense et de la sécurité nationale

Organizer	Ugurhan Berkok (Royal Military College of Canada, Chair, MA-DMP)
Chair	Ben Solomon (CORA, Defence Research and Development Canada)
Presentations	The Relationship between Timing of Third-Party Intervention and Duration of Conflict: A Theoretical Analysis
		Shane Sanders (Nicholls State University)
	Optimal Fleet Replacement and Forecasting Under Uncertainty: The CP-140A Arcturus Maritime Surveillance Aircraft [abstract]
		David Maybury (Department of National Defence)
	Terrorist networks, support, and delegation [abstract]
		Kevin Siqueira (University of Texas at Dallas)
		Todd Sandler (University of Texas at Dallas)
Discussants	J. Atsu Amegashie (University of Guelph)
	Ugurhan Berkok (Royal Military College of Canada, Chair, MA-DMP)
	Leeland Morin (Queen's University)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Productivity Growth I Croissance de la productivité I

Chair	Lili Hao (Industry Canada)
Presentations	Estimating the Productivity Selection and Technology Spillover Effects of Imports [abstract]
		Ram Acharya (Industry Canada)
		Wolfgang Keller (University of Colorado at Boulder, NBER)
	ICT Spillovers and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Canadian Industries [abstract]
		Malick Souare (Industry Canada)
		Weimin Wang (Industry Canada)
	Ownership Change and Plant Performance in Canadian Manufacturing Industries [abstract]
		Guy Gellatly (Statistics Canada)
Discussants	Qichun He (Central University of Finance and Economics)
	Angus C. Chu (Academia Sinica)
	Olajide Oladipo (Medgar Evers College/CUNY)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Gasoline Markets Les marchés de l'essence

Chair	Jason Stevens (Cape Breton University)
Presentations	Conspiracy at the Pump [abstract]
		Can Erutku (York University, Glendon College)
		Vincent Hildebrand (York University, Glendon College)
	Supermarket and Gasoline: An Empirical Study of Bundled Discount [abstract]
		Zhongmin Wang (Northeastern University)
	Collusive Oligopoly And Gasoline Price Regulation In Nova Scotia [abstract]
		Pyare Arya (Saint Mary's University)
Discussants	Rafat Alam (Grant MacEwan College)
	William Morrison (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CESG 3: Non-Standard Inference II Inférence non standard II

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University)
Presentations	Bootstrapping stationary invertible VARMA models in echelon form: A simulation evidence [abstract]
		Tarek Jouini (University of Windsor)
	U-Statistic Type Tests for Structural Breaks in Linear Regression Models [abstract]
		William Pouliot (City University)
		Jose Olmo (City University)
	Evolution of Firm Dynamics: With Minimal Assumptions [abstract]
		David Jacho-Chavez (Indiana University)
		Kim Huynh (Indiana University)
		Robert Petrunia (Lakehead University)
		Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Discussants	Victor Aguirregabiria (University of Toronto)
	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Alex Maynard (University of Guelph)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
PEF Keynote Speaker: Paul Davidson Conférencier d'ouverture : Paul Davidson

Speaker	Paul Davidson (University of Tennessee)
	Efficient Market Theory vs. Keynes's Liquidity Theory: Alternative Explanations of the Operations of a Capitalist System

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Mergers Fusions

Chair	Mariano Tappata (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Mergers with Technological and Cultural Differences [abstract]
		Patrick de Lamirande (Cape Breton University)
		Can Erutku (York University, Glendon College)
	Cross-border Mergers and Hollowing-out [abstract]
		Oana Secrieru (Bank of Canada)
		Marianne Vigneault (Bishop's University)
	On profitability and welfare effects of downstream mergers [abstract]
		Joel Sandonis (University of Alicante)
		Ramon Fauli-Oller (University of Alicante)
Discussants	Henry Thille (University of Guelph)
	Debapriya Sen (Ryerson University)
	Mariano Tappata (University of British Columbia)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CMSG 3: International Macro Macroéconomie internationale

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
Presentations	International Grade Dynamics and Intermediate Inputs
		Ananth Ramanarayanan (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
	Real Exchange Rate Differences in Canada and the US: 1928-1936 [abstract]
		Christopher Hajzler (University of Western Ontario)
		James MacGee (University of Western Ontario)
	On the Optimality of Economic Integration
		Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
		Nelnan Koumtingue (Universite de Montreal and UN)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CEBERG 3: Financial Decisions Décisions financières

Organizer	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
Chair	Philippe Gregoire (Université Laval)
Presentations	Willingness to Pay to Avoid Future Risk [abstract]
		Jim Engle-Warnick (McGill University)
		Julie Heroux (CIRANO)
		Claude Montmarquette (CIRANO)
	HHerding, Contrarianism and Delay in Financial Market Trading [abstract]
		Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
		Daniel Sgroi (University of Warwick)
	The disposition effect when the outcome really matters [abstract]
		Philippe Grégoire (Université Laval)
		James Eaves (Université Laval)
Discussants	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Zhiquan(Darren) Weng (The Ohio State University)
	Kam Yu (Lakehead University)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Responses to Financial Risk and Loss Réponses à la crise financière

Chair	Razvan Sufana (York University)
Presentations	Credit Crises, Risk Managment Systems and Liquidity Modelling [abstract]
		Frank Milne (Queen's University & Bank of Canada)
	Common (Stock) Sense about Risk-Shifting and Bank Bailouts [abstract]
		(Wendy) Yan Wu (Wilfrid Laurier University)
		Linus Wilson (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
	Firm closure, financial loss and the consequences for an entrepreneurial restart [abstract]
		Georg Metzger (ZEW Centre for European Economic Research)
Discussants	Razvan Sufana (York University)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Determinants of Earnings II Déterminants du revenu

Chair	Stephanie Lluis (University of Waterloo)
Presentations	Wage Growth Decomposition: Changes in Pay-rate and Occupational Mix [abstract]
		Ian Cahill (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)
		Zachary Pritchard (Treasury Board Secretariat)
	Do better publications result in higher salaries for academics? Empirical evidence from the Ontario Salary Disclosure Act. [abstract]
		Anindya Sen (University of Waterloo)
		Hideki Ariizumi (Wilfrid Laurier University)
		Natasha De Sousa (University of British Columbia)
	The Growth of Family Earnings Inequality in Canada, 1980-2005 [abstract]
		Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University)
		Yuqian Lu (Statistics Canada)
		René Morissette (Statistics Canada)
Discussants	Stephanie Lluis (University of Waterloo)
	Mike Veall (McMaster University)
	Frances Woolley (Carleton University)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CDESG 3: Development and Economic Growth Développement et croissance économique

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Sripad Motiram (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)
Presentations	The impact of FDI on growth, employment and inequality: the Argentine experience [abstract]
		Andres Lopez (Mercosur Network of Economic Research)
		Daniel Chudnovsky (Centro de Investigaciones para la Transf)
		Eugenia Orlicki (Centro de Investigaciones para la Transf)
	Military Spending and Economic Growth in South Asia: An Empirical Investigation [abstract]
		Wimal Rankaduwa (University of Prince Edward Island)
	An Endogenous-Growth Model of Migration and Remittances [abstract]
		Tiana Rambeloma (Universite Laval)
		Sylvain Dessy (Universite Laval)
Discussants	Andres Lopez (Mercosur Network of Economic Research)
	Olajide Oladipo (Medgar Evers College/CUNY)
	Wimal Rankaduwa (University of Prince Edward Island)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Unemployment Chômage

Chair	Lars Vilhuber (Cornell University)
Presentations	Is the general use of benefit sanctions really effective to activate the unemployed? Evidence from welfare recipients in Germany [abstract]
		Stephan Thomsen (University of Magdeburg)
		Bernhard Boockmann (IAW Tübingen)
		Thomas Walter (ZEW Mannheim)
	Killing Them With Kindness: Negative Distributional Externalities of Increasing UI Benefits [abstract]
		John Haisken-DeNew (University of Bochum)
		Matthias Vorell (RWI Essen)
	Unemployment in an Interdependent World [abstract]
		Gabriel Felbermayr (University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim)
		Mario Larch (Ifo Institute and University of Munic)
		Wolfgang Lechthaler (Kiel University)
Discussants	Verónica Amarante (Universidad de la República)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
RCEA Canada I: Common Currency for North America Union monétaire pour l'Amérique du Nord

Organizer	Jerzy Konieczny (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Chair	Angelo Melino (University of Toronto)
Panelists	Richard Harris (Simon Fraser University)
	Jerzy Konieczny (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Michael Parkin (University of Western Ontario)
	Christopher Ragan (Finance Canada)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Development 3: Topics in Development Développement 3 :

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Shun Wang (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Social Interactions and the Spread of Corruption: Evidence from the Health Sector of Vietnam [abstract]
		Van-Hai Nguyen (Concordia University)
	The Dynamic Implications Of Wage Changes On [abstract]
		Anthony Gyapong (Penn State University)
		John Baffoe-Bonnie (Penn State University)
Discussants	Kathy Baylis (University of Illinois)
	Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia)
	Ousmane Faye (African Population & Health Research Centre - APHRC)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Politicians and Government Expenditure Politiciens et institutions

Chair	Alexander Darku (University of Lethbridge)
Presentations	On the Relationship between Trade Openness and Government Size: Does disaggregating government expenditure matter? [abstract]
		Manish Pandey (University of Winnipeg)
		Michael Benarroch (University of Winnipeg)
	Institutions and Convergence of Government Expenditure Structure across Regimes [abstract]
		Muhammed Islam (Concordia University)
Discussants	Alexander Darku (University of Lethbridge)
	Ralf Hepp (Fordham University)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Contingent Valuation Évaluation contingente

Chair	Tahir Abdi (Finance Canada)
Presentations	The value of the willingness to pay for mortality risk reduction in China: a contingent valuation survey analysis [abstract]
		Jie He (Université de Sherbrooke)
		Hua Wang (The World Bank)
		Thomas Poder (CHUS, Québec, Canada)
	Respondent Experience and Endogeneity Bias in the Contingent Valuation of Whales: a Multivariate Probit Approach [abstract]
		Nikita Lyssenko (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
		Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira (St Francis Xavier University)
	Alternative approaches to dealing with respondent uncertainty in contingent valuation: a comparative analysis [abstract]
		Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira (St Francis Xavier University)
		Nikita Lyssenko (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Discussants	Philippe Delacote (INRA, AGROPARITHEC-ENGREF and BETA)
	Patrick Richard (Universite de Sherbrooke)
	Tahir Abdi (Finance Canada)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Financial Econometrics: 3-Slide Session Économétrie financière : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	John W. Galbraith (McGill University)
Presentations	Assessing the Nature of Pricing Inefficiencies via Realized Measures [abstract]
		Rachidi Kotchoni (Université de montréal, CIREQ)
		Marine Carrasco (University of Montreal, CIRANO, CIREQ)
	Historical Trends in Volatility Forecast Skill [abstract]
		Hui Jun Zhang (McGill University)
		John W. Galbraith (McGill University)
	Modelling Realized Covariances [abstract]
		Xin Jin (University of Toronto)
		John Maheu (University of Toronto)
		Tom McCurdy (U of Toronto and CIRANO)
	Return Volatility and Volume: An Approach via Independence Component Analysis [abstract]
		Jing Wu (University of Western Ontario)
	Extracting bull and bear markets from stock returns [abstract]
		Yong Song (University of Toronto)
		John Maheu (University of Toronto)
		Tom McCurdy (U of Toronto and CIRANO)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Public Economics: 3-Slide Session Économie publique : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	David Murrell (University of New Brunswick)
Presentations	The Effect of Fertility Incentives on Labour Supply [abstract]
		Xiaoling Ang (Princeton University)
	Identification of Tax Competition Through Local Government Elections [abstract]
		Ross Hickey (University of British Columbia)
	Education vs. Optimal Taxation: The Cost of Equalizing Opportunities [abstract]
		Eric Stephens (Queen's University)
	Long-Run Outcomes of Electoral Competition Between Policy-Motivated Parties [abstract]
		Jean Guillaume Forand (University of Toronto)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Macroeconomics in Emerging Economies La macroéconomie dans les économies en émergence

Chair	Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado (McGill University)
Presentations	Money, Deficits, Debts and Inflation in Emerging Countries: Evidence from Turkey [abstract]
		Amir Kia (Utah Valley University)
	The Output Effect of Reversals from Persistent External Imbalances [abstract]
		Daniel Riera-Crichton (Bates College)
	Global Vertical Disintegration and Synchronization of Current Account Dynamics in Emerging Markets [abstract]
		Hulya Saygili (Middle East Technical University)
		Mesut Saygili (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey)
Discussants	Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado (McGill University)
	Jacob Wibe (University of Western Ontario)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Oil and the Macroeconomy Pétrole et macroéconomie

Chair	Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria)
Presentations	Oil Price Shocks and the Optimality of Monetary Policy [abstract]
		Anna Kormilitsina (Southern Methodist University)
	A Dynamic Factor Model of the Crude Oil Futures Curve [abstract]
		Ron Alquist (Bank of Canada)
		Elif Arbatli (Bank of Canada)
	The relationship between oil prices and trend growth [abstract]
		Brian DePratto (Bank of Canada)
		Carlos de Resende (Bank of Canada)
		Philipp Maier (Bank of Canada)
Discussants	Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
International Trade Policy Commerce international et politiques gouvernementales

Chair	Claustre Bajona (Ryerson University)
Presentations	The Economic Consequences of US Interventions: An Empirical Inquiry [abstract]
		Nathan Nunn (Harvard University)
		William Easterly (New York University)
		Shanker Satyanath (New York University)
		Daniel Berger (New York University)
	Resisting Trade Liberalization: Are Industries Using Anti-Dumping to Undo Free Trade Agreements? [abstract]
		Sumeet Gulati (University of British Columbia)
		Nisha Malhotra (University of British Columbia)
		Andrey Stoyanov (York University)
	Antidumping actions and free riding [abstract]
		Crina Viju (University of Regina)
		William Kerr (University of Saskatchewan)
Discussants	Richard Chisik (Florida International University)
	Daniel Brou (University of Western Ontario)
	Claustre Bajona (Ryerson University)

Fri 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Global Linkages and Imbalances Ajustement externe

Chair	Christos Shiamptanis (Trent University)
Presentations	Measuring Contagion in the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis [abstract]
		Richard Watuwa (Cape Breton University)
	What Happened to the Good Old Days? the Role of Expenditure Switching in the Global Imbalance Adjustment [abstract]
		Wei Dong (Bank of Canada)
Discussants	Rosmy Jean Louis (Vancouver Island University)
	Worrall Tim (Manchester University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Smoking and Health Tabagisme et santé

Chair	Claire de Oliveira (CD Howe Institute)
Presentations	Stress and Smoking in Older Individuals [abstract]
		Padmaja Ayyagari (Yale University)
		Jody Sindelar (Yale University)
	Examining the social factors that affect youth smoking and susceptibility to smoking [abstract]
		Alan Diener (Public Health Agency of Canada)
		Rashid Ahmed (University of Waterloo)
	The Impact of Smoking Laws, New Evidence from Canada [abstract]
		Casey Warman (Queen's University)
		Christopher Carpenter (University of California, Irvine)
		Sabina Postolek (Queen's Unviersity)
Discussants	Lynda Gagne (University of Victoria)
	Schmeiser Maximilian (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
	Claire de Oliveira (CD Howe Institute)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
State of the Art Lecture - Bruce Meyer État des connaissances - Bruce Meyer

Speaker	Bruce Meyer (University of Chicago)
	Poverty, Inequality, and Well-Being

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CDESG Keynote address by Jeffrey Williamson, Harvard University. Discours d'ouverture CDESG par Jeffrey Williamson, Université Harvard

Speaker	Jeffrey Williamson (Harvard University)
	Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind.

Fri 16:00 - 17:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 9: Plenary III: Annual Meeting Plénière CAES 9: réunion annuelle

Chair

Lars Brink (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Bank of Canada - The 2008 Oil Price Supercyle: Lessons Learned Banque du Canada - le supercycle du prix du pétrole de 2008 : leçons à retenir

Organizer	Ilan Kolet (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Ilan Kolet (Bank of Canada)
Panelists	David Arseneau (Federal Reserve Board)
	Jeffrey H. Harris (U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission)
	Thomas F. Helbling (International Monetary Fund)
	Amrita Sen (Barclays Capital)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CSLS 1: Advances in Productivity Measurement for the Canadian Economy Progrès dans la mesure de la productivité pour l'économie canadienne

Organizer	Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
Presentations	New Estimates of Multifactor Productivity by Province [abstract]
		Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada)
		Jean-Francois Arsenault (Centre for the Study for Living Standards )
		Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
	Median Wages and Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States [abstract]
		Peter Harrison (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
	Canada-U.S. Productivity Level Comparisons: New Estimates [abstract]
		Someshwar Rao (Industry Canada)
		Lili Hao (Industry Canada)
		Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada)
		Weimin Wang (Industry Canada)
Discussants	Paul Davenport (University of Western Ontario)
	Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine)
	Mel Fuss (University of Toronto)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Automobiles and Fuel Automobiles et carburants

Chair	Can Erutku (York University, Glendon College)
Presentations	Building Out Alternative Fuel Retail Infrastructure: Government Fleet Spillovers in E85 [abstract]
		Kenneth Corts (Univ of Toronto)
	From Consumer Incomes to Car Ages: How the Distribution of Income Affects the Distribution of Vehicle Vintages [abstract]
		Anna Yurko (State University - Higher School of Economics)
	Retail Gasoline as a Storable Commodity: an Empirical Analysis [abstract]
		Jason Stevens (Cape Breton University)
Discussants	Pyare Arya (Saint Mary's University)
	Zhongmin Wang (Northeastern University)
	Can Erutku (York University, Glendon College)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CESG 4: Stochastic Dominance and Dependance Dominance stochastique et dépendance

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	Ba Chu (Carleton Univ.)
Presentations	Testing for Bivariate Stochastic Dominance Using Inequality Restrictions [abstract]
		Brennan Thompson (Ryerson University)
		Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph)
	A Distributional Analysis of Treatment Effects on Subpopulations of a Socioeconomic Experiment [abstract]
		Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
		Ricardas Zitikis (University of Western Ontario)
	Two Envelope Paradox and Causal Dependence [abstract]
		Byeong-Uk Yi (University of Toronto)
Discussants	William Pouliot (City University)
	Ricardas Zitikis (University of Western Ontario)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
PEF 3: Macroeconomic Policy Goals? Growth in GDP, Sustainability & Wellbeing Les buts de la politique macroéconomique : croissance du PIB, durabilité et bien-être

Organizer	Tom Green (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Marc Lee (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Panelists	Christopher Barrington-Leigh (University of British Columbia)
	John Gowdy (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
	Peter Victor (York University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Older Workers in the New Economy: Commentary on the Report of the Expert Panel on Older Workers Les travailleurs âgés dans la nouvelle économie : commentaires sur le rapport du panel d'experts sur les travailleurs âgés

Organizer	Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia)
Panelists	Michael Baker (University of Toronto)
	Charles Beach (Queen's University)
	Stephen Jones (McMaster University)
	Byron G Spencer (McMaster University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CEANA: Open Economy Economics Théorie des économies ouvertes

Organizer	Victoria Zinde-Walsh (McGill University)
Chair	Andrew Ching (University of Toronto)
Presentations	Does the Country of Origin of the Acquiring Firm Impact Performance?
		Wenjie Chen (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor)
	Does Productivity Respond to Exchange Rate Appreciations? A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation [abstract]
		Yao Tang (University of British Columbia)
	The Similarities and Differences between the Current State of the U.S. Economy and the Japan's Hesei Recession in the 1990's.
		Kevin R Foster (The City College of New York)
		Peter Chow (City University of New York)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CMSG 4: Credit and Default Crédit et défaut

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Ahmet Aykol (York University)
Presentations	International Differences in Personal Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship [abstract]
		Ye (George) Jia (University of Western Ontario)
	Financial Frictions, Internal Capital Markets, and the Organization of Production
		Pavel Sevcik (Université de Montréal)
	Consumption and Credit in a Life-Cycle Model with Limited Commitment
		Ahmet Aykol (York University)
		Kartik Athreya (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CEBERG 4: Trust Confiance

Organizer	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
Chair	Khalid Nainar (McMaster)
Presentations	Experimental Testbeds for New Applications of Environmental Trading Programs: Imperfect Monitoring and Banking [abstract]
		John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
		John Stranlund (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
		James Murphy (University of Alaska Anchorage)
	Social Norms, Information, and Trust among Strangers [abstract]
		Huan Xie (Concordia University)
		John Duffy (University of Pittsburgh)
		Yong-Ju Lee (Samsung Research Institute of Finance)
	Transparency and Repeated Interactions with Trust and Reciprocity
		Khalid Nainar (McMaster)
		Kiridaran Kanagaretnam (McMaster University)
		Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University)
Discussants	Dietmar Fehr (Technische Universität Berlin)
	Alexander Smith (University of Calgary)
	Jingjing Zhang (Mcmaster University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Empirical Finance I Finance empirique I

Chair	Douglas Cumming (York University)
Presentations	Permanent and Transitory Components Of Commodity Prices and the Forecasting Power of Futures Prices [abstract]
		Elif Arbatli (Bank of Canada)
	Strategic Waiting in the IPO Markets [abstract]
		Hikmet Gunay (University of Manitoba)
		Gonul Colak (Florida State University)
	Capital Flows and Hedge Fund Regulation [abstract]
		Douglas Cumming (York University)
		Na Dai (University of New Mexico)
Discussants	Robert Cairns (McGill University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Income Management in the Firm and the Family Gestion du revenu au sein de la firme et du ménage

Chair	Marie Drolet (Statistics Canada)
Presentations	On the Relevance and Composition of Gifts within the Firm: Evidence from Field Experiments [abstract]
		Bruce Shearer (Université Laval)
		Charles Bellemare (Université Laval)
	Managers and Wage Policies [abstract]
		Paulo Bastos (Inter-American Development Bank and GEP, University of Nottingham)
		Natalia Monteiro (University of Minho and NIPE)
	Income management strategies used by married and common-law couples [abstract]
		Christine Laporte (Statistics Canada)
		Grant Schellenberg (Statistics Canada)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Topics in Labour Economics I Sujets en économie du travail I

Chair	André Léonard (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
Presentations	Another Look at the Francophone Wage Gap in Canada: Public vs Private Sector, Quebec vs Outside Quebec [abstract]
		Serge Nadeau (University of Ottawa)
	Language and Wage Determination in a Segmented Labor Market [abstract]
		Qiang Li (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
	Leaving Mom Behind: The Impact of Family Proximity on Transfers and the Labour Force Participation of Women in Canada [abstract]
		Janice Compton (University of Manitoba)
		Jie Pan (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
Discussants	Qiang Li (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
	André Léonard (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Unemployment and Layoffs Chômage et mises à pied

Chair	Stephan Thomsen (University of Magdeburg)
Presentations	Seasonal Employment in Canada - Its Decline and its Persistence [abstract]
		David Gray (University of Ottawa)
		Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick)
	Using linked employer-employee data to investigate the speed of adjustment in downsizing firms in Canada and the US [abstract]
		Lars Vilhuber (Cornell University)
		Benoit Dostie (HEC Montreal)
	Job Stability and Expected Duration of Unemployment Spells in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector, 2004-2008 [abstract]
		André Bernard (Statistics Canada)
Discussants	John Haisken-DeNew (University of Bochum)
	Gabriel Felbermayr (University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim)
	Stephan Thomsen (University of Magdeburg)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
RCEA Canada II: Will We All be Keynesians Again? Long-run Effects of the Current Crisis on Monetary and Fiscal Policy Redeviendrons-nous tous des keynésiens ? Impact à long terme de la crise actuelle sur les politiques monétaire et budgétaire

Organizer	Jerzy Konieczny (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Chair	John Helliwell (University of British Columbia)
Panelists	Frank Milne (Queen's University & Bank of Canada)
	Michael Parkin (University of Western Ontario)
	Christopher Ragan (Finance Canada)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Productivity Growth II Croissance de la productivité II

Chair	Ram Acharya (Industry Canada)
Presentations	Sources of Total Factor Productivity Growth in Selected Manufacturing Industries across OECD Countries [abstract]
		Lili Hao (Industry Canada)
	The Productivity Performance of Very Large Sized Producers in Canada and the United States [abstract]
		Michael-John Almon (Industry Canada)
		Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada)
	The role of Capital in World Economic Growth: Accumulation versus Assimilation [abstract]
		Abdul Azeez Erumban (University of Groningen)
Discussants	Ram Acharya (Industry Canada)
	Guy Gellatly (Statistics Canada)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Elections Élections

Chair	Eik Swee (University of Toronto)
Presentations	A Quantitative Evaluation of the 39th Canadian Federal Election [abstract]
		Constantin Colonescu (Grant MacEwan College)
	Sharing the Blame? Local Electoral Accountability and Centralized School Finance in California [abstract]
		Marcelin Joanis (Université de Sherbrooke)
	Electoral Accountability in Tobacco States [abstract]
		Khawaja Saeed Mamun (Sacred Heart University)
		Per Fredriksson (University of Louisville)
Discussants	Jeremy Clark (University of Canterbury)
	Eik Swee (University of Toronto)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
The Environment in an International Setting L'environnement dans un contexte international

Chair	Horatiu Rus (University of Waterloo)
Presentations	Pollution Control Policies, Carbon leakage and Border Tax Adjustment [abstract]
		Yazid Dissou (University of Ottawa)
		Terry Eyland (University of Ottawa)
	On cleaner technologies in a transboundary pollution game [abstract]
		Amrita Ray Chaudhuri (Tilburg University)
		Hassan Benchekroun (McGill University)
	Transboundary Pollution, Trade Liberalization, and Environmental Taxes [abstract]
		Soham Baksi (University of Winnipeg)
		Amrita Ray Chaudhuri (Tilburg University)
Discussants	Joshua Anyangah (University of Lethbridge)
	Volker Nitsch (Darmstadt University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Welfare Economics: Utility Theory and Property Rights Économie du bien-être: théorie de l'utilité et droits de propriété

Chair	David Albouy (University of Michigan and NBER)
Presentations	A constant-utility criterion linked to an imperfect economy affected by irreversible global warming [abstract]
		Andrei Bazhanov (Queen's University)
	Endogenous Social Preferences, Heterogeneity and Cooperation [abstract]
		Michele Biavati (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM))
		Luca Zarri (Universita' di Verona)
		Marco Sandri (Universita' di Brescia)
	Incomplete Property Rights and Overinvestment [abstract]
		J. Atsu Amegashie (University of Guelph)
Discussants	David Albouy (University of Michigan and NBER)
	Hugo Pedro Boff (UFRJ-Univ.Fed.Rio de Janeiro)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Information and Uncertainty: 3-Slide Session Information et incertitude : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Mihkel Tombak (University of Toronto)
Presentations	Repeated Moral Hazard with Worker Mobility via Directed On-the-Job Search [abstract]
		Kunio Tsuyuhara (University of Toronto)
	Market Volatility and the Cost in Years of Leisure [abstract]
		Louise Lavoie (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Macroeconomic Factors as Drivers of Deceptive Advertising: An Empirical Analysis [abstract]
		Sebnem Ucar (University of British Columbia)
		Tirtha Dhar (University of British Columbia)
	Exposure Problem in Multi-Unit Auctions [abstract]
		Xin Meng (University of Manitoba)
		Hikmet Gunay (University of Manitoba)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Environmental Economics: 3-Slide Session Économie environnementale : séance 3 diapositives

Presentations	Tradable Permits under Environmental R&D among Upstream and Downstream Industries [abstract]
		Jianqiao Liu (University of Ottawa)
		Gamal Atallah (University of Ottawa)
	Bailouts and emissions regulation: Overlooked consequences [abstract]
		Joel Wood (University of Guelph)
	The Simple Economics of Geoengineering [abstract]
		Juan Moreno-Cruz (University of Calgary)
	Political Contributions and Environmental Policy in the Presence of Abatement Externalities [abstract]
		Armando Zavaleta (University of Calgary)
	Farsightedness in a coalitional Great Fish War [abstract]
		Michel Yevenunye Keoula (HEC Montreal)
		Michèle Breton (HEC Montreal)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
The Great Moderation and Macro Policy La grande modération et la politique macroéconomique

Chair	Amir Kia (Utah Valley University)
Presentations	Structural changes and the Great Moderation [abstract]
		Olivier Gervais (Bank of Canada)
	On the causes of the Great Moderation: Evidence Against the Good Luck Explanation [abstract]
		Maher Khaznaji (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Impact of temporary fiscal shocks on the Canadian economy [abstract]
		Jean-Philippe Cayen (Bank of Canada)
		Hélène Desgagnés (Bank of Canada)
Discussants	Amir Kia (Utah Valley University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Interest Rates, Inflation, and Growth Taux d'intérêt

Chair	Ron Alquist (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	Macroeconomic Determinants of the Term Structure of Corporate Spreads [abstract]
		Jun Yang (Bank of Canada)
	Money and Interest Rates: Short-run and Long-Run Canadian Evidence [abstract]
		Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba)
		Mark Wohar (University of Nebraska-Omaha)
	Trend inflation, nominal rigidities, and endogenous growth [abstract]
		Thomas Carter (Bank of Canada)
		Robert Amano (Bank of Canada)
		Kevin Moran (Université Laval)
Discussants	Brian DePratto (Bank of Canada)
	Anna Kormilitsina (Southern Methodist University)
	Alexios Anagnostopoulos (Stony Brook University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Trade and Product Quality Commerce international et qualité des produits

Chair	Nathan Nunn (Harvard University)
Presentations	Firm Heterogeneity and Costly Trade: A New Estimation Strategy and Policy Experiments [abstract]
		Ivan Cherkashin (Penn State University)
		Svetlana Demidova (McMaster University)
		Hiau Looi Kee (World Bank)
		Kala Krishna (Penn State University and NBER)
	Quality sorting and trade: Firm-level evidence for French wine [abstract]
		Keith Head (University of British Columbia)
		Matthieu Crozet (CEPII)
		Thierry Mayer (University of Paris)
	Quantifying the Trade Effects of Technical Barriers to Trade: Evidence from China [abstract]
		Xiaohua Bao (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
		Larry D. Qiu (University of Hong Kong)
Discussants	Sumeet Gulati (University of British Columbia)
	Nathan Nunn (Harvard University)

Fri 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
International Macroeconomics Macroéconomie internationale

Chair	Ambarish Chandra (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Does the Canadian economy suffer from Dutch Disease? [abstract]
		Serge Coulombe (University of Ottawa)
		Michel Beine (University of Luxembourg)
		Charles Bos (VU University Amsterdam)
	Assessing the Implementation of the IMF's 2007 Surveillance Decision [abstract]
		Robert Lavigne (Bank of Canada)
		Garima Vasishtha (Bank of Canada)
	The Effect of Dollarization on Firm-Level Productivity: Evidence from Ecuador [abstract]
		Kim Huynh (Indiana University)
		German Cubas (Iowa University)
		Anson Ho (Iowa University)
		David Jacho-Chavez (Indiana University)
Discussants	Michael Arghyrou (Cardiff Business School)
	Rolf Weder (University of Basel)
	Ambarish Chandra (University of British Columbia)

Fri 17:45 - 19:00	Loc. TBA
Innis Lecture - Scott Taylor Conférence Innis

Chair	James Brander (UBC)
Speaker	Scott Taylor (University of Calgary)
	Environmental crises: Past, Present and Future

Fri 19:00 - 22:00	Loc. TBA
Reception Réception

 
 
 
 
 

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CSLS-PEF: The Impact of the Economics Crisis on the Well-being of Canadians (joint session with the Progressive Economics Forum) Impact de la crise économique sur le bien-être des canadiens (séance jointe avec le Forum d'économie progressiste)

Organizer	Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Ian Stewart (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Panelists	Don Drummond (TD Bank Financial Group)
	Pierre Fortin (UQAM)
	John Helliwell (University of British Columbia)
	Jim Stanford (CAW)
	Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
SRDC I: Increasing Participation in Post-Secondary Education: Results from Social Policy Experiments Taux de participation croissant dans la formation post-secondaire : résultats tirés d'expériences de politique sociale

Organizer	Norm Leckie (SRDC - Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Chair	Jean-Pierre Voyer (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Presentations	Improving High School Students' Access to Post-secondary Education: Experimental Impacts from the Future to Discover Pilot Project [abstract]
		Reuben Ford (Social Research & Demonstration Corporation)
	Impacts of a Matched Saving Program to Induce Low-Income Adults to Pursue Further Education: Impacts from the learn$ave Random Assignment Experiment [abstract]
		Norm Leckie (SRDC - Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
		Shek-wai Hui (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
		Doug Tattrie (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Discussants	Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Causes of Economic Growth III Influences sur la croissance et sur la productivité

Chair	Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada)
Presentations	The effect of union and labour rules on economic growth [abstract]
		Benjamin Dachis (C.D. Howe Institute)
		Robert Hebdon (McGill University)
	What Determines the Productivity Performance of Telecommunications Services Industry? Evidence from Cross-Country Analysis [abstract]
		Eric Ng (Industry Canada)
	Measuring the Transfer of Foreign Technology to Canadian Industries by Using Patent Applications [abstract]
		Rashid Nikzad (Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO))
Discussants	Abdul Azeez Erumban (University of Groningen)
	Eric Ng (Industry Canada)
	Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Home Runs, Superstition, and Managerial Talent Coups de circuit, superstition et talent des cadres

Chair	Lorne Carmichael (Queen's University)
Presentations	Product Market Competition, Managerial Talent and Firm Productivity [abstract]
		John Ries (Sauder School of Business, UBC)
		Jean-Etienne de Bettignies (Queen's University)
		Jen Baggs (University of Victoria)
	The Value of Superstitions [abstract]
		Travis Ka Ho Ng (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
		Terence Chong (Economics, Chinese University of HK)
		Xin Du (No Affiliation)
	Are Homeruns Overemphasized In Baseball? [abstract]
		Yang Seung Lee (University of Alberta)
		Bhattacharaya Gautam (University of Kansas)
Discussants	Patrick de Lamirande (Cape Breton University)
	Joel Sandonis (University of Alicante)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CESG 5: International Financial Crisis La crise financière internationale

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	Raul Razo-Garcia (Carleton University)
Presentations	The First Global Crisis of the Twenty-first Century: Was it Predictable? [abstract]
		Saktinil Roy (Athabasca University)
	Crisis and Chinese Exchange Rate Regimes [abstract]
		Kang-Soek Lee (Negocia - Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
	The Transmission of International Shocks to Canada: A FAVAR Approach [abstract]
		Garima Vasishtha (Bank of Canada)
		Philipp Maier (Bank of Canada)
Discussants	Yanjun Liu (Department of Finance Canada)
	Thomas Lubik (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
	Raul Razo-Garcia (Carleton University)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 10: Trading Permits and Quotas Permis et contingentement

Chair	Alfons Weersink (University of Guelph)
Presentations	Assessing Design Options for Transferable Disturbance Permits
		Marian Weber (Alberta Research Council)
		Orsolya Perger (University of Alberta)
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)
		Peter C. Boxall (University of Alberta)
	An Economic Evaluation of the Lake Erie Fishery: Assessing the Individual Transferable Quota System
		Kate Tsiplova (University of Guelph)
		Brady Deaton (University of Guelph)
	The Vertical Distributional Impacts of Emission Trading Systems
		Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)
		Simona A. Lubieniechi (University of Saskatchewan)
	Transfer of Land Use Rights in China: A Case Study in HEBEI Province
		Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge)
		Wen Yan (Agricultural University of Hebei Baoding, PRC)
		Yueming Xu (Agricultural University of Hebei Baoding, PRC)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 11: Supply Chains and Market Structure Chaînes logistiques et structure de marché

Chair	Andreas Boecker (University of Guelph)
Presentations	Strategic Network Management Solutions: A Case Study of the Co-operative Retailing System
		Florentina N. Uzea (University of Saskatchewan)
		Murray E. Fulton (University of Saskatchewan)
	Price-Advertising-Quality Strategic Reactions between Meat Processors: Implication for Public Health
		Wenzhao Huang (University of Alberta)
		Ellen Goddard (University of Alberta)
		Sean B. Cash (University of Alberta)
		Tomas Nilsson (University of Alberta)
	Food Quality Verification: Does It Matter Who's Behind It?
		Brian Innes (University of Saskatchewan)
		Jill E. Hobbs (University of Saskatchewan)
	Feasibility of an Environmental Marketing Conception for the Alberta Pork Segment
		Al Mussell (George Morris Centre)
		Anatoliy Oginskyy (George Morris Centre)
		Claudia Schmidt (George Morris Centre)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CMSG 5: Dealing with the Baby-Boomers Politiques publiques face aux bébé-boumers

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Alexander Ueberfeldt (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	War Debt and the Baby Boom [abstract]
		Kai (Jackie) Zhao (University of Western Ontario)
	Social Security and the Retirement Decision
		Shutao Cao (Bank of Canada)
		Alexander Ueberfeldt (Bank of Canada)
	Reforming Canada's Retirement System
		Alexander Ueberfeldt (Bank of Canada)
		Shutao Cao (Bank of Canada)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CEBERG 6: Deterrence and Monitoring Dissuasion et surveillance

Organizer	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
Chair	Hugh Sibly (University of Tasmania)
Presentations	Jump Bidding in English Auctions: an Experimental Study [abstract]
		Yuri Khoroshilov (University of Ottawa)
	Uncertainty in the Theory of Deterrence: Experimental Evidence [abstract]
		Gregory J DeAngelo (UCSB/ CU Denver)
		Gary Charness (UCSB)
	The Impact of Social Comparisons on Ultimatum Bargaining [abstract]
		Hugh Sibly (University of Tasmania)
		Ian McDonald (University of Melbourne)
		Nikos Nikiforakis (University of Melbourne)
		Nilss Olekalns (University of Melbourne)
Discussants	Steven Lehrer (Queen's University)
	John Spraggon (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
	Ryan Webb (Queen's University)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Empirical Finance II Finance empirique II

Chair	Douglas Cumming (York University)
Presentations	Another Look at Information Costs and Home Bias: [abstract]
		Alain Coen (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Why Larger Lenders obtain Higher Returns: Evidence from Sovereign Syndicated Loans [abstract]
		Paul Schure (University of Victoria)
		Issam Hallak (Bocconi University)
	Corporate social behaviour and portfolio's performance: empirical evidence [abstract]
		Homayoon Shalchian (Laurentian University)
		Bouchra M'Zali (University of Quebec in Montreal)
		Maher Kooli (University of Quebec in Montreal)
Discussants	Douglas Cumming (York University)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Bayesian Econometrics I: Économétrie bayesienne I

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	William McCausland (Université de Montréal)
Chair	Shirley Miller (Université de Montréal)
Presentations	A Practitioner's Guide to Bayesian Estimation of Discrete Choice Dynamic Programming Models [abstract]
		Andrew Ching (University of Toronto)
		Susumu Imai (Queen's University)
		Masakazu Ishihara (University of Toronto)
		Neelam Jain (Northern Illinois University)
	The HESSIAN method (Highly Efficient Simulation Smoothing, In A Nutshell) [abstract]
		William McCausland (Université de Montréal)
	The HESSIAN Method With Cross-Correlation. [abstract]
		Gbowan Djegnene (Université de Montréal)
		William McCausland (Université de Montréal)
Discussants	Martin Burda (University of Toronto)
	Andrew Ching (University of Toronto)
	Stephen Gordon (Université Laval)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Income Inequality and Poverty Inégalité des revenus et pauvreté

Chair	David Gray (University of Ottawa)
Presentations	Evolution of Neighbourhood Income Inequality and Economic Segregation in Canadian Cities, 1980 to 2005 [abstract]
		Wen-Hao Chen (Statistics Canada)
		Garnett Picot (Garnett Picot)
		John Myles (University of Toronto)
	On Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty [abstract]
		Indranil Dutta (University of Manchester, UK)
		James Foster (Vanderbilt University, USA)
		Ajit Mishra (University of Bath, UK)
	Material Deprivation in Household Panel Surveys: International Evidence and Lessons for Canada [abstract]
		Andrew Heisz (Statistics Canada)
		Manon Langevin (Statistics Canada)
Discussants	David Gray (University of Ottawa)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 12 - CAES Symposium: The Anticommons Problem and Potential Future Research (sponsored by KIS - Knowledge Impact in Society) Problème des anti-biens communaux et recherche future

Sponsored by	KIS - Knowledge Impact in Society
Organizer	Brady Deaton (University of Guelph)
	Murray Fulton (University of Saskatchewan)
	Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)
Chair	Murray Fulton (University of Saskatchewan)
Presentations	Theory of the Anticommons
		Brady Deaton (University of Guelph)
	Anticommons and Genetic Improvement
		Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)
	Anticommons and Canadian Railways
		Murray Fulton (University of Saskatchewan)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 13: Productivity and Efficiency at the Farm Level Productivité et efficience au niveau de la ferme

Chair	Rick Barichello (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Dairy Production on the Urban Fringe: An Analysis of Capital Investment Decisions on Southern Ontario Dairy Farm
		Arden Esqueda (University of Guelph)
		Brady Deaton (University of Guelph)
		Getu Hailu (University of Guelph)
	Changes in the Cost Structure of Ontario Dairy Farms: Distributional Aspects
		Predrag Rajsic (University of Guelph)
	Competitiveness of Livestock Farming in Vietnam, Constraints and Opportunities
		David Hall (University of Calgary)
		Tran Dinh Thao (Hanoi Agricultural University, Vietnam)
		Do Viet Minh (National Institute of Animal Husbandry, Vietnam)
		Le Van Lien (National Institute of Animal Husbandry, Vietnam)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CNEH 1: Anthropometric Measures of Welfare Mesures anthropométriques du bien-être

Organizer	Ian Keay (Queen's University)
Chair	Almos Tassonyi (Ontario Ministry of Finance)
Presentations	Biological Welfare Change and Variation in Mid- to Late 19th Century Pennsylvania: Evidence from the Stature of the Pennsylvania National Guard [abstract]
		Timothy Cuff (Westminster College (PA))
	A Longitudinal Perspective on Physical Well-Being from Historical Sources: Canadians before 1901
		Kris Inwood (University of Guelph)
		John Cranfield (University of Guelph)
		Asher Kirk-Elleker (University of Guelph)
	New Zealand in the Early Stages of the Modern Health Transition [abstract]
		Les Oxley (University of Canterbury)
		Kris Inwood (University of Guelph)
		Evan Roberts (History, Victoria University Wellington)
Discussants	John Cranfield (University of Guelph)
	Joseph DaBoll-Lavoie (Nazareth College)
	Herbert Emery (University of Calgary)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Topics in Health Economics III Sujets en économie de la santé III

Chair	David Haardt (McMaster University)
Presentations	Substitutes or Complements? An exploration of the effect of wait times on the use of alternative health therapies [abstract]
		Emmanuelle Piérard (University of Waterloo)
	Innovations in hospital and length of stay: Evidence from patient-level data [abstract]
		Damien Echevin (Sherbrooke University)
	Social Assistance Reform and the Health of At Risk Women [abstract]
		Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo)
Discussants	Farah Farahati (University of Toronto)
	David Haardt (McMaster University)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Development 5: Governance and development Développement 5 : gouvernance et développement

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Martin Valdivia (GRADE)
Presentations	Governance, Civil Conflict, and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Primer [abstract]
		Bruce Forster (University of Nebraska at Kearney)
		Jessica Forster (Somali Bantu Association of Tucson, Ariz)
	Business-NGO partnerships and NGOs' primary missions [abstract]
		Pierre Ly (University of Puget Sound)
	Contracting The Road To Development: Early Impacts Of A Rural Roads Program [abstract]
		Martin Valdivia (GRADE)
Discussants	Bruce Forster (University of Nebraska at Kearney)
	Sonia Laszlo (McGill University)
	Pierre Ly (University of Puget Sound)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Optimal Taxation and Progressivity Taxation optimale et progressivité

Chair	Fernando Ruiz (Royal Military Academy)
Presentations	Optimal Nonlinear Income Taxation with Learning-by-Doing [abstract]
		Alan Krause (University of York)
	Income Tax Progressivity and Self-employment: Evidence from Canadian Provinces [abstract]
		Ergete Ferede (Grant MacEwan College)
	Comparative Statics of Optimal Nonlinear Income Taxation in the Presence of a Publicly Provided Input [abstract]
		Craig Brett (Mount Allison University)
		John A. Weymark (Vanderbilt University)
Discussants	Eva Carceles (Stony Brook University)
	Sohini Paul (University of British Columbia)
	Fernando Ruiz (Royal Military Academy)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Topics in Environmental Economics I Sujets en économie environnementale I

Chair	Soham Baksi (University of Winnipeg)
Presentations	Valuing the Far-Distant Future: The Effect of Discount Rate Uncertainty on Climate Change Policy [abstract]
		Sarah Dobson (University of California, Berkeley)
	Renewable resources, pollution and trade in a small open economy [abstract]
		Horatiu Rus (University of Waterloo)
	A Unit-by-Unit Solution for Global Externalities with Voluntary Participation [abstract]
		Yukihiro Nishimura (Yokohama National University)
Discussants	Soham Baksi (University of Winnipeg)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Industrial Organization 1: 3-Slide Session Organisation industrielle 1 : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary)
Presentations	Stranded Costs and One-Way Access Pricing - A Dynamic Analysis [abstract]
		Ahmed Nasim Sydee (Carleton University)
	A Dynamic Oligopolistic Electricity Market Model with Interdependent Segments [abstract]
		Rasata Hasina (HEC Montréal)
		Pierre-Olivier Pineau (HEC Montréal)
		Georges Zaccour (HEC Montréal, GERAD)
	An Empirical Analysis of Store Locations in Planned Regional Shopping Centres [abstract]
		Zhen He (University of Alberta)
	Spatial Competition in the US Retail Banking Industry [abstract]
		Hui Wang (University of Toronto)
	Economies of Density and Geographic Clustering in the Cable Television Industry [abstract]
		David Byrne (Queen's University)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Health, Education and Human Capital -- 3 Slide Session Éducation et santé des enfants : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Frances Woolley (Carleton University)
Presentations	Learning Violence Young [abstract]
		Lihui Zhang (Dalhousie University)
	How Well Are Children Protected Against Negative Health Shocks of Their Parents? - Evidence from Children's School Attendance in China [abstract]
		Ke(Kelly) Chen (Dalhousie University)
	The intermediate effect of early maternal employment on child outcomes [abstract]
		Mahmood Zarrabi Ghahvechi (University of Calgary)
	Promoting Student Engagement and Active Learning in Introductory Economics with Learning Technology [abstract]
		Angela Trimarchi (University of Waterloo)
		Trien Nguyen (University of Waterloo)
	Empirical estimates of a human capital production function using panel data and a test of the learning-by-doing model. [abstract]
		Philippe Belley (University of Western Ontario)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Monetary Policy and Inflation I Politique monétaire et inflation I

Chair	Marianne Johnson (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	Inflation Persistence: Cross-country evidence [abstract]
		Eric Santor (Bank of Canada)
		Don Coletti (Bank of Canada)
	Inflation targeting monetary policy rules for a small open [abstract]
		Hyuk-jae Rhee (University of Windsor)
		Turdaliev Nurlan (University of Windsor)
	Are Bygones not Bygones? Modeling Price Level Targeting with an Escape Clause and Lessons from the Gold Standard [abstract]
		Paul Masson (University of Toronto)
		Malik Shukayev (Bank of Canada)
Discussants	Etienne Farvaque (Université de Lille 1)
	Janet Hua Jiang (University of Manitoba)
	Marianne Johnson (Bank of Canada)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Trade and Labour I Marché du travail et commerce international

Chair	Eckhard Siggel (Concordia University)
Presentations	Trade, wages, and productivity [abstract]
		Kristian Behrens (University of Quebec at Montreal)
		Giordano Mion (London School of Economics)
		Yasusada Murata (Nihon University)
		Jens Suedekum (University Duisburg-Essen)
	Contract Frictions, Export and FDI: Training and The Inalienability of Human Capital [abstract]
		Qing Liu (The University of Hong Kong)
	Regional Integration and Dynamic Adjustment:: Evidence from a Revenue Function for Canada [abstract]
		Guy Chapda-Nana (Université Laval)
		Bruno Larue (Université Laval)
		Jean-Philippe Gervais (North Carolina State University)
Discussants	Bernard Beaudreau (Université Laval)
	Satya Dev Gupta (St. Thomas University)

Sat 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
The Real Exchange Rate Le taux de change réel

Chair	Robert Lavigne (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	Consumption and Real Exchange Rates in Professional Forecasts [abstract]
		Gregor Smith (Queen's University)
		Michael Devereux (University of British Columbia)
		James Yetman (BIS)
	Real Exchange Rate Flexibility and External Stability [abstract]
		Lena Suchanek (Bank of Canada)
		Olivier Gervais (Bank of Canada)
	Productivity and the Real Exchange Rate: Balassa and Samuelson versus Armington and Krugman [abstract]
		Lawrence Schembri (Bank of Canada)
		Ehsan Choudhri (Dept of Economics, Carleton University)
Discussants	Robert Lavigne (Bank of Canada)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
State of the Art Lecture - Sharon Kozicki État des connaissances - Sharon Kozicki

Chair	Angelo Melino (University of Toronto)
Speaker	Sharon Kozicki (Bank of Canada)
	Challenges for Macroeconomic Policy Models

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CD Howe: Fiscal Policy and the Macroeconomy CD Howe : politique fiscale et macroéconomie

Organizer	Richard Harris (Simon Fraser University)
Chair	Alexandre Laurin (CD Howe Institute - Senior Policy Analyst)
Presentations	Canadian Fiscal Policy and the Recent Economic Crisis [abstract]
		Richard Harris (Simon Fraser University)
Discussants	Peter Dungan (Universtiy of Toronto)
	Christopher Ragan (Finance Canada)
	Gregor Smith (Queen's University)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Bank of Canada - In the Wake of the financial crisis: The domestic and international financial reform agenda Banque du Canada - dans le sillage de la crise financière : l'agenda de réforme aux plans national et international

Sponsored by	Bank of Canada
Organizer	Lawrence Schembri (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Lawrence Schembri (Bank of Canada)
Panelists	Tamim Bayoumi (IMF)
	Don Drummond (TD Bank Financial Group)
	Tiff Macklem (Associate Deputy Minister & G7 Deputy for Canada, Finance Canada)
	John D. Murray (Bank of Canada)
	Bill Robson (President and Chief Executive Officer, CD Howe)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
SRDC II: Research Data from Two Canadian Social Experiments Données pour la recherche provenant de deux expériences sociales canadiennes

Organizer	Dave Gyarmati (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC))
Chair	Jean-Pierre Voyer (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Presentations	Community Employment Innovation Project: Data and Future Research Directions [abstract]
		Dave Gyarmati (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC))
	Learn$ave: Overview of Research Data [abstract]
		Shek-wai Hui (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Education and Human Capital Éducation et capital humain

Chair	James McIntosh (Concordia University)
Presentations	After the school day is over; Building human and social capital in canada and portugal [abstract]
		Elsa Fontainha (Technical University of Lisbon)
	Education and Social Mobility in Taiwan [abstract]
		Yih-chyi Chuang (National Chengchi University)
		Yeng-ling Chen (National Chengchi University)
	Bad Education? College Entry, Health and Risky Behavior [abstract]
		Yee Fei Chia (Cleveland State University)
Discussants	Mohsen Bouaissa (HRSDC Canada)
	Jorgen Hansen (Concordia University)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Understanding Economic Change Comprendre le changement économique

Organizer	Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
Chair	Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
Presentations	Crises and Recoveries in an Empirical Model of Consumption Disasters [abstract]
		Emi Nakamura (Columbia University)
		Robert Barro (Harvard University)
		Jón Steinsson (Columbia University)
		José Ursúa (Harvard University)
	Firm Turnover and Productivity Growth [abstract]
		Loretta Fung (University of Alberta and National Tsing Hua University)
		Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
	Housing Bubbles and Inflation Monitoring [abstract]
		Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
		W. Erwin Diewert (Economics, Univ. of British Columbia)
		Leonard Nakamura (Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Price Theory and Product Quality Théorie des prix et qualité des produits

Chair	Aamir Hashmi (National University of Singapore)
Presentations	Automatic Markdowns [abstract]
		Mariano Tappata (University of British Columbia)
	The Impact of Speculation on Oligopolistic Behavior [abstract]
		Henry Thille (University of Guelph)
		Sébastien Mitraille (Toulouse Business School)
	Relative Preference for Quality and Strategic Behavior [abstract]
		Debapriya Sen (Ryerson University)
		Constantine Angyridis (Ryerson University)
Discussants	Bruno Versaevel (EMLYON Business School & GATE (CNRS))
	Aamir Hashmi (National University of Singapore)
	Oleksandr Perekhozhuk (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CESG 7: Financial Econometrics I Économétrie financière I

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
Presentations	A Refined Bootstrap for Heavy Tailed Distributions [abstract]
		Russell Davidson (McGill University)
		Adriana Cornea (Free University of Amsterdam)
	Estimation of Stochastic Volatility Models by Nonparametric Filtering [abstract]
		Shin Kanaya (University of Oxford)
		Dennis Kristensen (Columbia University)
	GMM and hypothesis tests when rank conditions fail: a regularization approach [abstract]
		Pascale Valery (HEC Montréal)
		Jean-Marie Dufour (McGill University)
Discussants	Raymond Kan (University of Toronto)
	James MacKinnon (Queen's University)
	Pascale Valery (HEC Montréal)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
PEF 4: Panel on the Economics of Blogging Panel sur l'économie des blogues

Organizer	Marc Lee (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Chair	Marc Lee (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Panelists	Stephen Gordon (Université Laval)
	Marc Lee (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
	Erin Weir (United Steelworkers Union)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 14: Revealed and Stated Preferences Préférences révélées et déclarées

Chair	Brad Rickard (Cornell Univeristy)
Presentations	Consumer Valuation of Farm Animal Welfare and Quality Verification in Canada - A Choice Experiment Approach
		Adrian D. Uzea (University of Saskatchewan)
		Jill E. Hobbs (University of Saskatchewan)
	Willingness-To-Pay for Enhanced Animal Welfare Food Products: Evidence from Canada Using Free-Run and Free-Range Eggs
		John Cranfield (University of Guelph)
		Spencer Henson (University of Guelph)
	Unravelling the Choice Format Effect- A Behavioural Approach
		Jing Zhang (University of Saskatchewan)
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 15: Dairy Industrie laitière

Chair	Terrence S Veeman (University of Alberta)
Presentations	Introducing Imperfect Competition in Spatial Equilibrium Models with an Application to Dairy Trade Liberalization in Canada
		Bruno Larue (Université Laval)
		Abdessalem Abbassi (Université Laval)
		Jean-Philippe Gervais (North Carolina State University)
	What is Driving the Price of Dairy Quota? - A Net Present Value Adaptive Expectations Model
		Janelle Mann (Queen's University)
		Derek Brewin (University of Manitoba)
	A Lender's Perspective on the Fair Economic Value of Dairy Quota in Canada
		Bertrand Montel (CIBC)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CMSG 6: Investment & Productivity Investissement et productivité

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Oleksiy Kryvstov (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	Capital-Goods Imports, Investment-Specific Technological Change, and U.S. Growth [abstract]
		Anthony Landry (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)
		Michele Cavallo (Federal Reserve Board)
	Management Matters
		Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
		Trevor Tombe (University of Toronto)
	Investment and the Real Interest Rate in Business Cycle Models
		Oleksiy Kryvstov (Bank of Canada)
		Chris Edmond (New York University)
		Virgiliu Midrigan (New York University)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CEBERG 5: Learning to play optimally Apprendre à jouer de façon optimale

Organizer	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
Chair	Steven Lehrer (Queen's University)
Presentations	A Neuroeconomic Approach to Learning in Games [abstract]
		Ryan Webb (Queen's University)
		Dhushan Thevarajah (Queen's University)
		Chris Ferrall (Queen's University)
		Mike Dorris (Queen's University)
	Bargaining and Reputation: Experimental Evidence on Bargaining in the Presence of Irrational Types [abstract]
		Steven Lehrer (Queen's University)
		Matthew Embrey (New York University)
		Guillaume Frechette (New York University)
Discussants	Yuri Khoroshilov (University of Ottawa)
	Hugh Sibly (University of Tasmania)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Auctions and Strategic Waiting Enchères

Chair	Elif Dalkir (University of New Brunswick)
Presentations	Auctions versus Posted-Price Selling: An application to eBay [abstract]
		Unjy Song (U of British Columbia)
	Favoritism in Contests: Head Starts and Handicaps [abstract]
		Rene Kirkegaard (Brock University)
	Common-Value Auctions with Refund Policies [abstract]
		Jun Zhang (Queen's University)
		Ruqu Wang (Queen's University)
Discussants	Ming Li (Concordia University)
	Arnaud Dellis (Universite Laval)
	Elif Dalkir (University of New Brunswick)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Bayesian Econometrics II Économétrie bayesienne II

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	William McCausland (Université de Montréal)
Chair	Gubhinder Kundhi (Carleton University)
Presentations	Understanding Choice Intensity: A Poisson-Logit Model with Endogenous Selectivity [abstract]
		Martin Burda (University of Toronto)
		Matthew Harding (Stanford University)
		Jerry Hausman (Department of Economics, MIT)
	The information content of realized volatility, and what we learnt in the fall of 2008 [abstract]
		Shirley Miller (Université de Montréal)
		Eric Jacquier (HEC Montreal, CIREQ and CIRANO)
	A Bayesian Analysis of Affine Term Structure Models [abstract]
		Sebastien Blais (Bank of Canada)
Discussants	Sebastien Blais (Bank of Canada)
	Zhongfang He (University of Toronto)
	John Maheu (University of Toronto)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CDESG 4: Assets and Credit in Development Actifs et crédit en développpement économique

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Gustavo Bobonis (University of Toronto)
Presentations	Determinants of Pastoralist Mobility and Movement in Northern Kenya [abstract]
		Russell Toth (Cornell University)
	Microcredit institutions and relative efficiencies in West African Economic and Monetary Union: preliminary results [abstract]
		Nasser Ary Tanimoune (University of Ottawa)
		Marie-Pier Cloutier (Université d'Ottawa)
	Who are the Indian Middle Class? A Mixture Model of Class Membership Based on Durables Ownership [abstract]
		Sudeshna Maitra (York University)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CESG 6: Structural Breaks Bris structurels

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	Cathy Ning (Ryerson University)
Presentations	Does the Late 1990s Productivity Boom Represent a Permanent Growth Shift? [abstract]
		Yanjun Liu (Department of Finance Canada)
		Bryan Smith (Finance Canada)
	A Complete Procedure For Estimating Hidden Markov Models with Application in Locating Structural Breaks [abstract]
		Christos Ntantamis (CREATES, Aarhus University)
	Forecasting Output Growth by the Yield Curve: The Role of Structural Breaks [abstract]
		Zhongfang He (University of Toronto)
Discussants	Shirley Miller (Université de Montréal)
	Saktinil Roy (Athabasca University)
	Garima Vasishtha (Bank of Canada)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 16: Empirical Trade Commerce international empirique

Chair	Ryan Cardwell (University of Manitoba)
Presentations	Protectionist Measures in the Agriculture Sectors: Perishability and Competition
		Kathy Baylis (University of Illinois)
		Nisha Malhotra (University of British Columbia)
		Horatiu Rus (University of Waterloo)
	Exchange Rate Pass-Through Into Canadian Producer Prices: Evidence From Manufacturing Industries
		Mohammad Shakeri (University of Saskatchewan)
		Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)
	An Empirical Assessment of New Market Access and SPS Regulations on U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports
		Jason Grant (Virginia Tech University)
		Everett Peterson (Virginia Tech)
		Donna Roberts (ERS/USDA)
		Vuko Karov (Virginia Tech)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CAES 17 - CAES Symposium: Financial Crisis and Canadian Agriculture Crise financière et l'agriculture canadienne

Organizer	Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge)
Chair	Danny LeRoy (The University of Lethbridge)
Presentations	Canadian Agriculture and the Financial Crisis: Challenges for Agricultural Economists
		Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge)
		Danny LeRoy (The University of Lethbridge)
	Impact of Tight Credit Markets on Grain Marketing and Merchandising
		Al Mussell (George Morris Centre)
		Tesfalidet Asfaha (George Morris Centre)
		Larry Martin (George Morris Centre)
	Impacts of the Financial Crisis on Canadian Dairy Quota Values
		Rick Barichello (University of British Columbia)
Discussants	Lynn Cohoe (Homeland Grain)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CNEH 2: The Impact of Legal and Agricultural Institutions on Growth Impact des institutions légales et agricoles sur la croissance

Organizer	Ian Keay (Queen's University)
Chair	Gordon Holmes (McMaster University)
Presentations	Assessing the Impact of Women's Property Rights Legislation on Wealth Accumulation: Evidence from Wentworth County [abstract]
		Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University)
	Technological change and economic growth in the late Middle Ages: a critical review of three interpretations [abstract]
		Harry Kitsikopoulos (New York University)
	Capital Constraints and European Migration to Canada: Evidence from the 1920s Passenger Lists
		Frank Lewis (Queen's University)
		Alex Armstrong (Queen's University)
Discussants	Patrick Coe (Carleton University)
	Gillian Hamilton (University of Toronto)
	Carl Mosk (University of Victoria)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Labour Market and Health Interactions Marché du travail et interactions au niveau de la santé

Chair	Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo)
Presentations	Business Cycles and Mortality [abstract]
		Jean-Paul Lam (University of Waterloo and RCEA)
		Emmanuelle Piérard (University of Waterloo)
	Labour Market Outcomes Among Older People and Interactions Between Cognitive Functioning, Mental Health, and Physical Health [abstract]
		David Haardt (McMaster University)
	Productivity Losses of Chronic Diseases Among Canadian Labour Force from 1994 to 2005: Estimate from the Nationally Representative Samples [abstract]
		Farah Farahati (University of Toronto)
Discussants	Damien Echevin (Sherbrooke University)
	Emmanuelle Piérard (University of Waterloo)
	Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Development 6: Income distribution and poverty Développement 6 : distribution des revenus et pauvreté

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Kim Lehrer (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Institutions and poverty gap between aboriginal people and the rest of the population: Canadian Ojibway, Cree vs. Colombian Nasa-Paez aboriginal communities. [abstract]
		Rosa Evelia Sánchez García (Universidad Autónoma de Occidente)
	Inequality, Crime and Social Fragmentation in Emerging India [abstract]
		Sourabh Paul (University of British Columbia)
	Distribution and Development in Developing Countries: An Empirical Assessment [abstract]
		Minh Dao (Eastern Illinois University)
Discussants	Christian Dippel (Univerity of Toronto)
	Lucas Ronconi (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)
	Lihui Zhang (Dalhousie University)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Effects of Taxation Effets de la taxation

Chair	Alan Krause (University of York)
Presentations	The Consumption and Distributional Effects of a Nutrient-based Tax and Subsidy Scheme [abstract]
		Sohini Paul (University of British Columbia)
		Tirtha Dhar (University of British Columbia)
		Kathy Baylis (University of Illinois)
	Tax Reform with Endogenous Borrowing Limits and Incomplete Asset Markets [abstract]
		Eva Carceles (Stony Brook University)
		Arpad Abraham (University of Rochester)
	Corporate taxation and the impact of governance, political and economic factors [abstract]
		Fernando Ruiz (Royal Military Academy)
		Marcel Gerard (FUCaM, Catholic University of Mons)
Discussants	Craig Brett (Mount Allison University)
	Ergete Ferede (Grant MacEwan College)
	Alan Krause (University of York)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Topics in Environmental Economics II Sujets en économie environnementale II

Chair	Sarah Dobson (University of California, Berkeley)
Presentations	Second-Best Policies for Managing Conservation Easements [abstract]
		James Vercammen (University of British Columbia)
	Lender liability for environmental harm: A model of environmental screening under double moral hazard and ex ante information [abstract]
		Joshua Anyangah (University of Lethbridge)
	Fly or Cry: Is Airport Noise Costly? [abstract]
		Volker Nitsch (Darmstadt University)
Discussants	Sarah Dobson (University of California, Berkeley)
	Horatiu Rus (University of Waterloo)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Slavery, Suicide Bombers, and Armed Conflict Esclavage, attentats-suicide et conflits armés

Chair	Sébastien Mitraille (Toulouse Business School)
Presentations	Asymmetric Information and Adverse Selection in Mauritian Slave Auctions [abstract]
		Georges Dionne (HEC Montreal)
		Pascal St-Amour (University of Lausanne)
		Desire Vencatachellum (African Development Bank)
	Decision Processes of a Suicide Bomber - Integrating Economics and Psychology [abstract]
		Karen Pittel (ETH Zurich)
		Dirk Rübbelke (CICERO Oslo)
	Conflits Armés et Chocs Économiques: Causes et Éffets [abstract]
		Mohamed Douch (Royal Military College)
Discussants	Claudio Campanale (University of Alicante)
	Sébastien Mitraille (Toulouse Business School)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Industrial Organization II: 3-Slide Session Organisation industrielle 2 : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Joanne Roberts (University of Calgary)
Presentations	Measuring the Role of Publicity on the Demand for Prescription Drugs [abstract]
		Hyunwoo Lim (University of Toronto)
		Andrew Ching (University of Toronto)
		Robert Clark (HEC Montreal)
		Ignatius Horstmann (University of Toronto)
	Seeking capabilities: knowledge diffusion and the boundaries of the firm [abstract]
		Joel Blit (University of Toronto)
	Competition and Innovation with Horizental R&D Spillovers [abstract]
		Massoud Khazabi (University of Ottawa)
		N.V. Quyen (University of Ottawa)
	The cooperative firm as monitored credit [abstract]
		Philippe Marcoul (University of Alberta)
		Brent Hueth (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
	Energy efficiency convergence across a sample of U.S. industrial sectors, 1958-2000: Energy Shadow Value Approach [abstract]
		Asgar Khademvatani (University of Calgary)
Discussants	Andrew Ching (University of Toronto)
	Ettore Damiano (University of Toronto)
	Ignatius Horstmann (University of Toronto)
	Carlos Serrano (University of Toronto)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Health Economics: 3-Slide Session Économie de la santé : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Sisira Sarma (University of Western Ontario)
Presentations	Changes in Obesity Prevalence in Canada [abstract]
		Tao Ye (Concordia University)
	Demand for Health Care in a Public-Financed System : A Dynamic Stochastic Analysis [abstract]
		Étienne Gaudette (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Competition in the Physicians' Market: A Search Theoretical Approach [abstract]
		Koffi Ahoto Kpelitse (HEC-Montréal)
	Investigating the Effects of Relative Deprivation on Mental Health [abstract]
		Cong Li (McMaster University)
		Philip DeCicca (McMaster Univer)
	Measuring the Informative and Persuasive Roles of Detailing on Prescribing Decisions [abstract]
		Masakazu Ishihara (University of Toronto)
		Andrew Ching (University of Toronto)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Housing and the Macroeconomy Le logement et la macroéconomie

Chair	Paul Anglin (University of Guelph)
Presentations	Effects of Immigration on Housing Markets: How Immune is the Canada's Bubble from Bursting? [abstract]
		Ather Akbari (Saint Mary's University)
		Yigit Aydede (Saint Mary's University)
	Policy Instruments during Housing Boom-Bust Cycle [abstract]
		Maria Teresa Punzi (University of Alicante)
	House Prices and Consumer Spending: Empirical Evidence for Canada and the United States [abstract]
		Denise Côté (Banque du Canada)
		Samah Tarchani (Banque du Canada)
Discussants	Malik Shukayev (Bank of Canada)
	Jun Yang (Bank of Canada)
	Paul Anglin (University of Guelph)

Sat 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Trade and Labour II Sujets en commerce international

Chair	Kristian Behrens (University of Quebec at Montreal)
Presentations	International Competition, Returns to Skill and Labour Market Adjustment [abstract]
		Joana Silva (The World Bank and GEP, University of Nottingham)
		David Greenaway (GEP, University of Nottingham)
		Rod Falvey (GEP, University of Nottingham)
	Testing the Model of International Trade with Heterogeneous Workers [abstract]
		Runjuan Liu (University of Alberta)
		Daniel Trefler (University of Toronto)
	The Skill Dimension of Labour Market Impacts of External Price Shocks: Numerical Calculations From a Canadian Regional Trade Model [abstract]
		Trien Nguyen (University of Waterloo)
		Randall Wigle (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Discussants	Pupato Germán (University of British Columbia)
	Qing Liu (The University of Hong Kong)
	Kristian Behrens (University of Quebec at Montreal)

Sat 12:00 - 14:00	Loc. TBA
Purvis Luncheon: David Dodge Dîner Purvis : David Dodge

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
State of the Art Lecture - David Laibson État des connaissance - David Laibson

Chair	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
Speaker	David Laibson (Harvard University)
	The Economics and Neuroeconomics of Instant Gratification

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CDESG 5: Power and Enpowerment in Development Pouvoir et autonomisation en développement

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Mukesh Eswaran (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Incomplete Contracts, Contested Exchange and Economic Power: A Theoretical Model with Evidence [abstract]
		Sripad Motiram (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)
	Can Voting Technology Empower the Poor? Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Brazil [abstract]
		Thomas Fujiwara (University of British Columbia)
	Microfinance and Gender Empowerment [abstract]
		Zaki Wahhaj (University of Oxford)
		Thi Minh-Phuong Ngo (University of Namur, Belgium)
Discussants	Thomas Fujiwara (University of British Columbia)
	Kim Lehrer (University of British Columbia)
	Sripad Motiram (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Bank of Canada - China and the Global Economy Banque du Canada - La Chine et l'économie mondiale

Organizer	Jeannine Bailliu (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Jeannine Bailliu (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	The Transmission of Shocks to the Chinese Economy in a Global Context: A Model-Based Approach [abstract]
		Patrick Blagrave (Bank of Canada)
		Jeannine Bailliu (Bank of Canada)
		Douglas Laxton (International Monetary Fund)
		Ondra Kamenik (International Monetary Fund)
	How Sensitive are Chinese Exports to Exchange Rate Changes? [abstract]
		Shaghil Ahmed (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
	Will the renminbi become a world currency? [abstract]
		Wendy Dobson (University of Toronto)
		Paul Masson (University of Toronto)
Discussants	Carlos de Resende (Bank of Canada)
	Robert Lavigne (Bank of Canada)
	Paul Masson (University of Toronto)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Education and Children at Risk Éducation et enfants vulnérables

Chair	Yee Fei Chia (Cleveland State University)
Presentations	Learning About School Quality: Does New Information Affect School Choice? [abstract]
		Justin Smith (University of Manitoba)
	Understanding the postsecondary education choice: evidence from academic skills and reading proficiency [abstract]
		Justin Bayard (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
		Urvashi Dhawan-Biswal (HRSDC)
	The Impact of Physical and Sexual Abuse in Childhood on Adult Economic Outcomes [abstract]
		Paul Contoyannis (McMaster University)
		Martin Dooley (McMaster University)
Discussants	Elsa Fontainha (Technical University of Lisbon)
	Yih-chyi Chuang (National Chengchi University)
	Yee Fei Chia (Cleveland State University)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CESG 8: Financial Econometrics II Économétrie financière II

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Presentations	Extreme News Events, Long-Memory Volatility, And Time Varying Risk Premia [abstract]
		Wing Chan (Wilfrid Laurier University)
		LiLing Feng (City University of Hong Kong)
	Extreme Return-Volume Dependence in East-Asian Stock Markets: A Copula Approach [abstract]
		Cathy Ning (Ryerson University)
		Tony Wirjanto (University of Waterloo)
	Approximating Risk in A Large Portfolio and Empirical Applications [abstract]
		Ba Chu (Carleton Univ.)
Discussants	Ba Chu (Carleton Univ.)
	John W. Galbraith (McGill University)
	Shin Kanaya (University of Oxford)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
PEF 5: Themes in Post-Keynesian Economics Thèmes en économie post-keynésienne

Organizer	Louis-Philippe Rochon (Laurentian University)
Chair	Louis-Philippe Rochon (Laurentian University)
Presentations	Interest and Profit [abstract]
		John Smithin (York University)
	The Implications of Contemporary Monetary Policy Implementation Procedures for the Role of Money in Macroeconomics [abstract]
		Peter Docherty (University of Technology, Sydney)
		Dena Sadeghian (University of Technology, Sydney)
	Monetary and Fiscal Rules in a Stock Flow Consistent model with Demand Shock [abstract]
		Edwin Le Heron (Sciences Po Bordeaux)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CAES 18: Health, Food and Water Santé, aliments et eau

Chair	John Henning (McGill University)
Presentations	Modeling Reference-Dependent and Labeling Effects in Consumers' Functional Food Choices
		Ningning Zou (University of Saskatchewan)
		Jill E. Hobbs (University of Saskatchewan)
	Consumer Perceptions and Attitudes towards Healthy Eating in Canada
		Sven Anders (University of Alberta)
		Maryam Chamanifard (University of Alberta)
	At Odds with Drinking Water: Perceived Health Risks and Drinking Water in Canada
		Craig Schram (University of Alberta)
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)
		Diane Dupont (Brock University)
	Assessing Variation in an Individual's Propensity to Undertake Different Adaptive Behaviours Associated with Selecting Diets Low in Fat
		Kumuduni Kulasekera (University of Guelph)
		John Cranfield (University of Guelph)
		Spencer Henson (University of Guelph)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CAES 19: Spatial and Temporal Linkages between Markets Engrenages spatiaux et temporels entre marchés

Chair	Claudia Schmidt (George Morris Centre)
Presentations	Are EU Agricultural Markets Integrated?
		Crina Viju (University of Regina)
		William A. Kerr (University of Saskatchewan)
	Spatial and Temporal Influences on Soybean Basis in Ontario
		Getu Hailu (University of Guelph)
		Alex Maynard (University of Guelph)
		Edward Olale (University of Guelph)
		Alfons Weersink (University of Guelph)
	Cointegration Evidence of Structural Factors in Spatial Market Integration: A Study of Rice Markets in Sri Lanka
		Pahan Prasada (University.of Peradeniya)
		Ranjika Walisinghe (Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Sri Lanka)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CMSG 7: Money I Monnaie I

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	Relationship Lending and the Transmission of Monetary Policy [abstract]
		Kinda Hachem (University of Toronto)
	Central Bank Haircut Policy
		James Chapman (Bank of Canada)
		Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada)
		Miguel Molico (Bank of Canada)
	Monetary Theory with Non-degenerate Distributions [abstract]
		Hongfei (Amy) Sun (Queen's University)
		Guido Menzio (University of Pennsylvania)
		Shouyong Shi (University of Toronto)
	Monetary Policy, Short-Run Dynamics, and Welfare
		Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada)
		Miguel Molico (Bank of Canada)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Banking and Finance La banque et la finance

Chair	Alain Coen (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Presentations	Virtual Banking and the Performance of Japanese Financial Institutions [abstract]
		Farkhanda Shamim (Ryerson University, Toronto)
		Nobuyoshi Yamori (Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya Uni)
	Banking Sector Stability and Financial Liberalization: Some Evidence From Malaysia [abstract]
		Chow Fah Yee (University Technology MARA)
		Eu Chye Tan (University of Malaya)
	General Equilibrium with Banks and the Factor Intensity Condition [abstract]
		Emanuel Leao (ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute)
		Pedro Leao (ISEG, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa)
Discussants	Alain Coen (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Paul Schure (University of Victoria)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CSLS-CCA: Business Innovation in Canada: Perspectives on the Expert Panel Report of the Council of Canadian Academies Report Innovation chez les entreprises canadiennes : perspectives du rapport du panel d'experts du Conseil des académies canadiennes

Organizer	Peter Nicholson (Council of Canadian Academies)
	Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Pierre Fortin (UQAM)
Panelists	Marcel Cote (Secor)
	Richard Harris (Simon Fraser University)
	James Milway (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity)
	David Wolfe (University of Toronto)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Game Theory and Bargaining Theory I Théorie des jeux et théorie du marchandage I

Chair	Unjy Song (U of British Columbia)
Presentations	Observations on Mixed strategy Equilibria in Non-strictly Ordinal 2x2 Games [abstract]
		David Robinson (Laurentian Univerivity)
		David Goforth (Laurentian University)
	Why Partial Tender Offers are Suboptimal? [abstract]
		Mehmet Dalkir (University of New Brunswick)
		Elif Dalkir (University of New Brunswick)
	Fixed price offer in on-line auction markets [abstract]
		Laura Meriluoto (University of Canterbury)
		Hamish Kidd (Macquary Finance)
Discussants	Rene Kirkegaard (Brock University)
	Unjy Song (U of British Columbia)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Topics in Labour Economics II Sujets en économie du travail II

Chair	Aneta Bonikowska (Statistics Canada)
Presentations	Working Under the Table: A Study of Firms in Developing Countries that Employ Informal Workers [abstract]
		Lindsay Tedds (University of Victoria)
	Regional Labor Markets and Aging in Germany [abstract]
		Carsten Ochsen (University of Rostock)
	Participation in Retirement Plans in Canada: Recent Trends [abstract]
		André Léonard (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
Discussants	Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick)
	Chunling Fu (Statistics Canada)
	Aneta Bonikowska (Statistics Canada)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CAES 20: Demand Analysis Analyse de la demande

Chair	Bruno Larue (Université Laval)
Presentations	Consumer Demand for Convenience Chicken Meat Products in Canada
		Lingling Yu (University of Guelph)
		Getu Hailu (University of Guelph)
	Habit, BSE and the Dynamics of Beef Consumption
		Yulian Ding (University of Alberta)
		Michele Veeman (University of Alberta)
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)
	Impact of Advertising and Habit Forming Preferences on Demand for Food Away from Home (FAFH) in Canada
		Jeewani Fernando (University of Alberta)
		Ellen Goddard (University of Alberta)
		Tomas Nilsson (University of Alberta)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CAES 21 - CAES Symposium: Innovation and the Canadian Agri-Food Sector Innovation dans le secteur agro-alimentaire canadien

Organizer	John Cranfield (University of Guelph)
Chair	Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)
Presentations	Learning and the Optimal Timing of Targeted R&D Grants
		James Vercammen (University of British Columbia)
	A Review of Research on Food Processor Innovation in Canada
		Derek Brewin (University of Manitoba)
	Has the TRIPs Agreement Strengthened Protection of Intellectual Property Rights? A Dynamic Panel Investigation
		Ryan Cardwell (University of Manitoba)
		Pascal L. Ghazalian (University of Lethbridge)
	An Analysis of Innovation in the Canadian Bioproducts Industry
		Pamela Laughland (University of Western Ontario)
		John Cranfield (University of Guelph)
		David Sparling (University of Guelph)
Discussants	Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CNEH 3: Paths to Industrial Development Voies vers le développement industriel

Organizer	Ian Keay (Queen's University)
Chair	David Jacks (Simon Fraser University)
Presentations	Industrial Development Despite Parochial Technology [abstract]
		Ian Keay (Queen's University)
		Kris Inwood (University of Guelph)
	South Korea and Taiwan, 1948-78 - export-led industrialization? [abstract]
		Michael Jolly (Ryerson University)
	Elites in the Industrialization of China and Japan, 1850-2000 [abstract]
		Carl Mosk (University of Victoria)
Discussants	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
	Byron Lew (Trent University)
	Mary MacKinnon (McGill University)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Topics in Health Economics I Sujets en économie de la santé I

Chair	Casey Warman (Queen's University)
Presentations	Does the Way Physicians are Paid Influence the Way they Practice? The Case of Canadian Family Physicians' Work Activity [abstract]
		Sisira Sarma (University of Western Ontario)
		Rose Anne Devlin (University of Ottawa)
		Bachir Belhadji (Health Canada)
		Amardeep Thind (University of Western Ontario)
	The Impact of Cancer Screening on Cancer Detection: Evidence from Canada and the U.S. [abstract]
		Erin Strumpf (McGill University)
		Srikanth Kadiyala (University of Washington)
	The Impact of Market Structure on Health [abstract]
		Kate Rybczynski (University of Waterloo)
		Lori Curtis (University of Waterloo)
Discussants	Padmaja Ayyagari (Yale University)
	Alan Diener (Public Health Agency of Canada)
	Casey Warman (Queen's University)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Development 1: Preferences of donors and aid recipients Développement 1 : préférences des donneurs et des bénéficiaires

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba)
Presentations	The Intrinsic Value of Democracy: An Empirical Analysis [abstract]
		David Bazoumana Ouattara (Swansea University)
		J. Atsu Amegashie (University of Guelph)
	Vote Buying as a Determinant of Foreign Aid - Evidence from the International Whaling Commission [abstract]
		Christian Dippel (Univerity of Toronto)
	Foreign Aid Receipts and Ratification of Human Rights Treaties by Developing Countries [abstract]
		Arvind Magesan (University of Toronto)
Discussants	Kurt Annen (University of Guelph)
	Mak Arvin (Trent University)
	Ken Jackson (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
CREE I: Empirical and Applied Environmental Economics Économie environnementale empirique et appliquée

Chair	Diane Dupont (Brock University)
Presentations	Energy Security, Oil (Tar) Sands Development And Climate Change Policy: What Route To Take In North America? [abstract]
		Stephan Schott (Carleton University)
	Gender, Household, and Regional Differences in Water Consumption Choices [abstract]
		Diane Dupont (Brock University)
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)
		Alan Krupnick (Resources for the Future)
	Linking Air Pollutants to Health Outcomes Across Canada [abstract]
		Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia)
Discussants	John Janmaat (University of British Columbia Okanagan)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Quality of Life and Happiness Qualité de vie et bonheur

Chair	Georges Dionne (HEC Montreal)
Presentations	From a Young Teen's Perspective: Income and the Happiness of Canadian 12 to 15 Year-Olds [abstract]
		Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University)
		Peter Burton (Dalhousie University)
	Liberties, Growth, and Happiness - A Cross-Country Analysis [abstract]
		Sukhwinder Bagi (Bloomsburg University)
	Budget Allocation, Relative Consumption and Inequality: When is Aggregate Income Welfare Reducing? [abstract]
		Jesse Matheson (University of Calgary)
Discussants	Sukhwinder Bagi (Bloomsburg University)
	Georges Dionne (HEC Montreal)
	Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Innovation: 3-Slide Session Innovation : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Mariano Tappata (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Dynamics of Consumer Adoption of Financial Innovations: The Case of ATM Cards [abstract]
		Botao Yang (University of Toronto)
		Andrew Ching (University of Toronto)
	Patent Thickets, Spillovers, and Market Value: Evidence from a Panel of US Firms [abstract]
		Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir (University of Waterloo)
	Productivity Growth, Worker Reallocation and Innovation [abstract]
		Ali Fakih (HEC Montréal)
	TFP growth, Technological Progress, and Efficiency Changes: Empirical Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing Industries [abstract]
		Mahamat Hamit-Haggar (University of Ottawa)
	Bilateral Technology Diffusion and Trade [abstract]
		Yao (Amber) Li (University of Western Ontario)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Labour Economics: 3-Slide Session Économie du travail : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
Presentations	The Impact of Childcare Cost on Maternal Labor Supply: Individual Heterogeneity and Sample Selection Corrected Panel Data Evidence from Canada [abstract]
		Eyob Fissuh (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
	Mobility and Career Concerns of Patent Examiners: an Analysis of U.S. Data [abstract]
		Corinne Langinier (University of Alberta)
		Stephanie Lluis (University of Waterloo)
	Impact of Social Networks on Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Community Employment Innovation Project [abstract]
		Adnan Khan (Queen's University)
	The Effect of Enclave Residence on Canadian Immigrants' Labour Market Activities: An Analysis Based on Panel Data [abstract]
		Jiong Tu (McMaster University)
	A Structural Model of Strike Durations [abstract]
		Sadat Reza (York University)
		Paul Rilstone (York University)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Monetary Policy and Inflation II Politique monétaire et inflation

Chair	Eric Santor (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	Testing For Rule of Thumb Price-Setting [abstract]
		José Dorich (Bank of Canada)
	Flexible Inflation Targets: An Empirical Investigation [abstract]
		Graham Voss (University of Victoria)
		Glenn Otto (University of New South Wales, Sydney)
Discussants	Hyuk-jae Rhee (University of Windsor)
	Eric Santor (Bank of Canada)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
The Payment System and the Medium of Exchange Système de paiements et moyen d'échange

Chair	Denise Côté (Banque du Canada)
Presentations	Which Bank is the Central Bank? An Application of Markov Theory to the Canadian Large Value Transfer System [abstract]
		James Chapman (Bank of Canada)
		Morten Bech (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
		Rod Garratt (University of California - Santa Barbara)
	For Saturday: Estimating the Structure of the Payment Network in the LVTS: An Application of Estimating Communities in Network Data [abstract]
		Nellie Y.N. Zhang (Bank of Canada)
		James T.E. Chapman (Bank of Canada)
	Choosing and using payment instruments: Evidence from German micro-data [abstract]
		Tobias Schmidt (Deutsche Bundesbank)
		Ulf von Kalckreuth (Deutsche Bundesbank)
		Helmut Stix (Oesterreichische Nationalbank)
Discussants	Denise Côté (Banque du Canada)
	Tobias Schmidt (Deutsche Bundesbank)
	Hui Zhu (Queen's University)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Foreign Investment and Multinationals Investissement direct étranger

Chair	Runjuan Liu (University of Alberta)
Presentations	Foreign Multinational Production in Canadian Manufacturing Sector [abstract]
		Weimin Wang (Industry Canada)
	Multinational Subsidiary Networks [abstract]
		Chen Maggie (George Washington University)
	How Does Nationality Affect Plant Divestitures and Acquisitions? [abstract]
		Yanling Wang (Carleton University)
Discussants	Runjuan Liu (University of Alberta)
	Joana Silva (The World Bank and GEP, University of Nottingham)

Sat 14:00 - 15:30	Loc. TBA
Business Cycles, International Finance and Globalization Cycle économique, finance internationale et mondialisation

Organizer	Hashmat Khan (Carleton University)
Chair	Hashmat Khan (Carleton University)
Presentations	Globalization and Asset Prices: Which Trade-Offs Do Central Banks Face in Small Open Economies? [abstract]
		Rolf Knütter (Research Assistant, University of Hagen, Germany)
		Helmut Wagner (Professor, University of Hagen)
	News and knowledge capital [abstract]
		Christopher Gunn (McMaster University)
		Alok Johri (McMaster University)
	The Quantitative Importance of News Shocks in Estimated DSGE Models [abstract]
		Hashmat Khan (Carleton University)
		John Tsoukalas (University of Nottingham)
	Asymmetric Information, Portfolio Managers and Home Bias [abstract]
		Jordi Mondria (University of Toronto)
		Wioletta Dziuda (Kellogg School of Management)
Discussants	Ali Dib (Bank of Canada)
	Wei Dong (Bank of Canada)
	Matthew Doyle (University of Waterloo)
	Jean-Paul Lam (University of Waterloo and RCEA)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
State of the Art Lecture - Marcel Boyer État des connaissances - Marcel Boyer

Chair	Curtis Eaton (University of Calgary)
Speaker	Marcel Boyer (Université de Montréal)
	Intellectual Property Rights for the Digital Era

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CDESG 6: Education in Development Éducation et développement

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Sonia Laszlo (McGill University)
Presentations	Fertility, education, child labor, and domestic chores: theory and evidence from Senegal [abstract]
		Ousmane Faye (African Population & Health Research Centre - APHRC)
		Bertrand Verheyden (IRISS, CEPS/INSTEAD)
	The Effect of Tutoring on Secondary Streaming in Egypt [abstract]
		Asmaa Elbadawy (McMaster University & Population Council, MENA)
	Food for thought: Assessing the impact of a country-wide school feeding program [abstract]
		Louise Grogan (Guelph)
Discussants	Louis-Philippe Morin (University of Ottawa)
	Tammy Schirle (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Martin Valdivia (GRADE)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Bank of Canada - Macro-financial linkages in Dynamic Models Banque du Canada - engrenages financiers dans les modèles dynamiques

Organizer	Carlos de Resende (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Carlos de Resende (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	How Important are Financial Frictions in the U.S. and the Euro Area? [abstract]
		Virginia Queijo von Heideken (Sveriges Riksbank)
	Credit and Interbank Markets in a DSGE Model: A Microfounded Framework [abstract]
		Ali Dib (Bank of Canada)
	On the Amplification Role of Collateral Constraints [abstract]
		Caterina Mendicino (Central Bank of Portugal)
Discussants	Kevin Moran (Université Laval)
	Virginia Queijo von Heideken (Sveriges Riksbank)
	Pavel Sevcik (Université de Montréal)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CD Howe: Financial Stability, Procyclicality and Capital Regulation of Financial Institutions CD Howe : stabilité financière, procyclicité et réglementation des institutions financières

Organizer	Finn Poschmann (C.D. Howe Institute)
Chair	David Dodge (Queen's University)
Presentations	Macro and Micro-Prudential regulation, Pro-Cyclicality and Basel II: Comments and Proposals from a Skeptic [abstract]
		Nicholas Le Pan (Chairman, Canadian Public Accountability Board and former Superintendent of Financial Institutions)
Discussants	Paul Masson (University of Toronto)
	Frank Milne (Queen's University & Bank of Canada)
	Finn Poschmann (C.D. Howe Institute)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
The Return to Education Rendements à l'éducation

Chair	Justin Smith (University of Manitoba)
Presentations	Human Capital Theory, Returns to Education and On-the-job Learning: Evidence from Canadian Data [abstract]
		Mohsen Bouaissa (HRSDC Canada)
	Earnings And The Value Of A Canadian University Degree [abstract]
		James McIntosh (Concordia University)
Discussants	Justin Smith (University of Manitoba)
	Justin Bayard (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada)
	Paul Contoyannis (McMaster University)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
MESA/CMSF I: Access to Postsecondary Education: Background, Ability and Schooling Effects Accès à la formation post-secondaire : effets de l'arrière-plan socio-économique, de la capacité innée et de l'éducation

Organizer	Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
	Anne Motte (Canada Millennium Scholarship Fdn)
Chair	Anne Motte (Canada Millennium Scholarship Fdn)
Presentations	Access to post-secondary education in Canada: new evidence on the effects of family background. [abstract]
		Stephen Childs (Queen's University)
		Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
		Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge)
	Access to Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Why are there Differences between Provinces? [abstract]
		Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge)
		Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
	The Implications of Peer Effects and Parental Influences on University Attendance [abstract]
		Michael Hoy (University of Guelph)
		Louis Christofides (University of Cyprus)
		Zhi (Jane) Li (University of Guelph)
		Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph)
	Cognitive and Noncognitive Ability and Educational Attainment in Canada [abstract]
		Jorgen Hansen (Concordia University)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
R&D and Innovation R&D et innovation

Chair	Malick Souare (Industry Canada)
Presentations	A Study To Improve Innovation For Small Business And Research Funding For Colleges [abstract]
		Terry James (Seneca College)
	Impact of Canadian Biotechnology University Research Funding [abstract]
		Catherine Beaudry (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
		Maxime Clerk-Lamalice (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
	R&D and Recall of New Drugs Under Asymmetric Learning [abstract]
		Ayar Musa (University of Western Ontario)
		Hugo Mialon (Emory University)
Discussants	Yang Seung Lee (University of Alberta)
	Travis Ka Ho Ng (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CESG 9: Financial Econometrics III Économétrie financière III

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	Garima Vasishtha (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	A State Space Approach To Estimating The Integrated Variance And Microstructure Noise Component [abstract]
		Daisuke Nagakura (Bank of Japan)
		Toshiaki Watanabe (Hitotsubashi University)
	Politics, Stock Markets, and Model Uncertainty [abstract]
		Otto Reich (Massey University)
		Peren Arin (Massey University)
		Alexander Molchanov (Massey University)
	Long Memory and Nonlinearity in Conditional Variances: A Smooth Transition FIGARCH Model [abstract]
		Rehim Kilic (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Discussants	Wing Chan (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Cathy Ning (Ryerson University)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
PEF 6: Financialization Financialisation

Organizer	Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives)
Chair	Mario Seccareccia (University of Ottawa)
Panelists	Marc Lavoie (University of Ottawa)
	Brenda Spotton-Visano (York University)
	Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CAES 22: Empirical Modelling Modélisation empirique

Chair	Msafiri Daudi Mbaga (Sultan Qaboos University)
Presentations	Trade Impacts of Management Standards: Are ISO 9000 Standards Facilitating Tools or Implicit Barriers?
		Kathryn A. Boys (Clemson University)
		Jason H. Grant (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
	Volatility Spill-over in a Customs Union: A Case Study of Sheep Imports in South America from Namibia
		Rakhal Sarker (University of Guelph)
		Olubukola A. Oyewumi (University of Guelph)
	Subsidy Removal from Agricultural and Food Industry Sectors of Iran: A Price-Based SAM Model
		Terrence S Veeman (University of Alberta)
		Habibollah Salami (Tehran University)
		Vahedeh Ansari (University of Tehran)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CAES 23: Technology Technologie

Chair	Sven Anders (University of Alberta)
Presentations	The Effect of Supply and Demand Shocks on Technology Adoption: The Case of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin
		Henry An (UC-Davis)
	Estimating Non-Linear Yield Responses to Extreme Temperatures for Major Crops in the Canadian Prairies
		Susan Robertson (University of Alberta)
		Jim Unterschultz (University of Alberta)
		Scott Jeffrey (University of Alberta)
	Contributions of Weather Conditions, Fertilizer Management and Technological Advances to Increased Canola Yields
		Richard Carew (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
		Elwin Smith (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
	Analyzing People's Perceptions of Risks and Benefits of Plant Molecular Farming
		Wiktor Adamowicz (University of Alberta)
		Michele Veeman (University of Alberta)
		Dmitriy Volinskiy (University of Alberta)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CMSG/Bank of Canada: Money Policy Politique monétaire

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Francisco Ruge-Murcia (Universite de Montreal)
Presentations	Financial Shocks and the Zero Bound on Nominal Interest Rates [abstract]
		Malik Shukayev (Bank of Canada)
		Robert Amano (Bank of Canada)
	Real Effects of Price Stability with Endogenous Nominal Indexation
		Yaz Terajima (Bank of Canada)
		Cesaire Meh (Bank of Canada)
		Vincenzo Quadrini (University of Southern California)
	Monetary Policy when Wages are Downwardly Rigid
		Francisco Ruge-Murcia (Universite de Montreal)
		Jinill Kim (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussants	Craig Burnside (Duke University)
	Oleksiy Kryvstov (Bank of Canada)
	Kevin Moran (Université Laval)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CEBERG 7: Coordination and Communication in Groups Coordination et communication au sein des groupes

Organizer	Yoram Halevy (University of British Columbia)
	Andreas Park (University of Toronto)
Chair	Jingjing Zhang (Mcmaster University)
Presentations	Group Composition and Cooperation [abstract]
		Alexander Smith (University of Calgary)
	Coordination, Communication and Group Formation [abstract]
		Dietmar Fehr (Technische Universität Berlin)
	Communication in Common-Pool Resource Environment with Output Sharing in Partnerships [abstract]
		Jingjing Zhang (Mcmaster University)
		Neil Buckley (York University)
		Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University)
		R. Andrew Muller (McMaster University)
		Stephan Schott (Carleton University)
Discussants	Gregory J DeAngelo (UCSB/ CU Denver)
	Stuart Mestelman (McMaster University)
	Khalid Nainar (McMaster)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Applications of Search Theory in Housing and Finance Économie immobilière

Chair	Farkhanda Shamim (Ryerson University, Toronto)
Presentations	The Economics of Optimal Stopping [abstract]
		Robert Cairns (McGill University)
		Graham Davis (Colorado School of Mines)
	Social housing and rental housing market in an equilibrium rent search model [abstract]
		Sébastien Ménard (GAINS-TEPP (CNRS); Faculté d'économie du Mans)
	Is There A Stable Matching Function in the Market for Existing Homes? [abstract]
		Lu Han (University of Toronto)
		David Genesove (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Discussants	Lu Han (University of Toronto)
	Sébastien Ménard (GAINS-TEPP (CNRS); Faculté d'économie du Mans)
	Farkhanda Shamim (Ryerson University, Toronto)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Issues in Trade and Development

Chair	John Ries (Sauder School of Business, UBC)
Presentations	The Indian Business Process Outsourcing Industry: An Evaluation of Firm-Level Performance [abstract]
		Arti Grover (Delhi School of Economics)
	Investment-Specific Technology Shocks, Factor Market Rigidity and the Volatility of the Terms of Trade [abstract]
		Sharif Faisal Khan (Queen's University)
	Migration Policies, Investment in Education, and Human Capital Flows: a General Equilibrium Approach [abstract]
		Vincenzo Caponi (Ryerson University)
		Claustre Bajona (Ryerson University)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Game Theory and Bargaining Theory II Théorie des jeux et théorie du marchandage II

Chair	David Robinson (Laurentian Univerivity)
Presentations	Wage Posting Without Full Commitment [abstract]
		Matthew Doyle (University of Waterloo)
		Jacob Wong (University of Adelaide)
	Balancing Bargaining Power between Internal and External Suppliers [abstract]
		Mihkel Tombak (University of Toronto)
		Sergio Meza (University of Toronto)
	Optimal Sharing Rules in Repeated Partnerships [abstract]
		Tadashi Sekiguchi (Kyoto University)
		Hajime Kobayashi (Osaka Prefecture University)
		Katsunori Ohta (Wakayama University)
Discussants	Elif Dalkir (University of New Brunswick)
	David Robinson (Laurentian Univerivity)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CAES 24: Agricultural Policy Politique agricole

Chair	Derek Brewin (University of Manitoba)
Presentations	Acreage Response to Government Farm Programs
		Samira Bakhshi (University of Saskatchewan)
		Richard S. Gray (University of Saskatchewan)
	Impact of Agricultural Policy on Caloric Intake Levels for Specific Food Items
		Brad Rickard (Cornell Univeristy)
	BSE in Canada: Assessing the Economic Losses and the Government Compensation to the Beef Sector
		Kurt Klein (University of Lethbridge)
		Danny G. LeRoy (University of Lethbridge)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CDESG Panel session: The Global Food Crisis: Implications for the Developing World Panel : la crise alimentaire mondiale : conséquences pour les pays en développement

Sponsored by	Canadian Development Economics Study Group
Organizer	Ryan Compton (University of Manitoba)
	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
	Sonia Laszlo (McGill University)
Chair	Louise Grogan (Guelph)
Panelists	Susanna Horton (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Will Martin (World Bank)
	Maximo Torero (IFPRI)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CNEH 4: International and Domestic Factor Markets Marchés des facteurs nationaux et internationaux

Organizer	Ian Keay (Queen's University)
Chair	Ian Keay (Queen's University)
Presentations	Commodity Price Volatility and World Market Integration since 1700 [abstract]
		David Jacks (Simon Fraser University)
		Kevin O'Rourke (Trinity College Dublin)
		Jeffrey Williamson (Harvard University)
	Immigration and Trade in Recent Australian History [abstract]
		Andrew J Clarke (University of Melbourne)
		Russell Hillberry (University of Melbourne)
	The United States Postal Money Ordersystem In The 19Th Century [abstract]
		Thomas Velk (McGill University)
		Terence Hines (Pace University)
Discussants	Livio Di Matteo (Lakehead University)
	Les Oxley (University of Canterbury)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Topics in Health Economics II Sujets en économie de la santé II

Chair	Erin Strumpf (McGill University)
Presentations	Why some insured patients do not use their health insurance card when seeking health services? Accessing health insurance benefits and its determinants - the case of Vietnam [abstract]
		Ardeshir Sepehri (University of Manitoba)
		Sisira Sarma (University of Western Ontario)
		John Serieux (University of Manitoba)
	Health Economics: Society Needs Justification [abstract]
		Khandakar Elahi (York University)
	Social effect and female genital mutilation [abstract]
		Salmata Ouedraogo (UQAC)
Discussants	Erin Strumpf (McGill University)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Development 8: International Trade and development Développement 8 : commerce international et développement

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Louis Hotte (University of Ottawa)
Presentations	Underdevelopment and Serial Industrialization in a Ricardian Trade Model with Learning-by-doing [abstract]
		Paul Friesen (University of Guelph)
	Subsistence Consumption and Trade with Uncertainty [abstract]
		Jingsong Yu (University of Ottawa)
		Louis Hotte (University of Ottawa)
	Is Skill Diversity a Source of Productivity and Exports in Developing Countries? [abstract]
		John Morrow (UW-Madison)
Discussants	Maria Bejan (Itam)
	Andres Lopez (Mercosur Network of Economic Research)
	Shintaro Yamaguchi (McMaster University)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
CREE II: Resource Economics Économie des ressources

Chair	Linda Nostbakken (University of Alberta)
Presentations	Capacity adjustment and drivers of investment in a fishery with tradable output quotas [abstract]
		Linda Nostbakken (University of Alberta)
	Optimal Taxation in a Small Open Exhaustible Resource-Exporting Economy [abstract]
		Jennifer Winter (University of Calgary)
		John Boyce (University of Calgary)
	Water Markets, Licences, and Conservation: Some Implications [abstract]
		John Janmaat (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
Discussants	Corinne Langinier (University of Alberta)
	Itziar Lazkano (University of Calgary)
	John Livernois (University of Guelph)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
International Trade and Investment: 3-Slide Session Commerce international et investissement : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Sumeet Gulati (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	Offshoring, Trade in Tasks and Occupational Specificity of Human Capital [abstract]
		Moritz Ritter (University of Toronto)
	Outsourcing and non-monotonic effect of tariffs [abstract]
		Andrea Pierce (Ryerson University)
		Debapriya Sen (Ryerson University)
	Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on [abstract]
		Somaieh Nikpoor (University of Ottawa)
	Sorting in Exporting Market Selection: Evidence from China [abstract]
		Luhang Wang (University of Toronto)
	The Effects of the Length of the Period of Commitment on the Stability of International Environmental Agreements [abstract]
		Robeny Bruno Nkuiya Mbakop (University Of Montreal)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Employment and Wages: 3-Slide Session Emploi et salaires : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Jennifer Hunt (McGill University)
Presentations	Can Employment Protection Increase Work Hours Volatility? Evidence From Canadian Provinces [abstract]
		Nicolas Lepage-Saucier (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Sources of Wage Growth and Returns to Tenure in Italy [abstract]
		Michele Battisti (Simon Fraser University)
	Religiosity and Earning: A Behavioural Appreciation [abstract]
		Maryam Dilmaghani (McGill University)
	A multiple spell analysis of the duration of employment in Canada [abstract]
		Luke Ignaczak (Carleton University)
		Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
	Jobless Growth in a Developing Country: An Analysis of Pakistani Data [abstract]
		Azad Haider (Saint Mary's University)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Monetary Policy and Inflation III Politique monétaire et inflation III

Chair	Graham Voss (University of Victoria)
Presentations	Money and price posting under private information [abstract]
		Janet Hua Jiang (University of Manitoba)
		Mei Dong (Simon Fraser University)
	Intergenerational Transmission of Inflation Aversion: Theory and Evidence [abstract]
		Etienne Farvaque (Université de Lille 1)
		Alexander Mihailov (University of Reading)
	Deflation Risks Under Alternative Monetary Policy Rules [abstract]
		Marianne Johnson (Bank of Canada)
		Douglas Laxton (International Monetary Fund)
		Ondra Kamenik (International Monetary Fund)
		Kevin Clinton
Discussants	José Dorich (Bank of Canada)
	Graham Voss (University of Victoria)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
The Banking System Le système bancaire

Chair	James Chapman (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	A Positive Analysis of Deposit Insurance Provision Among Countries: The Case of Europe Union Countries in 2008 [abstract]
		Merwan Engineer (University of Victoria)
		Gillis Mark (University of Victoria)
	Financial Intermediation: a network view [abstract]
		Afrasiab Mirza (Queen's University)
	Updating Forecasts in Vector Autoregression Models with an Application to the Canadian Banking Industry [abstract]
		Hui Zhu (Queen's University)
		Allan W. Gregory (Queen's University)
Discussants	James Chapman (Bank of Canada)
	Jean-Sébastien Fontaine (Bank of Canada)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Comparative Advantage Avantage comparatif

Chair	Yanling Wang (Carleton University)
Presentations	Vertical Comparative Advantage [abstract]
		Bernard Beaudreau (Université Laval)
	Is intra-industry trade driven by comparative advantage? [abstract]
		Eckhard Siggel (Concordia University)
	Comparative Advantage and Competitive Advantage: An Economics Perspective and a Synthesis [abstract]
		Satya Dev Gupta (St. Thomas University)
Discussants	Chen Maggie (George Washington University)
	Weimin Wang (Industry Canada)
	Yanling Wang (Carleton University)

Sat 16:00 - 17:30	Loc. TBA
Monetary Union and Financial Linkage Union monétaire et engrenages financiers

Chair	Guillermo Vuletin (Colby College)
Presentations	Currency Areas and International Assistance [abstract]
		Worrall Tim (Manchester University)
		Picard Pierre (University of Luxembourg)
	Fiscal Risk in a Monetary Union [abstract]
		Christos Shiamptanis (Trent University)
		Betty Daniel (Federal Reserve Board)
	A simple but flexible and insightful model for empirical research on the feasibility of monetary union between small and large countries [abstract]
		Rosmy Jean Louis (Vancouver Island University)
Discussants	Guillermo Vuletin (Colby College)
	Shengzu Wang (Fudan University)

Sat 17:45 - 19:00	Loc. TBA
Presidential Address - Ralph Winter Discours présidentiel - Ralph Winter

Chair	Aloysius Siow (University of Toronto)
Speaker	Ralph Winter (University of British Columbia)
	Economic Theory in the Courtroom: Competition Policy and Single-Firm Conduct

Sat 18:30 - 22:00	Loc. TBA
CAES Reception and Awards Dinner Réception CAES et souper palmarès

Sat 19:00 - 22:00	Loc. TBA
Reception Réception

 
 
 
 
 

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Sun 08:00 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CAES New Executive Breakfast Meeting Déjeuner du nouveau conseil exécutif CAES

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
MESA/CMSF II: Access to PSE: How students get there and what happens when they do Accès à la formation post-secondaire : comment les étudiants y parviennent y ce qui leur arrive lorsqu'ils y sont

Organizer	Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
	Anne Motte (Canada Millennium Scholarship Fdn)
Chair	Alex Usher (Education Policy Institute)
Presentations	The Patterns of Persistence in Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Evidence from the YITS-A [abstract]
		Hanqing (Theresa) Qiu (Statistics Canada)
		Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
	Differences in Grading Standards: Causes and the Impact on Post-Secondary Education Accessibility and Success [abstract]
		Torben Drewes (Trent University)
	The choice to take a Gap Year: evidence from YITS-A [abstract]
		David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier University)
		Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
	Who Studies Part-time? An Examination of Canadian Post-Secondary Students Aged 18-30 [abstract]
		Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa)
		Anne Motte (Canada Millennium Scholarship Fdn)
		Hanqing (Theresa) Qiu (Statistics Canada)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Industry Studies Études d'industries

Chair	Loretta Fung (University of Alberta and National Tsing Hua University)
Presentations	A Monopolistic Competition Economic Model of the Horticultural Industry with a Risk of Harmful Plant Invasion [abstract]
		Duncan Knowler (Simon Fraser University)
		Ed Barbier (University of Wyoming)
		Johnson Gwatipedza (University of Wyoming)
		Sarah Reichard (University of Washington)
	Regional-Level Analysis of Oligopsony Power in the Ukrainian Milk Processing Industry: Evidence from Transition Countries [abstract]
		Oleksandr Perekhozhuk (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe)
		Michael Grings (Martin Luther University)
		Thomas Glauben (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Develo)
	Dynamic Price Dependence of Canadian and World Art Markets: An Empirical Analysis
		Aylin Seckin (Istanbul Bilgi University)
		Douglas Hodgson (UQAM)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CESG 10: Resource, Energy & Environmental Econometrics Économétrie des ressources, de l'énergie et de l'environnement

Organizer	Lynda Khalaf (Carleton University)
	Marcel Voia (Carleton University)
Chair	Frances Woolley (Carleton University)
Presentations	Using choice experiments to analyze consumers' preferences for the attributes of non-market goods. [abstract]
		Daniel Haile (Memorial University)
		Louis Slangen (Wageningen Unviersity , the Netherlands)
		Qin Tu (Wageningen University, the Netherlands)
	Forecasting Commodity Prices: A Simple Evaluation of Several Models [abstract]
		Ilan Kolet (Bank of Canada)
		James Younker (Bank of Canada)
	Measurement Errors in Recall Food Consumption Data [abstract]
		Matthew Brzozowski (York University)
		Naeem Ahmed (McMaster University)
		Thomas F. Crossley (University of Cambridge)
Discussants	Matthew Brzozowski (York University)
	Sonia Laszlo (McGill University)
	Christos Ntantamis (CREATES, Aarhus University)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
PEF 7: Born Again Keynes Keynes régénéré

Organizer	Mel Watkins (University of Toronto)
Chair	Mel Watkins (University of Toronto)
Presentations	Why Looting the Treasury is not Keynesian Economics?
		Duncan Cameron (Simon Fraser University)
	How Keynesianism Came to Canada: Canadian Economic Policy, 1936-1945 [abstract]
		Hugh Grant (University of Winnipeg)
	Keynes and 'National Self-Sufficiency': Is there too much trade? [abstract]
		Mel Watkins (University of Toronto)
Discussants	Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CMSG 9: Business Cycles Cycles économiques

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Hajime Tomura (Bank of Canada)
Presentations	Financial Factors and Labour Market Fluctuations
		Yahong Zhang (Bank of Canada)
	Measuring the Effects of Fiscal Policy
		Foued Chihi (HEC Montreal)
		Hafedh Bouakez (HEC Montreal)
		Michel Normandin (HEC Montreal)
	Heterogeneous Beliefs and Housing-Market Boom-Bust Cycles
		Hajime Tomura (Bank of Canada)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Game Theory and Bargaining Theory III Théorie des jeux et théorie du marchandage III

Chair	Mihkel Tombak (University of Toronto)
Presentations	On the Use of Identity in Strategic Network Management [abstract]
		Florentina N. Uzea (University of Saskatchewan)
		Murray Fulton (University of Saskatchewan)
	Complex behavioiur in challenging social situations [abstract]
		David Goforth (Laurentian University)
		David Robinson (Laurentian Univerivity)
	The Art of Compromise [abstract]
		Maria Gallego (Wilfrid Laurier University)
		David Scoones (University of Victoria)
Discussants	Matthew Doyle (University of Waterloo)
	Tadashi Sekiguchi (Kyoto University)
	Mihkel Tombak (University of Toronto)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Immigration I

Chair	Serge Nadeau (University of Ottawa)
Presentations	Labour Market Regulations, Taxes and International Migration [abstract]
		Haozhen Zhang (HRSDC, Government of Canada)
	Does Foreign Human Capital Help Immigrants Find Jobs Related to their Education? [abstract]
		Jason Dean (McGill University)
	Duration of Access of Canadian Immigrants to the First Job in Intended Occupation [abstract]
		Li Xue (Citizenship and Immigration Canada)
		Gilles Grenier (University of Ottawa)
Discussants	Qiang Li (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
	Serge Nadeau (University of Ottawa)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Law and Economics I Droit et économie I

Chair	Eric Terry (Ryerson University)
Presentations	Canada's Draft Abuse of Dominance Guidelines: A Comparative Look [abstract]
		Lilla Csorgo (Competition Bureau)
	Patent Thickets and the Market for Innovation: Evidence from Settlement of Patent Disputes [abstract]
		Alberto Galasso (University of Toronto)
		Mark Schankerman (London School of Economics)
	Selection efficiency of the business reorganization procedure of Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and Creditor Protection [abstract]
		Benoit Mario Papillon (Uqtr)
Discussants	Sofia Johan (Tilburg Law and Economics Centre)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Development 9: Open economy macroeconomics and development Développement 9 : macroéconomie des économies ouvertes et développement

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Wimal Rankaduwa (University of Prince Edward Island)
Presentations	The Impact of Exchange Rate Volatility on Exports in Transition and Developing Economies: An Empirical Analysis [abstract]
		Afshan Dar (University of Ottawa)
	Openness to Trade and Output Volatility [abstract]
		Maria Bejan (Itam)
	International investment in tourism and the development dimension. [abstract]
		Diana Barrowclough (United Nations Conference for Trade and Development)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
CREE Student Session I: Theory Séance étudiante CREE I : théorie

Chair	Jennifer Winter (University of Calgary)
Presentations	2x2 Axiomatic Bargaining in Trade-Environment Negotiations [abstract]
		Walid Marrouch (HEC Montréal)
		Justin Leroux (HEC Montréal)
	The role of technology in the efficient intergenerational level of environmental quality [abstract]
		Itziar Lazkano (University of Calgary)
	A Spatial Model of International Trade in Exhaustible Resources [abstract]
		Octave Keutiben (Université de Montréal)
Discussants	Octave Keutiben (Université de Montréal)
	Jennifer Winter (University of Calgary)
	Joel Wood (University of Guelph)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Development of Economic Thought I Développement de la pensée économique I

Chair	Parveen Gill (Sheridan Cllege)
Presentations	How Marshallian Economics Came to Canada [abstract]
		Robert Dimand (Brock University)
		Robin Neill (University of Prince Edward Island)
	The Walrasian and the Marxian numéraire: its link to gold as a variable standard of value [abstract]
		Jean-Guy Loranger (Université de Montréal)
	Asimakopulos, Holmes and Rothwell on Monthly Baskets in the Consumer Price Index [abstract]
		Andrew Baldwin (Statistics Canada)
Discussants	Khandakar Elahi (York University)
	Ruth Forsdyke (Dalhousie University)
	Parveen Gill (Sheridan Cllege)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Asset Markets: 3-Slide Session Marché des actifs : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Lu Han (University of Toronto)
Presentations	Return Chasing Of Foreign Traders On The Cross-Section Of Local Stocks [abstract]
		Ali Emre Konukoglu (University of Toronto)
	Inference in Asset Pricing Models with a Low-Variance Factor [abstract]
		Hua Shang (Concordia University)
	A Comparative Analysis of the Returns on Provincial and Federal Canadian Bonds [abstract]
		Behnamian Aslan (University of Alberta)
		Valentina Galvani (University of Alberta)
	Sat/Sun: Households' choice between fixed- and adjustable-rate mortgages [abstract]
		Albert Touna Mama (University of Cape Town)

Sun 08:30 - 10:00	Loc. TBA
Growth and Development: 3-Slide Session Croissance et développement : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Presentations	Bribe Incidence in Transition Economies: Does Foreign Ownership matter? [abstract]
		Simin Seury (York University)
	Does Aid Work in South Asia? [abstract]
		Murshed Chowdhury (University of Manitoba)
		Syeed-Uz-Zaman Khan (University of Manitoba)
	Structural change from Agriculture to Manufactures: Labor Push versus Labor Pull [abstract]
		Markus Poschke (McGill University)
		Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado (McGill University)
	Gains From Openness Through Multinational Enterprises and Technology Diffusion [abstract]
		Tommy Wu (Queen's University)
	Explaining Threshold Effects of Growth on Poverty: A case study for Pakistan [abstract]
		Aurangzeb Aurangzeb (University of Guelph)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CSLS 2: Measures of Economic Security in Uncertain Times Mesures de la sécurité économique en périodes d'incertitude

Organizer	Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Craig Riddell (University of British Columbia)
Presentations	New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for OECD Countries [abstract]
		Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
		Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
	New Perspectives on the Economic Security Component of the Index of Economic Well-being [abstract]
		Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
		Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
	The Effects of Declining Household Wealth on Economic Security in Canada, 2007-09 [abstract]
		Jim Davies (University of Western Ontario)
Discussants	Jonathan Kesselman (Simon Fraser University)
	Armine Yalnizyan (Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
MESA/CMSF III: PSE Issues meet natural experiments and administrative data Enjeux de la formation post-secondaire à la lumière d'expériences naturelles et de données administratives

Organizer	Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
	Anne Motte (Canada Millennium Scholarship Fdn)
Chair	Arthur Sweetman (Queen's University)
Presentations	Access to Post-Secondary Education: Evidence from the LAD (Longitudinal Administrative Database) [abstract]
		Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
		Hanqing (Theresa) Qiu (Statistics Canada)
	The Grant/Loan Mix of Student Financial Aid: Does it Matter for Postsecondary Attendance? [abstract]
		Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada)
	The effect of student finances on educational attainment in Canada: evidence from natural experiments [abstract]
		Kevin Denny (University College Dublin)
		Ross Finnie (University of Ottawa)
		Alex Usher (Education Policy Institute)
	Correlates between students' persistence in university and their ratings of education quality, university services, and university experience [abstract]
		Felice Martinello (Brock University)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Topics in Industrial Organization Sujets en organisation industrielle

Chair	Duncan Knowler (Simon Fraser University)
Presentations	Market Structure and Innovation: A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry [abstract]
		Aamir Hashmi (National University of Singapore)
		Johannes Van Biesebroeck (University of Toronto)
	Cumulative Leadership And Entry Dynamics [abstract]
		Bruno Versaevel (EMLYON Business School & GATE (CNRS))
	The Use of Randomized Field Experiments to Assess the Effectiveness of Government Programs to Support Business Innovation [abstract]
		Doug Tattrie (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
		Jean-Pierre Voyer (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Discussants	Duncan Knowler (Simon Fraser University)
	Aylin Seckin (Istanbul Bilgi University)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
PEF 8: Economic Methodology Méthodologie économique

Organizer	Jesse Hajer (New School for Social Research)
Chair	Miriam Rehm (The New School for Social Research)
Presentations	Tracing Back the Origin's of Amarty Sen's Thought: A Case of Methodological Schizophrenia [abstract]
		Johann Jaeckel (New School for Social Research)
	The Theory of Second Best and the Problem of Induction: New Ways Forward in Empirical Research [abstract]
		John Winkel (The New School for Social Research)
	A Mathematical-Metaphorical Analysis of the New Theory of Consumer Choice [abstract]
		Jesse Hajer (New School for Social Research)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CMSG 10: Risk & Uncertainty Risque et incertitude

Organizer	Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Rui Castro (Universite de Montreal)
	Henry Siu (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Igor Livshits (University of Western Ontario)
Presentations	Uncertain Times, Uncertain Measures
		Jon Cohen (University of Toronto)
		Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
	Growth in Developing Countries and Global Risk Factors
		Craig Burnside (Duke University)
	Uncertainty, Specificity and Institutions
		Igor Livshits (University of Western Ontario)
		Martin Gervais (University of Southampton)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
The Theory of Voting and Political Economy Théorie des élections et économie politique

Chair	Maria Gallego (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Presentations	Uniqueness of Responsive Voting Equilibrium [abstract]
		Elif Dalkir (University of New Brunswick)
	Reform with career concerns [abstract]
		Ming Li (Concordia University)
		Qiang Fu (National University of Singapore)
	Splitting, Squeezing and Diluting: Polarization and Endogenous Candidacy [abstract]
		Arnaud Dellis (Universite Laval)
Discussants	Maria Gallego (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Immigration II Économie de l'immigration

Chair	Jason Dean (McGill University)
Presentations	Cohort differences in educational attainment and earnings of child immigrants [abstract]
		Aneta Bonikowska (Statistics Canada)
		Feng Hou (Statistics Canada)
	Planting Roots: The Asset Allocation of Canadian Immigrants [abstract]
		Chunling Fu (Statistics Canada)
	Immigrant Doctors in Canada: Labour Market Performance and Migration Decisions [abstract]
		Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick)
		Christopher Worswick (Carleton University)
		Casey Warman (Queen's University)
Discussants	Li Xue (Citizenship and Immigration Canada)
	Haozhen Zhang (HRSDC, Government of Canada)
	Jason Dean (McGill University)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Law and Economics II Droit et économie II

Chair	Alberto Galasso (University of Toronto)
Presentations	Exchange Trading Rules [abstract]
		Sofia Johan (Tilburg Law and Economics Centre)
		Douglas Cumming (York University)
	A Model of Market Reactions to Corporate Litigation [abstract]
		Eric Terry (Ryerson University)
Discussants	Lilla Csorgo (Competition Bureau)
	Benoit Mario Papillon (Uqtr)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Development 10: Efficiency and markets Développement 10 : efficience et marchés

Organizer	Talan Iscan (Dalhousie University)
Chair	Francis Andrianarison (Université Laval)
Presentations	Mobile Phone Diffusion, Market Coordination and Inequality [abstract]
		Francis Andrianarison (Université Laval)
	Inter-sectoral General Equilibrium Impacts on Wages from Changes in Local Compostion of Sectoral Employment in Mexican Cities 1990-2000 [abstract]
		Jian Mardukhi (University of British Columbia)
	L'approche des caractéristiques de Lancaster pour modéliser les choix des consommateurs et les politiques publiques d'alimentation au Cameroun [abstract]
		Cyprien Awono (Institut Catholique de Rennes)
		Catherine Laroche-Dupraz (Agrocampus Ouest, UMR SMART)
		Dominique Vermersch (Agrocampus Ouest, UMR SMART)
Discussants	Nasser Ary Tanimoune (University of Ottawa)
	Jian Mardukhi (University of British Columbia)
	John Morrow (UW-Madison)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
CREE Student Session II: Empirical Séance étudiante CREE II : études empiriques

Chair	Margaret Insley (University of Waterloo)
Presentations	On the Economics of Ramping Rate Restrictions at Hydro Power Plants: Maintaining Profitability While Preserving the Aquatic Ecosystem [abstract]
		Shi Lei Niu (University of Waterloo)
		Margaret Insley (University of Waterloo)
	The impact of stochastic convenience yield on long-term forestry investment decisions [abstract]
		Shan Chen (University of Waterloo)
		Margaret Insley (University of Waterloo)
		Tony Wirjanto (University of Waterloo)
	Bayesian Estimation of the Hotelling Rule under Increasing Average Extraction Cost [abstract]
		Calvin Atewamba (Montreal University, CIREQ)
		Gerard Gaudet (Montreal University, CIREQ)
		William Mc. Causland (Montreal University, CIREQ, CIRANO)
Discussants	Elif Arbatli (Bank of Canada)
	Aaron De Laporte (University of Guelph)
	John Livernois (University of Guelph)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Development of Economic Thought II Développement de la pensée économique II

Chair	Robert Dimand (Brock University)
Presentations	On Teaching International Trade Theory and Distributive Justice [abstract]
		Ruth Forsdyke (Dalhousie University)
	Keynesian Economics: Relevance in Current Economic Crisis [abstract]
		Parveen Gill (Sheridan Cllege)
	Health Economics: A Critical Scrutiny [abstract]
		Khandakar Elahi (York University)
Discussants	Andrew Baldwin (Statistics Canada)
	Jean-Guy Loranger (Université de Montréal)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Corporate Finance: 3-Slide Session finance corporative : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Paul Schure (University of Victoria)
Presentations	With Relationship Banking, how do Banks and Businesses Match [abstract]
		Bo Li (Queen's University)
	Do Sources of Financing Matter for Firm Growth? [abstract]
		Mohammad Rahaman (University of Toronto)
	A Theory of Trade Credit with Product Competition [abstract]
		Victor Song (University of Calgary)
		Lasheng Yuan (University of Calgary)
		Alfred Lehar (University of Calgary)
	CEO General Skill and Firm Performance: What Does An External CEO Bring to the Table? [abstract]
		Tat-kei Lai (University of Toronto)
		Varouj Aivazian (University of Toronto)
		Mohammad Rahaman (University of Toronto)
	Efficiency and Information Brokers: What Market Structure Works Best? [abstract]
		George Orlov (University of Waterloo)
		Matthew Doyle (University of Waterloo)

Sun 10:30 - 12:00	Loc. TBA
Economic Well-Being: 3-Slide Session Bien-être économique : séance 3 diapositives

Chair	Mary MacKinnon (McGill University)
Presentations	Who sleeps better: wealthier or healthier? A socioeconomic study of Canada [abstract]
		Golnaz Sedigh (University of Ottawa)
	The determinants of patient satisfaction in Canada [abstract]
		Weiguo Cai (Dalhousie University)
	Does Terrorism Have Economic Roots? [abstract]
		Pinar Derin Gure (Boston University)
	Disability in Canada: A Longitudinal Household Analysis [abstract]
		Laura Turner (University of British Columbia)
		Giovanni Gallipoli (University of British Columbia)
	Quest for Hegemony Among Countries and Global Warming [abstract]
		Justin Johnson Kakeu Kengne (Université de Montreal)
		Gérard Gaudet (Université de Montréal)
		Sidartha Gordon (Université de Montréal)