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CEA 43rd Annual Conference Thursday, May 28 - Sunday, May 31, 2009 University of Toronto, Ontario PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Current as of Friday, May 29, 2009 - Please watch for updates Programme is updated once a day at 20:30 PDT. |
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Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Thu 15:30 - 17:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN: School Quality, Choice and Reputation
Qualité, choix et réputation des écoles |
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| 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 |
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| Thu 17:30 - 19:00 | Loc. TBA |
| Keynote Speaker: Robert LaLonde (University of Chicago),
Conférencier d'ouverture : Robert LaLonde (Université de Chicago) |
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| 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 |
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| Fri 08:30 - 10:00 | Loc. TBA |
| CLSRN - Immigration and Labour Markets
Immigration et marchés du travail |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) | ||
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