| President |
| Victoria Zinde-Walsh |
| Secretary-Treasurer |
| Steve Ambler |
| President Elect & Conference Organizer |
| Michael Veall |
| Vice President |
| Georges Dionne |
| Past President |
| James Brander |
| Executive Director |
| Anne Motte |
Executive Director: The Canadian Economics Association welcomes Anne Motte as its new executive director. Anne will help the CEA improve its organization and many service functions to its more than 1,600 members worldwide, and she will also head the CEA office, which can be reached at office@economics.ca CEA August 2010 Newsletter: Tributes to the winners of the Harry Johnson, Robert Mundell, John Vanderkamp, John Rae, and Doug Purvis Prizes; new appointments; awards; forthcoming conferences. more>> 2010 Purvis Prize Winner: is Bev Dahlby of the University of Alberta for his C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder Once on the Lips, Forever on the Hips: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Fiscal Stimulus in OECD Countries. The study, written during a period of lively debate over the proper level of fiscal stimulus to respond to economic slowdown, asks the important question whether fiscal policy can be justified on a benefit-cost basis. more>> Robert Mundell Prize: This year’s Mundell Prize for best paper by a young scholar was awarded to Giordano Mion and Paolo Naticchioni for their paper “The Spatial Sorting and Matching of Skills and Firms,” which appeared in the February, 2009 issue of the CJE. more>> Harry Johnson Prize: This year's Harry Johnson Prize for best paper in the CJE was awarded to Nezih Guner and John Knowles for their paper “Why is the Rate of Single-Parenthood Lower in Canada than in the U.S.? A Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis of Welfare Policies,” which appeared in the February, 2009 issue of the journal. New CJE Co-Editors: Nicolas Schmitt (SFU), Craig Burnside (Duke) and Michael Smart (Toronto) are stepping down as co-editors of the Canadian Journal of Economics, Beverly Lapham (Queen’s), Mario Crucini (Vanderbilt) and Joanne Roberts (Calgary) are joining the CJE editorial team. New CPP Editor: Jim Davies, after five years of dedicated service, is stepping down as the editor of Canadian Public Policy. Herb Emery of University of Calgary will take over as editor on July 1, 2010. CREE 2010: The 20th Anniversary of CREE returns to the founding university this year at the University of Guelph from October 1-3. Please click on "more" to view the call for submissions. Conference organizers John Livernois and Henry Thille are asking for extended abstracts and would like to have them by the end of May. more>> Conference on Economics of Immigration: The Research Group on the Economics of Immigration at the University of Ottawa, in partnership with Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, is organizing a conference on the Economics of Immigration at the University of Ottawa, on October 29 and 30, 2010. more>> |
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