08:15-08:30	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Coffee Break / Pause-café du CLEF

08:30-08:45	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF - Registration / Inscription

08:45-09:00	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF Welcome and Opening Remarks - Thomas Lemieux / Mot de bienvenue et allocution inaugurale du CLEF par Thomas Lemieux

09:00-17:30	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Summer School / École d'été du PEF
Organizer	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)

09:00-10:30	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Session I / Séance I
Chair	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Lehrer, Steven F. (Queen's University): How do NYPD Officers Respond to General and Specific Terror Threats
	Messacar, Derek (Statistics Canada): Intra-Household Labour Income Responses to Changes in Tax Rates among Older Workers
	Green, David (University of British Columbia): The Entry of Immigrants into Entrepreneurship

09:00-12:00	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Morning Presentations / Conférences de l'avant-midi
Chair	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Papers	Ksoll, Christopher (Mathematica Policy Research): The Impact of Years of Schooling on Achievement: Challenges and Causal Inference in a Natural Experiment.
	Garred, Jason (University of Ottawa): On Target? The Incidence of Sanctions Across Listed Firms in Iran
	Jayaraman, Rajshri (European School of Management and Technology): School Feeding and Cognitive Skills: Evidence from India's Midday Meal Program

11:00-12:00	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Session II / Séance II
Chair	Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Warman, Casey (Dalhousie University): Field of Study, Earnings and Occupational Task Requirements: Cross-Cohort Evidence for Immigrants to Canada
	Foley, Kelly (University of Saskatchewan): Field of study and the decision to delay university

13:15-13:30	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Coffee Break / Pause-café du CLEF

13:30-15:00	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Session III / Séance III
Chair	Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University)
Papers	Huang, Po-Chun (Michigan State University): Evaluation of Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Reemployment Bonuses Using Regression Discontinuity (Kink) Design
	McKerrow, Mark (Social Research and Development (SRDC)): Manitoba Works: evaluating the effectiveness of a new workforce development program for social assistance clients with multiple barriers
	Morin, Lucie (Employment and Social Development Canada): Extension of Employment Insurance Benefits for Long-Tenured Workers (EEILTW) and Post Claim Earnings

13:30-16:30	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Afternoon Presentations / Conférences de l'après-midi
Chair	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Papers	McCaig, Brian (Wilfrid Laurier University): Out with the old and unproductive, in with the new and similarly unproductive: Microenterprise dynamics in a growing low-income economy
	Okoye, Chidozie (Dalhousie University): Path Dependence in Technology Adoption: Evidence From the Colonial Railway in Nigeria
	Morales, Juan (University of Toronto): Legislating During War: Conflict and Politics in Colombia

15:30-17:30	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEA Executive Council Meeting 1 / Réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE 1
Chair	Beach, Charles M. (Queen's University)

15:30-16:30	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Session IV / Séance IV
Chair	Frenette, Marc (Statistics Canada)
Papers	Chen, Yu (University of Waterloo): Adverse selection in the labour market and the demand for vocational education
	Smith, Jeffrey A (University of Michigan): The Consequences of Academic Match between Students and Colleges

17:00-18:30	Thursday, June 2, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Keynote Lecture / Conférence principale du CLEF
Chair	Green, David (University of British Columbia)
Speaker	Taber, Christopher (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Topic	Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables

08:00-08:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Credit / Le crédit
Chair	Lopera Baena, Maria Adelaida (Université Laval)
Papers	Islam, Khan (University of Manitoba): Microcredit, the Timing of Strategic Default, and the Role of Third Party Lending
	Wong, Po Yin (Norwegian School of Economics): Household Responses to Natural Disasters: Evidence on Labor and Credit Market Outcomes in Indonesia
	Cuecuecha, Alfredo (El Colegio de Tlaxcala): Remittances and the use of formal and informal financial services
	Lopera Baena, Maria Adelaida (Université Laval): Peer Effects on Potential Demand for Credit: Evidence from a randomized control trial among young entrepreneurs in Uganda.
Discussants	Cuecuecha, Alfredo (El Colegio de Tlaxcala); McCaig, Brian (Wilfrid Laurier University); Ehrmann, Michael (Bank of Canada)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN Professional Panel: Why Don't We Care About Teaching? Or Do We? / Table ronde professionnelle du RFÉ : Pourquoi ne nous intéressons-nous pas à l'enseignement ? Ou nous y intéressons-nous ?
Chair	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Panelists	Green, David (University of British Columbia)
	Murdock, Jennifer (University of Toronto)
	Jackson, Ken (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Insley, Margaret (University of Waterloo)
	Wang, Yanling (Carleton University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Fifty Years of Canadian Economics / 50 ans d'économique au Canada
Organizer	Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University)
Chair	Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia)
Panelists	Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University)
	Forget, Evelyn L. (University of Manitoba)
	Fortin, Pierre (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia)
	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Agriculture / L'agriculture
Chair	Stephens, Emma (Pitzer College)
Papers	Ponce, Carmen (Group for the Analysis of Development - GRADE): Effects of climate change on crops diversification in the Peruvian Andes
	Mohan, Sarah (Carleton University): Private Sector Quality Standards and Producer Risk in Agricultural Trade: A Framework for Analysis of Development Implications
	Stephens, Emma (Pitzer College): Sharecropping, shadow values and market participation in the Ethiopian Highlands
Discussants	Mohan, Sarah (Carleton University); Stephens, Emma (Pitzer College); Ponce, Carmen (Group for the Analysis of Development - GRADE)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Conflict / Les conflits
Chair	Batu, Michael (University of Windsor)
Papers	Lamontagne, Jessie (University of Toronto): An empirical analysis of crime and inequality in Mexico
	Ary Tanimoune, Nasser (University of Ottawa): Échanges intra-zones et externalités spatiales pour un meilleur développement économique ? Le cas de l'UEMOA
	Batu, Michael (University of Windsor): Can Remittances Buy Peace?

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: High Frequency Trading / Économie financière : Le courtage à haute fréquence
Chair	Lee, Soomin (University of Toronto)
Papers	Aguessy, Michael Nelson (Concordia University): Measuring the Price Discovery through the Independent Component Analysis
	Xu, Ke (Queen's University): Who makes the market during stressed periods? HFTs vs. Dealers
	Lee, Soomin (University of Toronto): A Theory of High Frequency Market Making in Fragmented Markets
Discussants	Lee, Soomin (University of Toronto); Xu, Ke (Queen's University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Venture Capital, Investment, and Dividend / Économie financière : Capital de risque, investissements et dividendes
Chair	Khokhar, Abdul Rahman (Saint Mary's University)
Papers	Kelly, Ryan (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada): The Performance of Angel-Backed Firms: Evidence from the Small Business Venture Capital Program in British Columbia
	Sarkar, Sudipto (McMaster University): The Investment Decision with Technological Uncertainty
	Khokhar, Abdul Rahman (Saint Mary's University): Market Response to Dividend Change Announcements: Unregulated versus Regulated Firms

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Trade Policy I / La dynamique des entreprises I
Chair	Kuratani, Tetsuya (Shikoku University Junior College)
Papers	Tehou Tekeng, Yves Mathurin (Concordia University): Canadian foreign aid policy and the promotion of fiscal transparency in the recipient countries
	Nguyen, Trien T. (University of Waterloo): Economic Impacts of Border Management on Bilateral Trade Between Canada and the United States
	Qirjo, Dhimitri (SUNY Plattsburgh): The Role of TAFTA on Environment
Discussants	Nguyen, Trien T. (University of Waterloo); Qirjo, Dhimitri (SUNY Plattsburgh); Tehou Tekeng, Yves Mathurin (Concordia University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Firm Dynamics / La dynamique des entreprises
Chair	Toksoy, Hakan (Ryerson University)
Papers	Tuuli, Maxwell (McGill University): Outsourcing, Productivity and Exports: Evidence from Firm Level Data for Emerging Economies
	Cardoso, Miguel (University of Western Ontario): Linking Migrant Networks to a Firm's Decision to Export in a Model of Trade
	Toksoy, Hakan (Ryerson University): Vertical Specialization in Trade under Segmented-Labor Market: an Informal Sector and a Formal Sector
Discussants	Cardoso, Miguel (University of Western Ontario); Toksoy, Hakan (Ryerson University); Tuuli, Maxwell (McGill University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Demography - Marriage and Domestic Violence / Démographie - Mariage et violence familiale
Chair	Salisbury, Laura (York University)
Papers	Tura, Giulia (University of Bologna): Marriage Formation and Dissolution of Interethnic Marriages - Evidence from Italian data
	Yang, Wei (University of North Dakota): How Do Marriage Market Sex Ratios Affect Formation and Dissolution of Marriages? Evidence from the Second Generation of Mao's Mass Send-down Movement
	Matheson, Jesse (University of Leicester): The Effects of Information and Engagement of Repeat Victims of Domestic Violence: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial
Discussants	Salisbury, Laura (York University); Cornelson, Kirsten (University of Toronto); Bidner, Chris (Simon Fraser University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Markets - Youth / Marchés du travail - La jeunesse
Chair	Fang, Tony (Memorial University)
Papers	Deussing, Marie-Anne (Government of Canada): Attitudes and perceptions of Canadian youth towards careers in the trades
	Mang, Colin (Government of Canada): Great Expectations: Millennial expectations of labour earnings and the gender wage gap
	Akbari, Mahsa (Simon Fraser University): Does Age of Leaving Parental Home Affect Future Incomes?

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Education - Teachers and Curriculum / Éducation - Enseignants et programmes
Chair	Summerfield, Fraser (University of Aberdeen)
Papers	Gilraine, Michael (University of Toronto): Teacher Targeting under Accountability: Evidence from No Child Left Behind
	Appiagyei, Ebenezer (University of Saskatchewan): The cost efficiency in the public K-12 education systems of Canada.
	Su, Xuejuan (University of Alberta): Education Curriculum and Student Achievement: Theory and Evidence
Discussants	Su, Xuejuan (University of Alberta); Gilraine, Michael (University of Toronto); Appiagyei, Ebenezer (University of Saskatchewan)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Central Bank Policy Decisions / GCEM : Les décisions des banques centrales en matière de politique monétaire
Chair	Ruge-Murcia, Francisco J. (McGill University)
Papers	Detmers, Gunda-Alexandra (Freie Universität Berlin): Forward Guidance under Disagreement Evidence from the Fed's dot projections
	McNeil, James (Queen's University): An analysis of country influence over European Central Bank policy decisions
	Ruge-Murcia, Francisco J. (McGill University): Collective versus Individual Decision-Making: A Case Study of the Bank of Israel Law

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Environmental Policy & Innovation / Politiques environnementales et innovation
Chair	Schott, Stephan (Carleton University)
Papers	Bernard, Sophie (Polytechnique Montréal): Green design, contracts, and technological progress
	Smith, Robert (Midsummer Analytics): Natural Capital Measurement at Statistics Canada: Current Status and Untapped Potential
	Schott, Stephan (Carleton University): Food Security and Wildlife Management in Nunavut

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Intermediation and Monetary Policy / Intermédiaires financiers et politique monétaire
Chair	Ghossoub, Edgar (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Papers	Chiu, Jonathan (Bank of Canada): Relationships In the Interbank Market
	Desgagnés, Hélène (University of Toronto): Monetary policy with non-regulated financial intermediaries
	Ghossoub, Edgar (University of Texas at San Antonio): Endogenous Financial Structure and Monetary Policy

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Business Cycles I / Cycles économiques I
Chair	Schroth, Josef (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Das, Sonali (International Monetary Fund): Firm Leverage and Investment Composition
	Schott, Immo (Université de Montréal): Equity and Long-term Debt over the Business Cycle
	Schroth, Josef (Bank of Canada): Optimal Capital Regulation

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada (Graduate Student Paper Award): Macroeconomics / banque du Canada (Prix de présentation des étudiants) :
Chair	Huynh, Kim (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Gbohoui, William Dieudonné Yélian (Université de Montréal): Reforming Corporate Taxation: Effects of A Comprehensive Business Income Tax
	Chan, Ying Tung (McGill University): On the Generalized Consumption Externality with Heterogeneous Agents
	Snudden, Stephen (Queen's University): Targeted Filtration with a Difference for Inference and Long-Horizon Forecasts: Application to the Real Price of Crude Oil

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Learning and Macro / Apprentissage et macro
Chair	Marchand, Steeve (Université Laval)
Papers	Salle, Isabelle (University of Amsterdam): Learning to Believe in Simple Equilibria in a Complex OLG Economy - evidence from the lab
	Petersen, Luba (Simon Fraser University): Coordinating Expectations through Central Bank Projections
	Marchand, Steeve (Université Laval): Peer effects, homophily and risk-taking among entrepreneurs: evidence from behaviours before and after social interactions

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Applied Econometrics I / Économétrie appliquée I
Chair	Xie, Erhao (University of Toronto)
Papers	Xie, Erhao (University of Toronto): Testing for Unbiased Beliefs in Games of Incomplete Information Using Experimental Data
	Brault, Joshua (Carleton University): A Group-Specific Heterogeneous Panel Approach to the Impact of Exchange-rate Regime on Economic Growth
	Sties, Max (University of Alberta): Forecasting Canadian Recessions: Making Use of Supervised Machine Learning
	Wang, Sha (University of Western Ontario): A Cost Effective Approach to Hedge Fund Replication

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Mobile and Wireless Communications Markets / OI : Les marchés des communication mobiles et sans fil
Chair	Kim, Hankook (University of Toronto)
Papers	Ahmed Ezzat, Riham (Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne): Fixed-mobile substitution in MENA countries: What is the future of fixed-lines market?
	Ershov, Daniel (University of Toronto): Search, Consumer Information, and Competition in the Mobile App Market
	Kim, Hankook (University of Toronto): Drivers of Wireless Diffusion and Price

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Ph.D. Student Presentations - Industrial Organization I / OI : Présentations de doctorants - Organisation industrielle I
Chair	Orr, Scott (University of Toronto)
Papers	Liu, Zhuang (University of Western Ontario): Estimating the Effect of File-sharing on Movie Boxoffice
	Benatia, David (Université de Montréal): Residual Demand Manipulations and Market Power in Electricity Markets
	Orr, Scott (University of Toronto): Are marijuana and cocaine complements or substitutes? Evidence from the Silk Road
Discussants	Orr, Scott (University of Toronto); Liu, Zhuang (University of Western Ontario); Benatia, David (Université de Montréal)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Charitable Giving / Les dons de bienfaisance
Chair	Burbidge, John (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Barham, Victoria (University of Ottawa): Strategic Philanthropy
	Minaker, Bradley (McMaster University): How Effective are Charity Managers? Evidence from a Panel of Charities
	Hossain, Belayet (Thompson Rivers University): Does the Accumulation of Associational Capital Make People More Generous?

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF: Emerging Issues in Alternative Consumer Finance / FEP : Les approches nouvelles en finances des consommateurs - Des questions de plus en plus présentes
Organizer	Spotton Visano, Brenda (York University)
Panelists	Buckland, Jerry (Menno Simons College)
	Pigeon, Marc Andre J (Carleton University)
	Robson, Jennifer (Carleton University)
	Spotton Visano, Brenda (York University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Illicit Drugs and Disease Self-reports / GECES : Stupéfiants et autodéclarations de maladies
Chair	Hajizadeh, Mohammad (Dalhousie University)
Papers	Rosenblum, Daniel (Dalhousie University): An Instrumental Variables Approach to Estimating the Effects of Heroin Price and Purity on Overdose in the US
	McIntosh, James (Concordia University): Quality of Life and Cannabis Use: Results From Canadian Sample Survey Data
	Gaudette, Étienne (University of Southern California): Can self-reports be trusted? A comparison of disease prevalence in insurance claims and survey data
Discussants	Zaresani, Arezou (University of Calgary); Tuncel, Tuba (Toulouse School of Economics); Song, Yan (McGill University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CNEH: Inequality, Mobility, and Labour / RCHE : Inégalités, mobilité et travail
Chair	Lew, Byron J (Trent University)
Papers	Velk, Tom (McGill University): Using Postal Data to Measure US Interstate Business Cycle Sensitivity and to Observe Social and Political Mobility in the 19th Century
	Di Matteo, Livio (Lakehead University): The Evolution of Wealth Inequality, 1750 to 2012: Canada and The North Atlantic Anglo-Sphere
	Lewis, Frank D. (Queen's University): Revisiting the `Williams Thesis': An Analysis of the Dutch Slave Trade
Discussants	Lewis, Frank D. (Queen's University); Velk, Tom (McGill University); Di Matteo, Livio (Lakehead University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
AEDSB Session I: Trade, Exchange Rate and Economic Growth / Séance de l'AEEDB I : Commerce, taux de change et croissance économique
Organizers	Chowdhury, Muhammad Murshed (Algoma University) Reza, Abeer (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Akram, Tanweer (Thrivent Financial)
Papers	Karim, Ridwan (University of Toronto): Sectoral Volatility, Trade Partners and Development
	Alam, Rafat (Grant Macewan University): Does FDI cause economic growth in Bangladesh?
	Mozumder, Pallab (Florida International University): Economic development and energy-usage: a household level analysis from Bangladesh
Discussants	Reza, Abeer (Bank of Canada); Saunders, Charles (Carleton University); Ahsan, Syed (Concordia University)

08:30-10:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Networks / Les réseaux
Chair	Pongou, Roland (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Orazbayev, Sultan (University College London): Diversity and collaboration in Economics
	Caballero O., Gustavo A. (University of Calgary): Luck and Effort: Learning about Income from Friends and Neighbours
	Pongou, Roland (University of Ottawa): Networked Politics: Political Change and Instability under Social Influences

10:00-10:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS-CD Howe Session I: Research on Aboriginal Governance and Economic Development Issues / CENV - Institut C. D. Howe, séance I : La recherche liée au développement économique autochtone
Organizers	Richards, John (Simon Fraser University) Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Semenov, Aggey (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Thomas, Jasmin (Centre for the Study of Living Standards): Nunavik's Labour Market and Educational Attainment Paradox
	Feir, Donna Leanne (University of Victoria): Understanding the Registered Indian Gender Gap: Missing Aboriginal Men?
	Graham, John (Patterson Creek Consulting): Closing the First Nation Wellbeing Gap through Natural Resource Projects: A Proposed Federal Strategy
Discussants	Fortin, Pierre (Université du Québec à Montréal); O'Sullivan, Erin (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada); Rainer, Chris (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPP Panel: The Gap Between Academic Research and Economic Policy-Making in Canada / Table ronde d'Analyse de politiques : L'écart entre la recherche universitaire et l'élaboration de politiques économiques au Canada
Organizer	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Chair	Emery, J C Herbert (University of Calgary)
Panelists	Duclos, Jean-Yves (Government of Canada)
	Gordon, Stephen (Université Laval)
	Schirle, Tammy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Kozicki, Sharon (Bank of Canada)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CIGI Special Lecture / Conférencier principal du CIGI
Organizer	Clancy, Alisha (Centre for International Governance Innovation)
Speaker	Rubin, Jeffrey (Centre for International Governance Innovation)
Topic	From Energy Superpower to World Breadbasket: The Transition of the Canadian Economy in the Age of Climate Change

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Lemieux, Thomas (University of British Columbia)
Speaker	Duflo, Esther (MIT)
Topic	Randomized Controlled Trials and Policy Making in Developing Countries

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEA: Law and Economics I / Droit et économique I
Chair	Scoones, David (University of Victoria)
Papers	Cheng, Ho Cheung (National Central University): Legal Environment and Contractual Choice
	Papillon, Benoit-Mario (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières): Should the business reorganization procedure of the Canadian Law be more regulated?
	Dathan, Michele (University of Toronto): An Empirical Analysis of Advance Notice Provisions in Corporate Bylaws: Evidence from Canada

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Executive Compensation and Consumption / Économie financière : Rémunération des dirigeants et consommation
Chair	Brisley, Neil (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Zhang, Haofei (University of Toronto): Stock Market Reaction to CEO Turnover Announcements and Information Asymmetry
	Kichian, Maral (University of Ottawa): Quantifying Housing and Financial Wealth Effects on Consumption: The Case of Canada
	Brisley, Neil (University of Waterloo): Market-specific human capital: compensation, shareholder value, and the cross-border market for talent.
Discussants	Schroth, Josef (Bank of Canada)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Jump Risks and Financial Vulnerability / Économie financière : Risques de saut et vulnérabilité financière
Chair	Li, Fuchun (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Gradojevic, Nikola (University of Guelph): Heterogeneous investment horizons, jump risk and market fear
	Medovikov, Ivan (Brock University): Can Security Analysts Predict Volatility?
	Li, Fuchun (Bank of Canada): Nonparametric Specification Testing for the Drift of the Short Rate Diffusion Process Using a Panel of Yields

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Firms and International Trade / Entreprises et commerce international
Chair	Stoyanov, Andrey (York University)
Papers	Wan, Shan (University of Calgary): International Technology Diffusion via Goods Trade: Theory and Evidence from China
	Wang, Yanling (Carleton University): Firms' Export Growth: Product Mix and Destination Portfolio
	Stoyanov, Andrey (York University): Do free trade agreements affect tariffs of non-member countries? A theoretical and empirical investigation
Discussants	Stoyanov, Andrey (York University); Wan, Shan (University of Calgary); Li, Bingjing (University of British Columbia)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Demography - Demography, Policy and the Labour Market / Démographie - Démographie, politiques et marché du travail
Chair	Turner, Laura (University of Toronto)
Papers	Yip, Terry (McMaster University): Baby Bonus, Anyone? Examining Quebec's Pro-Natal Policies
	Grekou, Douwere (Statistics Canada): Evolution of the Canadian business owners' age distribution over the 2001-2011 period
	Olivo Villabrille, Miguel (University of Calgary): The Marriage Premium: A LATE Approach
Discussants	Melnyk, Matthew (University of Toronto); Turner, Laura (University of Toronto)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Market - Time Use, Volunterism and Crime / Marchés du travail - Emploi du temps, volontariat et criminalité
Chair	Brown, Laura (University of Manitoba)
Papers	Mascella, Allison (University of Waterloo): New evidence on Canadian immigrants' time investment on children
	Seifi, Forough (University of Ottawa): The Effect of Working for Free on Earnings
	Mancino, Maria Antonella (University of Western Ontario): Understanding Transitions Between the Criminal and Legal Labor Sectors
Discussants	Robson, Jennifer (Carleton University); Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge); Lavecchia, Adam M. (University of Toronto)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Market - Wages and Employment / Marchés du travail - Salaires et emploi
Chair	Liu, HuJu (Statistics Canada)
Papers	Brouillette, Joseph Clément Dany (Bank of Canada): Downward nominal wage rigidity in Canada: Evidence from micro-level data
	Lawson, Nicholas (Aix-Marseille School of Economics): Optimal Unemployment Policy
	Lepage-Saucier, Nicolas (ENSAI): Stepping stone effect of atypical jobs: Could the least employable reap the most benefits?
Discussants	Compton, Janice (University of Manitoba); Sim, Seung-Gyu (University of Tokyo); Agopsowicz, Andrew (Bank of Canada)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Technology / GCEM : Des questions de technologie
Chair	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Papers	Acharya, Ram (Industry Canada): World Technology Frontier: Its Determinants and Speed of Change
	Ayerst, Stephen (University of Toronto): Policy Distortions and Technology Adoption
	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto): Off the Books

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Energy Use, Climate Policy & Welfare Implications / La consommation d'énergie, les politiques climatiques et leurs conséquences en matière de bien-être
Chair	Shiell, Leslie (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Séguin, Charles (Université du Québec à Montréal): Exchange rate uncertainty in linked cap and trade systems with price bounds: the case of California and Québec
	Hussain, Md. Jakir (University of Ottawa): Realized Energy Use Impacts of Energy Standards in Commercial Buildings
	Shiell, Leslie (University of Ottawa): Scarcity and Pollution in Public Policy toward Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Strategic Environmental Policy / Stratégies environnementales
Chair	Silva, Emilson (University of Alberta)
Papers	Insley, Margaret (University of Waterloo): On the timing of regional climate change policies: a differential game under uncertainty
	Marrouch, Walid (Lebanese American University): Global climate agreements: Doomed to fail or destined to succeed? A review of the literature
	Silva, Emilson (University of Alberta): Self-Enforcing Agreements under Unequal Nationally Determined Contributions

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Business Cycles II / Cycles économiques II
Chair	Pollak, Andreas (University of Saskatchewan)
Papers	Gortz, Christoph (University of Birmingham): News Shocks and Business Cycles: Bridging the Gap from Different Methodologies
	Oyekola, Olayinka (Cardiff University): Oil Prices and the Dynamics of Output and Real Exchange Rate
	Pollak, Andreas (University of Saskatchewan): Business Cycles Without TFP Shocks
Discussants	Karnizova, Lilia (University of Ottawa); Snudden, Stephen (Queen's University); Schott, Immo (Université de Montréal)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Government Spending and Fiscal Policy / Les dépenses publiques et la politique fiscale
Chair	Sola, Sergio (International Monetary Fund)
Papers	Gauvin-Coulombe, Raphaelle (Queen's University): Testing the hypothesis of fiscal independence for Eurozone member countries: a dynamic factor approach
	Khan, Nazmus Sadat (University of Muenster): The spillover effects of debt and growth in Eurozone countries: A GVAR approach
	Sola, Sergio (International Monetary Fund): Sub-Nationals' Risk Premia in Fiscal Federations: Fiscal Performance and Institutional Design

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada (Graduate Student Paper Award): Industrial Organization / Banque du Canada (Prix du travail de recherche étudiant) : L'organisation industrielle
Chair	Huynh, Kim (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Yuan, Zhe (University of Toronto): Network Competition in the Airline Industry: A Framework for Empirical Policy Analysis
	Tang, Ruotao (University of Alberta): Environmental Regulation and Firm Innovation: Evidence from China
	Tweedle, Jesse (University of Calgary): Granularity and Network Asymmetry and Aggregate Volatility

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
RCEA: Should The Bank Of Canada Raise The Inflation Target? / La Banque du Canada devrait-elle hausser la cible d'inflation ?
Sponsor	Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)
Chair	Konieczny, Jerzy (Wilfrid Laurier University/RCEA)
Panelists	Ambler, Steven (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Coulombe, Serge (University of Ottawa)
	Santor, Eric Benjamin (Bank of Canada)
	Siklos, Pierre L (CIGI/Wilfrid Laurier University)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Preferences / Les préférences
Chair	Danese, Giuseppe (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
Papers	Childs, Jason (University of Regina): Microeconomic Behavioural Parameters Across Canada
	Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John): Behaviour in a One-Shot Prisoner's Dilemma: Relations to Other Behavioural Parameters
	Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University): Are notions of fairness path-dependent?
	Danese, Giuseppe (Universidade Católica Portuguesa): Endocrine correlates of ambiguity attitudes

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Bootstrap / La méthode d'auto-amorçage (bootstrap)
Chair	Perron, Benoit (Université de Montréal)
Papers	Perron, Benoit (Université de Montréal): Bootstrapping factor models with cross sectional dependence
	Tabri, Rami (University of Sydney): An Improved Bootstrap Test for Restricted Stochastic Dominance
	Davidson, Russell (McGill University): A Discrete Model for Bootstrap Iteration

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Empirical Pricing I / OI : L'établissement de prix d'un point de vue empirique I
Chair	Schmiedel, Noémie (Department of Finance Canada)
Papers	Salci, Sener (Queen's University): Real-Time Pricing in the Cypriot Electricity Market
	Schmiedel, Noémie (Department of Finance Canada): Extracting Information on Housing Prices with a Dynamic Hierarchical Factor Model

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financing, Reallocation, and Productivity / Finance, réaffectation et productivité
Organizer	Cao, Shutao (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Andersen, Dana C. (University of Alberta)
Papers	Cao, Shutao (Bank of Canada): Financial Constraints and Productivity Estimation: Evidence from Canadian SMEs.
	Zhao, Jake (Stony Brook University): Capital Structure Misallocation
	Ferrando, Annalisa (European Central Bank): Financial Constraints and Productivity: Evidence from Euro Area Companies
	Andersen, Dana C. (University of Alberta): Default Risk, Productivity, and the Environment: Theory and Plant-Level Evidence

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Tax Policy / Les politiques fiscales
Chair	Barham, Victoria (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Zaresani, Arezou (University of Calgary): Financial Incentives and Labor supply of Disability Benefits Recipients
	Yilmaz, Fatih (Central Bank of Republic of Turkey): VAT Treatment of Financial Institutions: Implications for the Real Economy
	Owusu, Rebekah (University of Ottawa): Mandatory Volunteering Versus Voluntary Volunteering and Income

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF: Evolution of the Economics Profession and Its Blind Spots / FEP : L'évolution de la profession d'économiste et ses zones d'ombre
Organizer	Young, Kevin L (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Papers	Chernomas, Robert (University of Manitoba): Economics in the Twenty-First Century: Examining the John Bates Clarke Award Winners
	Young, Kevin L (University of Massachusetts Amherst): What are the mechanisms of Neoliberal Ascendance? Evidence from Citation Networks
	Brennan, Jordan (Unifor): Top Heavy: How Concentrated Market Structures Slow Growth and Exacerbate Inequality

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Physicians and Nurses / GECES : Médecins et infirmières
Chair	McLeod, Logan (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Papers	Shaikh, Shaun (McMaster University): What Happens After Cardiac Arrest? Patterns of Care with Patient Enrollment
	Sexton, Sean (McMaster University): Examining physician service utilization in Ontario, Canada
	Ariste, Ruolz (Université Laval and UQO): Impact of individual and institutional factors on nurses' wage rate in Canada: Is there a monopsony market?
Discussants	Ammi, Mehdi (Carleton University); Sarma, Sisira K (The University of Western Ontario); Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CNEH: Commodities and Prices / RCHE : Marchandises et prix
Chair	Di Matteo, Livio (Lakehead University)
Papers	Smith, Gregor (Queen's University): Distance and Time Effects in Swedish Commodity Prices, 1732-1914
	Skogstad, Karl (Lakehead University): An Analysis of the Efficiency of Ontario's Gold Mining Industry in the 1930s and 1940s
	Lew, Byron J (Trent University): The Impact of Climate on the Law of One Price: A Test Using Food Prices in the U.S. and Canada from the 1920s
Discussants	Lew, Byron J (Trent University); Smith, Gregor (Queen's University); Skogstad, Karl (Lakehead University)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Algoma University/NOEA: Innovation, Food Security, and Health Care: Opportunities and Challenges / Innovation, sécurité alimentaire et soins de santé - Occasions à saisir et défis à relever
Organizers	Chowdhury, Muhammad Murshed (Algoma University) Mahar, Gerry (Algoma University)
Chair	Robinson, David (Laurentian University)
Papers	Wright, Kirsten (University of Waterloo): Innovation and community networks in a local product space
	Das, Pranay Kumar (University of Manitoba): Impact of Household's Food Insecurity on Stress in Canada: A Gendered Outlook
	Chowdhury, Muhammad Murshed (Algoma University): Health Status and Labor Market Outcomes: A Canadian Study With a Lens on Country of Birth
	Liu, Min (Lakehead University): The Determinants of Canadian Provincial Government Hospital Spending: 1981-2012
Discussants	Rice, Derek (University of Ottawa); Liu, Min (Lakehead University); Alam, Rafat (Grant Macewan University); Amiraslany, Afshin (Algoma University)

10:30-12:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Resource Economics / L'économie des ressources
Chair	Malla, Stavroula (University of Lethbridge)
Papers	Hosseini Pozveh, Seyed Hamzeh (University of Saskatchewan): Separation of management and oversight: the case of producer controlled organizations in agricultural R&D
	Gamtessa, Samuel (University of Regina): Raw Materials Input Bias of Technical Changes in Canadian Food Industry
	Malla, Stavroula (University of Lethbridge): Private Incentives & Regulatory Policies for Health Foods Innovation

12:00-14:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN Luncheon and AGM / Diner et assemblée générale du RFÉ
Organizer	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Chair	Kessler, Anke (Simon Fraser University)
Speaker	Edlund, Lena (Columbia University)
Topic	Location, Location, Location

12:00-14:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle du PEF
Chair	Young, Kevin L (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Education I / L'éducation I
Chair	Ozkok, Zeynep (Saint Francis Xavier University)
Papers	Shonchoy, Abu (Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO): Can Solar Lanterns Improve Youth Academic Performance? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
	Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru University): Household Spending on Engineering Education in India: An Empirical Study
	Ozkok, Zeynep (Saint Francis Xavier University): Girls' Education in Turkey: A Regional Analysis of Private Campaigns for Education
Discussants	Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru University); Shonchoy, Abu (Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CABE: The Future is Nigh: Approaches to Forecasting the Canadian Economy / L'avenir est proche : Approches de la prévision de l'économie canadienne
Sponsor	CABE
Organizer	Bartlett, Randall (PSP Investments)
Chair	Bartlett, Randall (PSP Investments)
Panelists	Sekkel, Rodrigo (Bank of Canada)
	Matier, Chris (Parliamentary Budget Office)
	Lawson, Tyler (Department of Finance Canada)
	Sonnen, Carl A. (Informetrica)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Innovative Data in Economics: CERC Panel with Erik Snowberg / Données novatrices en économique: Table ronde de la CERC, avec Erik Snowberg
Organizer	Lemieux, Thomas (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Snowberg, Erik (University of British Columbia)
Panelists	Bérubé, Dominique (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC))
	Lemieux, Thomas (University of British Columbia)
	Bombardini, Matilde (University of British Columbia)
	Benjamin, Dwayne (University of Toronto)
	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Michael Denny Memorial Session on Productivity Measurement / Séance à la mémoire de Michael Denny : Mesurer la productivité
Organizer	Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Wilson, Thomas A. (University of Toronto)
Papers	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards): Decomposing Multifactor Productivity Growth in Canada by Industry and Province, 1997-2014
	Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada): Explaining Productivity Trends in Canada
	Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia): A Decomposition of US Business Sector TFP Growth into Technical Progress and Inefficiency Components
Discussants	Cao, Shutao (Bank of Canada); May, Douglas (Memorial University of Newfoundland); Nakamura, Alice (University of Alberta)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Green, David (University of British Columbia)
Speaker	Pendakur, Krishna (Simon Fraser University)
Topic	Welfare Analysis When People Are Different: Incorporating Unobserved Heterogeneity into Inequality and Poverty Analysis

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Poverty / La pauvreté
Chair	Le Barbenchon, Claire (International Development Research Centre (IDRC))
Papers	Diarra, Setou (Université Laval): Household's Monetary Poverty and Child's Multidimensional Deprivation: Why Do they Differ?
	Kimou, Assi Jose Carlos (University FHB of Cocody-Abidjan): Impacts des Transferts sur la Réduction de la Pauvreté et des Inégalités en Cote D'ivoire
	Le Barbenchon, Claire (International Development Research Centre (IDRC)): The Effects of Structural Change on Ethnic Minority Livelihoods: Evidence from Vietnam
Discussants	Dauphin, Anyck (Université du Québec en Outaouais); Makdissi, Paul (University of Ottawa); McCaig, Brian (Wilfrid Laurier University)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Institutions and Firms' Behaviour / Le comportement des institutions et des entreprises
Chair	Amirapu, Amrit (University of Kent)
Papers	Amirapu, Amrit (University of Kent): Judicial Institutions, Relationship-Specificity and Growth: Evidence from India
	Mukherjee, Anirban (University of Calcutta): Formal Contract Enforcement and Entrepreneurial Success of the Marginalized
	Kouamé, Wilfried Anicet (Université de Sherbrooke): Social Infrastructures, Tax Evasion and Productivity
Discussants	Mukherjee, Anirban (University of Calcutta); Kouamé, Wilfried Anicet (Université de Sherbrooke); Amirapu, Amrit (University of Kent)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Banking Sector / Économie financière : Le secteur bancaire
Chair	Coen, Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Papers	Ehrmann, Michael (Bank of Canada): Financial Inclusion-What's it Worth?
	Coen, Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal): Real Estate as a Common Risk Factor in Bank Stocks: New Insights

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Economics of Food Security, Diet and Agricultural Production / L'économie de la sécurité alimentaire, du régime alimentaire et de la production agricole
Chair	Iqbal, Md Zabid (Iowa State University)
Papers	Charlot, Sylvie (Inra): Spatial Management of Pesticide Resistance
	Iqbal, Md Zabid (Iowa State University): Estimating Short- and Long-run Aggregate Acreage Elasticity of the U.S. Agricultural Crops from Dynamic Heterogeneous Panels
Discussants	Iqbal, Md Zabid (Iowa State University); Charlot, Sylvie (Inra)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Trade Theory / La théorie du commerce
Chair	Rohany-Tabatabai, Sara (Ryerson University)
Papers	MacKenzie, William Gaelan (University of Toronto): Intellectual Property Rights, Asymmetric Information, and the Make-or-Buy Decision
	Imura, Yuko (Bank of Canada): The Extensive Margin of Trade and Monetary Policy
	Rohany-Tabatabai, Sara (Ryerson University): Trade Agreements and the Endogenous Structure of Multinational Firms
Discussants	Imura, Yuko (Bank of Canada); Rohany-Tabatabai, Sara (Ryerson University); MacKenzie, William Gaelan (University of Toronto)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Trade Policy II / Les politiques commerciales II
Chair	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Papers	Tito, Maria D. (Federal Reserve): Input Variety, Continuous Relationship, and the Performance of Canadian Manufacturers
	Fung, Loretta (National Tsing Hua University): Multinational R&D, Employment and Imported Inputs
	Ciuriak, Dan (Ciuriak Consulting Inc.): The Effect of Binding Commitments on Services Trade
	Kempa Nangue, Carolle E (Université Laval): Patterns in the European Union Anti-dumping Injury Investigations

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Post Secondary Education Attainment / Niveau de scolarité et études postsecondaires
Chair	Morin, Louis-Philippe (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Ci, Wen (Statistics Canada): Do Layoffs Increase Transitions into Post-secondary Education among Adults?
	Cornelson, Kirsten (University of Toronto): Media Role Models and Black Educational Attainment: Evidence from The Cosby Show
	Zhou, Jin (University of Western Ontario): Quantifying Credit Constraints, Preferences and Uncertainty in a Lifecycle Model of Schooling Choice
Discussants	Voia, Marcel-Cristian (Carleton University); Morin, Louis-Philippe (University of Ottawa); Brochu, Pierre (University of Ottawa)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Markets - Issues in Canadian Labour Markets I / Marchés du travail - Les marchés de l'emploi au Canada I
Chair	Charron, Martin (Employment and Social Development Canada)
Papers	Hasan, Sazid (Simon Fraser University): Climbing the Income Ladder: Returns to Education in Canada Measured in Earnings Percentiles, 1980-2010
	Peyrow, Kamin (Queen's University): Obesity and the Canadian labour force
	Charron, Martin (Employment and Social Development Canada): Changes in the Age Composition of Labour Force Participation and Employment in Canada
Discussants	Miyairi, Masashi (University of Ottawa - EPRI); Watson, Barry (University of New Brunswick); Schirle, Tammy (Wilfrid Laurier University)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Education - Secondary Outcomes / Éducation - La réussite scolaire : études secondaires
Chair	Smith, Justin (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Papers	Gao, Jing (Capital University of Economics and Business): Does Early Teen Drinking Onset Affect High School Dropout Rate? Evidence from NLSY97
	Quis, Johanna Sophie (University of Bamberg): Does the transition into daylight saving time affect students' performance?
	Xie, Xiaodi (Government of Canada): Education Premium: Evidence from the 2006 Census and the 2011 National Household Survey
Discussants	Javdani Haji, Mohsen (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus); Gao, Hang (University of Waterloo); Chen, Kelly (Boise State University)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Firms, Entrepreneurs and Economic Policy / GCEM : Entreprises, entrepreneurs et politiques économiques
Chair	Wang, Wenya (University of Western Ontario)
Papers	Castro, Rui (University of Western Ontario): Stimulative Effects of Temporary Corporate Tax Cuts
	Delacroix, Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal): The Cyclical Dynamics of Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment
	Kambourov, Gueorgui (University of Toronto): Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China
	Wang, Wenya (University of Western Ontario): Ceiling Interest Rate and Low Allocation Efficiency in China

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Trade & GHGs / Commerce et gaz à effet de serre
Chair	Munzur, Alaz Safak (University of Calgary)
Papers	Ebrahimi, Pouya (HEC Montreal): Environmental Regulation and Global Value Chains - The Role of Transfer Prices
	Kakeu, Johnson (Morehouse College): Global Inequality and Transboundary Pollution
	Munzur, Alaz Safak (University of Calgary): Intra-Industry Trade and Pollution

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Carbon Taxes & Demand for Transportation / Taxes sur le carbone et demande en matière de transport
Chair	Schaufele, Brandon N. (University of Western Ontario)
Papers	Azarafshar, Roshanak (University of Ottawa): The Effect of Carbon Taxes on New Vehicle Purchase Decisions
	Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia): Greener Cars or Greener Drivers? How carbon and fuel taxes influence the choice and use of cars
	Schaufele, Brandon N. (University of Western Ontario): Public Transit and Air Pollution
Discussants	Mann, Janelle (University of Manitoba); Andersen, Dana C. (University of Alberta); Rivers, Nicholas (University of Ottawa)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Business Cycles III / Cycles économiques III
Chair	Zhou, Chenggang (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Emenogu, Ugochi (Ryerson University): Agency Costs in New Keynesian Model with Credit Friction and Durable Consumption
	Willox, K. Michael (Statistics Canada): Household Taxable Income
	Zhou, Chenggang (University of Waterloo): Population Structure and Asset Values

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Government Spending and Investment / Les dépenses publiques et l'investissement
Chair	You, Hye Mi (University at Buffalo / SUNY)
Papers	Kuenzel, David (Wesleyan University): Constitutional Rules as Determinants of Social Infrastructure
	Smetanin, Paul (Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis): An Agent-based Approach to Measuring Systemic Impacts of Public Infrastructure Investment
	You, Hye Mi (University at Buffalo / SUNY): Explaining Rising School Spending in the U.S.

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
SRDC-FCAC: The Role of Confidence and Competency in Financial Decision-Making of Canadians / SRCA-ACFC : Le rôle de la confiance et des compétences dans la prise de décisions des Canadiens en matière de finances
Organizer	Voyer, Jean-Pierre (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Chair	Voyer, Jean-Pierre (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Papers	Nguyen, Cam (Carleton University): The role of confidence and financial literacy in the retirement preparedness of Canadian seniors and older adults
	Simhon, Yoni (Government of Canada): The Relationship between Financial Literacy and Retirement in Canada: An Analysis of the 2014 Canadian Financial Capability Survey
	Gyarmati, David (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)): The link between self-confidence and financial outcomes among working-aged Canadians with different levels of financial knowledge

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Teaching Economics at Undergraduate Level / L'enseignement de l'économique au premier cycle
Chair	Alam, Rafat (Grant Macewan University)
Papers	Leung, Ambrose (Mount Royal University): Students' Perceptions of a Multi-scheme Assessment Method
	Wong, Andrew (University of Alberta): Incorporating blended learning to raise students' motivation in introductory macroeconomics modules
	Sabiston, David (Mount Royal University): gender, learning styles, and performance in principles of economics: does the gender gap exist?
Discussants	Wong, Andrew (University of Alberta); Leung, Ambrose (Mount Royal University); Alam, Rafat (Grant Macewan University)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada (Graduate Student Paper Award): International Economic Studies / Banque du Canada (Prix du travail de recherche étudiant) : Études économiques internationales
Chair	Huynh, Kim (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Li, Bingjing (University of British Columbia): Export Expansion, Skill Acquisition and Industry Specialization: Evidence from China
	MacDonald, Margaux (Queen's University): Unconventional monetary policy spillovers in a small open economy
	Zhu, Wenbo (Queen's University): Innovations, labour demand, and skill premium: Empirical evidence from European countries
	Becerra, Oscar (University of British Columbia): Pension Incentives and Formal-Sector Labor Supply: Evidence from Colombia

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Session I: Challenges in Climate Projection and Climate Policy Modeling / Séance d'Environnement et Changement climatique Canada I : Projections climatiques et modélisation des politiques climatiques - Des défis
Chair	Goodlet, Warren (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Papers	McKitrick, Ross (University of Guelph): Empirically-Constrained Climate Parameters and the Social Cost of Carbon
	Zhu, Yunfa (Environment and Climate Change Canada): Regional emissions pathways for global climate constraints of 2 and 1.5 degree Celsius with different burden sharing rules: An Exploration using EC-MSMR and EC-IAM
	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada): Marginal abatement cost of GHG emissions from different Models: Why they differ across models?
Discussants	Shiell, Leslie (University of Ottawa); Lemelin, André (Université du Québec); Schmiedel, Noémie (Department of Finance Canada)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Good Behaviour and Bad Habits / Bon comportement et mauvaises habitudes
Chair	Freeman, David (Simon Fraser University)
Papers	Boly, Amadou (African Development Bank): Corruption, Monitoring and Legitimacy: An Experimental Analysis
	Ruffle, Bradley (Wilfrid Laurier University): Clever enough to tell the truth
	Freeman, David (Simon Fraser University): Revealing sophistication and naïveté from procrastination

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Time Series / Les séries chronologiques
Chair	Rodriguez, Gabriel (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Papers	Rodriguez, Gabriel (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú): Asymptotic and Finite Sample Behavior of ECR Tests for Cointegration using GLS Detrended Data
	Jian, Bixi (McGill University): High Dimensional Market Network Connectedness Measures: Multiple Horizons Granger Causality Structures
	Dalkir, Mehmet (University of New Brunswick): Causality Tests with Fractionally Integrated Data

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Empirical Pricing II / OI : L'établissement de prix d'un point de vue empirique II
Chair	Armstrong, Alex (Finance Canada)
Papers	Boskovic, Branko (University of Alberta): The Cyclicality of Add-on Pricing
	Lasio, Laura (McGill University): Delisting of pharmaceuticals from insurance coverage: effects on consumption, pricing and expenditures in France
	Armstrong, Alex (Finance Canada): Competition Intensity in the Canadian Business Sector 1999 - 2012

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Ph.D. Student Presentations - Industrial Organization II / OI : Présentations de doctorants - Organisation industrielle II
Chair	Saberianranjbar, Fatemeh (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Marcoux, Mathieu (University of Toronto): Games with ordered actions, unobservable heterogeneity and multiple equilibria: an application to mobile telecommunications
	Nguyen, Bao Anh (University of Ottawa): Base Metal Industry in the Capital Markets
	Saberianranjbar, Fatemeh (University of Ottawa): The Effect of Campaign Contributions on Competition in the U.S. Banking Sector

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Public Debt / La dette publique
Chair	Davies, James B. (University of Western Ontario)
Papers	Shiamptanis, Christos (Wilfrid Laurier University): Predicting Sovereign Fiscal Crises: High-Debt Developed Countries
	Ferris, J. Stephen (Carleton University): Is the aggregate size of government too large in Canada?
	AmirKhalkhali, Saleh (Saint Mary's University): On the Impact of Public Debt on Capital Mobility: A Time Series Cross-Country Study

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF: Some Issues in the Post-Keynesian Theory of Money / FEP : La théorie monétaire post-keynésienne - Quelques questions
Organizers	Seccareccia, Mario (University of Ottawa) Rochon, Louis-Philippe (Laurentian University)
Panelists	Ponsot, Jean Francois (Université Grenoble-Alpes)
	Monvoisin, Virginie (Laurentian University)
	Vallet, Guillaume (Université Grenoble-Alpes)
	Faudot, Adrien (Université Grenoble-Alpes)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Children's and Maternal Health / GECES : La santé des enfants et des mères
Chair	McIntosh, James (Concordia University)
Papers	Malak, Natalie (McMaster University): Rethinking Torts: The Effect of Medical Malpractice Reform on Maternal & Infant Health
	Grootendorst, Paul (University of Toronto): Does The Children's Fitness Tax Credit Make Children More Fit?

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CNEH: Trade and Development / RCHE : Commerce et développement
Chair	Lewis, Frank D. (Queen's University)
Papers	Geloso, Vincent (HEC Montréal): Monopsony and Industrial Development in 19th Century Quebec: The Impact of Seigneurial Tenure
	Keay, Ian (Queen's University): The Causes and Consequences of Trade Protection in Canada, 1870-1913
	Sugden, Roger (University of British Columbia): Economic Development of the BC Interior: A Case Study of Occupations in the Okanagan, Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Discussants	Sugden, Roger (University of British Columbia); Geloso, Vincent (HEC Montréal); Keay, Ian (Queen's University)

14:00-15:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Information Economics / Économie de l'information
Chair	Lu, Shih En (Simon Fraser University)
Papers	McLeod, Alexander (Queen's University): Confidence Signaling Games
	Foltin, Peter (University of Western Ontario): Indicative Bidding in Contests
	Lu, Shih En (Simon Fraser University): Monotonic Cheap Talk
Discussants	Lu, Shih En (Simon Fraser University); McLeod, Alexander (Queen's University); Foltin, Peter (University of Western Ontario)

15:30-16:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Aid / L'aide internationale
Chair	Annen, Kurt (University of Guelph)
Papers	Ferry, Marin (Université Paris Dauphine): Low Income Countries and External Financing: Does Debt Relief Change Anything?
	Barkat, Karim (Qatar University): A dynamic Panel Data Analysis of the Fungibility of Foreign Aid in the health sector: the case of Sub-Saharan countries
	Venet, Baptiste (Université Paris Dauphine): Micro Finance Institutions and International Donors
	Annen, Kurt (University of Guelph): Global Samaritans? Donor Election Cycles and the Allocation of Humanitarian Aid
Discussants	Summerfield, Fraser (University of Aberdeen); Okoye, Chidozie (Dalhousie University); Annen, Kurt (University of Guelph); Compton, Ryan (University of Manitoba)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CABE-CSLS-PEF Session: Full Employment in the 21st Century: Relevant Policy? Attainable Goal? A Mike McCracken Memorial Panel / / Le plein emploi au 21e siècle : des politiques pertinentes ? un objectif accessible ? Une table ronde en mémoire de Mike McCracken
Organizer	Yalnizyan, Armine (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Chair	Yalnizyan, Armine (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Panelists	Drummond, Don (Queen's University)
	Seccareccia, Mario (University of Ottawa)
	Hodgson, Glen (Conference Board of Canada)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IRPP: Redesigning Canadian Trade Policy for New Global Realities / IRPP : Réaménager les politiques commerciales canadiennes pour les adapter aux nouvelles réalités mondiales
Organizer	Tapp, Stephen (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Chair	Tapp, Stephen (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Panelists	Tapp, Stephen (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
	van Assche, Ari (HEC Montréal)
	Yan, Beiling (Statistics Canada)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Duclos, Jean-Yves (Government of Canada)
Speaker	Oreopoulos, Philip (University of Toronto)
Topic	Applying Behavioural Economics to Public Policy

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Labour / Le travail
Chair	Yamada, Gustavo (Universidad del Pacifico)
Papers	Montenegro, Maria (University of Alberta): Land Rights and Women's Empowerment in Rural Peru: Insights from Structural Equation Modeling
	Wong, Sara (Polytechnic University (ESPOL)): Labor Market Effects of Social Security Enrollment for Maids in Ecuador
	Yamada, Gustavo (Universidad del Pacifico): Fear of Labor Rigidities: The Role of Expectations on Employment Growth in Peru
Discussants	Yamada, Gustavo (Universidad del Pacifico); Montenegro, Maria (University of Alberta); Wong, Sara (Polytechnic University (ESPOL))

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: International Macro / Macroéconomie internationale
Chair	Darku, Alexander Bilson (University of Lethbridge)
Papers	Serieux, John (University of Manitoba): Growth and Employment in Africa: A Firm-Level Analysis
	Abdullah, Md (University of Manitoba): Does Foreign Investment Increase Total Factor Productivity?
	Darku, Alexander Bilson (University of Lethbridge): Economic openness and income growth: A reassessment of the relationship for developing countries
Discussants	Darku, Alexander Bilson (University of Lethbridge); Serieux, John (University of Manitoba); Abdullah, Md (University of Manitoba)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEA: Law and Economics II / Droit et économique I
Chair	Curry, Philip (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Morin, Lealand (Queen's University): Traffic Court: Where the Fast and Furious become the Slow and Litigious
	Ng, Travis Ka Ho (Chinese University of Hong Kong): Resale Price Maintenance Without Services
	Sadanand, Asha (University of Guelph): Advantages of Value Assurance Programs: A Comparison of Damage Regimes in Contaminated Property Disputes

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Portfolio / Économie financière : Le portefeuille
Chair	Shen, Sally (University of Toronto)
Papers	Davis, Andrew (Acadia University): Household Portfolio Allocation in the European Union
	Raes, Louis (Tilburg University): Exposure to bankers: networks and stock market participation
	Shen, Sally (University of Toronto): Analyzing the Quality of Financial Advice: Do Conflicted Advisers Tell Half-Truths?
Discussants	Shen, Sally (University of Toronto); Davis, Andrew (Acadia University); Raes, Louis (Tilburg University)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Foreign Investment / L'investissement étranger
Chair	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Papers	Rosborough, Jonathan (Saint Francis Xavier University): The Effects of Expropriation Risk on Foreign Investment and Exploration in Natural Resources
	Rai, Naveen (Bank of Canada): Does Investing Abroad Lead to Productivity Improvements at Home? Evidence from Canadian Greenfield Investments
	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary): Do Foreign Investment Treaties Affect Greenfield Investment?
Discussants	Rai, Naveen (Bank of Canada); Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary); Rosborough, Jonathan (Saint Francis Xavier University)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Empirical International Finance / Finance internationale - Aspects empiriques
Chair	Lee, KangSoek (Novancia Business School)
Papers	Aziz, Md Nusrate (University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus)): Does Immigration Affect the Exchange Rate?
	Kemoe, Laurent (Université de Montréal): Financial Markets Convergence and Determinants of Risk Premium Differentials
	Lee, KangSoek (Novancia Business School): Uncovered equity parity in developed countries: Evidence from dynamic conditional correlations
Discussants	Kemoe, Laurent (Université de Montréal); Lee, KangSoek (Novancia Business School); Aziz, Md Nusrate (University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus))

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Post Secondary Education and the Labour Market / Études postsecondaires et marché du travail
Chair	Su, Xuejuan (University of Alberta)
Papers	Sim, Seung-Gyu (University of Tokyo): Degree Inflation and Hierarchical Labor Demand
	Agopsowicz, Andrew (Bank of Canada): Search Frictions and the College Premium
	Xu, Ming (University of Minnesota): Student Loans and Early Employment Outcomes
Discussants	Su, Xuejuan (University of Alberta); Liu, HuJu (Statistics Canada); Liu, Qian (University of Western Ontario)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Gender Gap / Disparités hommes/femmes
Chair	Foley, Kelly (University of Saskatchewan)
Papers	Adachi, Takanori (Nagoya University): Gender Gap in Start-up Activities
	Ding, Weili (Queen's University): Closing the Gender Gap in Science: New Evidence from urban China
	Bidner, Chris (Simon Fraser University): Pay Gaps in Frictional Labour Markets: Theory and Evidence on the Gender Gap from U.S. Cities
Discussants	Rybczynski, Kathleen (University of Waterloo); Connolly, Marie (Université du Québec à Montréal); Foley, Kelly (University of Saskatchewan)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Seniors and Pensions / Les aînés et les pensions
Chair	Laurin, Alexandre (C.D. Howe Institute)
Papers	Amedah, Sid Ali (Employment and Social Development Canada): Impact of financial and housing wealth on retirement decision
	Lu, Chaohui (Carleton University): Employment and life satisfaction of Canadian young seniors
	Nikpoor, Somaieh (University of Ottawa): Aging Population and Public Pension in UK: Age-specific Discount Rate
Discussants	Laurin, Alexandre (C.D. Howe Institute); Charron, Martin (Employment and Social Development Canada); Kei, Wendy Wai Yee (University of British Columbia)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Labour Market Dynamics / GCEM : La dynamique du marché du travail
Chair	Tengelsen, Benjamin (Carnegie Mellon University)
Papers	Seok, Byoung Hoon (The Ohio State University): Migration Restrictions: Implications on Human Capital, Output, and Welfare
	Stacey, Derek (Ryerson University): Posted Prices, Search and Bargaining
	Shao, Enchuan (University of Saskatchewan): Endogenous Dual Labor Markets
	Tengelsen, Benjamin (Carnegie Mellon University): Credit and Labor Market Frictions Over the Business Cycle
Discussants	Davoodalhosseini, Mohammad (Bank of Canada)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Determinants of Environmental Preferences / Les déterminants des préférences environnementales
Chair	Harminder, Guliani (University of Manitoba)
Papers	Talukdar, Bidyut Kumar (Saint Mary's University): Optimal Environmental Policy with Learning-by-doing
	Guliani, Harminder (University of Regina): Household pro-environmental behavior: correlations and determinants

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Global Macroeconomic Issues / Des questions de macroéconomie à l'échelle mondiale
Chair	Zhang, Ren (Southern Methodist University)
Papers	Kabaca, Serdar (Bank of Canada): Asset Purchases in a Small Open Economy: An International Portfolio Balancing Approach
	Zhao, Hong (McGill University): Would Yuan Become an International Currency?
	Zhang, Ren (Southern Methodist University): Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest in Open Economy

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Firm-Level Innovation and Growth / Innovation au niveau des entreprises et croissance
Chair	Rosell, Carlos (Finance Canada)
Papers	Andrew, Kevin (Queen's University): Innovation and Firm Growth
	Mohsin, Mohammed (The University of Tennessee): Business Fiscal Incentives in a Small Open Economy: A Dynamic Cost-Benefit Analysis
	Rosell, Carlos (Finance Canada): The mix between direct and indirect forms of government innovation support and firm performance

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
SRDC: Making Evidence-Based Policy Work Within the Federal Government / SRCS : Élaborer des politiques efficaces fondées sur des données probantes au gouvernement fédéral
Organizer	Voyer, Jean-Pierre (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
Chair	Robidoux, Benoit (Employment and Social Development Canada)
Panelists	Gingras, Yves (Employment and Social Development Canada)
	Michaud, Sylvie (Statistics Canada)
	Voyer, Jean-Pierre (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)
	Yalkin, Tolga (unaffiliated)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada (Graduate Student Paper Award): Applied Microeconomics and Finance / Banque du Canada (Prix du travail de recherche étudiant) : Microéconomique et finance appliquées
Chair	Huynh, Kim (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Lavecchia, Adam M. (University of Toronto): Minimum Wage Policy with Optimal Taxes and Involuntary Unemployment
	Yip, Chi Man (University of Calgary): Search Relativity
	Kulkarni, Sheisha (University of California Berkeley): The Effect of Competition on University Tuition
	Pypko, Sergii (University of Western Ontario): Option Valuation Using Realized Volatility and Mixture of Normal Distributions

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Early Warning and Systemic Risks Monitoring / Banque du Canada : Alertes précoces et surveillance des risques systémiques
Organizer	Duprey, Thibaut (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Duprey, Thibaut (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Alessi, Lucia (European Commission): Identifying excessive credit growth and leverage
	Vermeulen, Robert (De Nederlandsche Bank): Leading Indicators of Financial Stress: New Evidence
	Duprey, Thibaut (Bank of Canada): Continuous versus binary models for early warning
Discussants	Mohsni, Sana (Carleton University); Gradojevic, Nikola (University of Guelph); Mamon, Rogemar (University of Western Ontario)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Session II: (Renewable) Energy Policies: Incentives and Outcome / Séance d'Environnement Environnement et Changement climatique Canada II : Les politiques en matière d'énergie (renouvelable) - Incitatifs et résultats
Chair	Rivers, Nicholas (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Wigle, Randall (Wilfrid Laurier University): The Optimal Time Path of Renewable Support
	Rivers, Nicholas (University of Ottawa): Impact of real-time information provision on electricity consumption: Evidence from a large-scale eld trial
	Mukhopadhyay, Kakali (McGill University): Renewable Energy Mission in India: A global CGE model
Discussants	Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia); Eckert, Andrew (University of Alberta); Munzur, Alaz Safak (University of Calgary)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Public Goods and CPRs / Biens publics et ressources communes
Chair	Smith, Alexander (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Papers	Stoddard, Brock (University of South Dakota): Endogenous Team Membership in the Presence of Divided Loyalties
	Kingsley, David (University of Massachusetts Lowell): Normative conflict and the choice between informal and formal institutions
	Kröger, Sabine (Université Laval): Public good production in heterogeneous groups: An experimental analysis on the relation between external return and information
	Smith, Alexander (Worcester Polytechnic Institute): Experiments on Dynamic Common Pool Resources

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Financial Econometrics / L'économétrie financière
Chair	Luger, Richard (Laval University)
Papers	Luger, Richard (Laval University): Small-sample tests for stock return predictability with possibly non-stationary regressors and GARCH-type effects
	Djogbenou, Antoine Alex (Université de Montréal): Model Selection in Factor-Augmented Regressions with estimated factors
	Goh, Chuan (The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): Quantile-Regression Inference With Adaptive Control of Size

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Universal Service Obligations and the Internet / OI : L'obligation de service universel et l'Internet
Chair	Boik, Andre (University of California, Davis)
Papers	Roland, Michel (Université Laval): Equity Justifications for Universal Service Obligations
	Goetz, Daniel (Princeton University): Switching Costs in the Market for Internet Service Provision
	Boik, Andre (University of California, Davis): The Economics of Universal Service: an Analysis of Entry Subsidies for Rural Broadband
Discussants	Goetz, Daniel (Princeton University); Ershov, Daniel (University of Toronto); Roland, Michel (Université Laval)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Industrial Organization Theory II / OI : Théorie de l'organisation industrielle II
Chair	Kelly, Brian (Seattle University)
Papers	Wait, Andrew (University of Sydney): Watercooler chat, organizational structure and corporate culture
	Rahimi, Armaghan (University of Ottawa): R&D Cooperation and Public R&D in the Presence of Environmental Damage and Emissions Taxation
	Martin, Steve (University of Ottawa): Corporate social responsibility and moral management in competitive markets
	Kelly, Brian (Seattle University): When Fixed Costs Matter: Investment Subsidies, Market Structure, and Pass-Through

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Income Inequality / Les inégalités de revenu
Chair	Wen, Jean-François (University of Calgary)
Papers	Gninanfon, Medesse Armande (University of Ottawa): Income inequality by gender: Evidence from Canada
	Gordon, Stephen (Université Laval): The Canadian One Per Cent and the American Dream
	Davies, James B. (University of Western Ontario): The Gini Coefficient and Personal Inequality Measurement

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Happiness / Le bonheur
Chair	Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Hodgson, Douglas (Université du Québec à Montréal): The relationship between artistic movements and the careers of modern artists : Evidence from individual-level hedonic regressions with auction data
	Barrington-Leigh, Christopher (McGill University): Korea's rapid growth and rapid rise in happiness: are they related?
	Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia): Migration as a Test of the Happiness Set Point Hypothesis: Evidence from Immigration to Canada
Discussants	Pennock, Mike (BC Government)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Prescription Drugs / Les médicaments d'ordonnance
Chair	Grootendorst, Paul (University of Toronto)
Papers	Papanastasiou, Anastasios (University of Guelph): Explaining Expenditure on Pharmaceuticals in Canada
	Song, Yan (McGill University): The Power of Not Asking: How Do the Drug Substitution Laws Affect Patient's Demand for Generic Drugs?
	Tuncel, Tuba (Toulouse School of Economics): Off-Label Drug Prescriptions in France
Discussants	Grootendorst, Paul (University of Toronto); Papanastasiou, Anastasios (University of Guelph); Song, Yan (McGill University)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CNEH: Institutions, Conflict, and Enforcement / RCHE : Institutions, conflits et poursuites
Chair	Keay, Ian (Queen's University)
Papers	Christian, Cornelius (St. Francis Xavier University): Elites, Weather Shocks, and Witchcraft Trials in Scotland
	Neary, Hugh (University of British Columbia): Resolution of conflicts over sacred goods
	Gillezeau, Robert (University of Victoria): Labour Law Enforcement During World War II and the Growth of the US Trade Union Movement
Discussants	Gillezeau, Robert (University of Victoria); Christian, Cornelius (St. Francis Xavier University); Neary, Hugh (University of British Columbia)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
AEDSB Session II: Empirical Evidence on Development Interventions and Migration / Séance de l'AEEDB II : Données empiriques sur les activités de développement et les migrations
Organizers	Chowdhury, Muhammad Murshed (Algoma University) Reza, Abeer (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Sarker, Subrata (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Shonchoy, Abu (Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO): DVD-based Distance Learning Program for University Entrance Exams: RCT Experiments in Rural Bangladesh
	Buckland, Jerry (Menno Simons College): Managing Mobile Banking to Address the Needs and Protect the Vulnerability of Poor People in Bangladesh
	Ahmad, Sazlin (University of Ottawa): Dual-Citizenship-Driven Remittances and Impact on Social Welfare Indicators: A Study of Developing Countries
Discussants	Lehrer, Kim (Université de Sherbrooke); Shonchoy, Abu (Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO); Das Gupta, Amlan (University of British Columbia)

16:00-17:30	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Empirical I / Analyses empiriques I
Chair	Polisson, Matthew (University of Leicester)
Papers	Yang, Jie (University of Alberta): Consumption Commitments and Simultaneous Insuring and Gambling: Evidence from Canada
	Allen, Jason (Bank of Canada): Macroprudential Housing Policies and Borrowing Constraints
	Polisson, Matthew (University of Leicester): A Little Model for Big Data: Brand Choice in Continuous Demand Systems

17:45-19:15	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Innis Lecture / Conférence Innis
Chair	Duclos, Jean-Yves (Government of Canada)
Speaker	Behrens, Kristian (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Topic	Agglomeration and Clusters: Tools and Insights from Coagglomeration Patterns

19:15-20:45	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Reception / Réception

20:00-21:00	Friday, June 3, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Wine and Cheese Social

08:00-08:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Choices / Des questions de choix
Chair	Raeburn, Kaywana (McGill University)
Papers	Duplantier, Anne (Université de Sherbrooke): Opportunités et migration interne des jeunes au Ghana
	Raeburn, Kaywana (McGill University): Learning in a Bandit Game and the Technology Choices of Farmers in a Developing Country
	Zhou, Shiqu (Simon Fraser University): An Occupational Choice Model with Unknown Entrepreneurial Ability
Discussants	Monteiro, Stein (York University); Zhou, Shiqu (Simon Fraser University); Ma, Jie (Maggie) (McGill University)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CABE: Stranded Assets: Institutional Investor Approaches to Climate and Other Risks / Actifs inexploitables - Des approches d'investisseurs institutionnels aux changements climatiques et à d'autres risques
Sponsor	CABE
Organizer	Lawless, Chris (British Columbia Investment Management Corp)
Chair	Lawless, Chris (British Columbia Investment Management Corp)
Panelists	Schmitt, Nicolas (Simon Fraser University)
	Miazga, Barbara (University of Ottawa)
	Payne, Gregory (Greenchip Financial)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Statistics Canada and ISED: Multinationals and Global Value Chains / Statistique Canada et ISDE : Multinationales et chaînes de valeur mondiales
Organizers	Tang, Jianmin (Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada) Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada)
Chair	Shute, Larry (Industry Canada)
Papers	Hejazi, Walid (University of Toronto): Outward FDI, Exports, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing
	Li, Jiang (University of Victoria): Productivity Growth in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector in 2000-2010: The Role of Reallocation and Multinationals
	van Assche, Ari (HEC Montréal): Functional Upgrading in China's Export Processing Sector
Discussants	Rao, Someshwar (S RAO Consulting INC.); Wang, Yanling (Carleton University); Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CIRANO-PHELPS-RIIB: Competition Policy I / Politique de la concurrence I
Chair	Clark, Robert (HEC Montréal)
Papers	Winter, Ralph (University of British Columbia): Vertical Restraints in Two-sided Markets: Credit Card Merchant Rules
	Atallah, Gamal (University of Ottawa): Subsidizing Innovation and Production
	Samano, Mario (HEC Montréal): Mergers and Cost Efficiency in the Electricity Distribution Industry
Discussants	Hollander, Abraham (Université de Montréal); Ware, Roger (Queen's University); Eckert, Andrew (University of Alberta)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Political Economy / Économie politique
Chair	Zhang, Yongjing (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Roy Chaudhuri, Arka (Indian Statistical Institute): Mandated Political Representation and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
	Flueckiger, Matthias (University of Basel): Malaria Suitability, Territorial Political Control and Urban Development in South China: Evidence over more than 2000 Years
	Dickens, Andrew (York University): Ethnolinguistic Favouritism in African Politics
	Zhang, Yongjing (University of Ottawa): Successor's Dilemma: When Does Autocratic Succession Work?
Discussants	Zhang, Yongjing (University of Ottawa); vom Berge, Philipp (Institute for Employment Research); Caballero O., Gustavo A. (University of Calgary); Tondji, Jean-Baptiste (University of Ottawa)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Transfers / Des questions de transferts
Chair	Das Gupta, Amlan (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Meilman Lomaz Cohn, Ricardo (Simon Fraser University): The Medium Term Impacts of Food and Cash Transfers on Education
	Deschamps-Laporte, Jean-Philippe (Örebro University): Make it Rain: Labeled Cash Transfers in Agriculture
	Das Gupta, Amlan (University of British Columbia): Cash vs In-kind Transfers: Evidence from the Public Distribution of Food in India.
Discussants	Das Gupta, Amlan (University of British Columbia); Meilman Lomaz Cohn, Ricardo (Simon Fraser University); Deschamps-Laporte, Jean-Philippe (Örebro University)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Banking Activity and Monetary Policy / Économie financière : Activité bancaire et politique monétaire
Chair	Chateau, John Peter (University of Macau)
Papers	Guérin, Pierre (Bank of Canada): The Effects of Monetary Policy on Industry-level Stock Returns in a Changing World
	Hessou, Hélyoth Théodore Sedekon (Université Laval): Risk-based capital and leverage ratios adjustments by banks: Lessons learned from the Canadian experience
	Chateau, John Peter (University of Macau): Pricing the credit-risk put embedded in borrowers' extendible credit commitment, with its application to Basel-3 micro-prudential regulation

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Crises and Cycles / Économie financière : Crises et cycles
Chair	van Oordt, Maarten R.C. (Bank of Canada)
Papers	van Oordt, Maarten R.C. (Bank of Canada): Timing of banks' loan loss provisioning during the crisis
	Liu, Jinjing (McGill University): A New Tail-based Correlation
Discussants	van Oordt, Maarten R.C. (Bank of Canada); Liu, Jinjing (McGill University)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Transmission of Monetary Policy / La transmission de la politique monétaire
Chair	Lombardi, Marco (Bank for International Settlements)
Papers	Banerjee, Anindya (University of Birmingham): A Dynamic Factor Model of Interest Rate Pass Through for Four Large Euro Area Countries
	Fofana, Mory Fode (Université du Québec-ENAP): The issues of economic policies and macroeconomic asymmetries in the Eurozone in light of the Greece case.
	Lombardi, Marco (Bank for International Settlements): Why Did Bank Lending Rates Diverge from Policy Rates After the Financial Crisis?

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Markets - Wages / Marchés du travail - Les salaires
Chair	Brochu, Pierre (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Compton, Janice (University of Manitoba): The Tipped Minimum Wage and Employee Characteristics
	Boucher, Vincent (Université Laval): Wage Dynamics and Peer Referrals
	Kalhor, Sadjad (University of Manitoba): Decomposition of Wage Inequality across Canadian Metropolitan Areas (CMAs)
Discussants	Brochu, Pierre (University of Ottawa); Gninanfon, Medesse Armande (University of Ottawa); Morin, Louis-Philippe (University of Ottawa)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Markets - Issues in Canadian Labour Markets II / Marchés du travail - Les marchés de l'emploi au Canada II
Chair	Feir, Donna Leanne (University of Victoria)
Papers	Kessler, Anke (Simon Fraser University): Acculturation, Education, and Gender Roles: Evidence from Canada
	Arcila-Vasquez, Andres Mauricio (University of Waterloo): Construction and Childcare: Revisiting the Gender Wage Gap in the Context of Occupational Segregation
	Gray, David M. (University of Ottawa): An analysis of a foundational learning program in British Columbia
Discussants	Ding, Weili (Queen's University); Javdani Haji, Mohsen (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus); Roberge, Stéphanie (Employment and Social Development Canada)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Immigration - Skills / Immigration - Les compétences
Chair	Fang, Tony (Memorial University)
Papers	Zhang, Jue (University of Waterloo): The influence of industry skill transferability on the effect of entry conditions on immigrant labour market integration
	Aydede, Yigit (Saint Mary's University): The cost of immigrants' occupational mismatch in Canada
	Orlov, George (University of Western Ontario): Returns to pre-immigration skills and skill transferability of immigrants in Canada

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Understanding Systemic Risks / Les risques systémiques
Chair	Ramsay, Bruce A. (RiskLab (Finland))
Papers	Intungane, Doriane (Ryerson University): Heterogeneous Financial Regulation Tools: An Analysis of their Interactions and Effectiveness on Financial Vulnerability
	Ramsay, Bruce A. (RiskLab (Finland)): Ending over-lending: assessing systemic risk with debt to cash flow
Discussants	Zhang, Yahong (University of Windsor); Shiamptanis, Christos (Wilfrid Laurier University)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Energy Prices: Time Series Empirics / Les prix de l'énergie - Analyse empirique de séries temporelles
Chair	Moshiri, Saeed (University of Saskatchewan)
Papers	Collins, Ayoo (Carleton University): Cointegration analysis of gasoline demand in Canada
	Mann, Janelle (University of Manitoba): Relationships and Dynamics between Ethanol and Gasoline Prices in Brazil
	Moshiri, Saeed (University of Saskatchewan): Heterogeneous Effects of Oil Price Shocks in Canadian Provinces
Discussants	Aliakbari, Elmira (University of Guelph); Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia); Vermeulen, Wessel Nicolaas (University of Oxford)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Short Session I - Environmental Topics / Séance courte I - L'environnement
Chair	Kollenbach, Gilbert (University of Hagen (& University of Siegen))
Papers	Ahmadi, Younes (University of Calgary): Trade Wars and Carbon Border Taxes
	Bell, Mbea (Université Laval): Between Storage Capacity for Renewable Energy and Carbon Sequestration: What Represents an Efficient Decarbonization Path?
	Dolter, Brett (York University): Greening the Saskatchewan Grid
	Jiang, Feng (Concordia University): Trade and Environmental Policy with Transboundary Pollution
	Kollenbach, Gilbert (University of Hagen (& University of Siegen)): On the optimal accumulation of renewable energy generating capacity

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Unconventional Monetary Policies / GCEM : Les politiques monétaires non conventionnelles
Chair	Tillmann, Peter (Justus Liebig University Giessen)
Papers	Rumler, Fabio (Austrian Central Bank (OeNB)): The Effectiveness of Unconventional Monetary Policy in the Euro Zone
	St Amand, Samantha (Centre for International Governance Innovation): Monetary Policy, Medium and Long-Term Yields at the Zero Lower Bound: International Evidence
	Tillmann, Peter (Justus Liebig University Giessen): Quantitative Easing and Tapering Uncertainty: Evidence from Twitter
Discussants	Tillmann, Peter (Justus Liebig University Giessen); Rumler, Fabio (Austrian Central Bank (OeNB)); St Amand, Samantha (Centre for International Governance Innovation)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
News and its Effects on the Macroeconomy / L'information et ses effets au niveau macroéconomique
Chair	Xu, Libo (University of Calgary)
Papers	Claus, Edda (Wilfrid Laurier University): Selective pessimism
	Obaid, Sabreena (McMaster University): Canadian VS U.S. Interest Rate News: What Matters More for Canadian Business Cycles?
	Xu, Libo (University of Calgary): Communication Frictions, Sentiments, and Nonlinear Business Cycles

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Open-Economy Macro / Macroéconomie de l'économie ouverte
Chair	Rahman, Md Mahbubur (McMaster University)
Papers	Cette, Gilbert (Banque de France): Margin rate and the cycle: the role of trade openness
	Olani, Adugna (Queen's University): The role of frictions capital flows to emerging markets
	Yepez, Carlos (University of Manitoba): Informality and International Business Cycles
	Rahman, Md Mahbubur (McMaster University): Unleashing Growth: Quantifying the Impact of Economic Reforms in India

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHWEN/CWEN: Labour Markets in Asia / RFÉ : Les marchés du travail en Asie
Chair	Ural-Marchand, Beyza (University of Alberta)
Papers	Song, Yueping (Renmin University of China): The Impact of Child care Cost on Labor Supply of Migrant Mothers: Evidence from China
	Essaji, Azim (Wilfrid Laurier University): Export Opportunities and the Male-Female Wage Gap
	Ural-Marchand, Beyza (University of Alberta): Employment Adjustments to Increased Imports: Evidence from a Developing Country

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Labour Market Dynamics and the Macroeconomy / Banque du Canada : Dynamique du marché du travail et macroéconomie
Organizer	Landry, Anthony (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Landry, Anthony (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Cociuba, Simona (University of Western Ontario): Structural Change, Demographics and the Labor Market
	Taschereau-Dumouchel, Mathieu (The Wharton School): Coordination and the Dynamics of Unemployment
	Kyui, Natalia (Bank of Canada): Youth Professional Preferences and Career Outcomes: the Role of Parental Involvement and Labour Market Tightness within Professional Categories

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Markets / Les marchés
Chair	Spraggon, John (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Papers	Thomas, Stephanie (McMaster University): Cap versus Credit Emissions Trading with Stochastic Demand
	Jiang, Janet Hua (Bank of Canada): Experimental Asset Markets with an Indefinite Horizon
	Normann, Hans-Theo (Heinrich-Heine University): Communication in Vertical Markets: Experimental Evidence
	Spraggon, John (University of Massachusetts Amherst): The applicability of micro-finance to higher risk business ventures: An experimental study.

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Instruments / Les variables instrumentales
Chair	Kédagni, Désiré (The Pennsylvania State University)
Papers	Kédagni, Désiré (The Pennsylvania State University): Sharp Instrumental Inequalities: Testing IV Independence Assumption
	Ozabaci, Deniz (University of New Hampshire): Additive Nonparametric Sample Selection Models with Endogeneity
	Tchuente Nguembu, Guy (Université de Montréal): Regularization Based Anderson Rubin Tests for Many Instruments

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Innovation I / OI : Innovation I
Chair	Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta)
Papers	Shankar, Kameshwari (City College of New York): Open Source Licensing and Software Competition
	Smrkolj, Grega (Newcastle University): R&D Cooperatives and Market Collusion: A Global Dynamic Approach
	Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta): Green Technology and Patents
Discussants	Smrkolj, Grega (Newcastle University); Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta); Shankar, Kameshwari (City College of New York)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Optimal Taxation / La fiscalité optimale
Chair	Steele, Marion (University of Guelph)
Papers	Dessy, Sylvain (Université Laval): Optimal Fiscal and Education Policies when Children's Abilities Are Endogenous
	Wen, Jean-François (University of Calgary): Tax Penalties on Fluctuating Incomes: Estimates from Longitudinal Data
	Cuff, Katherine L (McMaster University): Optimal Unemployment Insurance and Redistribution
Discussants	Messacar, Derek (Statistics Canada); Burbidge, John (University of Waterloo); Veall, Michael (McMaster University)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Econometrics / Économétrie
Chair	Anderson, Gordon (University of Toronto)
Papers	Desjardins, Denise (HEC Montréal): Modelling and Estimating Individual and Firm Effects with Count Panel Data
	Charles Olivier, Mao Takongmo (Université du Québec à Montréal): Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium, Detrending, and Generalized Method of Moments
	Anderson, Gordon (University of Toronto): Polarization and Convergence Measurement in the Absence of Cardinality

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: GP Behaviour / GECES : Le comportement des médecins généralistes
Chair	Watson, Barry (University of New Brunswick)
Papers	Ammi, Mehdi (Carleton University): Should I stay or should I go? Explaining general practitioners' decision to quit new primary care team in Canada
	Boichev, Georgi (University of Regina): Lump-Sum Financial Incentives Work in Attracting Primary Care Physicians to Rural Areas
	Chami, Nadine (McMaster University): Primary care physicians' specialist referral rates in Ontario: blended capitation versus enhanced fee-for-service
Discussants	Milicic, Sandra (McMaster University); Clair, Luc (McMaster University); Gibson, Grant (McMaster University)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CNEH: History of Economic Thought / RCHE : Histoire de la pensée économique
Chair	Culpeper, Roy (Carleton University)
Papers	Carrera, Andrea (Università della Svizzera italiana): Keynes on windfalls: old matters, new policy
	Carvajalino, Juan (Université du Québec à Montréal): E. B. Wilson, more than a catalytic influence for Paul Samuelson's Foundations of Economic Analysis
	Culpeper, Roy (Carleton University): Economics, Development and Ideology in Historical Perspective
Discussants	Carvajalino, Juan (Université du Québec à Montréal); Culpeper, Roy (Carleton University); Carrera, Andrea (Università della Svizzera italiana)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Algoma University/NOEA: Applied Econometric Analysis / Analyse économétrique appliquée
Chair	Kadiyala, Krishna (Algoma University)
Papers	Amiraslany, Afshin (Algoma University): Structural Break, Biased Estimation and Forecast Error: A Case Study of US GDP
	Luitel, Hari Sharan (Algoma University): Is Unemployment Rate Stationary? Evidence from State Level Unemployment Rate Data
	Mahar, Gerry (Algoma University): Testing for Unit Roots in Autoregressive-Moving Average of Unknown Order: Critical Comments
	Mackinnon, Brandon (Algoma University): Iron Triangle: The Limits of Econometrics Analysis
Discussants	Kadiyala, Krishna (Algoma University)

08:30-10:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Empirical II / Analyses empiriques II
Chair	Mookerjee, Sulagna (Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar)
Papers	Rhinelander, Jason (Queen's University): Learning and forgetting in agent-based models: a Bayesian econometric approach
	Mookerjee, Sulagna (Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar): Learning and Voting: Evidence from Indian Elections
	Sun, Meiping (Columbia University): Salience and Surcharge: Why Are Riders Lending the Transit Authority $150 Million More?
Discussants	Mookerjee, Sulagna (Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar); Sun, Meiping (Columbia University); Rhinelander, Jason (Queen's University)

10:00-10:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG Policy Panel I: Women's Economic Empowerment and GrOW / Table ronde du CDESG I : L'autonomisation économique des femmes et le programme CEDEF
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Panelists	Laszlo, Sonia (McGill University)
	Myamba, Flora (REPOA)
	Harper, Sam (McGill University)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS-PEF Session: Is the Canadian Labour Market Generating High-Quality Jobs? / Séance du CSLS-PEF : Le marché canadien du travail génère-t-il des emplois de haute qualité ?
Organizer	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)
Papers	Howell, David (The New School): What Happened to Shared Growth? A Cross-Country Comparison of Job Quality in the Rich World, 1979-2014
	Thomas, Jasmin (Centre for the Study of Living Standards): Trends in Low-Wage Employment in Canada: Incidence, Gap and Intensity, 1997-2014
	Tiessen, Kaylie (Unifor): Labour Market Insecurity in Canada: A Look at Provincial Level Trends
Discussants	Riddell, W. Craig (University of British Columbia); Betcherman, Gordon (University of Ottawa); Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CIRANO-PHELPS-RIIB: Competition Policy II / Politique de la concurrence II
Chair	Horstmann, Ignatius (University of Toronto)
Papers	Parra, Alvaro (University of British Columbia): Mergers in Innovative Industries: The Role of Product Market Competition
	Eckert, Andrew (University of Alberta): Analyzing Electricity Market Structure Changes: The Importance of Forward Commitments
	Sen, Anindya (University of Waterloo): Market Value, Market Share, and Mergers: Evidence from a Panel of U.S. Firms
Discussants	Corts, Kenneth (University of Toronto); Samano, Mario (HEC Montréal); Jakubowski, Ryan (Canadian Competition Bureau)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Anderson, Gordon (University of Toronto)
Speaker	Fortin, Nicole M. (University of British Columbia)
Topic	Earnings Inequality and the Gender Pay Gap

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CRDCN Session / Séance du RCCDR
Chair	Spencer, Byron Grant (McMaster University)
Papers	Jamil, Gazi Mohammad (Concordia University): The Effects of Local Market Conditions on Provincial Labor Mobility in Canada: An Evidence from Survey of Labor and Income Dynamics (SLID)
	Javdani Haji, Mohsen (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus): Job Satisfaction and Coworker Pay in Canadian Firms
Discussants	Li, Qing (Capital University of Economics and Business); Lluis, Stéphanie (University of Waterloo)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Financial Intermediation / Économie financière : Les intermédiaires financiers
Chair	Kotidis, Antonios (University of Bonn)
Papers	Zhang, Keyi (Simon Fraser University): Economic Links and Return Volatility
	Kotidis, Antonios (University of Bonn): Double Liability in a Branch Banking System: Historical Evidence from Canada

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Trade, Productivity and Supply Shocks / Commerce, productivité et chocs de l'offre
Chair	Chen, Xianjuan (Simon Fraser University)
Papers	Ferguson, Shon Martin (Research Institute of Industrial Economics): Offshoring, Total Factor Productivity and Skill-Biased Technological Change
	Hovhannisyan, Nune (Loyola University Maryland): Using Panel VAR to Analyze International Knowledge Spillovers
	Chen, Xianjuan (Simon Fraser University): Born Like China, Growing Like China
Discussants	Hovhannisyan, Nune (Loyola University Maryland); Chen, Xianjuan (Simon Fraser University); Ferguson, Shon Martin (Research Institute of Industrial Economics)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Exchange Rates, Monetary Unions and the EU / Taux de change, unions monétaires et Union européenne
Chair	Colonescu, Constantin (MacEwan University)
Papers	Chien, Yili (Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis): Why Are Exchange Rates So Smooth? A Segmented Asset Markets Explanation
	Viju, Crina (Carleton University): Ukraine's difficult economic choice: the EU or Russia?
	Colonescu, Constantin (MacEwan University): Macroeconomic Effects of the European Monetary Union: A Counterfactual Analysis
	Kano, Takashi (Hitotsubashi University): The first arrow hitting the currency target: a long-run risk perspective
Discussants	Viju, Crina (Carleton University); Colonescu, Constantin (MacEwan University); Chien, Yili (Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Markets - Health Effects on Labour Outcomes / Marchés du travail - Santé et situation sur le marché du travail
Chair	Leonard, Phil (University of New Brunswick)
Papers	Sopchokchai, Duangsuda (University of Ottawa): The Shocking Effect of Health on Income Inequality?
	Mori, Hiroaki (University of Western Ontario): Specificity of Health Capital
	Choiniere Crevecoeur, Ismael (Université du Québec à Montréal): Consumption Patterns and Health Shocks Among the Elderly
Discussants	Leonard, Phil (University of New Brunswick); Michaud, Pierre-Carl (Université du Québec à Montréal); Mori, Hiroaki (University of Western Ontario)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Poverty and Mobility / Pauvreté et mobilité
Chair	Brochu, Pierre (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Fortin, Myriam (Government of Canada): Income mobility among working-age Canadians: 1983-2010
	Robson, Jennifer (Carleton University): Microdata on household vulnerability in Canada: 2005 to 2014
	Dadson, James Nicholas (Analysis Group): Earnings and Location Decisions of Immigrants in Canada
Discussants	Brochu, Pierre (University of Ottawa); Brodeur, Abel (University of Ottawa); Rice, Derek (University of Ottawa)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Immigration - Integration / Immigration - L'intégration
Chair	Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Akbari, Syed Ather H (Saint Mary's University): Immigrant communities and economic integration of immigrants in Canada: Some evidence from housing market
	Pandey, Manish (University of Winnipeg): Are Entry Earnings Lower for More Recent Cohorts of Immigrants to Canada? An investigation across admission categories
	Djuikom Tamtchouong, Marie Albertine (Université Laval): Heteregenous Effects of Private Training on Immigrants' Dynamic Labor Market Outcomes: A multiple states and multiple spells approach
Discussants	Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University); Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo); Orlov, George (University of Western Ontario)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Business Cycles / Cycles économiques
Chair	Olagunju, Waheed (McMaster University)
Papers	Johri, Alok (McMaster University): Financial Reforms, News, and Sudden Stops: An expectations-driven interpretation of surges and stops in international capital flows
	Karnizova, Lilia (University of Ottawa): An empirical characterization of the comovement between the relative price of investment and the business cycle
	Olagunju, Waheed (McMaster University): Intangible Investment and International Business Cycles: The Rise of the Intangibles

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Inflation / GCEM : L'inflation
Chair	Moore, Bartholomew (Fordham University)
Papers	Kiarsi, Mehrab (University of Montreal): Frictional Labor Markets and the Optimal Inflation Rate and its Variability
	Kryvtsov, Oleksiy (Bank of Canada): Price Selection, Inflation Dynamics, and Sticky-Price Models
	Moore, Bartholomew (Fordham University): Anticipated Disinflation and Recession in the New Keynesian Model under Learning

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Housing and the Macroeconomy / Logement et macroéconomie
Chair	Corrigan, Paul (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Ho, Anson (Kansas State University): The Impact of Mortgage Regulations
	Corrigan, Paul (Bank of Canada): Terms of trade and house price fluctuations: a cross-country study

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Monetary Policy Transmission in Canada / La transmission de la politique monétaire au Canada
Chair	Torres, Javier (Universidad del Pacifico)
Papers	Suchanek, Lena (Bank of Canada): Monetary Policy Transmission in Canada - Evidence from Canadian firms using the Business Outlook Survey
	Torres, Javier (Universidad del Pacifico): Inflation Expectation Formation of Canadian Private Sector Forecasters
	Rondina, Francesca (University of Ottawa): The adoption of Inflation Targeting in Canada: SVAR identification using changes in policy
Discussants	Torres, Javier (Universidad del Pacifico); Rondina, Francesca (University of Ottawa); Suchanek, Lena (Bank of Canada)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN: Inequalities in Health and the Family / RFÉ : Les inégalités familiales et de santé
Chair	Haeck, Catherine (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Papers	Turner, Laura (University of Toronto): Household Responses to Individual Shocks: Disability and Labor Supply
	Strumpf, Erin (McGill University): Health Inequalities and Disease Incidence across Educational Levels: Behaviours, Healthcare and Macroeconomic environment
	Connolly, Marie (Université du Québec à Montréal): The Family Gap in Canada: Trends, Geographical Patterns, and the Link with Family-Friendly Policies

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Data Science for Public Policy / Banque du Canada : La science des données en matière de politiques publiques
Organizer	Huynh, Kim (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Huynh, Kim (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Weese, Eric (Yale University): Inefficiency and Self-Determination: Simulation-based evidence from Meiji Japan
	Dunbar, Geoff (Bank of Canada): The Social Network of Money
	Navarro, Salvador (University of Western Ontario): Separating State Dependence, Experience, and Heterogeneity in a Model of Youth Crime and Education
Discussants	Suzuki, Junichi (University of Toronto); Boucher, Vincent (Université Laval); Abbott, Brant (Queen's University)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Special Lecture / Conférence spéciale d'Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Chair	Hermanutz, Derek (Environment Canada)
Speaker	Fischer, Carolyn (Resources for the Future)
Topic	Overlapping Policies for Reducing GHGs: How do they interact, when are they useful, and when are they counterproductive?

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Mind and Behaviour / L'esprit et le comportement
Chair	Landry, Peter (University of Toronto)
Papers	Poon, Wai Ching (Monash University): Provision Problems in Common-Pool Resources: A Neuroeconomics Perspective
	Robalino, Nikolaus (Rochester Institute of Technology): The Evolution of "Theory of Mind": Theory and Experiments
	Landry, Peter (University of Toronto): A Neuroeconomic Theory of Attention- and Task-Switching with Implications for Autism and ADHD

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Treatment Effects and Panel Data / Effets des traitements et données de panel
Chair	MacKinnon, James G (Queen's University)
Papers	MacKinnon, James G (Queen's University): Difference-in-differences inference with few treated clusters
	Chu, Ba (Carleton University): Composite Likelihood Estimation of Dynamic Panels with Group-Specific Heterogeneity and Spatially Dependent Errors
	Webb, Matt (Carleton University): A Simple, Graphical Procedure for Comparing Multiple Treatment Effects

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Public Economics I / Économie publique I
Chair	Galindo-Silva, Hector (Barcelona Institute of Political Economy and Governance (IPEG))
Papers	Feir, Donna Leanne (University of Victoria): Answering the Call: Economists and Reconciliation
	Sevinc, Deniz (York University): Europe 2020 targets: Redefining European linkages and a modified inequality index
	Galindo-Silva, Hector (Barcelona Institute of Political Economy and Governance (IPEG)): Political representation and armed conflict: evidence from local councils in Colombia
Discussants	Galindo-Silva, Hector (Barcelona Institute of Political Economy and Governance (IPEG)); Feir, Donna Leanne (University of Victoria); Morales, Juan (University of Toronto)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Innovation II / OI : Innovation I
Chair	Poghos, Tatevik (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Tang, Jianmin (Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada): Product Innovation, Cost-Cutting and Firm Economic Performance: Canadian Micro Evidence
	Lee, Jonathan (Queen's University): Patents, Secrets, and Competitive Pressure
	Poghos, Tatevik (University of Ottawa): The Impact of Social Capital on Firm's Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Armenia.

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Commodity Prices / Banque du Canada : Les prix des produits de base
Organizer	Buyuksahin, Bahattin (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Buyuksahin, Bahattin (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Alquist, Ron Gatheral (Kings Peak Asset Management): Commodity-Price Comovement and Global Economic Activity
	Ellwanger, Reinhard (Bank of Canada): The relationship between commodity currency trader positions and structural oil price shocks
	Robe, Michel (American University): What Drives Uncertainty and Volatility Expectations in Agricultural Markets?
	Manera, Matteo (University of Milano-Bicocca): Understanding dynamic conditional correlations in commodities futures markets

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Policy Analysis / Analyse de politiques
Chair	Slivinski, Alan (University of Western Ontario)
Papers	Mou, Haizhen (University of Saskatchewan): Do Balanced Budget Laws Matter in a Recession? Evidence from Canadian Provinces
	Rodriguez Llorian, Elisabet (University of Manitoba): Efficiency and Effectiveness: Analysis of the Public Sector in Cuba
	Steele, Marion (University of Guelph): A Housing Benefit for Ontario Delivered through CRA: its Costs and Differences between Eligibles and Others

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Infant Health and Child Human Capital / GECES : La santé infantile et le capital humain des enfants
Chair	Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Milicic, Sandra (McMaster University): Infant health outcomes and economic fluctuations: evidence from Canada
	Karimova, Alfia (University of Toronto): Bug Bites: Dengue Virus During Pregnancy
	Simeu, Natalie (Université de Sherbrooke): Parental disability, child labour and child human capital in Ethiopia
Discussants	Rybczynski, Kathleen (University of Waterloo); Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo); Karimova, Alfia (University of Toronto)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Unmet Needs, Wait Times and Socio-Economic Status / GECES : Besoins non-satisfaits, temps d'attente et statut socio-économique
Chair	Rosenblum, Daniel (Dalhousie University)
Papers	Gibson, Grant (McMaster University): Here Comes the SUN: Self-Reported Unmet Need, Worsening Health Outcomes and Healthcare Inequity
	Hajizadeh, Mohammad (Dalhousie University): Does Socioeconomic Status Affect Lengthy Wait Time In Canada? Evidence Form Canadian Community Health Surveys
	Watson, Barry (University of New Brunswick): Economic Insecurity and the Weight Gain of Canadian Adults: A Natural Experiment Approach
Discussants	Hajizadeh, Mohammad (Dalhousie University); Gibson, Grant (McMaster University)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Policy Issues in Global Economics / Les politiques publiques dans une économie mondialisée
Organizer	Akram, Tanweer (Thrivent Financial)
Chair	Sarker, Subrata (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Akram, Tanweer (Thrivent Financial): Japan's Liquidity Trap
	Fardoust, Shahrokh (College of William and Mary): The Rise and Fall of the Global Imbalances
	Sarker, Subrata (Bank of Canada): Is Slower Growth the New Normal in Advanced Economies?

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Firm Level Productivity Network: Empirical Analysis of Firms and Entrepreneurs / Réseau sur la productivité des entreprises : Entreprises et entrepreneurs - Analyses empiriques
Organizer	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Chair	Baldwin, John (unaffiliated)
Papers	Yan, Beiling (Statistics Canada): Innovation and export market participation in Canadian manufacturing
	Voia, Marcel-Cristian (Carleton University): Mixed Proportional Hazard Models with Continuous Finite Mixture Unobserved Heterogeneity
	Brüggemann, Bettina (Goethe University Frankfurt): Higher Taxes at the Top: The Role of Entrepreneurs
	Kealey, John (McMaster University): Semiparametric estimation of stochastic production frontier models for panel data
Discussants	Fung, Loretta (National Tsing Hua University); Ozabaci, Deniz (University of New Hampshire); Cociuba, Simona (University of Western Ontario)

10:30-12:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Labour Economics / L'économie du travail
Chair	Han, Seungjin (McMaster University)
Papers	Monteiro, Stein (York University): Extended Family Migration Decisions: Evidence from Nepal
	Davoodalhosseini, Mohammad (Bank of Canada): Directed Search with Complementarity and Adverse Selection
	Melnyk, Matthew (University of Toronto): Two-Factor Matching and Time Use in Labor and Marriage Markets
	Han, Seungjin (McMaster University): Executive Skill Accumulation and Firm-CEO Matching with Pay Limits

12:00-14:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Purvis Luncheon and Lecture / Conférence Purvis
Chair	Smith, Gregor (Queen's University)
Speaker	Poloz, Stephen S. (Bank of Canada)
Topic	The Optimal Policy Mix is Conjunctural, but the Medium-term is Still the Message

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG Policy Panel II: Research to Policy In the South / Table ronde du CDESG II : De la recherche aux politiques publiques dans les pays du Sud
Chair	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Panelists	Bhorat, Haroon (University of Cape Town)
	Mmari, Donald (REPOA)
	Betcherman, Gordon (University of Ottawa)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS Session: Perspectives on Productivity Issues / Séance du CSLS : Des questions de productivité - Quelques perspectives
Organizer	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Drummond, Don (Queen's University)
Papers	Cette, Gilbert (Banque de France): The role of production factor quality and technology diffusion in 20th century productivity growth
	Uguccioni, James (Centre for the Study of Living Standards): Estimating Total Factor Productivity Growth: Canadian Freight Railways, 1986 to 2009
	Capeluck, Evan (Centre for the Study of Living Standards): Further Evidence on the Contribution of Services Outsourcing to the Decline in Manufacturing's Employment Share in Canada
Discussants	Agopsowicz, Andrew (Bank of Canada); Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia); ab Iorwerth, Aled (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada Governor's Award Special Lecture / Conférence de la Banque du Canada / Bourse du gouverneur
Chair	Schembri, Lawrence (Bank of Canada)
Speaker	Bombardini, Matilde (University of British Columbia)
Topic	Trade, Pollution and Mortality in China

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CIRANO-PHELPS-RIIB: Competition Policy III / Politique de la concurrence III
Chair	Winter, Ralph (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Ulrick, Shawn W (Federal Trade Commission): How big is big? Inferring Anticompetitive Price Effects from Difference-in-Difference Analysis
	Entezarkheir, Mahdiyeh (Huron University College): Is Innovation a Factor in Merger Decisions? Evidence from a Panel of U.S. Firms
	Ziss, Steffen (Wilfrid Laurier University): Horizontal mergers, delegation and product differentiation
Discussants	Krause, David (Bell Canada); Gunderson, Alan (competition Bureau); Hughes, Patrick (Competition Bureau/Industry Canada)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Kröger, Sabine (Université Laval)
Speaker	Fehr, Ernst (University of Zurich)
Topic	The Emerging Science of Preference Formation

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Local Labour Markets I / Les marchés du travail locaux I
Organizers	Serafinelli, Michel (University of Toronto) Marchand, Joseph (University of Alberta)
Chair	Serafinelli, Michel (University of Toronto)
Papers	Marchand, Joseph (University of Alberta): Routine Tasks are Demanded in an Energy Boom
	Warman, Casey (Dalhousie University): Local Labor Markets in Canada and the United States
	Gendron-Carrier, Nicolas (University of Toronto): The Local Impact of Containerization

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPP Special Lecture / Conférence spéciale d'Analyse de politiques
Organizer	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Chair	Fang, Tony (Memorial University)
Speaker	Morck, Randall K. (University of Alberta)
Topic	Shareholder Democracy in Canada

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Public Economics II / Économie publique II
Chair	Ghaziaskar, Mohamad (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Bennet, Susan (Employment and Social Development Canada): Income Stability in Employment Insurance Exhaustee Sub-Populations
	Travis, Jacob (Employment and Social Development Canada): Incentive Effects of Earnings and "Best Weeks" Provisions in the Employment Insurance Program
	Zaman, Ashraf (St Mary's University): The Distributional Impacts of the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
	Ghaziaskar, Mohamad (University of Waterloo): Do the Rich Save More? Revisiting an old question with new approaches.

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Risk Management / Économie financière : La gestion du risque
Chair	Shah, Anand (Tata Consultancy Services)
Papers	Mnasri, Mohamed (Université du Québec à Montréal): Dynamic Corporate Risk Management: Motivations and Real Implications
	Sachdeva, Kunal (Columbia University): Market Efficiency and the Limits of Arbitrage: Evidence from the Life Settlement Market
	Shah, Anand (Tata Consultancy Services): Pricing and Risk Mitigation Analysis of a Cyber Liability Insurance using Gaussian, t and Gumbel Copulas - A case for Cyber Risk Index

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
TNCR I: Transnational Corporations and Economic Development: Experience from China and Other Emerging Markets / Les sociétés trans nationales et le développement économique - Le cas de la Chine et d'autres pays émergents
Organizers	Wang, Lance (Transnational Corporations Review) Yuan, Gloria (Transnational Corporations Review)
Chair	Rao, Someshwar (S RAO Consulting INC.)
Papers	Rao, Someshwar (S RAO Consulting INC.): estimating the macro-economic impacts of inward foreign direct investment in canada
	Liang, Bibo Jonah (Guangdong University of Finance & Ecomonics): What Determines the Value-Added Ratio of China's Processing Trade? An Empirical Analysis from Global Value Chain Perspective
	Araújo, Eliane (State University of Maringá, Brazil): BRICS Long-Term Economic Performance: A Comparative Analysis

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Exchange Rates and Pass-through / Taux de change et transmission des variations
Chair	Ammar, Nasreddine (Université Laval)
Papers	Lewis, John (Bank of England): What can Big Data tell us about the passthrough of big exchange rate changes?
	Ran, Jimmy (Lingnan University): How Tenacious is the Equivalence Result of Optimal Pass-through under Price Adjustment Costs?
	Ammar, Nasreddine (Université Laval): Jointness and the Exchange Rate Pass-Through
Discussants	Ran, Jimmy (Lingnan University); Ammar, Nasreddine (Université Laval); Lewis, John (Bank of England)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Empirical Trade / Commerce - Aspects empiriques
Chair	Behzadan, Nazanin (Ryerson University)
Papers	Wang, Ruoying (University of British Columbia): Import Exposure and Productivity Gaps: Are Privately Owned Enterprises Pulling Away?
	Vezina, Pierre-Louis (Kings College London): The eternal trade sway of long-gone empires
	Behzadan, Nazanin (Ryerson University): Aid, Remittances, and the Dutch Disease.
Discussants	Vezina, Pierre-Louis (Kings College London); Behzadan, Nazanin (Ryerson University); Wang, Ruoying (University of British Columbia)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Market Policies - Employment / Politiques du marché du travail - L'emploi
Chair	Compton, Janice (University of Manitoba)
Papers	Lluis, Stéphanie (University of Waterloo): Employment Insurance Changes and Labour Market Transitions: Evidence from the Canadian Labour Force Survey 2000-2010
	Roberge, Stéphanie (Employment and Social Development Canada): Labour Market Impacts from Early Participation in Employment Assistance Services during an EI Claim Period
	vom Berge, Philipp (Institute for Employment Research): Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies using a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Education - Post Secondary Outcomes / Éducation - La réussite scolaire : études postsecondaires
Chair	Lange, Fabian (McGill University)
Papers	Smith, Justin (Wilfrid Laurier University): Big Fish, Small Pond? Rank at Entry and Post-Secondary Outcomes
	Steffler, Mitchell (Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology): Which College Students Transfer to University? The role of parental education and income
	Thomsen, Stephan (NIW Hannover): Can We Use Young People's Human Capital More Efficiently? The Effect of a Reduced and Intensified High School Duration on Labor Market Entry
	Gao, Hang (University of Waterloo): The Pay, Promotion and Education in Ontario Public Sector

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Immigration - Impact of Immigration / Immigration - L'impact de l'immigration
Chair	Webb, Matt (Carleton University)
Papers	Ma, Jie (Maggie) (McGill University): How High Skilled Immigrants Affect Natives' Educational and Occupational Choices
	Chen, Zong Jia (University of Waterloo): The Labour Market Outcomes of Former International Students: Evidence from the National Graduates Survey
Discussants	Webb, Matt (Carleton University); Aydede, Yigit (Saint Mary's University)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
New Directions in Monetary Macroeconomics in Canada / De nouvelles orientations en macroéconomie monétaire au Canada
Organizer	Smithin, John (York University)
Chair	Spotton Visano, Brenda (York University)
Papers	Smithin, John (York University): The Long-Run Non-Neutrality of Monetary Policy: A General Statement in a DGE Model
	Sran, Garry (York University): Socio-Political Power of Labour, Distribution of Income, and Economic Growth. Determination of Wage-led or Profit-led growth regimes for Canadian Provinces.
	Zhou, Fredrick (York University): An Empirical Examination of the Alternative Monetary Model: Comparative Analysis between Canada and the United States
	Collis, Reed (York University): A realist approach to currency and exchange rate issues.

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Natural Resources - Water / Les ressources naturelles - L'eau
Chair	Pelli, Martino (Université de Sherbrooke)
Papers	Huang, Yichun (University of Waterloo): The economics of water conservation regulations in mining: An application to Alberta's Lower Athabasca River Region
	Janmaat, John (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus): In or Out? Where to Invest in Water Conservation
	Pelli, Martino (Université de Sherbrooke): Roads and Resources: Groundwater Depletion in the North China Plains

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Macro-History / GCEM : Des questions de macrohistoire
Chair	Salisbury, Laura (York University)
Papers	MacGee, Jim (University of Western Ontario): Trade, Relative Prices, and the Canadian Great Depression
	Salisbury, Laura (York University): Bankers' Liability and Risk Taking: Evidence from New England, 1867-1874

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Inequality / Inégalités
Chair	Elle Lei, Xiaowen (Simon Fraser University)
Papers	Habib, Ashique (University of Toronto): Imperfect information, financial frictions, and differences in cross-country TFP
	Hamit-Haggar, Mahamat (Université d'Auvergne): Productivity Growth, Poverty Reduction and Income Inequality: New Empirical Evidence
	Elle Lei, Xiaowen (Simon Fraser University): Information and Inequality

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Measurement in Macro / Les mesures en macroéconomie
Chair	Robitaille, Marie-Noëlle (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Chang, Andrew (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System): Measurement Error in Macroeconomic Data and Economics Research: Data Revisions, Gross Domestic Product, and Gross Domestic Income
	Dufournaud-Labelle, Maxime (University of Ottawa): Model Uncertainty and Weighted Policy using GMM
	Robitaille, Marie-Noëlle (Bank of Canada): Assessing the Business Outlook Survey Underlying Indicator Using Real-Time Data
Discussants	Robitaille, Marie-Noëlle (Bank of Canada); Chang, Andrew (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System); Dufournaud-Labelle, Maxime (University of Ottawa)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN: Kids and Their Parents' Time / RFÉ : Le temps pour les enfants et leurs parents
Chair	Zhang, Tingting (University of Toronto)
Papers	Welling, Linda A. (University of Victoria): Efficient and fair childcare in a dynamic household bargaining model
	Zhang, Tingting (University of Toronto): Impact of Full-day Kindergarten on Maternal Labour Supply
	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University): Parental employment effects of switching from half day to full day kindergarten: evidence from Ontario's French schools
	Molnar, Timea Laura (University of British Columbia): Work, Play, or Both and Buy? - Parents' Differential Time and Resource Investments in their Children

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Session III: Issues of Natural Resource Rent, Environmental Cooperation and Climate Policies / Séance d'Environnement et Changement climatique Canada III : Rentes d'exploitation des ressources naturelles, coopération en matière d'environnement et politiques climatiques
Chair	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Papers	Baksi, Soham (University of Winnipeg): International Trade and Environmental Cooperation among Heterogeneous Countries
	Kazi, Nazrul (Statistics Canada): Canada's Natural Resource Reserve Index: is natural wealth volatility inherent or induced?
	Yamazaki, Akio (University of Calgary): The Effect of Climate Policy on Performance of Manufacturing Plants in British Columbia
Discussants	Insley, Margaret (University of Waterloo); Acharya, Ram (Industry Canada); Wigle, Randall (Wilfrid Laurier University)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Power and Politics / Pouvoir et politique
Chair	Tergiman, Chloe (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Kim, Duk Gyoo (California Institute of Technology): Legislative Bargaining without Replacement
	Matthews, Peter (Middlebury College): The Elasticity of Ignorance: Expressive Voting and Information Acquisition in the Pivotal Voter Model
	Pikulina, Elena (University of British Columbia): The price of power, control, and autonomy
	Tergiman, Chloe (University of British Columbia): Persistence of Power: Dynamic Multilateral Bargaining

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Quantiles and Nonparametrics / L'utilisation de quantiles et d'estimations non paramétriques
Chair	Chen, Heng (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Chen, Heng (Bank of Canada): Set Identification and Estimation of Dynamic Quantile Models from Repeated Cross-Sections
	Ghosh, Pallab (University of Oklahoma): Box-Cox Unconditional Quantile Regressions
	Clair, Luc (McMaster University): Nonparametric Kernel Regression using Complex Survey Data
	Felt, Marie-Hélène (Carleton University): A look inside the box: Combining aggregate and marginal distributions to identify joint distributions.

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Industrial Organization Theory I / OI : Théorie de l'organisation industrielle I
Chair	Brander, James A. (University of British Columbia)
Papers	DaGraça, Tarcisio Barroso (Université du Québec en Outaouais): Confusion about product valuation may benefit consumers
	Hili, Amal (ISG Sousse): Differentiation, labor market and globalization
	Brander, James A. (University of British Columbia): Entry with Endogenous Horizontal Product Differentiation under Bertrand and Cournot Competition

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Empirical IO II / OI : Analyse empirique II
Chair	Rollin, Anne-Marie (Statistics Canada)
Papers	Kosmopoulou, Georgia (NSF and the University of Oklahoma): Subcontracting and the Survival of Plants in the Road Construction Industry: A Panel Quantile Regression Analysis
	Dee, Victor (University of Toronto): Identification of Dynamic Models of Market Entry and Exit with a Decision to Buy/Lease Fixed Inputs
	Rollin, Anne-Marie (Statistics Canada): The Road Less Taken: Which Midsized Firms become Large?

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Defence and Security Economics / Économie de la défense et de la sécurité
Organizers	Berkok, Ugurhan (Royal Military College) Skogstad, Karl (Lakehead University)
Chair	Skogstad, Karl (Lakehead University)
Papers	Douch, Mohamed (Royal Military College): Determinants of Military Expenditures for Middle Power Nations
	Kiendrebeogo, Youssouf (World Bank): Who Supports Violent Extremism in the Developing Countries?
	Serre, Lynne (Defence Research and Development Canada): Forecasting the financial impact of a Government policy change
	Luo, Zijun (Sam Houston State University): A Theory of Rivalry with Endogenous Strength
Discussants	Penney, Christopher (Defence Research and Development Canada); Solomon, Binyam (Department of National Defence); Yazbeck, Tania (DRDC - Defence Research & Development Canada); Garrab, Samar (Royal Military College)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Political Economy I / Économie politique I
Chair	Cotton, Christopher (Queen's University)
Papers	Lesica, Josip (McMaster University): Lobbying for Minimum Wages
	Slivinski, Alan (University of Western Ontario): Informational Industrial Blackmail
	Raiha, Davin (University of Western Ontario): Information, Accountability, and the Political Economy of Social Media
Discussants	Sprick Schuster, Steven (Colgate University); McLeod, Alexander (Queen's University); Pongou, Roland (University of Ottawa)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
EPRI I: Enhancing Primary and Secondary School Student Outcomes / EPRI I : Améliorer les résultats des élèves du primaire et du secondaire
Chair	Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Haeck, Catherine (Université du Québec à Montréal): Class size: When the tail matters
	Johnson, David (Wilfrid Laurier University): The impact of non-government fundraising on student performance of Toronto elementary schools
	Ford, Reuben (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation): How best to “nudge”? Getting all high school students to apply for postsecondary programs and financial aid: latest findings from randomized trials in Ontario

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Hospitalized Patients Outcomes and Inequality Aversion / GECES : Patients hospitalisés et aversion pour l'inégalité
Chair	Gagné, Lynda (University of Victoria)
Papers	Golo, Kossi Thomas (Université Laval): Impact of Hospital Financing on Patient Outcomes: Evidence from Surgery in Quebec
	Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo): Cost of Malnutrition in Canadian Hospitals
	Walli-Attaei, Marjan (McMaster University): An Experimental Test of Inequality Aversion in Income and Health
Discussants	Basu, Kisalaya (Health Canada); Walli-Attaei, Marjan (McMaster University); Gagné, Lynda (University of Victoria)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Building EI from the Ground Up: Four Proposals / Construire l'AE à partir de la base - Quatre propositions
Organizer	Busby, Colin (C.D. Howe Institute)
Panelists	Gray, David M. (University of Ottawa)
	Corak, Miles (University of Ottawa)
	Schirle, Tammy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Woolley, Frances (Carleton University)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF: Economic Discourse in the Classroom and the Media / PEF : Le discours économique dans les établissements d'enseignement et les médias
Organizer	Perron-Dufour, Mathieu (Université du Québec en Outaouais)
Panelists	Zhang, Vicki Jingjing (University of Toronto)
	Dallaire-Fortier, Clara (McGill University)
	Zini, Sylvain (Université du Québec à Montréal)
	Perron-Dufour, Mathieu (Université du Québec en Outaouais)

14:00-15:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: IO Theory / La théorie des E/S
Chair	Dow, Gregory (Simon Fraser University)
Papers	Francetich, Alejandro (University of Washington Bothell): Choosing a Business Partner
	Sekiguchi, Tadashi (Kyoto University): Multimarket Contact under Imperfect Observability and Impatience
	Dow, Gregory (Simon Fraser University): Free Rider Problems in Employee Buyouts

15:30-16:00	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Labour / Le travail
Chair	Roberge, Stéphanie (Employment and Social Development Canada)
Papers	Sayour, Nagham (McGill University): The Impact of Maternal Care on Child Development: Evidence from Sibling Spillover Effects of a Parental Leave Expansion
	Roberge, Stéphanie (Employment and Social Development Canada): Evaluation of the Labour Market Development Agreements: Incremental Impacts and Cost-Benefit Results

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS-CD Howe Panel Session II: Is Effective Governance Feasible for All First Nations? / Table ronde du CSLS-C. D. Howe II : Une gouvernance efficace est-elle possible pour toutes les Premières nations ?
Organizers	Richards, John (Simon Fraser University) Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Anderson, Barry (Solte Consulting)
Panelists	Richards, John (Simon Fraser University)
	Quesnel, Joseph (Frontier Centre for Public Policy)
	Horgan, Michael (Bennett Jones)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Special Lecture / Conférence principale
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Speaker	Karlan, Dean (Yale University)
Topic	Building Sustainable Income for the Ultra-Poor: Behavioral and Economic Constraints

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CIRANO-PHELPS-RIIB: On the Role of Economists in Competition Litigation / Le rôle des économistes dans les litiges commerciaux
Chair	Duplantis, Renée (The Brattle Group Canada ULC)
Panelists	Ware, Roger (Queen's University)
	Brander, James A. (University of British Columbia)
	Baziliauskas, Andy (Charles River Associates)
	Dagenais, Martine (Competition Bureau)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Barham, Victoria (University of Ottawa)
Speaker	Fleurbaey, Marc (Princeton University)
Topic	Welfare Economics, Risk and Uncertainty

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Local Labour Markets II / Les marchés du travail locaux II
Organizers	Serafinelli, Michel (University of Toronto) Marchand, Joseph (University of Alberta)
Chair	Marchand, Joseph (University of Alberta)
Papers	Serafinelli, Michel (University of Toronto): Creativity over Time and Space
	Denier, Nicole (McGill University): Sexual orientation wage gaps across local labor market contexts: Evidence from Canada
	Burley, Jessica (University of Toronto): Income Driven Neighbourhood Change: Labour Demand and Gentrification in New York City

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
The Economics of Intellectual Property Rights / L'économie des droits de propriété intellectuelle
Organizers	Cosac, Teodora (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) Nikzad, Rashid (Copyright Board of Canada)
Chair	Cosac, Teodora (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
Papers	Nikzad, Rashid (Copyright Board of Canada): The Value of Copyright-Based Industries in Canada
	Abbes, Chahreddine (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada): The Economics of Industrial Design: The Canadian Context
	Lazarus, Gary (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada): A framework for addressing and measuring effectiveness of the patent system
	Cosac, Teodora (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada): Economic Contribution of IP-Intensive Industries to the Canadian Economy

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Economic Perspectives on Primary Health Care Reform. What do we know? Where might we go? / Des perspectives sur la réforme des soins primaires - Que savons-nous ? Que pourrions-nous faire ?
Organizer	Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University)
Chair	Belhadji, Bachir (Health Canada)
Panelists	Sarma, Sisira K (The University of Western Ontario)
	Strumpf, Erin (McGill University)
	Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Meeting of those interested in the Firm Level Productivity Network / Réunion des personnes intéressées par le Réseau sur la productivité des entreprises
Organizer	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Chair	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Panelists	Drummond, Don (Queen's University)
	Ryan, Annette (Employment and Social Development)
	Leung, Danny (Statistics Canada)
	Spencer, Byron Grant (McMaster University)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Mergers, Acquisitions, Conglomerates / Économie financière : Fusions, acquisitions, conglomérats
Chair	Dalkir, Elif (University of New Brunswick)
Papers	Ma, Qing (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology): A Unified Theory of Forward- and Backward-Looking M&As and Divestitures
	Rahaman, Mohammad (Saint Mary's University): Are Conglomerates More Resilient to Economic Shocks?
	Dalkir, Elif (University of New Brunswick): Free-rider effect in corporate takeovers: a complete elimination may not be easy.

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
TNCR II: Transnational Corporations and Economic Development: Experience from China and Other Emerging Markets / Les sociétés trans nationales et le développement économique - Le cas de la Chine et d'autres pays émergents
Organizers	Wang, Lance (Transnational Corporations Review) Yuan, Gloria (Transnational Corporations Review)
Chair	Samonis, Val (Royal Roads University)
Papers	Zhao, Jingfeng (Northwest University, China): Understanding Agricultural Growth in China: An International Perspective
	Zhang, Yujing (Carleton University): A Case Study of Agri-Biotech Systems: Policy, Regulations, and Governance in China and India
	Lu, Jian (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics): R&D, Financing Constraints and Export Green-Sophistication: Evidence from China

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Advances in Empirical Trade / Analyse empirique du commerce - Des avancées
Chair	Oduncu, Arif (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey)
Papers	Paz, Lourenco (Baylor University): The Impacts of International Trade on Services' Labor Productivity in Brazil
	Peluffo Geronazzo, Silvia Adriana (Universidad de la Republica): Income Level of Destination and Source Countries: Do they have a Role on Product Quality?
	Oduncu, Arif (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey): Do countries really benefit from customs unions? A non-parametric approach
Discussants	Peluffo Geronazzo, Silvia Adriana (Universidad de la Republica); Oduncu, Arif (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey); Paz, Lourenco (Baylor University)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Markets - Employment and Skills / Marchés du travail - Emploi et compétences
Chair	Ci, Wen (Statistics Canada)
Papers	Créchet, Jonathan (Université de Montréal): Labor Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle in a Dual Labor Market
	Plesca, Miana (University of Guelph): Skill demand, supply and mismatch in the Canadian economy
	Pikos, Anna Katharina (Leibniz Universität Hannover): Tasks, employment and wages: an analysis of the german labor market from 1979 to 2012
Discussants	Sim, Seung-Gyu (University of Tokyo); Ci, Wen (Statistics Canada); Plesca, Miana (University of Guelph)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Education: Labour Market Policies / Éducation : des politiques du marché du travail
Chair	Agopsowicz, Andrew (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Clark, Jeremy (University of Canterbury): Evaluating the returns to funding different measures of student disadvantage: Evidence from New Zealand
	Chen, Kelly (Boise State University): Unequal Opportunities and Public Policy: The Impact of Parental Disability Benefits on Child Post-Secondary Attendance
	Morin, Lucie (Employment and Social Development Canada): Geography-based RD Analysis on EI Measures

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Immigration - Topics in immigration / Immigration - L'immigration : divers aspects
Chair	Gray, David M. (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Fang, Tony (Memorial University): The Use and Impact of Job Search Procedures by Migrant Workers in China
	Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo): Immigrants and Patents: Evidence from Canadian Cities
	Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University): Temporary Foreign Workers and Firms: Theory and Canadian Evidence
Discussants	Gray, David M. (University of Ottawa); Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University); Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Renewable Resources - Theory & Empirics / Les ressources renouvelables - Théorie et analyse empirique
Chair	Saberian, Soodeh (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Nkuiya, Bruno (University of Alberta): Coalition formation in fisheries with potential regime shift
	Janmaat, John (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus): Incorporating Preference Heterogeneity into a Choice Experiment: Valuing Watershed Protection
	Saberian, Soodeh (University of Ottawa): A Good Climate For Clean Air: Effect of British Columbia Carbon Tax on Local Air Pollution

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Responses to Climate & Environmental Policies / Réactions face aux changements climatiques et politiques environnementales
Chair	Xiang, Di (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
Papers	Erhardt, Tobias (University of Basel): Garbage In and Garbage Out? On Waste Havens in Switzerland
	Ferrara, Ida (York University): Household Waste Management: Garbage Disposal, Recycling, and Waste Prevention
	Xiang, Di (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics): Assessing the Impact of British Columbia's Carbon Reduction Efforts on Residential Natural Gas Consumption: A Synthetic Control Approach

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Macro Development / GCEM : Macrodéveloppement
Chair	Ranasinghe, Ashantha (University of Manitoba)
Papers	Chen, Chaoran (University of Toronto): Capital Deepening, Technology Diffusion, and Agricultural Productivity
	Compton, Ryan (University of Manitoba): Conflict and the Military Expenditure-Growth Link
	Ranasinghe, Ashantha (University of Manitoba): Crime and Establishment Size: Evidence from South America

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Labour Market Dynamics / La dynamique du marché du travail
Chair	Summerfield, Fraser (University of Aberdeen)
Papers	Arbex, Marcelo (University of Windsor): Network Search: Climbing the Job Ladder Faster
	Li, Meng (Queen's University): Financial Frictions, Firm Dynamics and Unemployment
	Summerfield, Fraser (University of Aberdeen): Changing Careers, Radically or Incrementally, in Booms and Recessions
Discussants	Summerfield, Fraser (University of Aberdeen); Arbex, Marcelo (University of Windsor); Li, Meng (Queen's University)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Monetary Policy and Financial Stability / Politique monétaire et stabilité financière
Chair	Zhang, Yahong (University of Windsor)
Papers	Alpanda, Sami (University of Central Florida): Should Monetary Policy Lean Against Housing Market Booms?
	Khan, Shahed Kaiser (McMaster University): Financial Shocks and Monetary Policy in a DSGE Model
	Zhang, Yahong (University of Windsor): Household Debt, Macroprudential Rules, and Monetary Policy

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN: Learning and Labour Supply in the Field / RFÉ : L'apprentissage et l'offre de main-d' uvre - Des aspects pratiques
Chair	Foley, Kelly (University of Saskatchewan)
Papers	Lehrer, Kim (Université de Sherbrooke): Learning from Peers: Experimental Evidence of Group Learning in Senior High School in Ghana
	Stockley, Lisa Marie (University of Toronto): How Do Expectations Influence Labour Supply? Evidence From A Framed Field Experiment
	Tang, Lei (University of Toronto): Who benefits from frequent marking of class participation?
Discussants	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University); Petersen, Luba (Simon Fraser University); Ford, Reuben (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: China and the Global Economy / Banque du Canada : La Chine et l'économie mondiale
Organizer	Hajzler, Chris (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Hajzler, Chris (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Zhu, Xiaodong (University of Toronto): Structural Change and the Dynamics of China-US Real Exchange Rate
	Kruger, Mark (Bank of Canada): What to Expect When China Liberalizes its Capital Account?
	Lu, Dan (University of Rochester): Do Financial Frictions Explain Chinese Firm Saving and Misallocation?
	Rodrigue, Joel (Vanderbilt University): Price and Quality Dynamics in Export Markets

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG Special Lecture / Conférence spéciale du CEBERG
Chair	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University)
Speaker	Cason, Timothy N. (Purdue University)
Topic	Individual versus Group Choices of Repeated Game Strategies in the Noisy Prisoner's Dilemma

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Factor Analysis / L'analyse factorielle
Chair	Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Papers	Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université du Québec à Montréal): Forecasting Economic Activity in Data-Rich Environment
	Lu, Lina (Columbia University): Quasi Maximum Likelihood Analysis of High Dimensional Constrained Factor Models
	Luciani, Matteo (Federal Reserve Board): Non-Stationary Dynamic Factor Models for Large Datasets
	Chernis, Tony (Bank of Canada): A Dynamic Factor Model for Nowcasting Canadian GDP Growth

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Urban and Regional Economics / Économie urbaine et régionale
Chair	Barrington-Leigh, Christopher (McGill University)
Papers	Craig, Andrea (Queen's University): Commute Mode Choice and Neighbourhood Sorting: The effect of public transit on income and education level stratification
	Sheard, Nicholas (NTNU): The value of airport infrastructure for the national economy: evidence from the US
Discussants	Sheard, Nicholas (NTNU); Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Empirical IO I / OI : Analyse empirique I
Chair	Corts, Kenneth (University of Toronto)
Papers	Graves, Jonathan (University of British Columbia): Large Contributions and Crowdfunding Success
	Cosman, Jacob (Johns Hopkins University): Welcome! We Have a New Menu: Measuring Product Responses to Competition
	Corts, Kenneth (University of Toronto): Long-Term Contracts and Repeated Interaction: Evidence from the Costa Rican Coffee Market
Discussants	Blanchenay, Patrick (University of Toronto Mississauga); Parra, Alvaro (University of British Columbia); Cosman, Jacob (Johns Hopkins University)

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
ESDC: Industrial Relations / EDSC : Des questions de relations industrielles
Organizer	Bibi, Sami (Université Laval)
Chair	Bibi, Sami (Université Laval)
Papers	Bibi, Sami (Université Laval): The Union Wage Premium in Canada from 1997 to 2014: Is there Variation across the Wage Distribution?
	Bouchard St-Amant, Pier-André (Emploi et Développement social Canada): Optimizing Health & Safety Proactive Inspections in Canada
	Zhang, Lihui (Employment and Social Development Canada): Occupational Gender Segregation in Canada, 1991-2011

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Political Economy II / Économie politique II
Chair	Winer, Stanley (Carleton University)
Papers	Brennan, Timothy (University of Maryland Baltimore County): How Much Relevance does Reality Imply? (Re)Considering the Endowment Effect
	Cotton, Christopher (Queen's University): Clueless Politicians
	Tondji, Jean-Baptiste (University of Ottawa): Reciprocity In a Political Economy
	Sprick Schuster, Steven (Colgate University): What We Talk About When We Talk About Campaign Spending

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
EPRI II: PSE Retention Skills Development / EPRI II : Le développement et le maintien des compétences
Chair	Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge)
Papers	Truong, Khuong (McMaster University): Literacy, Numeracy, and Earnings across Post-Secondary Fields of Study
	Frenette, Marc (Statistics Canada): What Skills Do Postsecondary Graduates Require in their Job?
	Afshar, Kaveh (University of Ottawa - EPRI): Experimental Approaches to Improve Student Outcomes: Results from Future Authoring and Academic Advising Interventions

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Smoking and Health Care Demand / GECES : Le tabagisme et la demande de soins de santé
Chair	Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude (Dalhousie University)
Papers	Gagné, Lynda (University of Victoria): The influence of exposure to second hand smoke in the workplace on smoking status and cessation
	Leonard, Phil (University of New Brunswick): Effects of Canadian Smoking Bans
	Kavand, Hossein (Carleton University): The role of model specification in estimating health care demand

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Why Aren't We Teaching Introductory Economics in a Pareto Efficient Way? / Pourquoi n'enseigne-t-on pas l'économique de façon efficace à la manière de Pareto ?
Organizer	Cohen, Avi (York University)
Chair	Cohen, Avi (York University)
Papers	Benjamin, Dwayne (University of Toronto): LIteracy-Targeted Economics at the University of Toronto
	Kam, Eric (Ryerson University): The 1% solution - teaching introductory economics as an inclusive exercise
	Cohen, Avi (York University): What Should Go in the Only Economics Course Students Will Ever Take?

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith Prize Lecture / Conférence John Kenneth Galbraith Prize
Chair	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)
Speaker	Cohen, Marjorie Griffin (Simon Fraser University)
Topic	Structural Amnesia: The Appalling Masculinity of Economic Analysis

16:00-17:30	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Game Theory I / La théorie des jeux I
Chair	Semenov, Aggey (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Xu, Huilan (University of Toronto): Dismissal and Tenure in Strategic Experimentation
	Sharma, Tridib (Itam): Secret Deliberations.
	Semenov, Aggey (University of Ottawa): A complete characterization of equilibria in two-type common agency screening games

17:45-19:15	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Presidential Address / Discours du président de l'ACE
Chair	Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia)
Speaker	Beach, Charles M. (Queen's University)
Topic	Changing Income Inequality: A Distributional Paradigm for Canada

19:15-20:45	Saturday, June 4, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Reception / Réception

08:00-08:30	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Policy and Labour Market Interaction / L'interaction entre les politiques et les marchés du travail
Chair	Zhang, Jue (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Dalton, Michael (Bureau of Labor Statistics): Information-Driven (not Utility-Driven) Experience-Weighted Learning in the Demand for Labor: Evidence from the NBA
	Kei, Wendy Wai Yee (University of British Columbia): Public pensions and elderly immigrants' labour supply decisions
	Alexander, Patrick (Bank of Canada): The Welfare Effects of Macdonald's National Policy: A Heterogeneous Firms Perspective

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Teaching of Economics
Chair	O'Shaughnessy, Bridget (McMaster University)
Papers	Holmes, Hannah (McMaster University): " Multiple Choice, Multiple Versions: Does Where the Correct Answer Appears in the Options List Affect Student Grades on Tests and Exams?"
	Power, Simon (Carleton University): The Undergraduate Research Experience Course: A Good Fit for Economics?
	O'Shaughnessy, Bridget (McMaster University): Teaching Introductory Macroeconomics as a Blended Course

08:30-10:30	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN: Mentoring Breakfast for Junior Economists / RFÉ : Déjeuner-mentorat pour les jeunes économistes
Sponsor	CWEN - Reservations Required with CWEN
Organizer	Dhuey, Elizabeth A (University of Toronto)
Chair	Dhuey, Elizabeth A (University of Toronto)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Firm Level Productivity Network: Data School I - Accessing Firm-Level Data in Canada, Overview and Illustrations / Réseau sur la productivité des enterprises : Travailler sur des données I - L'accès à des données au niveau des entreprises au Canada : survol et illustrations
Organizers	Veall, Michael (McMaster University) Leung, Danny (Statistics Canada)
Chair	Leung, Danny (Statistics Canada)
Panelists	Couture, Lydia (Statistics Canada)
	Houle, Stephanie (McMaster University)
	Chernoff, Alex (Queen's University)
	Amundsen, Alexander (McGill University)
	Yamazaki, Akio (University of Calgary)
	Rostamkalaei, Anoosheh (Lancaster university)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Education II / L'éducation II
Chair	Fors, Heather (University of Gothenburg)
Papers	Sanchez, Alan (Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo): Accessing Higher Education in Developing Countries:Panel data analysis from India, Peru and Vietnam
	Hao, Tongtong (University of Toronto): The Educational Mobility of Multiple Generations: Evidence from China
	Naito, Hisahiro (University of Tsukuba): Selection Mechanism and Variation of Years of Schooling across Birth Month: A Case in Malawi
	Fors, Heather (University of Gothenburg): Land Certification and Schooling in Rural Ethiopia
Discussants	Fors, Heather (University of Gothenburg); Sanchez, Alan (Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo); Hao, Tongtong (University of Toronto); Naito, Hisahiro (University of Tsukuba)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG/PEP: General Equilibrium / Des questions d'équilibre général
Chair	Lemelin, André (Université du Québec)
Papers	Kame Babilla, Thierry (University of Yaoundé II): Macroeconomics implications of female entrepreneurs facing financial frictions to access to credit: a DSGE Model approach in Cameroon
	Huguet, Mélissa (Université Laval): Investissements publics et effets sur le marché du travail au Chili
	Lemelin, André (Université du Québec): A multiregional CGE model of Quebec

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Macro Aspects of Environment and Resource Economics / Aspects macro de l'économie de l'environnement et des ressources
Chair	Wang, Weimin (Statistics Canada)
Papers	Lee, Jamie Donghoon (University of Guelph): Endogenous Response in Ramsey Discount Rate
	Wei, Taoyuan (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO)): Estimation of resource-specific technological change
	Wang, Weimin (Statistics Canada): Industry Shift and Productivity Performance in the Canadian Oil and Gas Sector

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Economic policy in Life Cycle Models / Politique économique et modèles du cycle de vie
Chair	Rotberg, Shahar (University of Toronto)
Papers	Gong, Xiangyu (Emory University): Housing and Social Welfare: A Life-Cycle Analysis of the Housing Provident Fund in China
	Mahboubi, Parisa (University of Guelph): Social Security Reforms in a Life Cycle Model with Human Capital Accumulation and Heterogeneous Agents
	Rotberg, Shahar (University of Toronto): Is the Israeli Government's Land Release Rate Optimal?

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Contests / Concours
Chair	Mago, Shakun (University of Richmond)
Papers	Dechenaux, Emmanuel (Kent State University): Revise and Resubmit in Contests: An Experiment
	Huang, Lingbo (University of Nottingham): Fighting Alone or For the Team? Strategic Effects in Field and Lab Team Contests
	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University): The Effects of Competition and Peer-to-Peer Teaching on Learning
	Mago, Shakun (University of Richmond): Best-of-Five Contest Experiments: Can women endure?

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Applied Econometrics II / Économétrie appliquée II
Chair	Asare, Nyamekye (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Asare, Nyamekye (University of Ottawa): Structural vector autoregressive models with generalized autoregressive score errors
	Bruneau, Gabriel (Banque du Canada): Nonlinear Propagation of Monetary Policy Shocks using Bayesian Threshold Vector Autoregressions
	Melin, Olena (University of Ottawa): Do Catastrophe bond mutual funds constitute zero-beta investments?: identification-robust evidence

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Ph.D. Student Presentations - Industrial Organization III / OI : Présentations de doctorants - Organisation industrielle III
Chair	Sayili, Koray (Queen's University)
Papers	Tan, Hongru (University of Calgary): The Welfare implication of lifting the no surcharge rule in credit cards market
	Ata, Michael (University of Calgary): The Effect of Legal Policy on Strategies in Antitrust
	Sayili, Koray (Queen's University): Firm Creation Rate & Entry Regulation Reforms: What Affects What?

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Capital Flows and Financial Crises / Flux de capitaux et crises financières
Chair	Friedrich, Christian (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Coulibaly, Louphou (Université de Montréal): Optimal Monetary Policy, Capital Flow Management and Financial Crises
	Gnagne, Jean Armand (Université Laval): Variables Selection in Financial Crises Forecasting
	Friedrich, Christian (Bank of Canada): The Dynamics of Capital Flow Episodes
Discussants	Gnagne, Jean Armand (Université Laval); Friedrich, Christian (Bank of Canada); Coulibaly, Louphou (Université de Montréal)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Expenditure / Les dépenses
Chair	Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume (York University)
Papers	Gregoire, Philippe (Université Laval): Public-private partnerships with competitive bidding
	Winer, Stanley (Carleton University): The privateness of public expenditure: with application to Indian states
	Stark, A (Finance Canada): Retirement Savings Adequacy of Canadians
Discussants	Bouchard St-Amant, Pier-André (Emploi et Développement social Canada); Kouamé, Wilfried Anicet (Université de Sherbrooke); Tassonyi, Almos T. (University of Calgary)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
EPRI III: Advances in Linking Administrative Student Data / EPRI III : Lier des données administratives sur les étudiants - Quelques avancées
Chair	Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge)
Papers	Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa): The Earnings of Canadian University Graduates: A Tax Data Linkage Approach
	Pavlic, Dejan (University of Ottawa - EPRI): Labour Market Outcomes of University of Ottawa Graduates by Department of Study
	Miyairi, Masashi (University of Ottawa - EPRI): Do Better Grades in PSE Lead to Better Labour Outcomes?

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Theory I / GECES : Théorie I
Chair	Ammi, Mehdi (Carleton University)
Papers	Tao, Sihui (McMaster University): On the interpretation of the asymmetric and symmetric extended concentration indices
	Makdissi, Paul (University of Ottawa): Robust Orderings of Socioeconomic Health Inequality: Measurement and Inference

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Resource Extraction - Theory & Empirics / L'extraction des ressources - Théorie et analyse empirique
Chair	Vermeulen, Wessel Nicolaas (University of Oxford)
Papers	Hosseini Jebeli, Seyed Hossein (University of Calgary): Reconciling Hotelling's Rule with Falling Prices and Rising Output, The Bias of Technological Change
	Stevens, Jason (University of Prince Edward Island): Resource royalties under commodity price volatility: the effect of short and long run uncertainty.
	Vermeulen, Wessel Nicolaas (University of Oxford): The impact of windfalls: Firm selection, trade and welfare

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Short Session II - Energy Topics / Séance courte II - L'énergie
Chair	Memartoluie, Ghazal (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Eklou, Kodjovi Mawulikplimi (Université de Sherbrooke): A Leadership Curse? Oil Shocks and the Selection of National Leaders
	Fu, Sisi (University of Calgary): Estimating the Effect of Prorationing and Compulsory Unitization on the U.S. Oil Industry
	Galay, Gregory (University of Guelph): The effect of transportation capacity on the value of an oil sands project
	Hossain, AKM Nurul (University of Calgary): A Century of Interfuel Substitution in the United States
	Mirzapour, Hossein (HEC Montreal): Energy Subsidies Reform Constrained By Consumers' Utility
	Memartoluie, Ghazal (University of Waterloo): Determinants of Hourly Ontario Energy Price (HOEP)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Game Theory II / La théorie des jeux II
Chair	Cabau, Noémie (Concordia University)
Papers	Potter, Shannon (University of Western Ontario): A dynamic model of principles-based policy making: achieving social objectives as an unconstrained equilibrium
	Pysarenko, Sergiy (University of Guelph): Title: A (general) micro-foundation for the Tullock Contest-Success Function
	Cabau, Noémie (Concordia University): Is aid delivery relevant for deterring oppressors? A theoretical investigation
Discussants	Pysarenko, Sergiy (University of Guelph); Cabau, Noémie (Concordia University); Potter, Shannon (University of Western Ontario)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics: Financial Links / Économie financière : Liens financiers
Chair	Cao, Ning (University of Alberta)
Papers	Pannella, Pierluca (Vancouver School of Economics): Can a bubble on debt securities explain the "boom and bust" in housing prices?
	Wang, Xin (University of Toronto): Cross-predictability of Trade-linked Industry Returns
	Hencic, Andrew (York University): Noncausal Autoregressive Model in Application to Bitcoin/USD Exchange Rates
	Cao, Ning (University of Alberta): Flights from Stocks

10:00-10:30	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Labour Markets - Topics in Labour / Marchés du travail - Le travail : divers aspects
Chair	Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University)
Papers	Dean, Jason (Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning): Labour Market Attainment of Canadian Jews in the Early 20th Century
	Liu, HuJu (Statistics Canada): Entry and Exit of Self-Employment and Business Ownership in Canada: Evidence from Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database (CEEDD)
	Schmidt, Marc-Antoine (University of Toronto): Identifying Behavioral Responses in Labor Supply: Revisiting the New York Taxi Industry
	Brodeur, Abel (University of Ottawa): Terrorism and Employment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks
Discussants	Liu, HuJu (Statistics Canada); Schmidt, Marc-Antoine (University of Toronto); Brodeur, Abel (University of Ottawa); Dilmaghani, Maryam (Saint Mary's University)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS: Perspectives on the Measurement of Economic Well-being / Mesurer le bien-être économique - Des perspectives
Organizer	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Thériault, Louis (Conference Board of Canada)
Papers	Pennock, Mike (BC Government): Slow Growth and Well-being in the Canadian Context
	Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University): The Impacts of Commodity Price Volatility and the Terms of Trade on Economic Well-being
	Calver, Matthew (Centre for the Study of Living Standards): Measuring the Appropriate Outcomes for Better Decision-Making: A Framework to Guide the Analysis of Health Policy Based on an Inclusive Growth Framework
Discussants	Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa); Anderson, Gordon (University of Toronto); Fleurbaey, Marc (Princeton University)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Education - PS Funding / Éducation - Le financement de l'école publique
Chair	Jones, Maggie (Queen's University)
Papers	Chandler, Vincent (Saint Mary's University): Short and Long-term Impacts of Graduate Scholarships
	Liu, Qian (University of Western Ontario): Post-College Unemployment and Student Loan Policies
	Jones, Maggie (Queen's University): Incentives, Disincentives, and Academic Achievement

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Firm Level Productivity Network: Data School II - New Statistics Canada Microdatasets / Réseau sur la productivité des entreprises II : Travailler sur des données
Organizers	Veall, Michael (McMaster University) Leung, Danny (Statistics Canada)
Chair	Leung, Danny (Statistics Canada)
Panelists	Brown, Mark (Statistics Canada)
	O'Hagan, Patrick (Statistics Canada)
	Dar-Brodeur, Afshan (Statistics Canada)
	Michaud, Catherine (Statistics Canada)
	Willox, K. Michael (Statistics Canada)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Health / La santé
Chair	Bhattacharjee, Shampa (Shiv Nadar University)
Papers	Bhattacharjee, Shampa (Shiv Nadar University): Sibling Rivalry and Child Survival: Evidence from the study of Twins in India
	Hongdilokkul, Natt (Simon Fraser University): The Effect of Universal Health Care on Alcohol Consumption in Thailand
	Khalid, Musah (University of Manitoba): Uptake of voluntary health insurance and its impact on health care utilization in Ghana
	Devereux, Kevin (University of Toronto): Complementarity and free-riding in child investment: application to the polyamorous Bari people
Discussants	Khalid, Musah (University of Manitoba); Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru University); Hongdilokkul, Natt (Simon Fraser University); Bhattacharjee, Shampa (Shiv Nadar University)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Fiscal Policy and Growth / GCEM : Politiques fiscales et croissance
Chair	Hasanzadeh, Samira (Carleton University)
Papers	Angyridis, Constantine (Ryerson University): Endogenous Growth, Inequality and the Composition of Government Expenditures
	Moran, Kevin (Université Laval): The Macroeconomic Impacts of the proposed Quebec `Longevity Pension': An OLG Framework
	Hasanzadeh, Samira (Carleton University): Sources of Canadian Economic Growth

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Business Cycles IV / Cycles économiques IV
Chair	Coleman, Simeon (Loughborough University)
Papers	Bernier, Maria (Bank of Canada): Building on the IMF approach for an alternative estimate of Canadian potential output
	Shukayev, Malik (University of Alberta): Are history-dependent monetary policy frameworks worthwhile under imperfect credibility?
	Coleman, Simeon (Loughborough University): Investigating Asymmetries in Disaggregated Inflation Dynamics: Evidence From Canadian Provinces.

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Sovereign Debt / La dette souveraine
Organizer	Landry, Anthony (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Landry, Anthony (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Ramanarayanan, Ananth (University of Western Ontario): Renegotiation and the Maturity Structure of Sovereign Debt
	Durdu, Bora (Federal Reserve Board): Sovereign Risk and Bank Balance Sheets: The Role of Macroprudential Policies
	Traum, Nora (North Carolina State University): Policy Begets Default? A Look at the U.S. State Defaults of the 1840s

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Institutions / Les institutions
Chair	Thomas, Stephanie (McMaster University)
Papers	De Geest, Lawrence (UMass-Amherst): Deterring poaching from a common-pool resource
	Kidwai, Abdul (University of Massachusetts Amherst): Uncertainty and Intentions in Threshold Public Goods: An Experimental Investigation
	Ngo, Jacqueline (Worcester Polytechnic Institute): Investing in Durable Technologies for Producing Public Goods
	Buckley, Neil J. (York University): To Exit or Not to Exit From the Public Provision of Private Goods: Does the Frame Matter?

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Mix and Match / Choisir et combiner
Chair	Spiegelman, Eli (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Papers	Elskamp, Rebecca (University of Guelph): Scale Effects in Auctions with Multi-Unit Demand
	Sossou, Kouame Marius (Université Laval): Ambiguity, belief-updating, and measurement of expectations
	Bull, Charles (University of Victoria): How Robust is Cason and Plott's Theory of Game Form Misconception?
	Spiegelman, Eli (Université du Québec à Montréal): Evolution in the lab: testing models of preference change across repeated interactions

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
IO: Ph.D. Student Presentations - Industrial Organization IV / OI : Présentations de doctorants - Organisation industrielle IV
Chair	Chernoff, Alex (Queen's University)
Papers	Chan, Mons (University of Minnesota): Firm Structure and Labour Productivity: Evidence from Danish Matched Employer-Employee Data.
	Yu, Jingsong (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada): Intangible Assets and Production Performance: Canadian Micro Evidence
	Chernoff, Alex (Queen's University): Firm Heterogeneity and the Gains from Technological Adoption: Theory and Measurement
Discussants	Yu, Jingsong (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada); Chernoff, Alex (Queen's University); Chan, Mons (University of Minnesota)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
Economic Policy and the Labor Market / Politique économique et marché du travail
Chair	Hannusch, Anne (Emory University)
Papers	Baas, Timo (University of Duisburg-Essen): Labor market reforms and current account imbalances - beggar-thy-neighbor policies in a currency union?
	Dolatabadi, Sepideh (Queen's University): The European Employment Fluctuations: Common and Country Specific Factors
	Hannusch, Anne (Emory University): Social Norms, Childcare, and Female Labor Supply
Discussants	Pollak, Andreas (University of Saskatchewan); Brüggemann, Bettina (Goethe University Frankfurt); Serafinelli, Michel (University of Toronto)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Redistribution and Taxation / Redistribution et fiscalité
Chair	Ferris, J. Stephen (Carleton University)
Papers	Burbidge, John (University of Waterloo): The Role of Commodity Taxation in Pareto Efficient Tax Structures for Redistribution
	Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume (York University): Societal Consensus and Redistributive Taxation
	Hussain, Syed (Lahore University of Management Sciences): Asymmetric effects of exogenous tax changes
	Milevsky, Moshe (York University): Longevity Risk and Retirement Income Tax Efficiency: A Withdrawal Location Puzzle

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
EPRI IV: The Future of Postsecondary Education Savings Incentives Programs in Canada / EPRI IV : L'avenir des programmes d'épargne-études pour l'éducation postsecondaire au Canada
Organizers	Parkin, Andrew (unaffiliated) Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa)
Chair	Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa)
Panelists	Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa)
	Johnson, Gail (Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada)
	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
	Parkin, Andrew (unaffiliated)
	Robson, Jennifer (Carleton University)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Theory II / GECES : Théorie II
Chair	Makdissi, Paul (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Andrews, Brendon (Charles River Associates): On Contagion and the Demand for Health
	Dialahy, Isaora Zefania (Université Laval): Dynamic analysis of antibiotics use by a physician:Altruism, remuneration scheme and the planning horizon
	Sakai, Yutaro (University of Calgary): International Infectious Disease Management: the implication of vaccination leakage and income heterogeneity
Discussants	Sakai, Yutaro (University of Calgary); Andrews, Brendon (Charles River Associates); Dialahy, Isaora Zefania (Université Laval)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Short Session III - Resources / Séance courte III - Les ressources
Chair	Lloyd-Smith, Patrick (University of Alberta)
Papers	Aghakazemjourabbaf, Sara (University of Waterloo): Optimal resource extraction with hazardous waste production and an environmental bond
	Daouda, Belem (Université Laval): Optimal Resources Production : implication of depletion from the firm side
	Farah, Naima (University of Calgary): The Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing on Agricultural Productivity and Crop Composition
	Lloyd-Smith, Patrick (University of Alberta): Intertemporal Substitution and the Value of Leisure Time: Evidence from Recreational Anglers in the Gulf of Mexico

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Matching and Allocation / Correspondance et allocation
Chair	Trudeau, Christian (University of Windsor)
Papers	Bonkoungou, Somouaoga (Université de Montréal): Decentralized many-to-one matching
	Manjunath, Vikram (Texas A&M University): Strategy-proof Pareto-improvement
	Trudeau, Christian (University of Windsor): Minimal core allocations, empty threats and the Fair Division solution for the assignment problem

12:00-13:00	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEA Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle de l'ACE
Chair	Beach, Charles M. (Queen's University)

12:00-13:30	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
EPRI AGM / Assemblée générale annuelle de l'ACE

13:00-15:30	Sunday, June 5, 2016	Loc. T.B.A.
CEA Executive Council Meeting 2 / Réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE 2
Chair	Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia)