07:00-09:00	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Breakfast / Petit déjeuner

08:30-09:00	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: registration for CLEF Sessions / Inscription aux séances du CLEF

08:45-09:00	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Welcome and Opening Remarks - Ana Ferrer / Mot de bienvenue et allocution inaugurale du CLEF par Ana Ferrer

09:00-10:45	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF Session I: Skill Gaps / Séance I : Écarts de compétences
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Oguzoglu, Umut (University of Manitoba): Like Father, Like Daughter (Unless There Is A Son): Sibling Sex Composition And Women's Stem Major Choice In College
	Böhm, Michael (University of British Columbia): The Polarization of Task Prices in Germany, 1985-2010
	Foley, Kelly (University of Saskatchewan): The Gender Gap in University Participation: What Role do Skills and Parents Play?

10:30-11:00	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Coffee Break / Pause-café du CLEF

11:00-12:00	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF Session II: South of the Border Comparisons / Séance II : Comparaisons Canada/États-Unis
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Yamaguchi, Shintaro (McMaster University)
Papers	Connolly, Marie (Université du Québec à Montréal): Intergenerational Income Mobility in Canada and the United States
	Green, David (University of British Columbia): Geographic Spillovers of Booms: The Effects of Canada's Resource Boom on Canada-US Differences in Wages

12:00-15:00	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEA Council Lunch plus CEA Executive Council Meeting 1 / Réunion-midi du conseil de l'ACE et réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE 1
Chair	Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia)

13:30-15:00	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF Session III: Policy Effects / Séance III : Les effets des politiques
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Yamaguchi, Shintaro (McMaster University): Effects of Subsidized Childcare on Mother's Employment Under a Rationing Mechanism
	Lepage, Louis-Pierre (University of Michigan): Can Age of Consent Laws Decrease Teen Births and Sexual Exploitation?
	Galassi, Gabriela (Université de Montréal): Labor Demand Response to Labor Supply Incentives: Evidence from German Labor Market Reform

15:00-15:30	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Coffee Break / Pause-café du CLEF

15:30-16:30	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF Session IV: Labour Market Outcomes of Recent Graduates / Séance IV : La situation de diplômés récents sur le marché du travail
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Foley, Kelly (University of Saskatchewan)
Papers	Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo): The Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students
	Hinchley, Christine (Statistics Canada): Labour Market Outcomes of Maritime University Graduates

15:30-17:30	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEA Executive Council Meeting 2 / Réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE 2

17:00-18:30	Thursday, June 1, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEF: Keynote Lecture / Conférence principale
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Speaker	Hoynes, Hilary (University of California, Berkeley)
Topic	Long Run Effects of the Social Safety Net

07:00-09:00	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Breakfast / Petit déjeuner

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Partnership for Economic Policy / Partenariat pour la politique économique
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Dammert, Ana (Carleton University)
Papers	Diarra, Setou (Université Laval): Does Early Marriage Impact Perinatal Mortality? Theory and Evidence
	Wong, Sara (Polytechnic University (ESPOL)): Minimum Wage Impacts on Wages and Hours Worked of Low-Income Workers in Ecuador
	Dammert, Ana (Carleton University): Randomized Evaluation of the Unconditional Cash Transfer Scheme for the Elderly in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Discussants	Wong, Sara (Polytechnic University (ESPOL)); Dammert, Ana (Carleton University); Diarra, Setou (Université Laval)

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Human Capital / Le capital humain
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Ross, Phillip (Boston University)
Papers	Fors, Heather (University of Gothenburg): Within-Family Inequalities in Human Capital Accumulation in India: Birth Order and Gender Effects
	Agurto Adrianzen, Marcos (Universidad de Piura): The Effects on Academic Performance of Socioeconomic Study Group Composition During the First Term at College: Experimental Evidence from Peru
	Ross, Phillip (Boston University): The Aspirations Gap and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Indian Adolescents

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Econometric Theory I / Théorie économétrique I
Organizer	Jasiak, Joann (York University)
Chair	Webb, Matt (Carleton University)
Papers	Nguyen, Vinh (McGill University): Missing Variables and Causal Analysis in Linear Regression: Interpretation and Distributional Theory
	Sloczynski, Tymon (Brandeis University): A General Weighted Average Representation of the Ordinary and Two-Stage Least Squares Estimands
	Aguessy, Michael Nelson (Concordia University): Model Selection Under Possibly Weak Identification
Discussants	Aguessy, Michael Nelson (Concordia University); MacKinnon, James G (Queen's University); Nguyen, Vinh (McGill University)

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
International Business Cycles / Les cycles économiques mondiaux
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Rondeau, Fabien (University of Rennes 1)
Papers	Karimzada, Muhebullah (McMaster University): Learning Efficiency Shocks and Euro Area Business Cycles : A Bayesian Evaluation
	Povoledo, Laura (University of the West of England): Can Indeterminacy and Self-Fulfilling Expectations Help Explain International Business Cycles?
	Rondeau, Fabien (University of Rennes 1): Business Cycle Synchronization and the Extensive Margin of Trade

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Urban and Labour / Ville et travail
Organizer	Sun, Hongfei (Amy) (Queen's University)
Chair	Nedoncelle, Clément (Université de Lille)
Papers	Aboulkacem, El Mehdi (Université ds sciences et technologies de Lille 1): Impact Of Displacement Costs On A Spatially Scattered Labor Market A Theoretical Approach
	Gray, David M. (University of Ottawa): Labor Market Effects of Urban Riots: an Experimental Assessment
	Hortensia Vicentia, Acacha (Acadia University): Contribution des réseaux marchands sur les finances locales des communes frontalières du Bénin
	Nedoncelle, Clément (Université de Lille): Commuting time and the wage-premium of exporting firms

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Health Inequalities / Les inégalités en santé
Chair	Sarma, Sisira K (Western University)
Papers	Hajizadeh, Mohammad (Dalhousie University): Trends in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health Among Indigenous Populations of Canada: 2001-2012
	Wei, Lan (McMaster University): The Dynamics of the Gradient between Children's Health and Family Income
Discussants	Sepehri, Ardeshir (University of Manitoba); Hajizadeh, Mohammad (Dalhousie University); Isabelle, Maripier (University of Toronto)

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Immigration I: Immigrants' Human Capital / Le capital humain des immigrants
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Akbari, Syed Ather H (Saint Mary's University): Human Capital Evaluation of Immigrants in Atlantic Canada
	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo): The Effect of Linguistic Proximity on Immigrant Outcomes in a Bilingual Setting
	Haider, Murtaza (Ryerson University): Wrong Jobs for the Right Workers: A Study of Mismatched Canadian Educated Workers and Immigrants in Canada
	Rodriguez, Carlos (Statistics Canada): Evaluating Language Choice Among Allophone Immigrants to Montreal and its Influence on Wages

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Demography / Démographie
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Siow, Aloysius (University of Toronto)
Papers	Pan, Yazhuo (University of Waterloo): Family Structure and Child Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence from Canadian Longitudinal Data of Children
	Goussé, Marion (Université Laval): Marriage and Cohabitation. Evidence from Canada
	Shen, Danqing (Purdue University): Did Unilateral Divorce Laws Raise Divorce Rates? A New Perspective from Marriage Cohorts.

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Student Session: Labour Markets / Séance d'étudiants: Les marchés du travail
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Plesca, Miana (University of Guelph)
Papers	Nikpoor, Somaieh (University of Ottawa): Computing Demographic Change Simulation under Constant and Age-variable Rate of Time Preference
	Loree, Jacob (Ryerson University): Job Polarization and Skill Requirements
	Zinabou, Genet (University of Toronto): Culture and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Obedience

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Firms and Trade / Entreprises et commerce
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Yalcin, Erdal (CESifo-Group)
Papers	Acharya, Ram (Industry Canada): Canadian Exporters: Firm, Country and Product Dynamics
	Bao, Ge (University of International Business and Economics): Entry Decisions of Multinational Firms: The Role of Competition Threats
	Doyle, Diana (OECD): Canada in Global Value Chains (GVCs)
	Yalcin, Erdal (CESifo-Group): Anti-Dumping Duties and their Heterogeneous Effect on Chinese Exporters

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CLEA: Law and Economics / Loi et économique
Organizer	Curry, Philip (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Green, Andrew (University of Toronto)
Papers	Dammann, Jens (The University of Texas): Business Courts and Firm Performance
	Kumar, Chandan (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research): An Examination of Contract Choice for Indian PPP Projects: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective
	Green, Andrew (University of Toronto): Triaging The Law: Developing The Common Law On The Supreme Court Of India

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Joint CPP/CWEN Panel: Publishing in Economics / Table ronde AdP-RFÉ: Publier en économique
Organizers	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary) Schirle, Tammy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Chair	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary)
Panelists	Bombardini, Matilde (University of British Columbia)
	Hoynes, Hilary (University of California, Berkeley)
	Rivers, Nicholas (University of Ottawa)
	Lemieux, Thomas (University of British Columbia)
	Schirle, Tammy (Wilfrid Laurier University)

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
HFT and Microstructure I / Transactions à haute fréquence et microstructure I
Organizer	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Chair	Khan, Saad (Queen's University)
Papers	Brolley, Michael (Wilfrid Laurier University): Order Flow Segmentation, Liquidity and Price Discovery: The Role of Latency Delays
	Garriott, Corey (Bank of Canada): Banking Regulation and Market Making
	Khan, Saad (Queen's University): Which jumps contribute to price discovery? High frequency evidence on traded and quoted price movements

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Empirical Research on Firm Heterogeneity / Banque du Canada : Hétérogénéité des entreprises - Recherche empirique
Organizer	Chernoff, Alex (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Chernoff, Alex (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Medina, Pamela (University of Toronto): Within-Firm Responses to Import Competition: Quality Upgrading and Exporting in the Peruvian Apparel Industry
	Cheng, Dong (Vanderbilt University): Globalization Boom and Bust: A Study of US Automobile Exports from 1913 to 1940
	Chernoff, Alex (Bank of Canada): The Scale and Scope of Online Retail
Discussants	Alexander, Patrick (Bank of Canada); Chernoff, Alex (Bank of Canada); Schmitt, Nicolas (Simon Fraser University)

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Panel: The Fiscal Situation of Oil Rich Provinces / Table ronde du PEF: La situation budgétaire des provinces riches en pétrole
Organizer	Falvo, Nick (Calgary Homeless Foundation)
Chair	Falvo, Nick (Calgary Homeless Foundation)
Panelists	Jackson, Nathan (Alberta Union of Provincial Employees)
	Sran, Garry (Alberta Union of Provincial Employees)
	Childs, Jason (University of Regina)

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Cultural Economics / L'économie de la culture
Organizer	Woolley, Frances (Carleton University)
Chair	Rosborough, Jonathan (Saint Francis Xavier University)
Papers	Chan, Alan (Crandall University): The Culture of Giving: at the Crossroads of Religious and non-Religious Donations
	Hodgson, Douglas (Université du Québec à Montréal): Artistic Movement Membership and the Career Profiles of Canadian Painters
	Kayahan, Cevat Burc (Acadia University): Economics Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Markets / Les marchés
Organizers	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University) Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
Chair	Petersen, Luba (Simon Fraser University)
Papers	Freeman, David (Simon Fraser University): Opportunity Cost, Inattention and the Bidder's Curse
	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University): Information, Market Power and Price Convergence in Double Auction Markets
	Petersen, Luba (Simon Fraser University): Deflating Asset Price Bubbles with Leverage Constraints and Monetary Policy

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Charitable Giving and Altruism / Dons de bienfaisance et altruisme
Organizers	Dellis, Arnaud (Université du Québec à Montréal) Garon, Jean-Denis (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Chair	Ferrara, Ida (York University)
Papers	Planatscher, Michela (University of Ottawa): The Effect of Charitable Activity on Aboriginal Communities
	Seifi, Forough (University of Ottawa): Doing Good, Feeling Good: Causal Evidence from Canadian Volunteers
	Ferrara, Ida (York University): The Relative Role of Economic, Psychological, and Sociological Factors in Motivating Charitable Giving Decisions

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Growing Efficiency: Recent Developments in Agricultural Economics / Croissance de l'efficacité - Les développements récents en économie de l'agriculture
Chair	Ali, Md Kamar (University of Lethbridge)
Papers	Awono, Cyprien (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada): Consumer Demand for Pork in Canada
	Brayden, William (University of Maine): Assessing Consumer Preferences for Seafood Labels: the Role of Production Method, Origin, and Certification on Wild Harvested and Aquacultured Shellfish and Seaweed
	Haghiri, Morteza (Memorial University of Newfoundland): Consumer's choice between willingness-to-accept and willingness-to-pay for purchasing certified farmed Atlantic salmon in Newfoundland and Labrador
	Ali, Md Kamar (University of Lethbridge): Irrigation Water Use Efficiency: Insights from a Stochastic Frontier Model

09:00-10:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Consumer Decisions / Les décisions des consommateurs
Organizer	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary)
Chair	Fraser, Alastair (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia): What are the Economic Drivers of Free-Floating Car-Sharing Networks?
	Tumpane, Sara (York University): The Contribution of Environmental Attitudes to Household Consumption Decisions: A Cross-Country Analysis
	Mistro, Daniel (University of Maine): Window Inserts and the Communities Adopting Them
	Fraser, Alastair (University of British Columbia): Financial Incentives or Goal Setting? How Households Respond to Rebates for Energy Conservation

10:30-11:00	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

10:30-11:00	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Undergraduate Student Poster Session / Séance de présentation d'affiches d'étudiants

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Poverty / La pauvreté
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Bradford, Scott (Brigham Young University)
Papers	Eswaran, Mukesh (University of British Columbia): Can For-Profit Business Alleviate Extreme Poverty in Developing Countries?
	Batu, Michael (University of Windsor): Poverty and Colonial Origins of the Local Political Elite: Evidence from the Philippines
	Bradford, Scott (Brigham Young University): A General Equilibrium Model of Migration and Poverty
Discussants	Bradford, Scott (Brigham Young University); Eswaran, Mukesh (University of British Columbia); Batu, Michael (University of Windsor)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Gender I / Le genre I
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Mughal, Mazhar (Pau Business School)
Papers	Renée, Laëtitia (McGill University): Cash transfers, fertility and women's empowerment
	Bahrami-Rad, Duman (Simon Fraser University): Marriage Patterns, Gender Norms, and Inheritance systems
	Asiedu, Edward (University of Ghana): Are Female-Headed Households Worth Targeting to Improve Education-Related Investments? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ghana
	Mughal, Mazhar (Pau Business School): Son preference and female participation in household decision making

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Inference/Financial Econometrics / Inférence/Économétrie financière
Organizer	Jasiak, Joann (York University)
Chair	Sloczynski, Tymon (Brandeis University)
Papers	Parker, Thomas (University of Waterloo): Inference in Constrained Parametric Quantile Regression
	Sufana, Razvan (York University): Measures of Piecewise Monotone Dependence
	Shen, Xiangjin (Bank of Canada): Analysis of Asymmetric GARCH Volatility Models with Applications to Margin Measurement
	Kavand, Hossein (Carleton University): The Endogenous Treatment Effect of Initial Bank Credit on a Start-up's Performance: A Double-Selection Model
Discussants	Sufana, Razvan (York University); Parker, Thomas (University of Waterloo)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Firm Dynamics / GCEM: La dynamique des entreprises
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Yurdagul, Emircan (Universidad Carlos III)
Papers	Andrew, Kevin (Queen's University): Knowledge Capital and Firm Dynamics
	Jia (George), Ye (University of Prince Edward Island): Small Business Dynamics in the US and the Financial-Crisis
	Yurdagul, Emircan (Universidad Carlos III): Entrepreneurial Production Function and Firm Dynamics

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: China / GCEM: La Chine
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Tombe, Trevor (University of Calgary)
Papers	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal): Effects of Insurance Incentives on Road Safety: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China
	Wei, Wei (Central China Normal University): SMEs and Manufacturing in China
	Tombe, Trevor (University of Calgary): Trade, Migration and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis of China

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Child Health / La santé des enfants
Chair	Ward, Courtney (Dalhousie University)
Papers	Sepehri, Ardeshir (University of Manitoba): Caesarean Section Rates and Type of Institutional Setting: Evidence from 44 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
	Geiger, Nadine (University of Munich): Birth in Times of War - An Investigation of Health, Mortality and Social Class Using Historical Clinical Records
	MacPhail, Fiona (University of Northern British Columbia): Gender, Work Burden, and Mental Health: Evidence from Prime-age Employed Men and Women in Urban China
Discussants	Sepehri, Ardeshir (University of Manitoba); Geiger, Nadine (University of Munich); MacPhail, Fiona (University of Northern British Columbia)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Immigration II: Immigrant and Visible Minority Earnings Differentials / Immigrants et membres des minorités visibles - Les écarts de rémunération
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Manuel, Nick (University of Guelph): Non-Transferable Skills and the Wage Gap between Immigrants Educated in Canada and Immigrants Educated Abroad
	Dar, Atul (Saint Mary's University): Asymmetric Information and the Discount on Foreign-Acquired Degrees in Canada
	Javdani Haji, Mohsen (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus): Does Color Matter? Estimating Differences in Promotions and Returns to Promotions between White and Visible Minority Canadian-Borns
Discussants	Zhang, Jue (University of Waterloo); Warman, Casey (Dalhousie University); Feir, Donna Leanne (University of Victoria)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Education I: Issues on Educational Achievement / Éducation I: La réussite scolaire
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Matheson, Jesse (University of Leicester)
Papers	Kassenbohmer, Sonja (Monash University): Teacher Assessment Biases and Future Academic Achievement
	Matheson, Jesse (University of Leicester): Why does Socio-Economic Status Influence Higher Education Choice? Evidence from UK University Applications.
	Liu, Qian (Western University): College Enrollment, Parental Transfers, and Student Loans
Discussants	Matheson, Jesse (University of Leicester); Kassenbohmer, Sonja (Monash University); Rockey, James (University of Leicester)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Social Choice / Choix sociaux
Organizers	Horan, Sean (Université de Montréal) Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Tondji, Jean-Baptiste (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Potter, Shannon (Western University): Social Welfare and the Allocation of Opportunity
	Tondji, Jean-Baptiste (University of Ottawa): Valuing Inputs Under Supply Uncertainty: The Bayesian Shapley Value

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Trade, Immigration and Labour I / Commerce, immigration et travail I
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Liu, Runjuan (University of Alberta)
Papers	Cebreros Zurita, Carlos Alfonso (Banco de México): Labor Heterogeneity and the Pattern of Trade
	Liu, HuJu (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada): Immigrant business ownership and international trade in Canada
	Liu, Runjuan (University of Alberta): Service Liberalization and Manufacturing Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	MacGee, Jim (Western University)
Speaker	Restuccia, Diego (University of Toronto)
Topic	Misallocation and Aggregate Productivity Across Time and Space

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Session 1: Challenges in Climate Change Policy Modeling / Les défis de la modélisation des changements climatiques
Organizer	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Chair	Macaluso, Nick (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Papers	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada): On the Issues of Closures in CGE models: An Exploration Using a Small Open-Economy Multi-Sector, Multi-Provincial CGE Model
	McKitrick, Ross (University of Guelph): Carbon Taxes In the Presence of Pre-Existing Emission Regulations
	Dolter, Brett (University of Ottawa): The Cost of Decarbonizing the Canadian Electricity System
Discussants	Fellows, Garret Kent (University of Calgary); ab Iorwerth, Aled (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation); Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Canadian Public Policy Lecture / Conférence Analyse de politiques
Organizer	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Chair	Schirle, Tammy (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Speakers	Burton, Peter S (Dalhousie University) Phipps, Shelley (Dalhousie University)
Topic	The Economic Well-being of Canadian Children

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Innovation, Research and Development / Innovation, recherche et développement
Organizer	Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University)
Chair	Tombak, Mihkel (University of Toronto)
Papers	Sen, Debapriya (Ryerson University): Patent Licensing and Sequential Innovations
	Samano, Mario (HEC Montréal): Long-Run Market Configurations in a Dynamic Quality-Ladder Model with Externalities
	Tombak, Mihkel (University of Toronto): Nonprofit and For-Profit Competition (and Cooperation) in Basic Research

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Immigration and Refugees / Banque du Canada : Immigration et réfugiés
Organizer	Steingress, Walter (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Steingress, Walter (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Steinmayr, Andreas (University of Munich (LMU)): Exposure to Refugees and Voting for the Far-Right. (Unexpected) Results from Austria
	Spilimbergo, Antonio (International Monetary Fund): The Refugee Surge in Europe: Economic Challenges
	Steingress, Walter (Bank of Canada): The Causal Impact of Migration on U.S. Trade: Evidence from Political Refugees

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada - Graduate Student Paper Award I / Banque du Canada - Prix de présentation des étudiants I
Organizer	Dunbar, Geoff (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Dunbar, Geoff (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Galindo da Fonseca, Joao Alfredo (University of British Columbia): Previous Labour Status and Firm Performance
	Khan, Shahed Kaiser (McMaster University): Financial Crises and Labor Market Recoveries
	Liu, Fulei (Fred) (Western University): Extreme Risk Management during Financial Crisis

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Panel: Prospects for the Atlantic Regional Economy / L'économie de la région de l'Atlantique - Des perspectives
Organizer	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)
Chair	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)
Panelists	Bradfield, Michael (Dalhousie University)
	May, Douglas (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
	Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
	Sentance, Jim (University of Prince Edward Island)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS: International Productivity Developments / L'évolution de la productivité dans le monde
Organizer	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	St-Amant, Pierre (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for the Study of Living Standards): Explanations for the U.S. Productivity Slowdown
	Tang, Jianmin (Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada): Is R&D Enough in Improving Firm Productivity?
Discussants	Alexander, Patrick (Bank of Canada); Harris, Richard (Simon Fraser University)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Common Pool Resources / Ressources communes
Organizers	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University) Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
Chair	Smith, Alexander (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Papers	Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University): Do the Number of Appropriators from the Commons Matter in Controlled Laboratory Environments?
	Sarker, Ashutosh (Monash University Malaysia): Experimental Common-Pool Resource Management and Neuroeconomics
	Smith, Alexander (Worcester Polytechnic Institute): A Dynamic Common Pool Resource Experiment

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Fiscal Competition and Welfare in Canada / Concurrence fiscale et bien-être au Canada
Organizers	Dellis, Arnaud (Université du Québec à Montréal) Garon, Jean-Denis (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Chair	Milligan, Kevin (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Poitevin, Michel (Université de Montréal): Fiscal Competition with Public Goods
	Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo): Poverty in Canada: Multidimensional Vs Unidimensional Measures
	Charest, Julie (Statistics Canada): Material Well-being in Canada
	Milligan, Kevin (University of British Columbia): An Estimable Model of Income Redistribution in a Federation: Musgrave meets Oates

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Algoma University/Northern Ontario Economics Association Session: Topics in Macroeconomics, Finance, and Entrepreneurship / Macroéconomique, finance et entrepreneurship
Organizers	Munemo, Jonathan (Salisbury University) Luitel, Hari Sharan (Algoma University)
Chair	Kadiyala, Krishna (Algoma University)
Papers	Munemo, Jonathan (Salisbury University): The Crowding-in Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Business Start-ups: How Relevant is Financial Market Development?
	Gajurel, Dinesh (Trent University): Does Jump Risk Matter? Evidence from the Canadian Stock Market
	Rodriguez Llorian, Elisabet (University of Manitoba): The Relationship between Health Care Expenditure and Income: Evidence from Latin-American and Caribbean Countries
	Mahar, Gerry (Algoma University): Why Economists Disagree: An Illustration of Irreconciability Using the US State Level Unemployment Rate Data
Discussants	Aziz, Nusrate (University of Nottingham); Amiraslany, Afshin (University of Saskatchewan); Luitel, Hari Sharan (Algoma University); Rodriguez Llorian, Elisabet (University of Manitoba)

11:00-12:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Strategic Interaction I / CREE: Interaction stratégique I
Organizer	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary)
Chair	Strantza, Stefania (Concordia University)
Papers	Morin Chassé, Rémi (University of Prince Edward Island): Favorite or Underdog? Environmental Contests with Asymmetric Ability and Reimbursement
	Tatoutchoup, Francis Didier (Université de Moncton): Do we Recycle too much? Evidence from the U.S.
	Strantza, Stefania (Concordia University): International Environmental Agreements - The Impact of Heterogeneity among Countries

12:30-14:15	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Lunch / lunch

12:30-14:15	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN Lunch / Conférence-midi du CWEN/RFÉ
Chair	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Speaker	Hoynes, Hilary (University of California, Berkeley)
Topic	Income Support and Poverty During the Great Recession

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Gender II / Le genre II
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Archibong, Belinda (Barnard College)
Papers	Laszlo, Sonia (McGill University): The Impact of Affordable and Better Quality Day Care on Women's Work in a Slum Settlement of Nairobi
	Lehrer, Kim (Université de Sherbrooke): The Impact of Laws Against Female Genital Mutilation in Africa
	Galdo, José (Carleton University): Gender Information Gaps in Child Labor Statistics: Evidence from Ethiopia
	Archibong, Belinda (Barnard College): Harmattan Winds, Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Agriculture / L'agriculture
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Ponce, Carmen (Group for the Analysis of Development - GRADE)
Papers	Esfahani, Sara (University of Notre Dame): Agricultural Resource Misallocation in Ethiopia
	Stephens, Emma (Pitzer College): Food Shortages: The Role and Limitations of Markets in Resolving Food Crises in Sub-Saharan Africa 2002-2012
	Ponce, Carmen (Group for the Analysis of Development - GRADE): Rural Household Livelihoods in a Context of Transformations in the Peruvian Highlands: Climate Change, Migration Corridors and Income Diversification

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Bootstrap / Amorce (bootstrap)
Organizer	Jasiak, Joann (York University)
Chair	Sufana, Razvan (York University)
Papers	MacKinnon, James G (Queen's University): Bootstrap Inference with Clustered Errors
	Davidson, Russell (McGill University): The Fast Iterated Bootstrap
	Webb, Matt (Carleton University): The Multiway Cluster Wild Bootstrap
Discussants	Goncalves, Silvia (Western University); Webb, Matt (Carleton University); Davidson, Russell (McGill University)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Labour / GCEM: Le travail
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Zeida, Teega-wende Herve (Université de Montréal)
Papers	Kambourov, Gueorgui (University of Toronto): Hours, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap
	Ozdemir, Gorkem (HEC Montréal): Employment Growth, Entry and Firm Dynamics with Financial Frictions
	Zeida, Teega-wende Herve (Université de Montréal): Unequal We Stand: Human Capital and Occupational Choice over the Life-cycle

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Consumption and Investment / Consommation et investissement
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Emenogu, Ugochi (Ryerson University)
Papers	Lecznar, Jonathon (Boston University): Measuring Real Consumption and Welfare Costs Accounting for Changes in Consumer Product Availability
	Upadhayaya, Santosh (Carleton University): Does Business Confidence Matter for Investment Forecasts?
	Emenogu, Ugochi (Ryerson University): Financial Frictions and Durable/Nondurable Consumption

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Physician Incentives / Les incitatifs financiers offerts aux médecins
Chair	Thomas, Stephanie (McMaster University)
Papers	Li, Lihua (Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences): Pay-for-performance Incentives and Cancer Screening: Evidence from Ontario
	Chami, Nadine (McMaster University): Does Primary Care Affect Medical Laboratory Utilization?
	Sarma, Sisira K (Western University): Primary Care Reform and Avoidable Hospitalization: Results for Ontario's Congestive Heart Failure Patients
Discussants	Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo); Li, Lihua (Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences); Leonard, Phil (University of New Brunswick)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Immigration III: Determinants of Immigration / Les déterminants de l'immigration
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Pandey, Manish (University of Winnipeg)
Papers	Adebayo, Eric (Simon Fraser University): (Not So) Sweet Home Alabama: Negative Externalities of America's Toughest Immigration Law
	Caponi, Vincenzo (CREST-Ensai): Assortative Mating and Migration
	Pandey, Manish (University of Winnipeg): Determinants of Migration: Analysis using panel data

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Returns to Education I: Major Field of Study / Rendement de l'éducation I: Le principal domaine d'études
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Plesca, Miana (University of Guelph)
Papers	Onozuka, Yuki (Western University): Basic Skills or Major-Specific Knowledge? Sources of Wage Penalties for Working Outside the Major Field of Study
	Plesca, Miana (University of Guelph): Career Mobility and Returns to Post-Secondary Education in Canada
	Aydede, Yigit (Saint Mary's University): Intergenerational Transmission of Field of Study in Canada

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Trade Policy - Empirics / Politiques commerciales - Un point de vue empirique
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Lysenko, Dmitry (Government of Nova Scotia)
Papers	Cyrus, Teresa (Dalhousie University): Why Do Countries Form Free Trade Agreements?
	Wan, Shan (University of Calgary): Do Confucius Institutes Increase China's Exports? Probably No
	Lysenko, Dmitry (Government of Nova Scotia): CETA and Sub-federal Government Procurement
Discussants	Wan, Shan (University of Calgary); Cyrus, Teresa (Dalhousie University); Lysenko, Dmitry (Government of Nova Scotia)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Trade, Immigration and Labour II / Commerce, immigration et travail II
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Snudden, Stephen (Queen's University)
Papers	Shen, Leilei (Kansas State University): Polarization of American Workers: The Big Squeeze from Occupational Exposure in Value-Added Trade
	Ural-Marchand, Beyza (University of Alberta): Employment Adjustments to Increased Imports: Evidence from a Developing Country
	Snudden, Stephen (Queen's University): International Remittances, Migration, and Primary Commodities

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Pendakur, Krishna (Simon Fraser University)
Speaker	Nunn, Nathan (Harvard University)
Topic	On the Importance of Culture and Context for Economic Development

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Session 2: Environmental Policies - Theory and Evidence / Politiques environnementales - Théorie et faits
Organizer	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Chair	Laferriere, Richard (unaffiliated)
Papers	Baksi, Soham (University of Winnipeg): Multiple Pollutants and Cleaner Technology Adoption
	Withey, Patrick (Saint Francis Xavier University): Managing Forests for Carbon and Timber: A Markov Decision Model of Uneven-Aged Forest Management with Risk
	Zhu, Yunfa (Environment and Climate Change Canada): Revenue Recycling and Cost Effective GHG Abatement: An Exploratory Analysis Using a Global Multi-Sector, Multi-Regional CGE Model
Discussants	Tuuli, Maxwell (McGill University); Bruneau, Joel (University of Saskatchewan); Ahmadi, Younes (University of Calgary)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Fishing for Complements: How Governments can Identify Low-Cost GHG Policies to Enhance Their Carbon Prices / À la recherche de complémentarités : comment les gouvernements peuvent-ils définir des politiques de gaz à effets de serre à faibles coûts pour améliorer le prix du carbone ?
Organizers	Beugin, Dale (Canada's Ecofiscal Commission) Ragan, Christopher (McGill University)
Chair	Ragan, Christopher (McGill University)
Panelists	Ragan, Christopher (McGill University)
	Olewiler, Nancy (Simon Fraser University)
	Dion, Jason (Canada's Ecofiscal Commission)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
HFT and Microstructure II / Transactions à haute fréquence et microstructure II
Organizer	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Chair	Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume (York University)
Papers	Sinclair, Andrew John (Yale University): The Allocative Role of Prime Brokers
	Watuwa, Richard (Cape Breton University): Estimating Equity Market Volatility using Asymmetric Models: Evidence from the Toronto Stock Exchange
	Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume (York University): Sinning By Omission: Insider Trading and Ethical Behavior
Discussants	Brolley, Michael (Wilfrid Laurier University); Galbraith, John W (McGill University); Robertson, Adriana (Yale School of Management)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Skills, Tasks, and Labour Mobility / Banque du Canada : Compétences, tâches et mobilité de la main-d'oeuvre
Organizers	Kyui, Natalia (Bank of Canada) Agopsowicz, Andrew (Bank of Canada)
Chairs	Kyui, Natalia (Bank of Canada) Agopsowicz, Andrew (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Cassidy, Hugh (Kansas State University): The Occupational Attainment of Legal and Undocumented Immigrants
	Summerfield, Fraser (Lakehead University): Changing Careers, Radically or Incrementally, in Booms and Recessions
	Agopsowicz, Andrew (Bank of Canada): Labour Mobility Across Regions, Industries, and Occupations in Canada

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada - Graduate Student Paper Award II / Banque du Canada - Prix de présentation des étudiants
Organizer	Dunbar, Geoff (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Dunbar, Geoff (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Lesica, Josip (McMaster University): Income Inequality, Small Business Taxation and Lobbying
	Pannella, Pierluca (Vancouver School of Economics): Credit Bubbles and Misallocation
	Yao, Yuxi (Western University): Accounting for the Decline in Homeownership among the Young

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Panel: Poverty Reduction in Canada / Table ronde du PEF: La réduction de la pauvreté au Canada
Organizer	Falvo, Nick (Calgary Homeless Foundation)
Chair	Falvo, Nick (Calgary Homeless Foundation)
Panelists	MacEwen, Angella (Canadian Labour Congress)
	Stapleton, John (Open Policy)
	Shaban, Robin (Independent)
	Daley, Angela (University of Maine)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS: Productivity Developments in Canada / L'évolution de la productivité au Canada
Organizer	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	May, Douglas (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Papers	St-Amant, Pierre (Bank of Canada): Firm Dynamics and Total Factor Productivity: An Empirical Exploration
	Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada): Accounting for Slower Productivity Growth in the Canadian Business Sector
	Leung, Danny (Statistics Canada): Financial Constraints and Productivity: Evidence from Canadian SMEs
Discussants	Tang, Jianmin (Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada); Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for the Study of Living Standards); Murray, Alexander (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Trust and Institutions / La confiance dans les institutions
Organizers	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University) Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
Chair	Wang, Liang (Alicia) (Concordia University)
Papers	Matthews, Peter (Middlebury College): Trust in Government and Redistributive Preferences: An Experimental Approach
	Marquardt, Gerdis (University of Edinburgh): Contract Enforcement as a Reference Point for Feelings of Entitlement - Experimental Evidence
	Wang, Liang (Alicia) (Concordia University): Do not Live up to my trust: Trust Game Strategy Analysis

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Policies and the Long-Run Economy / Politiques et économie à long terme
Organizers	Dellis, Arnaud (Université du Québec à Montréal) Garon, Jean-Denis (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Chair	AmirKhalkhali, Saleh (Saint Mary's University)
Papers	Nöh, Lukas (Goethe University Frankfurt): Development of Public Debt Maturity
	AmirKhalkhali, Saleh (Saint Mary's University): On the Persistence of Slow Economic Growth in Advanced Economies

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Topics in Economic History / Histoire économique
Organizer	Woolley, Frances (Carleton University)
Chair	Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University)
Papers	Holmes, Gordon (McMaster University): Canadian Production and Trade Flows, 1830 to 1960
	Velk, Tom (McGill University): Female Postmasters: Bottom-Up American Spoils Systems Appointments
	Miettinen, Adam (University of Toronto): State Funding and School Spending in the United States, 1900-1940
Discussants	Cross, Melvin (Dalhousie University); Rankaduwa, Wimal (University of Prince Edward Island)

14:15-15:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Strategic Interaction II / CREE: Interaction stratégique II
Organizer	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary)
Chair	Janmaat, John (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus)
Papers	Oestreich, (Andreas) Marcel (Brock University): The Optimal NGO Chief: Strategic Delegation in Social Advocacy
	Dufresne, Eric (Université du Québec à Montréal): Subgame Perfect Equilibria and the Efficient Management of Common Resources - An Application to The Lake Game
	Janmaat, John (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus): Insurance and Options in Drought Management: Unintended Consequences

15:45-16:15	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

15:45-16:15	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Undergraduate Student Poster Session / Séance de présentation d'affiches d'étudiants

15:45-16:15	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN AGM / Assemblée générale annuelle du RFÉ
Chair	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Keynote Address / Conférence principale du CDESG
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Rowlands, Dane (Carleton University)
Speaker	Wantchekon, Leonard (Princeton University)
Topic	Education, Social Mobility and Risk Attitudes: Evidence from Benin

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Rent, House Value and Mortgages / Location, valeurs des maisons et hypothèques
Organizer	Sun, Hongfei (Amy) (Queen's University)
Chair	Sand, Benjamin (York University)
Papers	Dean, Jason (Wilfrid Laurier University/Sheridan College): Income Decline, Financial Insecurity, Landlord Screening and Renter Mobility
	Nicholas, Joseline (Wilfrid Laurier University): Light Rail Transit and Property Values in Kitchener-Waterloo
	Sand, Benjamin (York University): Local Economic Conditions and Local Equity Preferences: Evidence from Mutual Funds

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Savings and Investment / GCEM: Épargne et investissements
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	MacGee, Jim (Western University)
Papers	Leung, Cheuk Shing (McGill University): Heterogeneous Returns to Saving and Wealth Inequality
	Robinson, Baxter (University of Toronto): Wealth Inequality, Rate of Return Heterogeneity, and Housing
	MacGee, Jim (Western University): Regulation of Consumer Credit with Over-Optimistic Borrowers

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Labour Markets and the Macroeconomy / Marchés du travail et macroéconomie
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Jin, Hyeongsuk (Western University)
Papers	Choi, Youjin (Western University): Why Don't Married Men Take Parental Leave?
	Chowdhury, Muhammad Murshed (University of New Brunswick): Risk Sharing of Unemployment in Canadian Provinces
	Jin, Hyeongsuk (Western University): Educational gradients in union and fertility choices

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Health Care Markets / Soins de santé et marchés
Chair	Chami, Nadine (McMaster University)
Papers	Martins, Bruno (Boston University): Are There Efficiency Gains in Medicare Part D? The Case of CVS Acquisition of Universal
	Watt, Jenny (Queen's University): Scale, Specialization, and Merger Outcomes in Ontario Hospitals
	Basu, Kisalaya (Health Canada): Does The Use Of Electronic Medical Records Improve Management Of Chronic Care? A Family Physicians' Perspective From Canada, France, Sweden, And Switzerland
Discussants	Spencer, James (McMaster University); Foley, Kelly (University of Saskatchewan); Li, Ning (Rutgers University)

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Immigration IV: Issues on Immigration and Policy / Immigration et politiques publiques
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	McDonald, Ted (University of New Brunswick)
Papers	Truong, Khuong (McMaster University): Information and Communication Technology Skills Shortages in Canada: Is Immigration a Solution?
	Warman, Casey (Dalhousie University): 9/11 and Labour Force Outcomes of Muslims in Canada
	Khanam, Farhana (McMaster University): The Effects of Language Proficiency on the Health and Health Behavior of Immigrants
	McDonald, Ted (University of New Brunswick): Working Away: The Impact on Earnings of Return Migration

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Labour Markets I: Childcare Policies and Gender Gap Issues / Marchés du travail I : Politiques de garde des enfants et écarts entre les sexes
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Goussé, Marion (Université Laval)
Papers	Cleveland, Gordon (University of Toronto Scarborough): Modelling Child Care Policy Effects: Results from a Microsimulation Model of Child Care Demand and Employment in the City of Toronto
	Rockey, James (University of Leicester): The Global Gender Pay Gap

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Teaching of Economics / L'enseignement de l'économique
Organizer	Woolley, Frances (Carleton University)
Chair	Watson, Barry (University of New Brunswick)
Papers	Karagyozova, Tsvetanka (York University): From Content to Proficiencies: Introducing Community-Based Research in Senior-Level Economics Courses
	Mackinnon, Brandon (Algoma University): Chalk and Talk: The Value of Teaching Economics without Technology
	Power, Simon (Carleton University): Later Start Times for First-Year Economics Classes: A Way to Boost Class Attendance?
Discussants	Power, Simon (Carleton University); Karagyozova, Tsvetanka (York University); Watson, Barry (University of New Brunswick)

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: International Trade Theory I / Théorie du commerce international I
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Schmitt, Nicolas (Simon Fraser University)
Papers	Cherniwchan, Jevan (University of Alberta): Globalization, the Gains from Variety, and the Environment
	Bezmaternykh, Natalia (Ryerson University): Monopolistic Competition with Credence Goods under Asymmetric Information
	Schmitt, Nicolas (Simon Fraser University): Dual Sourcing, Demand Uncertainty and International Trade

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Taylor, M. Scott (University of Calgary)
Speaker	Bombardini, Matilde (University of British Columbia)
Topic	Beyond Campaign Contributions: The Tools of Political Influence

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Panel Discussion: Canada's Mid-century/Long-term GHG Strategy / Table ronde d'Environnement et changement climatique Canada: La stratégie du Canada en matière de GES - D'ici le milieu du siècle et à long terme
Organizer	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Chair	Macaluso, Nick (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Panelists	Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia)
	McKitrick, Ross (University of Guelph)
	Rivers, Nicholas (University of Ottawa)
	Tombe, Trevor (University of Calgary)
	Monahan, Katherine (Environment and Climate Chanage Canada)

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Competition and Firm Performance / Concurrence et performance des entreprises
Organizer	Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University)
Chair	Kelly, Ryan (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
Papers	Goetz, Daniel (Princeton University): Competition and Unobserved Product Quality
	Ulrick, Shawn (Federal Trade Commission): Does Merger Enforcement Depend on the Portion of the Merger Associated with the Competitive Concerns?
	Orr, Scott (University of Toronto): Productivity Estimation with Multi-Product Firms
	Kelly, Ryan (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada): Performance of firms served through the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research program

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics I / Économie financière I
Organizer	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Chair	Lee, Seung Jung (Federal Reserve Board)
Papers	Khokhar, Abdul Rahman (Saint Mary's University): Political Values and SEC Enforcement Actions
	Gao, Jeffrey (Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada): Sovereign Bond Market Liquidity and Systematic Factors: A Canadian Case
	Lee, Seung Jung (Federal Reserve Board): The Anatomy of Financial Vulnerabilities and Crises

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Liquidity Shocks and Bank Lending / Banque du Canada: Chocs de liquidités et prêts bancaires
Organizer	Todorov, Radomir (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Todorov, Radomir (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Todorov, Radomir (Bank of Canada): The Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy in Canada: Empirical Evidence
	Kuruscu, Burhanettin (University of Toronto): Housing Crisis, Deterioration of Bank Balance Sheets, and Macroprudential Policies
	Ozdagli, Ali (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston): The Transmission of Monetary Policy through Bank Lending: The Floating Rate Channel

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF: Social Impact Bonds and Economic Development / Obligations à impact social et développement économique
Organizer	Loxley, John (University of Manitoba)
Chair	Ivanova, Iglika (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Papers	Loxley, John (University of Manitoba): Development Impact Bonds
	Hajer, Jesse (New School for Social Research): The Political Economy of Social Impact Bonds
	Hudson, Ian (University of Manitoba): Does Provincial Policy Matter? Community Economic Development in Manitoba and BC

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	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	Witte, Caroline (Erasmus School of Economics): Dodging Bullets: The Heterogeneous Effect of Political Violence on Greenfield FDI
	Douch, Mohamed (Royal Military College): Demand for Military Expenditures in the MENA Region
	Secrieru, Oana (Royal Military College): Terrorism and Deterrence
	Kipuka Kabongi, Decky (Carleton University): The Determinants of Defense Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Risk and Time Preference / Risque et préférence temporelle
Organizers	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University) Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
Chair	Sossou, Kouame Marius (Université Laval)
Papers	Ruffle, Bradley (Wilfrid Laurier University): Tat Will Tell: Tattoos and Time Preferences
	Sossou, Kouame Marius (Université Laval): Myopic Loss Aversion in an Ambiguous Environment -An Experimental Investigation
	Claus, Edda (Wilfrid Laurier University): Do Overconfident Consumers Save Less

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Political Economics / Économie politique
Organizers	Dellis, Arnaud (Université du Québec à Montréal) Garon, Jean-Denis (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Chair	Canen, Nathan (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Galindo-Silva, Hector (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana): Inequality, Immigration and Party Strategies
	Kauder, Bjoern (Ifo Institute-Leibniz-Institute at the Univ. of Munich e.V.): Electoral Cycles in MPs’ Salaries: Evidence from the German States
	Krause, Manuela (ifo Institute): The real estate transfer tax and government ideology: Evidence from the German states
	Canen, Nathan (University of British Columbia): Information Accumulation and the Timing of Voting Decisions (and Scandals)

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CRDCN Session / Séance du RCCDR
Chair	Spencer, Byron Grant (McMaster University)
Papers	Zhang, Jue (University of Waterloo): The Influence of Sectoral Skill Versatility on Immigrant Labour Market Integration
	Hickey, Ross (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus): The Effect of Tax Price on Donations: Evidence from Canada
	Schirle, Tammy (Wilfrid Laurier University): Occupational Segregation, Skills, and the Gender Wage Gap
	Craig, Andrea (Queen's University): Commute Mode Choice and Neighbourhood Sorting
Discussants	Haan, Michael (Western University); Milligan, Kevin (University of British Columbia); Wah, Leo Tang (Saint Francis Xavier University); Skuterud, Mikal (University of Waterloo)

16:15-17:45	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Sectors and Regions / Secteurs et régions
Organizer	Sun, Hongfei (Amy) (Queen's University)
Chair	Giri, Anil (University of Central Missouri)
Papers	Miller, Sarah (Bank of Canada): Which Firms Participate in the Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey?
	Sevinc, Deniz (York University): Measuring Sector Skills Gaps: A Regional Analysis of a Local Labour Market
	Giri, Anil (University of Central Missouri): How Have Retail Sales Pattern Changed Across Rural America? A Case Study of Nebraska

18:00-19:15	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Innis Lecture / Conférence Innis
Chairs	Woolley, Frances (Carleton University) Ragan, Christopher (McGill University)
Speaker	Olewiler, Nancy (Simon Fraser University)
Topic	Canada's Dependence on Natural Capital Wealth: Was Innis Wrong?

19:30-22:30	Friday, June 2, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Evening Banquet / Banquet
Sponsor	Bank of Canada

07:00-09:00	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Breakfast / Petit déjeuner

08:00-09:00	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Department Chair Meeting. All chairs of economics departments are invited to attend, or send a delegate. / Réunion des chefs de département. Tous les chefs de département d'économique sont invités à y assister ou à y envoyer un délégué.
Organizer	Woolley, Frances (Carleton University)
Chair	Benjamin, Dwayne (University of Toronto)

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG Panel Session: Institutions, Growth and Development / Table ronde du CDESG: Institutions, croissance et développement
Panelists	Nunn, Nathan (Harvard University)
	Wantchekon, Leonard (Princeton University)
	Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University)

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Productivity II / GCEM : Productivité II
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Li, Hongxiu (University of Waterloo)
Papers	Sinha, Rishabh (The World Bank): Sectoral Productivity Gaps and Aggregate Productivity
	Zhu, Wenbo (Queen's University): The Hollowing Out Middle Class and the Slowing Down in Labour Productivity Growth: A Theory on Process Innovations
	Li, Hongxiu (University of Waterloo): Innovation as Adaptation to Natural Disasters

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Monetary Policy I / GCEM: Politique monétaire I
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	McNeil, James (Queen's University)
Papers	St Amand, Samantha (Centre for International Governance Innovation): Second Guessing Monetary Policy Decisions: The Preferences of Central Bankers And Shadow Monetary Policy Committees
	McNeil, James (Queen's University): A Regional Analysis of the Effect of Monetary Policy Shocks on the Canadian Economy

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Productivity I / GCEM: Productivité I
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Essaji, Azim (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Papers	Sattari, Yaser (Simon Fraser University): Policy Distortions and Cross-Country Differences In Productivity: The Role of Endogenous Selection
	Alam, M Jahangir (HEC Montréal): Capital Misallocation: Cyclicality and Sources
	Essaji, Azim (Wilfrid Laurier University): Relationship Specificity, Judicial Quality and US Manufacturing Patterns

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Environment, Economics and Health / Environnement, économie et santé
Chair	Hajizadeh, Mohammad (Dalhousie University)
Papers	Sun, Meng (University of Calgary): I Don't Want to Forget: Air Pollution, Environmental Regulation, and Dementia
	Marcuccio, Pat (Saint Mary's University): The Weight That Air Pollution Has on Obesity
	Watson, Barry (University of New Brunswick): Healing and/or Breaking? The Mental Health Implications of Repeated Economic Insecurity
Discussants	Watson, Barry (University of New Brunswick); Tumpane, Sara (York University); Sun, Meng (University of Calgary)

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: International Trade Theory II / Théorie du commerce international II
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Viroleau, Franck (University of Paris Nanterre)
Papers	Tuuli, Maxwell (McGill University): Intra-firm Trade in the Presence of Uncertainty
	Nitsch, Volker (Technische Universität Darmstadt): Cheap Talk? Financial Sanctions and Non-Financial Activity
	Viroleau, Franck (University of Paris Nanterre): A Model of Influence on Trade Policy in a Computable General Equilibrium Model
Discussants	Chan, Jeff (Wilfrid Laurier University); Behzadan, Nazanin (Ryerson University)

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Labour Markets II: Issues on Wages / Marchés du travail II : Les salaires
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Belley, Philippe (Kansas State University)
Papers	To, Theodore (Bureau of Labor Statistics): Job Dispersion and Compensating Wage Differentials
	Townsend, James (University of Winnipeg): The Minimum Wage, Turnover, and the Shape of the Wage Distribution
	Jales, Hugo (University of British Columbia): Estimating the effects of the minimum wage on developing countries: A density discontinuity design approach.

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Education II: Long Term Effects of Education / Éducation II: Les effets à long terme de l'éducation
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	P. Laliberté, Jean-William (University of Toronto)
Papers	Rankaduwa, Wimal (University of Prince Edward Island): Public Education Expenditure and Economic Growth in Canada: Direct and Indirect Effects
	Chen, Kelly (Boise State University): Better Students? Better Teachers, or Just Better Grades?
	P. Laliberté, Jean-William (University of Toronto): Long-term Contextual Effects in Education: Schools and Neighborhoods of Montreal

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: International Macroeconomic Policy / Macroéconomie internationale et politiques
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Intungane, Doriane (Ryerson University)
Papers	Friedrich, Christian (Bank of Canada): The International Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy - Evidence from Canada
	Rodriguez, Cesar M (Portland State University): The Role of Inflation Targeting in Debt Denomination in Developing Countries
	Intungane, Doriane (Ryerson University): A Cross-Country Analysis of the Necessity for Macroprudential Policy Coordination

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Session 3: Energy and Environmental Policies: Incentives and Outcomes / Énergie et politiques environnementales - Incitatifs et résultats
Organizer	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Chair	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Papers	Schaufele, Brandon N. (Western University): Politicians, Pollution and Performance in the Workplace: The Effect of PM on MPs
	Rivers, Nicholas (University of Ottawa): Gasoline Price and New Vehicle Fuel Efficiency: Evidence from Canada
	Thivierge, Vincent (Canada's Ecofiscal Commission): Provincial carbon pricing and competitiveness pressures: The case of cement trade
Discussants	Goetz, Daniel (Princeton University); Leung, Danny (Statistics Canada); Najjar, Nouri (University of British Columbia)

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Games and Information / Jeux et information
Organizer	Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University)
Chair	de Lamirande, Patrick (Cape Breton University)
Papers	Kim, Soo Jin (Michigan State University): Privacy, Information Acquisition, and Vertical Integration
	Xie, Erhao (University of Toronto): Identifying Incomplete Information Games without Bayesian Nash Equilibrium
	de Lamirande, Patrick (Cape Breton University): Dynamic Collusion Under Delegation Supergame

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics II / Économie financière II
Organizer	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Chair	Lim, Paul (University of Toronto)
Papers	Cimon, David (Bank of Canada): Crowdfunding and Risk
	Fazel, Ehsan (Concordia University): The Concept of Market Efficiency in Commodity Futures Markets
	Lim, Paul (University of Toronto): Mortgage Securitization and Deposits

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Microeconometrics / Banque du Canada : Microéconométrie
Organizer	Huynh, Kim (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Huynh, Kim (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Chen, Heng (Bank of Canada): The Mode is the Message: Analyzing Mode Effects via Past Survey Experience
	Clair, Luc (McMaster University): Probability-Weighted Nonparametric Conditional PDF Estimation
	Messacar, Derek (Statistics Canada): Intra-Household Labour Income Responses to Changes in Tax Rates among Older Workers
Discussants	Sloczynski, Tymon (Brandeis University); Webb, Matt (Carleton University); Yamaguchi, Shintaro (McMaster University)

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHWEN/CWEN/CLEF Session: Families in China and Canada / Séance CHWEN-RFÉ-FCET: La famille en Chine et au Canada
Organizers	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University) Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Papers	Lao, Yehui (South China Normal University): The Short Term and the Long Term Effects of Sibship Size: Evidence from China
	Gu, Hejun (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology): Fertility, Female Labor Force Participation and Economic Growth in Transition Periods: An empirical study in urban China
	Feng, Jin (Fudan University): Retirement and Grandchild Care in Urban China

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle du PEF
Organizer	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)
Chair	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Statistics Canada's Education Longitudinal Linkage Platform / La plateforme de couplage longitudinal en éducation de Statistique Canada
Organizer	Gauthier, Sylvie (Statistics Canada)
Chair	Bourbeau, Emmanuelle (Government of Canada)
Papers	Gauthier, Sylvie (Statistics Canada): What is the Education Longitudinal Linkage Platform (ELLP)?
	Mehta, Janm (Alberta Advanced Education): Labour Market Premiums Associated with Post-Secondary Education in Alberta Using Linked Institution and Tax Data
	Hinchley, Christine (Statistics Canada): Postsecondary Education Student Pathway Indicator: Examples from a Pilot Project using Maritime University Data

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Welfare and Poverty / Protection sociale et pauvreté
Organizers	Dellis, Arnaud (Université du Québec à Montréal) Garon, Jean-Denis (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Chair	Anderson, Gordon (University of Toronto)
Papers	Mascella, Allison (University of Waterloo): Child Time and Income in Canadian Households
	Dalkir, Mehmet (University of New Brunswick): Distribution of Wealth, Redistribution, and Economic Growth
	Anderson, Gordon (University of Toronto): On Shrinking the Planner's Choice Set in Multiple Wellbeing Comparisons

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Sovereign Debt and Monetary Policy / Dette souveraine et politique monétaire
Organizer	Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University)
Chair	Akram, Tanweer (Thrivent Financial)
Papers	Dwyer, Allan (Mount Royal University): Elections in Frontier Markets: Differential Sovereign Bond and Equity Market Premia During Periods Intense Internal Violence
	Talukdar, Bidyut Kumar (Saint Mary's University): Organization Capital and Optimal Monetary Policy Inertia
	Akram, Tanweer (Thrivent Financial): The Economics of Helicopter Money
	Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University): What Drives Long-Term Government Bond Yields in Canada?
Discussants	Akram, Tanweer (Thrivent Financial); Sarker, Subrata (Bank of Canada); Talukdar, Bidyut Kumar (Saint Mary's University); Dwyer, Allan (Mount Royal University)

09:00-10:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
History of Economic Thought / Histoire de la pensée économique
Chair	Cross, Melvin (Dalhousie University)
Papers	Sampaio, Elias (Ministry of Planning, Development and Management of Brasil): Celso Furtado: Tensions and Contradictions about the Manpower Problem in his Classical Book "Economic Formation of Brazil"
	Cross, Melvin (Dalhousie University): Arthur Hadley on Railroad Regulation, Competition, and Industry Policy
Discussants	Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University)

10:30-11:00	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

10:30-11:00	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Undergraduate Student Poster Session / Séance de présentation d'affiches d'étudiants

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Health / La santé
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Hongdilokkul, Natt (Simon Fraser University)
Papers	Akude, Philip (University of Alberta): Price Shocks and Child Health Outcomes: The Case of Cocoa Price Boom in Ghana
	Sarkhel, Prasenjit (University of Kalyani/Virginia Tech): Does In-premise Water reduce Open Defecation? Evidence from India
	Christian, Cornelius (St. Francis Xavier University): Can Cash Transfers Prevent Suicides? Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
	Hongdilokkul, Natt (Simon Fraser University): Welfare Analysis of the Universal Health Care Program in Thailand

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Labour / Le travail
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Kiendrebeogo, Youssouf (World Bank)
Papers	Duplantier, Anne (Université de Sherbrooke): La migration interne, levier de l'emploi des jeunes au Ghana ?
	Kiendrebeogo, Youssouf (World Bank): Why do some oil-rich countries perform better than others? Evidence from long run changes in child mortality and education attainment
Discussants	Naito, Hisahiro (University of Tsukuba); Kiendrebeogo, Youssouf (World Bank); Duplantier, Anne (Université de Sherbrooke)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Econometric Theory II / Théorie économétrique II
Organizer	Jasiak, Joann (York University)
Chair	Leo, Teng Wah (Saint Francis Xavier University)
Papers	Godwin, Ryan (University of Manitoba): Estimating the Size of Hidden Populations in Economics Using Truncated Count Data
	Boucher, Vincent (Université Laval): The Estimation of Network Formation Games with Positive Spillovers
	Li, Fuchun (Bank of Canada): Do Booms Must Result in Busts? Predicting House Price Corrections in Canadian Local Markets
Discussants	Leo, Teng Wah (Saint Francis Xavier University); Godwin, Ryan (University of Manitoba); Boucher, Vincent (Université Laval)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Natural Resources and the Macroeconomy / Ressources naturelles et macroéconomie
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Behzadan, Nazanin (Ryerson University)
Papers	Belem, Daouda (Université Laval): Endogenous Oil Production and Fluctuations in a Closed Economy Framework
	Peter, Jeffrey (University of Ottawa): Provincial Differences in the Effects of Oil Shocks
	Behzadan, Nazanin (Ryerson University): Does Inequality Drive the Dutch Disease? Theory and Evidence

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Exchange Rates / Les taux de change
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	van Oordt, Maarten R.C. (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Hess, Kristina (Bank of Canada): Understanding the Time-Variation in Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Import Prices
	Zhao, Hong (McGill University): International Currency, Trend Inflation, and Indeterminacy
	van Oordt, Maarten R.C. (Bank of Canada): On the Value of Virtual Currencies

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Access to Health Care / L'accès aux soins de santé
Chair	Smith, Justin (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Papers	Oguzoglu, Umut (University of Manitoba): How Far is Too Far? The Effect of Physician Relocation on Healthcare Utilisation and Health Outcomes
	Gibson, Grant (McMaster University): Oh Brother How Art Thou? Variation in Propensity to Report Unmet Need
	Golo, Kossi Thomas (Université Laval): Do Waiting Times Affect Health Outcomes? Evidence from Elective Surgeries in Quebec
Discussants	Wei, Lan (McMaster University); Basu, Kisalaya (Health Canada); Watt, Jenny (Queen's University)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Inequality and Segregation / Inégalités et ségrégation
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Corak, Miles (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Akbari, Mahsa (Simon Fraser University): Age of Leaving Parental Home, Future Incomes, and Intergenerational Mobility
	Cornelson, Kirsten (University of Toronto): Residential Segregation and Social Segregation by Race
	Djabir, Twahibu Kambi (Government of Canada): Intergenerational Mobility in Canada: New Evidence on Educational Mobility
	Corak, Miles (University of Ottawa): Divided Landscapes of Economic Opportunity: The Canadian Geography of Intergenerational Income Mobility

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Labour Markets III: Issues on Employment / Marchés du travail III: L'emploi
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Leonard, Phil (University of New Brunswick)
Papers	Bourbeau, Emmanuelle (Government of Canada): La dynamique du marché du travail depuis la dernière récession
	Murray, Alexander (Centre for the Study of Living Standards): The Effect of Import Competition on Employment in Canada: Evidence from the 'China Shock'
	Leonard, Phil (University of New Brunswick): Why did the "Great Recession" have no Impact on the Rate of Self Employment?: Evidence from Longitudinal Canadian Tax Data

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Education III: Externalities from Educational Markets / Éducation III: Marchés de l'éducation et effets externes
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Kalinina-Foltin, Zinaida (Western University)
Papers	Gong, Yifan (Western University): The Consumption Value of College
	Haisken-DeNew, John (University of Melbourne): Unawareness and Selective Disclosure: The Effect of School Quality Information on Property Prices
	Kalinina-Foltin, Zinaida (Western University): Peer Effects in MBA Program
Discussants	Bennet, Susan (Government of Canada); Kalinina-Foltin, Zinaida (Western University); Gong, Yifan (Western University)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Intellectual Property Rights / Les droits de propriété intellectuelle
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Sandoval Hernandez, Aldo (Western University)
Papers	Stoyanov, Andrey (York University): Home Country Bias in the Legal System: Empirical Evidence from the Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Canada
	Santilli, Diego (University of Ottawa): The Impact of the Madrid Protocol on Canada's Trademark Activity
	Sandoval Hernandez, Aldo (Western University): New Exporter Dynamics: Learning and Self-Selection with Incomplete Information

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Tkacz, Greg (Saint Francis Xavier University)
Speaker	Swanson, Norman (Rutgers University)
Topic	Big Data Analytics in Economics: What Have We Learned so Far, and Where Should We Go From Here?

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Special Lecture / Conférence spéciale d'Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
Organizer	Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Chair	Macaluso, Nick (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Speaker	Fowlie, Meredith (University of California, Berkeley)
Topic	Field Experiments in Environmental Economics

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CIRANO-PHELPS-RIIB: If I Could Change One Aspect of Canadian Competition Law or Policy / Si je pouvais changer un seul aspect des lois ou des politiques en matière de concurrence
Organizers	Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal) Ross, Thomas W. (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Tombak, Mihkel (University of Toronto)
Panelists	Winter, Ralph (University of British Columbia)
	Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal)
	Duplantis, Renée (The Brattle Group)
	Gunderson, Alan (Competition Bureau)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Choice / Choix
Organizers	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University) Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
Chair	Sarr, Ibrahima (Université Laval)
Papers	Vadovic, Radovan (Carleton University): Free to Choose: Testing the Pure Motivation Effect of Autonomous Choice
	Zrill, Lanny (Langara College): Computational Difficulty and Stochastic Choice: An Experiment
	Sarr, Ibrahima (Université Laval): Correlation Neglect and Decision Making over Time

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Issues Related to Consumer Price Indices / Les indices des prix à la consommation
Organizer	Baldwin, Andy (Andrew Baldwin Consultants)
Chair	Yu, Kam (Lakehead University)
Papers	Baldwin, Andy (Andrew Baldwin Consultants): Why the Bank of Canada's Target Rate of Inflation Should Be Lowered Rather Than Raised
	Astin, John (Royal Statistical Society): What Should An Inflation Index Be Measuring?
	Yu, Kam (Lakehead University): Price Trends of Digital Consumer Products: The Case of Smartphone
Discussants	MacEwen, Angella (Canadian Labour Congress)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN Session: Disabilities and Public Policy / Séance du RFÉ: Les politiques publiques en matière de déficiences
Organizer	Welling, Linda A. (University of Victoria)
Papers	Turner, Laura (University of Toronto): Household Responses to Individual Shocks: Disability and Labor Supply
	Welling, Linda A. (University of Victoria): Choosing Life Together: Modelling Community among Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
	Rana, Saeed (McMaster University): On the Dynamics of the Ontario Disability Support Program
Discussants	Chen, Kelly (Boise State University); Burton, Peter S (Dalhousie University); Turner, Laura (University of Toronto)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Panel: New Research on Economic Transformation in Canada / Table ronde du PEF: Les recherches récentes sur les transformations économiques au Canada
Organizer	Aquanno, Scott (University of Toronto)
Chair	MacLean, Brian K. (Laurentian University)
Panelists	Aquanno, Scott (University of Toronto)
	Prange-Martin, Laurie A. (Aalborg University)
	Sepulveda, Edgardo (Sepulveda Consulting Inc)
	Southway, Nigel (TBM Advocate)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS: Trends in Well-Being in Canada / Les tendances en matière de bien-être au Canada
Organizer	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Riddell, W. Craig (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University): Canada's Middle Class -- Forever Further Behind?
	Beard, Richard (University of Ottawa): The Inclusion of Natural Resource Wealth in the Index of Economic Well-being: Results for OECD Countries, 1980-2013
	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for the Study of Living Standards): The Human Development Index in Canada: Ranking the Provinces and Territories Internationally, 2000-2015
Discussants	Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo); May, Douglas (Memorial University of Newfoundland); Anderson, Gordon (University of Toronto)

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Mechanism Design / Conception de mécanismes
Organizers	Horan, Sean (Université de Montréal) Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Semenov, Aggey (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Cheng, Qingqing (Concordia University): Optimal Majority Rule in Referenda
	Maslov, Alexander (Carleton University): Second-Price Auctions and Finite Posted Prices
	Semenov, Aggey (University of Ottawa): Common Agency Equilibria with Direct Mechanisms and Discrete Types

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Corporate Finance / Le financement des entreprises
Organizer	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Chair	Erdemir, Aytac (Nibio)
Papers	Anglin, Paul (University of Guelph): How do CEO Political Leanings Affect REIT Business Decisions?
	Chippin, Daniel (University of Toronto): Large Shareholders in Corporate Votes: A Strategic Voting Approach
	Vamossy, Domonkos (University of Pittsburgh): An Event Study Approach for Capturing Investor Sentiment
	Erdemir, Aytac (Nibio): Mandatory Inclusion of Female Directors on Corporate Boards

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Local Labour Markets / Les marchés du travail locaux
Organizers	Marchand, Joseph (University of Alberta) Serafinelli, Michel (University of Toronto)
Chair	Marchand, Joseph (University of Alberta)
Papers	Chan, Jeff (Wilfrid Laurier University): Do Labour Market Institutions Exacerbate or Ameliorate Import Shocks?
	Boudribila, Youssef (ESDC): Occupational and Regional Aspects of Job Search and Matching in Canada
	Wong, Po Yin (Norwegian School of Economics): Weather Shocks and Gender Gap in Labor Supply Elasticities
	Tyndall, Justin (University of British Columbia): Going Nowhere Fast: Urban Mobility and Employment Outcomes

11:00-12:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CNEH: Canadian Development in the Long Run / RCHE: Le développement du Canada à long terme
Organizer	Keay, Ian (Queen's University)
Chair	Emery, J C Herbert (University of New Brunswick)
Papers	Davies, James B. (Western University): Filling the Gap: Examining Canadian Wealth Inequality Over the Long Run
	Dorval, Bill (Queen's University): Manufacturing and Credit Ratings in Late Nineteenth Century Canada
	Keay, Ian (Queen's University): Do Infant Industries Mature? Canadian Trade Patterns and Trade Policy, 1870-1913
Discussants	Emery, J C Herbert (University of New Brunswick); Lewis, Joshua (Université de Montréal); Alexander, Patrick (Bank of Canada)

12:30-14:00	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Lunch / lunch

12:30-14:15	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Purvis Lunch / Dîner Purvis
Chair	Redish, Angela (University of British Columbia)
Speaker	Di Tella, Rafael (Harvard University)
Topic	Populism and the Charm of Incompetent Politicians

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Conflict / Les conflits
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Karim, Ridwan (University of Toronto)
Papers	Anwar, Amar (Cape Breton University): Do Natural Disasters Aggravate Terrorist Activity in South Asia?
	Torres, Javier (Universidad del Pacifico): Effects of Runoff Voting Rules on Number of Parties, Fiscal Balance and Candidates' Years of Education: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Peru
	Karim, Ridwan (University of Toronto): Electoral Reform, Clientelism and Health Outcomes in Brazil

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Finance / Finance
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Voia, Marcel-Cristian (Carleton University)
Papers	Zhou, Shiqu (Simon Fraser University): Repeated Loans, Enforcement and Learning
	Voia, Marcel-Cristian (Carleton University): Financial Development and the Duration of Banking Crise

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Macroeconometrics / Macroéconométrie
Organizer	Jasiak, Joann (York University)
Chair	Saunders, Charles (Western University)
Papers	Chernis, Tony (Bank of Canada): A Three-Frequency Dynamic Factor Model for Nowcasting Canadian Provincial GDP growth
	Koroglu, Mustafa (University of Guelph): Growth and debt: An Endogenous smooth coefficient approach
	Vigie, Thomas (Simon Fraser University): What Can We Learn from Combining Euler Equations ?
Discussants	Vigie, Thomas (Simon Fraser University); Chernis, Tony (Bank of Canada); Koroglu, Mustafa (University of Guelph)

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Monetary Policy II / GCEM: Politique monétaire II
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Alpanda, Sami (University of Central Florida)
Papers	Robitaille, Marie-Noëlle (Bank of Canada): Output Gaps and Inflation
	Hasanzadeh, Samira (Carleton University): Interest rates and Capacity Utilization: An Empircal Assessment
	Alpanda, Sami (University of Central Florida): Household Debt Overhang and Transmission of Monetary Policy

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Productivity III / GCEM: Productivité III
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Yip, Terry (McMaster University)
Papers	Bento, Pedro (University of Toronto): Competition, Innovation, and the Number of Firms
	Sohail, Faisal (Washington University in St. Louis): Firm Dynamics and the Small Firm Effect
	Yip, Terry (McMaster University): Productivity, Political Economy, and Intellectual Property Rights

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Empirical Health Economics I / Économie empirique de la santé I
Chair	Oguzoglu, Umut (University of Manitoba)
Papers	Ward, Courtney (Dalhousie University): Health Policy in the Face of Heterogeneous Externalities: The Case of Influenza Vaccination
	Li, Ning (Rutgers University): Health Shocks and Household Labor Supply: Instantaneous and Adaptive Behavior of an Aging Workforce
	Isabelle, Maripier (University of Toronto): Less for More: The Impact of Targeted Financial Incentives on Physicians' Practice Diversification and Labour Supply

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Labour Markets IV: Skills, Wages and Matching / Marchés du travail IV: Compétences, salaires et concordance
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Yamaguchi, Shintaro (McMaster University)
Papers	Guo, Liang (Concordia University): A Structural Analysis of Wage Effects of Temporary Schooling Interruption
	Park, Youngmin (Bank of Canada): Earnings Dynamics and Returns to Skills
	Siow, Aloysius (University of Toronto): Occupational Choice and Matching in the Labor Market

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Education IV: Paying for Education / Éducation IV: Payer pour s'instruire
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Xie, Xiaodi (Government of Canada)
Papers	Mang, Colin (Government of Canada): The Impact of Tuition Fee Increases on the Demand for Liberal and Vocational University Programs
	Wang, Linda (University of Toronto): How Student Financial Aid Affects Retention in the Canadian Post-secondary Education System
	Xie, Xiaodi (Government of Canada): Education, Information-Processing Skills and the Use of Employment Insurance

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Frictional Markets and Liquidity / Banque du Canada : Marchés frictionnels et liquidités
Organizer	Davoodalhosseini, Mohammad (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Davoodalhosseini, Mohammad (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Sun, Hongfei (Amy) (Queen's University): A Macroeconomic Theory of Banking Oligopoly
	Choi, Bong Geun (University of Chicago): Does Financial Innovation Increase Inequality?: A Competitive Search Approach
	Davoodalhosseini, Mohammad (Bank of Canada): Inventory Risk and Market Liquidity
Discussants	MacGee, Jim (Western University); Davis, Andrew (Acadia University)

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Policy and Trade in Theory / Commerce et politiques - Théorie
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Smith, Arthur (Boston University)
Papers	Chisik, Richard (Ryerson University): International Trade and Labor Market Discrimination
	Dluhosch, Barbara (Helmut Schmidt University / University FAF Hamburg): Clubbing in Trade Policies: How Much a Threat to Multilateral Governance?
	Smith, Arthur (Boston University): Training for the Future: Firm and Worker Responses to Trade Liberalization

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Chair	Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University)
Speaker	Snowberg, Erik (University of British Columbia)
Topic	Econographics: The Foundations of Economic Behaviour

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Commodity Prices / Les prix des produits de base
Organizer	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary)
Chair	Spiewanowski, Piotr (Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Papers	Ntantamis, Christos (Dalhousie University): Synchronization of Cycles in Commodity Prices
	Williams, Olayinka (Imperial College): The Welfare Effects of Strategic Storage Use in Deregulated Electricity Markets
	Spiewanowski, Piotr (Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences): Exogenous Supply Shocks and Commodity Prices: Evidence from Potash Mine Disasters

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Research from the Productivity Partnership / Recherche de la Partenariat productivité
Organizer	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Chair	Brown, Mark (Statistics Canada)
Papers	Skogstad, Karl (Lakehead University): A Half-Century of Stagnation: Labour Productivity in Ontario's Gold Mining Industry
	Spencer, Byron Grant (McMaster University): What Rates of Productivity Growth Would Be Required to Offset the Effects of Population Aging? A Study of Twenty Industrialised Countries
	De Fuentes, Claudia (Saint Mary's University): Effect Of Policy Incentives And The Geography Of Exports To Foster Innovation In Canadian Firms.
Discussants	Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada); Petrunia, Robert (Lakehead University); Acharya, Ram (Industry Canada)

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Competitive Strategies / Les stratégies concurrentielles
Organizer	Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University)
Chair	Wang, Xiaoting (Acadia University)
Papers	McLeod, Alexander (Queen's University): Competitive Implicit Contracts with Sticky Regular and Sale Prices
	Song, Yang (University of Calgary): Price Matching and Strategic Investment in Advertising
	Wang, Xiaoting (Acadia University): Flow-Performance Relationship and Risk-Taking Behaviour in Mutual Fund Tournaments

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Risk and Risk Management / Risque et gestion du risque
Organizer	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Chair	Rodriguez Rondon, Gabriel (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Lee, Minjoon (Carleton University): Forced Retirement Risk and Portfolio Choice
	Duprey, Thibaut (Bank of Canada): How to Predict Financial Stress? An Assessment of Markov Switching Models
	Pysarenko, Sergiy (University of Guelph): A Blended Portfolio Construction Technique using Fundamentals and the Markowitz Mean-Variance Methodology
	Rodriguez Rondon, Gabriel (Bank of Canada): Operational Disruptions in Payments Systems

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Empirical Models Using Canadian Payments Data / Banque du Canada : Modèles empiriques et données canadiennes sur les paiements
Organizer	Chapman, James (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Chapman, James (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Chapman, James (Bank of Canada): The Bank of Canada's Exposure to Default Risk in Canada's Large Value Transfer System
	Sabetti, Leonard (Payments Canada): Assessing Credit Risk in the Automated Clearing Settlement System
	Galbraith, John W (McGill University): Tall Data from the Payments System: Nowcasting and Event Studies with the ACSS and LVTS

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN Session: Financial Flows in Small Open Economies / Séance du RFÉ: Les flux financiers dans les petites économies ouvertes
Organizer	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Chair	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Papers	Raghavan, Mala (University of Tasmania): Macro-Financial Effects of Portfolio Flows: Malaysia's Experience
	Pasricha, Gurnain (Bank of Canada): Policy Rules for Capital Controls
Discussants	Djeutem, Edouard (Simon Fraser University); Claus, Edda (Wilfrid Laurier University)

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
IRPP Lecture: Towards More Inclusive Canadian Trade Policy - Overview Presentation of an Interdisciplinary, Multi-Year Research Initiative / Séance de l'IRPP: Vers une politique commerciale canadienne plus inclusive
Organizer	Tapp, Stephen (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Chair	Tapp, Stephen (Institute for Research on Public Policy)
Papers	Tapp, Stephen (Institute for Research on Public Policy): Canadian Trade Policy at a Crossroads: Navigating New Global Realities
Discussants	Tombe, Trevor (University of Calgary); Doyle, Diana (OECD)

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CSLS-PEF Panel: Investment in Children: Driver of the Future Living Standards of Canadians / Table ronde CSLS-PEF: Les investissements en faveur des enfants, moteur du niveau de vie des Canadiens dans l'avenir
Organizer	Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for the Study of Living Standards)
Chair	Fortin, Pierre (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Panelists	Cleveland, Gordon (University of Toronto Scarborough)
	Ivanova, Iglika (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
	Milligan, Kevin (University of British Columbia)
	Murphy, Doug (Employment and Social Development Canada)
	Phipps, Shelley (Dalhousie University)

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Policy / Politiques publiques
Organizers	Horan, Sean (Université de Montréal) Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Fellows, Garret Kent (University of Calgary)
Papers	Keutiben Njopmouo, Octave (Université de Moncton): Dismantling a State Monopoly: Insights from Theory
	You, Jong (Algoma University): The Economics of Nature: Constrained Dynamic Optimization in Nature
	Fellows, Garret Kent (University of Calgary): Making an Impact or Playing with Models? Factor Supply Assumptions in Input-Output and CGE Models

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Public Policies / Les politiques publiques
Organizers	Dellis, Arnaud (Université du Québec à Montréal) Garon, Jean-Denis (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Chair	Lavecchia, Adam M. (University of Toronto)
Papers	Cao, Zhan (Tongji University): Extending Retirement Age and Increasing Consumption
	Hashmi, Sarmad (Yokohama National University): Effect of Public Policy on Low-income Housing in Pakistan
	Lavecchia, Adam M. (University of Toronto): Minimum Wage Policy with One- and Two-Person Households
Discussants	Robinson, Baxter (University of Toronto); Craig, Andrea (Queen's University); Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University)

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMHC Session: Prices, Income and Indebtedness in Housing Markets / Prix, revenus et endettement dans les marchés de l'habitation
Organizer	Deschamps-Laporte, Jean-Philippe (Örebro University - CMHC)
Chair	Deschamps-Laporte, Jean-Philippe (Örebro University - CMHC)
Papers	Basiri, Kiana (HEC Montréal - CMHC): Income Falsification on Mortgage Applications: Evidence From Canadian Housing Market
	Deschamps-Laporte, Jean-Philippe (Örebro University - CMHC): Examination of the Housing Wealth Effect in British Columbia
	ab Iorwerth, Aled (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation): Looking At The Drivers Of Higher Home Prices In Select Canadian Cities
	Bonen, Anthony (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation): Assessing the Drivers of Housing Prices in Major Urban Centres: A Mixed Effects Approach

14:15-15:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CNEH: Long Run Evidence and Analysis Based on Historical Documents / RCHE: Démonstrations à long terme et analyses fondées sur des documents historiques
Organizer	Keay, Ian (Queen's University)
Chair	Keay, Ian (Queen's University)
Papers	Feir, Donna Leanne (University of Victoria): The Destruction of the Bison, Treaty Making, and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains
	Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University): 19th Century US Foreign Trade as Seen from Postal Data
Discussants	Dorval, Bill (Queen's University); Sugden, Roger (University of British Columbia)

15:45-16:15	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

15:45-17:15	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
undergraduate Student Poster Session / Séance de présentation d'affiches d'étudiants

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: First Nations / Les Premières Nations
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Feir, Donna Leanne (University of Victoria)
Papers	Lamb, Laura (Thompson Rivers University): Does Cultural Attachment Promote Wellbeing for Canada's Indigenous Population?
	Rice, Derek (University of Ottawa): The Impact of Education Decentralization on High School Attendance and Completion: Evidence from First Nation Education Self-Government Agreements in Canada
	Jones, Maggie (Queen's University): Culture and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Discussants	Schirle, Tammy (Wilfrid Laurier University); Matheson, Jesse (University of Leicester); Semenov, Aggey (University of Ottawa)

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Remittances/Development / Envois de fonds/Développement
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Akhter, Tahsina (University of Ottawa)
Papers	Chowdhury, Mohammad (Carleton University): Who Remits and Why? The Case of Bangladesh
	Abdullah, Md (University of Manitoba): Does FDI Promote Domestic Investment? Evidence From Panel Data Methods
	Rose Taylor, Sara (Wilfrid Laurier University): Working out the Kinks: Statistical Constraints and Millennium Development Goal Evaluation
	Akhter, Tahsina (University of Ottawa): The Use of Remittances on Household Non-Food Expenditures: The Case of Bangladesh

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CESG: Panel and Space-Time Data / Panel et données espace-temps
Organizer	Jasiak, Joann (York University)
Chair	Godwin, Ryan (University of Manitoba)
Papers	Charles Olivier, Mao Takongmo (Université du Québec à Montréal): Measuring Granger Causality in Data Rich Environment
	Saunders, Charles (Western University): Space-Time Autoregressive Models
	Kolobadia Ada, Nayihouba (Université de Montréal): Regularization approach to LIML estimator of dynamic panel data model
Discussants	Kolobadia Ada, Nayihouba (Université de Montréal); Charles Olivier, Mao Takongmo (Université du Québec à Montréal); Saunders, Charles (Western University)

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Fiscal Policy / Politique budgétaire
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Ilori, Ayobami (University of Sheffield)
Papers	Restout, Romain (Université de Lorraine): Imperfect Mobility of Labor across Sectors and Fiscal Transmission
	Gauvin-Coulombe, Raphaelle (Queen's University): Fiscal Policy, Government Ideology, and Economic Activity: New Evidence for OECD Countries
	Arbex, Marcelo (University of Windsor): Welfare Implications of AEoI
	Ilori, Ayobami (University of Sheffield): Tales of Two Countries: Cross-Border Fiscal Spillovers and Global Asset Market Participation
Discussants	Ilori, Ayobami (University of Sheffield); Arbex, Marcelo (University of Windsor); Gauvin-Coulombe, Raphaelle (Queen's University)

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Financial Frictions and Business Cycles / GCEM: Frictions financières et cycles économiques
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Salimibeni, Yasin (HEC Montréal)
Papers	El Ramli, Shadi (Concordia University): Race of shocks, the role of financial shocks in the Great Recession.
	Moran, Kevin (Université Laval): Financial Frictions in Macroeconomic Modelling: A Bayesian Evaluation
	Salimibeni, Yasin (HEC Montréal): On the Propagation and Amplification of Credit Shocks: The Role of Information Asymmetry

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CHESG: Empirical Health Economics II / Économie empirique de la santé II
Chair	Watson, Barry (University of New Brunswick)
Papers	Ebeid, Mohamed (University of Manitoba): The Impact of Children Onset Type I Diabetes on Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes in Early Adulthood
	Thomas, Stephanie (McMaster University): A Standardized Method for the Evaluation of Adherence to Practice Guidelines
	Alizadehsadrdaneshpour, Mina (University of Manitoba): A Dynamic Analysis of Diabetes and Employment in Canada

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Education V: Skills and Educational Achievement / Éducation V: Compétences et réussite scolaire
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	O'Gorman, Melanie (University of Winnipeg)
Papers	Bennet, Susan (Government of Canada): The Importance of Non-Cognitive Skills and Gender in Determining High School Performance and Post-Secondary Participation
	Bouaissa, Mohsen (Human Resources and Social Development Canada): The Decline in Literacy and Numeracy Skills of Canadians between 2003 and 2012: Illusory or Real?
	O'Gorman, Melanie (University of Winnipeg): Understanding Educational Achievement in Inuit Nunangat: An Analysis of the Aboriginal Peoples Survey

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Effect of Government Programs on Labour Markets / L'effet des programmes gouvernementaux sur le marché du travail
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Becerra, Oscar (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Arcila-Vasquez, Andres Mauricio (University of Waterloo): On the Job Quality in Canada
	Morin, Lucie (Employment and Social Development Canada): EI and Labour Market Displacement
	Adams, Jason (Queen's University): Social Assistance Spells And Training Program Efficacy: Evidence From Ontario Works
	Becerra, Oscar (University of British Columbia): Labor Demand Responses to Payroll Taxes in an Economy with Wage Rigidity: Evidence from Colombia

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Labour Markets V: Wages and Occupations / Marchés du travail V: Salaires et emplois
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Cote, Louis-David (Government of Canada)
Papers	Gao, Hang (University of Waterloo): How the Market Rewards Academic Economists: Panel data evidence from Ontario
	Belley, Philippe (Kansas State University): The Returns to Work Experience and Occupational Tasks of Mothers
	Cote, Louis-David (Government of Canada): Determinants of Wages in Canada: an Analysis by Occupation and Province

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Exchange Rates / Les taux de change
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Ibn Boamah, Mustapha (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
Papers	Mnasri, Ayman (Queen's University): Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Monetary Policy: A Competitive Search Approach
	Mohsin, Mohammed (The University of Tennessee): Exchange Rate-Based Inflation Stabilization: A General Approach
	Djeutem, Edouard (Simon Fraser University): Commodity Currencies: Wealth Effects and FX Movements from Commodity Price Changes
	Ibn Boamah, Mustapha (University of New Brunswick Saint John): Real interest parity: A case of three trade blocs

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada Fellowship Special Lecture / Conférence de la Banque du Canada / Programme de bourses de recherche
Chair	Chapman, James (Bank of Canada)
Speaker	Lemieux, Thomas (University of British Columbia)
Topic	Middle-Class Wages in Canada and the United States

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Climate Policy / Politiques climatiques
Organizer	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary)
Chair	Leach, Andrew (University of Alberta)
Papers	Kollenbach, Gilbert (University of Hagen): Climate Policy and the Green Paradox: Extraction Costs matter
	Ahmadi, Younes (University of Calgary): How Effective Are Carbon Taxes in Reducing Emissions? Evidence from the Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax in British Columbia, Canada
	Leach, Andrew (University of Alberta): Optimal finite resource royalties in the presence of priced externalities
Discussants	Leach, Andrew (University of Alberta); Rivers, Nicholas (University of Ottawa); Kollenbach, Gilbert (University of Hagen)

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
APEC Panel: Measuring the Cost of Barriers to Interprovincial Trade and Labour Mobility / Table ronde du CEPA : Mesurer le coût des obstacles au commerce interprovincial et à la mobilité de la main-d'oeuvre
Organizer	Chaundy, David (Atlantic Provinces Economic Council)
Chair	Poschmann, Finn (Atlantic Provinces Economic Council)
Panelists	Tombe, Trevor (University of Calgary)
	Brown, Mark (Statistics Canada)
	Amirault, David (Bank of Canada)
	Chaundy, David (Atlantic Provinces Economic Council)

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEBERG: Assorted / Divers
Organizers	Kimbrough, Erik (Simon Fraser University) Moir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John)
Chair	Lacroix, Guy (Université Laval)
Papers	Childs, Jason (University of Regina): Economic Behaviour of Civil Servants
	Pulido, Diego (McGill University): An Experimental Test of the Role of Human Capital on Portfolio Choice
	Lacroix, Guy (Université Laval): Gender and Peer Effects in Social Networks
	McLean-Mckay, Marcie (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada): Initiating Budgeting Behaviour among Non-Budgeters: A Financial Literacy Pilot Conducted through the Carrot Rewards Mobile Application

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Market Structure and Firm Behaviour / Structure des marchés et comportement des entreprises
Organizer	Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University)
Chair	Yimga, Jules (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
Papers	Ray Chaudhuri, Amrita (University of Winnipeg): Mergers in Nonrenewable Resource Oligopolies and Environmental Policies
	Ebrahimi, Pouya (HEC Montreal): Tax-Efficient Strategies for a Multi-Plant Monopoly
	Saberianranjbar, Fatemeh (University of Ottawa): Market Structure and the Electoral Power of Special Interest Groups
	Yimga, Jules (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University): How Much do Consumers Really Value Air travel On-time Performance, and to What Extent are Airlines Motivated to Improve their On-time Performance?

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
PEF Keynote Address / Conférence principale du PEF
Organizer	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)
Chair	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)
Speaker	McAllister, Ian (Dalhousie University)
Topic	From Disaster Relief to Development?

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Micro Theory / Théorie micro
Organizers	Horan, Sean (Université de Montréal) Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Foltin, Peter (Western University)
Papers	Zhang, Chi (Boston University): Social Network Of Indirect Favor Exchange
	Barnett, Richard (Drexel University): The Fight-or-Flight Response to the Joneses
	Foltin, Peter (Western University): Asymmetric War: Why do the Weak Fight the Strong?

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Taxation / L'imposition
Organizers	Dellis, Arnaud (Université du Québec à Montréal) Garon, Jean-Denis (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Chair	Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University)
Papers	Gross, Till (Carleton University): Residence-based Capital Taxation in Open Economies with Infinitely-lived Dynasties
	Dodds, Stefan A. (University of Winnipeg): Differential Tax-transfer Salience and the Timing of Rebates
	Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University): Probabilistic Voting Over Nonlinear Income Taxes with International Migration

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
AEDSB: Empirical Evidence of Development Paradigms / AEEDB: Données empiriques sur les paradigmes de développement
Organizers	Chowdhury, Muhammad Murshed (University of New Brunswick) Reza, Abeer (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Akram, Tanweer (Thrivent Financial)
Papers	Aziz, Md Nusrate (Algoma University): Armed Conflict, Military expenses and FDI inflow
	Mozumder, Pallab (Florida International University): Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards and Internal Migration in Bangladesh
	Alam, Rafat (Grant Macewan University): Inclusion of Artisans in Global Production Chain: The Case of Entry of Jamdani and Jute Diversified Products (JDP) from Bangladesh to Canadian Market
Discussants	Douch, Mohamed (Royal Military College); Islam, Shahidul (Grant MacEwan University); Eskander, Shaikh Muhammed (Carleton University)

16:15-17:45	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CNEH: Urban-Centered Development in the Long Run / RCHE: Le développement axé sur la ville à long terme
Organizer	Keay, Ian (Queen's University)
Chair	Skogstad, Karl (Lakehead University)
Papers	Lewis, Joshua (Université de Montréal): The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire and the Long-Run Impact on European Cities
	Sugden, Roger (University of British Columbia): Economic Development of Interior British Columbia: A Case Study of Income and Wages in the Okanagan, 1911 - 1921
Discussants	Christian, Cornelius (St. Francis Xavier University); Skogstad, Karl (Lakehead University)

18:00-19:15	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Presidential Address / Discours de la présidente de l'ACE
Chair	Woolley, Frances (Carleton University)
Speaker	Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia)
Topic	Do Patents Work? Thickets, Trolls and Antibiotic Resistance

19:30-22:30	Saturday, June 3, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Lobster Banquet / Repas de homard
Sponsor	Analysis Group

06:30-08:30	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Breakfast / Petit déjeuner

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN: Mentoring Breakfast for Junior Economists / RFÉ : Déjeuner-mentorat pour les jeunes économistes
Organizers	Compton, Janice (University of Manitoba) Gugl, Elisabeth (University of Victoria)
Chairs	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University) Compton, Janice (University of Manitoba)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Business Cycles and Labour Markets / GCEM: Cycles économiques et marchés du travail
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Leyva, Gustavo (Banco de Mexico)
Papers	Davis, Andrew (Acadia University): Business Cycles and Movement Between Labour Markets in a Multi-Sector Economy
	Pollak, Andreas (University of Saskatchewan): Wage Setting and the Business Cycle
	Leyva, Gustavo (Banco de Mexico): Against All Odds: Job Search During the Great Recession

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Trade Agreements and Comparative Advantage / Accords commerciaux et avantage comparatif
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Pulido, José (University of British Columbia)
Papers	Nken, Moïse (Ryerson University): On the Role of Free Trade Agreements under Bound MFN Tariffs
	Najjar, Nouri (University of British Columbia): How do Manufacturers Respond to Environmental Regulation? Plant-Level Evidence from Canada.
	Pulido, José (University of British Columbia): Intra and Inter-Industry Misallocation and Comparative Advantage

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CDESG: Political Economy / Économie politique
Organizer	Grimard, Franque (McGill University)
Chair	Annen, Kurt (University of Guelph)
Papers	Kouamé, Wilfried Anicet (Université de Sherbrooke): Demand or Supply Side of Corruption: What drives firms' tax evasion in developing countries?
	Azad, Kalam (University of Ottawa): Migration and Democracy
	Annen, Kurt (University of Guelph): Why Aid-to-GDP Ratios?

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Productivity Partnership Data School I: Applications of Firm-Level Data in Canada / Travailler sur des données I: Les applications des données au niveau des entreprises au Canada
Organizer	Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Chair	Chernoff, Alex (Bank of Canada)
Panelists	Houle, Stephanie (McMaster University)
	Amundsen, Alexander (McGill University)
	Cardoso, Miguel (Western University)
	Ozdemir, Gorkem (HEC Montréal)
	Salimibeni, Yasin (HEC Montréal)
	De Fuentes, Claudia (Saint Mary's University)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Industry Studies / Études sectorielles
Organizer	Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University)
Chair	Chehab Eddine, Nour (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Min, Hyeck Ki (University of Alberta): Market Power and Generating Unit Outage Timing: The Evidence from Alberta's Electricity Market
	Lewis, Brian (Ministry of Finance): Ontario's Housing Market (Partly) Explained
	Chehab Eddine, Nour (Bank of Canada): Competitive Dynamics in the Canadian Retail Sector

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Economics III / Économie financière III
Organizer	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Chair	Pringle, David J (Carleton University)
Papers	Emmanuel, Dieu-Donne Donald (University of Ottawa): Campaign Contribution and Risk-Taking in the Financial Sector
	Roberts, Tom (Bank of Canada): The Cointegration of Stock Prices and Earnings, and the Early-Warning of Corrections in Equity Markets
	Pringle, David J (Carleton University): Do "Mergers of Equals" between Banks Contribute to Riskier Behavior by the Consolidated Banks?

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Bank of Canada: Monetary Policy and the Financial Sector / Banque du Canada : Politique monétaire et secteur financier
Organizer	Carter, Tom (Bank of Canada)
Chair	Carter, Tom (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Van der Ghote, Alejandro (Princeton University): Coordinating Monetary and Financial Regulatory Policies
	Ghossoub, Edgar (University of Texas at San Antonio): Commercial Banks, Credit Unions, and Monetary Policy
	Shukayev, Malik (University of Alberta): Monetary Policy Trade-Offs between Financial Stability and Price Stability
	Nuguer, Victoria (IADB): Tight Money-Tight Credit: Coordination Failure in the Conduct of Monetary and Financial Policies

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Assorted / Divers
Organizer	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary)
Chair	Quinton, Justin (Queen's University)
Papers	Agbola, Peter (Saint Mary's University): Analysis of Import Demand for Seaweed and its extract in the Americas: An Application of Heteroscedasticity Corrected Panel Estimation
	Geleta, Solomon (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus): On Using Deliberative/Citizens' Juries Approach to Measure Preference Heterogeneity within Choice Experiment Surveys: Valuing Watershed Protection
	Eskander, Shaikh Muhammed (Carleton University): Adaptive Capacity of SMEs, and (Mal)adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from Kenya and Senegal
	Galay, Gregory (University of Guelph): Crude oil spatial pricing dynamics: a cointegration approach
	Quinton, Justin (Queen's University): Correcting for Endogeneity and Assessing Scale Sensitivity in Contingent Valuation Studies

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Growth / La croissance
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Rehme, Guenther (TU Darmstadt)
Papers	Olfati, Ronak (University of Bradford): The Natural Resources Curse and Economic Growth: The Impact of Oil Revenue on Iran's Economic Growth
	Wibe, Jacob (Edison Innovation Foundation): The Impact of Edison: Thomas Edison's Contribution to Economic Growth
	Rehme, Guenther (TU Darmstadt): `Love of Wealth' and Economic Growth

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CETC: Economic Theory / Théorie économique
Organizers	Horan, Sean (Université de Montréal) Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)
Chair	Peng, Baochun (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Papers	Viianto, Lari Arthur (Universidad de Guanajuato): Simulating Association Formation by Network Search: Application to Japanese Nonprofit Organizations
	Morault, Pauline (Aix-Marseille School of Economics): Arranged Marriage: When Families Get Involved in the Marriage Market
	Peng, Baochun (Hong Kong Polytechnic University): Is Meritocracy Fair?
Discussants	Anglin, Paul (University of Guelph)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CPEG: Regional Policies / Les politiques régionales
Organizers	Dellis, Arnaud (Université du Québec à Montréal) Garon, Jean-Denis (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Chair	Martinez-Espineira, Roberto (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Papers	Islam, Shahidul (Grant MacEwan University): The Response of Government Spending to Resource Revenue Shocks: The Case of Alberta
	Hatcher, Martin (Cape Breton University): The Economic Effects of the Dissolution of the Former Town of Canso
	Martínez Espiñeira, Roberto (Memorial University of Newfoundland): Public Policies to Reduce the Risk of Mortality for Moose-Vehicle Collisions in Newfoundland: A Distributional Incidence Analysis
Discussants	Hickey, Ross (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus); Tyndall, Justin (University of British Columbia); Witte, Caroline (Erasmus School of Economics)

08:30-10:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Returns to Education II / Rendements de l'éducation II
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Voia, Marcel-Cristian (Carleton University)
Papers	Gupta, Samarth (Boston University): What Makes a Good Manager?: Evidence from an Insurance Firm in India
	Voia, Marcel-Cristian (Carleton University): Immigrant Earnings Returns to Post-Migration Education: Evidence for Canada by Admission Category, 1999-2013

10:00-10:30	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Coffee Break / Pause-café

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEA/ACEA State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances
Sponsor	CIRANO-PHELPS-RIIB
Chair	Gunderson, Alan (Competition Bureau)
Speaker	Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal)
Topic	Challenges and Pitfalls in Competition Policy Implementation

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Productivity Partnership Data School II: Improved Access to Economic Microdata in Canada / Travailler sur des données II: Un meilleur accès aux microdonnées au Canada
Organizers	Cheng, Franco (Ontario Ministry of Finance) Veall, Michael (McMaster University)
Chair	Spencer, Byron Grant (McMaster University)
Panelists	Lewis, Brian (Ministry of Finance)
	Leung, Danny (Statistics Canada)
	Storring, Thomas (Nova Scotia Department of Finance and Treasury Board)
	Lacroix, Guy (Université Laval)
	McDonald, Ted (University of New Brunswick)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Financial Literacy and Individual Investors / Littératie financière et investisseurs individuels
Organizer	Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)
Chair	Maynard, Alex (University of Guelph)
Papers	Kalmi, Panu (University of Vaasa): Gender Gap in Financial Literacy: Evidence from Finland
	Robertson, Adriana (Yale School of Management): From the Horse's Mouth: What Matters to Individual Investors
	Maynard, Alex (University of Guelph): Long-Horizon Stock Valuation and Return Forecasts Conditional on Demographic Projections
Discussants	Maynard, Alex (University of Guelph); Kalmi, Panu (University of Vaasa); Robertson, Adriana (Yale School of Management)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CWEN Panel: The Tyranny of Distance / Table ronde du RFÉ: La tyrannie de la distance
Organizer	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Chair	Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Panelists	Welling, Linda A. (University of Victoria)
	Cyrus, Teresa (Dalhousie University)
	Raghavan, Mala (University of Tasmania)
	Nicholas, Joseline (Wilfrid Laurier University)

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CREE: Oil Price Shocks / Les chocs des prix pétroliers
Organizer	Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary)
Chair	Ellwanger, Reinhard (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Alexander, Patrick (Bank of Canada): U.S. Consumer Responses to the 2014-2015 Oil Price Shock: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey
	Kakeu, Johnson (Morehouse College): Capital-Resource Economies Under Recursive Preferences
	Ellwanger, Reinhard (Bank of Canada): What Caused the 2014-2015 Oil Price Drop? A Tale of Prices and Quantities

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CITSG: Capital Flows and FDI / Flux de capitaux et investissements étrangers directs
Organizer	Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary)
Chair	Wajda, Joanna (Centre for International Governance Innovation)
Papers	Hajzler, Chris (Bank of Canada): Expropriation Risk and FDI in Developing Countries: Does Return of Capital Dominate Return on Capital?
	Darku, Alexander Bilson (University of Lethbridge): Economic Openness, Sovereign Debt, and Debt Crisis: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
	Wajda, Joanna (Centre for International Governance Innovation): The Network Properties of Capital Flows: How Connected is the Global Financial System?

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CMSG: Macroeconomic Issues in Developing Economies / GCEM: Questions macroéconomiques et économies en développement
Organizer	Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)
Chair	Schroth, Josef (Bank of Canada)
Papers	Rahman, Md Mahbubur (McMaster University): The Rise and Fall of Q - A Tale of India's Relative Price of Investment
	Scarlett, Hubert (University of Manitoba): Transmission of U.S. Economic Shocks to Jamaica's Economy
	Schroth, Josef (Bank of Canada): Capital Flows to Developing Countries: Is there an Allocation Puzzle?

10:30-12:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
Teams and Information / Équipes et information
Organizer	Ferrer, Ana M. (University of Waterloo)
Chair	Haisken-DeNew, John (University of Melbourne)
Papers	Sadanand, Asha (University of Guelph): Optimal Team Composition
	Gilraine, Michael (University of Toronto): Identifying Skill Formation with Multi-dimensional Regression Discontinuity Designs
	Devereux, Kevin (University of Toronto): Estimating Own and Collaborative Skills in Team Production: The Case of Professional Tennis

12:00-13:00	Sunday, June 4, 2017	Loc. T.B.A.
CEA Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle de l'ACE