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September to May:
8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

June to August:
8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Seminars and Events

Seminars - Empirical Lunch Time Workshops - Events

2009 Seminars Listing
(in inverse chronological order)

Date
Name and Institute
Room
Contact
May 27 Andrés Lopez
University of Buenos Aires

TBT 319
14:30

Y Dissou
Seminars
Title: 'The impact of FDI on growth, employment and inequality: the Argentine experience'
 
May 22

Aylin Seçkin
Istanbul Bilgi University

DMS 10161
14:30
P Makdissi
Seminars
Title: Art Investment in Turkey
 
May 8 Douglas Hodgson
UQAM
DMS 10161
14:30
A Seçkin
Title: 'Some Recent Work on the Economics of the Market for Canadian Art'
(Dynamic Price...) / (Age-Price...)
 
May 1 Sonia Laszlo
McGill University
DMS 10161
14:30
L Hotte
Title: 'Ambiguity aversion and Portfolio Choice among subsistence farmers in Peru'
 
April 22 Pascale Combes Motel
Clermont Université
CERDI France
DMS 10161
11:30
N Ary Tanimoune
L Hotte
Title: “Deforestation and Credit cycles in Latin American Countries”
"Présentation en anglais, questions et discussion dans les deux langues officielles"
 
April 17 Michel Normandin
HEC - Montréal
DMS 10161
14:30
N Ary Tanimoune
Title: 'Measuring the Effects of Fiscal Policy'
 
April 3 Michel Roland
Université Laval
DMS 10161
14:30
P Makdissi
Title: 'Universal Service Obligations and Competition with Asymmetric Information' 
"Présentation en anglais, questions et discussion dans les deux langues officielles"
 
March 27 Daniel Parent
McGill University
DMS 10161
14:30
LP Morin
Title: 'Intergenerational Progress in Educational Attainment when Institutional Change Really Matters: A Case Study of Franco-Americans vs. French-Speaking Quebeckers'
 
March 13 Marc Bellemare
Duke University
DMS 10161
14:30
P Makdissi
Title: 'Household Welfare and Multi-Commodity Price Risk: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia'
 
March 12 David Green
UBC
TBT 0021
14:30
P Brochu
Title: 'The Value of Good Jobs: A General Equilibrium Perspective on a Recuring Debate'
 
March 6 Zhihao Yu
Carleton University
DMS 10161
14:30
L Hotte
Title: 'Demographic Dynamics and Economic Take-off : the Economic Impact of China’s Population – Control Policies'

2008 Seminars Listing
(in inverse chronological order)

Date
Name and Institute
Room
Contact
December 5 Justin Leroux
HEC - Montreal

DMS 10161
14:30

J Canton
Title:'Local Lyapunov exponents: Zero plays no role in forecasting chaotic systems'
 
November 21 Shlomo Yitzhaki
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
DMS 10161
14:30
P Makdissi

Joint Seminar with 'Seminar on Economics, Politics and Public Policy', Carleton
Title: Inequality Comparisions: The Role of Government and Demographic Structure

 
November 14 Marcelin Joanis
Université de Sherbrooke
DMS 10161
14:30
LP Morin
Title: "Sharing the Blame? Local Electoral Accountability and Centralized School Finance in California"
"Présentation en anglais, questions et discussion dans les deux langues officielles"
 
November 10 Pierre Pestieau
Université de Liège
DMS 3105
14:30
V Barham
Title: 'Unequal wages for equal utilities'
"Présentation en anglais, questions et discussion dans les deux langues officielles"
 
November 7 Charles Bellemare
Université Laval
DMS 10161
14:30
LP Morin
P Brochu
Title: ' Optimal Gift-giving under Different Labor Market Conditions: Assessing Relevance and Composition of Gifts using Field Experiments'
"Présentation en anglais, questions et discussion dans les deux langues officielles"
 
October 24 Nicolas Sahuguet
HEC
DMS 10161
14:30
J Canton
Title: Democratic Peace and Electoral Accountability
 
October 17 Leonard Nakamura
Federeral Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
DMS 10161
14:30
V Barham
Title: 'WalMart Prices: Implications and Explanation'

Empirical Lunch Time Workshops 2009
(in inverse chronological order)

Date
Name and Institute
Room
Contact
March 31 Sophie Bernard DMS 10143
11:30-12:30
P Brochu
LP Morin
Title : 'Remanufacturing: an answer to Porter'
       
March 24 Miles Corak
DMS 10143
11:30-12:30
P Brochu
LP Morin
Title: 'The intergenerational transmission of employers'
       
March 17 Jean-Thomas Bernard
DMS 10143
11:30-12:30
P Brochu
L-P Morin
Title: 'Péréquation et comportement stratégique des provinces, un contre-exemple'
 
March 11 Mahamat Hamit-Haggar
DMS 10143
11:30-12:30
P Brochu
L-P Morin
Title: 'TFP growth, Technological Progress, and Efficiency Changes: EmpiricalEvidence from
Canadian Manufacturing Industries'
 
February 3

Claudia de Fuentes
National Council of Science and Technology in Mexico

DMS 10143
11:30-12:30
P Brochu
LP Morin

Title : “Relationship between large firms´ knowledge spillovers and SMEs´ absorptive capacities:
Evidence for the machining industry in Mexico”

 
January 20 Paul Makdissi

DMS 10143
11:30-12:30

P Bochu
LP Morin
Title : "Pro-Poor Indirect Tax Reforms'

Empirical Lunch Time Workshops 2008
(in inverse chronological order)

Date
Name and Institute
Room
Contact
November 28 Yan Hou

DMS 10143
11:45-12:45

P Bochu
LP Morin
Title : "The Determinant Factors Concerning the Skill of Canadian International Immigrants:
Micro study using IALSS (2003)''
 
November 21 Marc Lavoie

DMS 10143
11:45-12:45

P Bochu
LP Morin
Title : ''Neoclassical empirical evidence on employment and production laws as artefact''
 
October 31 David Gray
DMS 10143
11:45-12:45
P Bochu
LP Morin
Title : "Seasonal Employment in Canada - Its Decline and its Persistence"
 
October 24 Nasser Ary Tanimoune
DMS 10143
11:45-12:45
P Bochu
LP Morin
Title : ''Fiscal rules in West African Franc CFA area: non-linear GMM preliminary results''
 
September 26 Serge Nadeau
DMS 10143
11:45-12:45
P Bochu
LP Morin
Title : ''Another look at the francophone wage gap in Canada''

2008-2009 Events Listing
(in inverse chronological order)

Date
Name and Institute
Contact
March 18 Wine and Cheese 4-7
Café Nostalgica
EGSA
 
Economics Week March 9-13
 
March 3

Julien Morisette
Supreme Court of Canada

S Coulombe
S Nazir
Undergraduate Lecture Series
Title : 'Une carrière en science économique dans le secteur public - Cour suprême du Canada'
 
10 février

Colin Busby
CD Howe Research Institute

V Barham
S Nazir
Undergraduate Lecture Series
Title : 'Careers in Economics in the non-for-profit sector - CD Howe Research Institute'
 
27 janvier

Stéphanie Arbez
Transport Canada

V Barham
S Nazir
Undergraduate Lecture Series
Title : 'Une carrière d'économiste dans le secteur public - Transport Canada'
 
23 janvier

Victoria Miller and John Galbraith
UQAM and McGill

V Barham
Visit external evaluators - Undergraduate Programs
 
November 25 Russell McDonnell
Royal Bank
V Barham
S Nazir
Undergraduate Lecture Series
Title: 'Careers in economics in Banking'
 
November 11 Jean-François Arsenault
Centre for the Study of Living Standards
G Grenier
S Nazir
Undergraduate Lecture Series
Title: 'Une carrière d’économiste dans le secteur sans but lucratif – Centre d’étude des niveaux de vie'
     
October 28 - 5 to 7 Président de séance :
Daniel Racette
Panélistes :
Clément Gignac, Financière Banque Nationale
Serge Coulombe, UO
Jean Boivin, HEC Montréal
S Coulombe
Table ronde sur la crise financière
L'ASDEQ, vous invite à un 5 à 7 organisé en collaboration avec le Département de science économique et l'École de gestion Telfer
 
October 28 Tara McGrath
Treasury Board
M Seccareccia
S Nazir
Undergraduate Lecture Series
Title : 'Careers in Economics in the public sector - Theasury Board PLUS / Applying for Scholarships for Graduate School'
 
October 14 Stéphane Jetté and Donald Adéa
Finance Canada
S Coulombe
S Nazir
Title: 'Une carrière d'économiste dans le secteur public'
 
September 23 Mark Ruddock
Statistics Canada, Coop Program Alumnus
K Day
Undergraduate Lecture Series
Title: 'Carrers in Economics - Statistics Canada and the uOttawa Coop Program'
 
Septembre 2-11 Ronan Congar
Université de Rouen
L Hotte
Title: 'Revision Mathematic Coures' Outline

 

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