Seminars

2009-2010

• December 2, 3:30 pm, Timlin Room, Arts 807, Cristina Echevarria (U of S), "Ethnicity in Canada, Conflict and Inequality Measures"
• November 4, 3:45 pm, Timlin Room, Arts 807, Saeed Moshiri (U of S), "Information Technology and Changing Workplace in Canada; Firm Level Evidence"
• October 21, 2009, Sajjadur Rahman, University of Saskatchewan, "The  Asymmetric Effects of Oil Price Shocks"
• October 2, 2009, Haizhen Mou, University of Saskatchewan, "The  Public-Private Mix in Health Care Expenditure in OECD Countries: An Empirical Investigation"

2008-2009

• June 17, 2009 - Andreas Pollak, University of Saskatchewan, Increasing R&D Intensity and Economic Growth
• June 17, 2009 - Joel Bruneau, University of Saskatchewan, Intensity Standards and the Race to the Bottom
• April 24, 2009 - Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Maternal Full-time Employment and Overweight Children: Parametric, Semi-parametric, and Non-Parametric Assessment
• March 25, 2009 - Chau Zhou, Boston Univerity, The Impact of Hospital Integration on Black-White in Morality: A Case Study of Motor Vehicle Accident Death Rates
• March 19, 2009 - Jean-Francois Wen, University of Calgary, Do Taxes Effect Economic Growth?
• March 18, 2009 - Jean-Francois Wen, University of Calgary, A Structural Estimation Model of Tax Progressivity and Self-Employment
• February 25, 2009 - Richard Gray, University of Saskatchewan, Firm Entry and Research Spillovers
• January 30, 2009 - Salam Abdus, Cornell University, Simulating the Impact of a ‘Fat Tax’ on Body Weight
• January 21, 2009 - Simo Goshev, McMaster University, Stress as a Pathway in the SES-Health Relationship: Evidence From the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
• December 15, 2008 - Courtney Ward, University of Toronto, Flu Shots, Work Absences, and Hospitalizations: Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure?
• November 26, 2008 - Steve Lehrer, Queen's University, Using Genetic Lotteries within Families to Examine the Causal Impact of Poor Health on Academic Achievement
• November 19, 2008 - Anna Klimina, University of Saskatchewan, The Myth of “Russian” Institutionalism: Michael Tugan-Baranovsky (1865-1919) and his doctrine of “ethical political economy
• October 24, 2008 - Deborah Figart, Richard Stockton College of NJ, The Complex Story of Wage Setting
• October 24, 2008 - Deborah Figart, Richard Stockton College of NJ, Understanding Job Quality in the 21st Century: Theory and Application
• October 18, 2008 - Conference on International Economics and Economics Research Invited Speakers: Amartya Lahiri, UBC; Alex Maynard, U of Guelph. Program
• October 1, 2008 - Hafedh Bouakez, HEC Montreal, Optimal Pass-Through of Oil Prices in an Economy with Nominal Rigidities
• September 24, 2008 - Alok Kumar, University of Victoria, Monetary Policy, Production, and Distribution

2007-2008

• May 28, 2008 - Andreas Pollak, University of Saskatchewan, Growth and Convergence when Technology and Human Capital are Complements and Joel Bruneau, University of Saskatchewan, Pollution Intensity and the Composition of Traded Goods
• March 19, 2008 - Jingang Zhao, University of Saskatchewan, The Maximal Payoff and Coalition Formation in an N-person Network Game
• March 5, 2008 - Natalya Dygalo, University of Saskatchewan, Wage Differentials between Firms: the Role of Unmeasured Ability
• February 29, 2008 - Stephane Mechoulan, University of Toronto, The External Effects of Black Male Incarceration on Black Females
• February 13, 2008 - Michael Devereux, UBC, Country Portfolios in Open Economy Macro Models
• February 6, 2008 - Murray Fulton, University of Saskatchewan, Strategy Licensing of Product Innovations
• January 28, 2008 - Padmaja Ayyagari, PhD. Candidate, Duke University, Do Health Shocks Affect Preventative Behavior?
• January 21, 2008 - Zhenxiang (Jenny) Zhao, PhD. Candidate, University of Illinois, Chicago, Effects of Urban Sprawl on Obesity
• January 18, 2008 - Sisira Sarma, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Health Canada, Ottawa, Do Physician Remuneration Schemes Matter? The Case of Canadian Family Physicians
• November 28, 2007 - Joel Bruneau, University of Saskatchewan, Canada's GHG Emissions: Trends and Implications
• November 21, 2007 - Ryan Compton, University of Manitoba, Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Stock Return Predictability
• October 24, 2007 - Andrew Leach, University of Alberta, Strategic Resource Extraction, Learning-by-Doing, and the Incidence of Environmental Taxes
• October 10, 2007 - Constance Smith, University of Alberta, Investment and the Exchange Rate: Short Run and Long Run Aggregate and Sector-Level Estimates (A shorter version is available here)
• October 5, 2007 - Tymofiy Mylovanov, University of Bonn, Diverging Opinions
• September 28, 2007 - Graham Voss, University of Victoria, Monetary policy and the exchange rate: evidence from a two country model

2006-2007

• May 30 & 31, 2007 - Health & Public Policy Association Conference - program, Keynote Speaker: Anthony Culyer, Why Social Policy Needs Extra-Welfarism (and Extra-Welfarism Needs Welfarism)
• April 5, 2007 - David Cushman, University of Saskatchewan, The Unlikely Unit Root in U.S. Real GDP
• March 28, 2007 - Stephen Ahiabu, University of Toronto, Inflation and the Underground Economy
• March 26, 2007 - Christopher D. Gerrard, World Bank Institute, Global Governance Without a Global Goverment: The Growth and Implications of Global Partnership Programs
• March 23, 2007 - Andreas Pollak, University of Freiburg, Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Heterogeneous Agents
• March 14, 2007 - Maxym Chaban, University of Saskatchewan, Modelling Commodity Currencies
• February 28, 2007 - Hikmet Gunay, University of Manitoba, Who will wait before buying? Strategic Delay and Dynamic Monopoly Pricing
• February 7, 2007 - Natalya Dygalo, University of Saskatchewan, On the Relationship between Unemployment Duration and Limited Job Opportunities for Older Workers
• January 23, 2007 - Enrique Martinez-Garcia, University of Wisconsin - Madison, A Monetary Model of the Exchange Rate with Asymmetrically-Dispersed Information
• January 22, 2007 - Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor, An Experimental Test of Taylor-Type Rules with Inexperienced Bankers
• January 17, 2007 - Janet Hua Jiang, Simon Fraser University, Banking Crises in Monetary Economics
• November 8, 2006 - Gillian Currie - Public preferences for priority setting of new pharmaceuticals: an application of a discrete choice experiment
• October 27, 2006 - Tasso Adamopoulos - Relative Stagnation Alla Turca
• October 18, 2006 - Rose Olfert - Canadian Interprovincial Migration Effects of Equalization Payments
• October 14, 2006 - 6th Annual Economics Research Symposium
• October 14, 2006 - Randall Ellis - Risk Adjustments in Health Care Markets

2005-2006

• April 21, 2006 - Huntley Schaler, Glamour Versus Value: The Real Story
• April 11, 2006 - Nazmi Sari, Exercise: Maybe Another Time: The Cost of Sedentary Lifestyles
• January 27, 2006 - Naoko Akashi, The Effects of Insurers' Hospital Choice Restrictions on the Demand for Medical Care Services
• January 26, 2006 - Echu Liu, Maternal Full Time Employment and Childhood Obesity: Parametric and Semiparametric Estimation
• January 25, 2006 - Natalya Dygalo, Productivity during Employment Spells and over the Lifecycle: Evidence from Employer-Employee Data on Earnings
• January 23, 2006 - Tammy Schirle, Why Have Labour Force Participation Rates of Older Men Increased Since the Mid-1990's
• January 19, 2006 - Maxym Chaban, The Importance of Traded Goods for Real Exchange Rate Determination
• October 22, 2005 - 5th Annual Economics Research Symposium
• September 27, 2005 - Intergenerational Transmission of Lone Mother and Low Income Status: Family and Neighbourhood Effects

2004-2005

• November 26 - Beliefs, Prices and Market Collapse
• October 23 - 4th Annual Economics Research Symposium
• October 20 and 22 - Dr. Tobias Rotheli Seminar

2003-2004

• September 20, 2003 - 3rd Annual Economics Research Symposium
• March 26, 2003 - Dr. Herbert Gintis - Cooperation, Reciprocity, and Punishment
• March 7, 2003 - Robert W. Dimand, Brock University - The Origins of Game Theory: Searching for Solutions to Strategic Games, 1921-1953

2001-2002

• April 20, 2002 - Flat Taxes, Dual Taxes, and Smart Taxes: Making the Best Choice
• March 23, 2002 - Productivity and Social Policy
• March 16, 2002 - Price Stickiness, Inflation, and Output Dynamics: A Cross-Country Analysis
• March 14, 2002 - Does Individual-Specific Uncertainty Lead to Resistance to Reform? Evidence from Laboratory Participation Games
• February 14, 2002 -Soft Budget Constraints, Social Burdens, and Labour Redundancy in China's State Industry
• January 31, 2002 - Information and Dynamic Adjustment in Life Insurance Markets

1999-2000

• December 06, 2000 - Predicting Technical Efficiency in Stochastic Frontier Production Models in the Presence of Misspecifications
• November 29, 2000 - Copyright: Creators, Proprietors & Users
• November 22, 2000 - Redesigning Employment Equity in Canada: the Need to Include Men
• November 1, 2000 - Environmental Regulation and the Race to the Bottom
• October 25, 2000 - Seminar by M.A. Student of the University of Saskatchewan
• April 6, 2000 - Globalization and Economic Reform Policies in India in a Transitional Period
• March 31, 2000 - Optimal tax mix in a two-sector growth model with transitional dynamics: an analytical approach
• March 24, 2000 - Culture as Shared Experience
• March 10, 2000 - Links Between Technology Absorption and the Speed of Development
• March 8, 2000 - Message from the Bank of Canada and Employment Opportunities for Students
• February 16, 2000 - The Economics of Science and the Future of Universities
• February 16, 2000 - Beyond Search: Fiat Money in Organized Exchange
• January 13, 2000 - Prof. Derek Hum - Voices That Count: The Census as Postmodern Text
• November 24, 1999 - Group Size, Imperfect Information, and the Provision of Public Goods
• November 15, 1999 - Labour Market Segmentation and Gender Discrimination in Employment and Wages in India
• October 12, 1999 - Fiscal Surpluses and Taxation
• June 17, 1999 - Dr. Pranab Banerjee
• April 5, 1999 - David Hanley
• March 31, 1999 - Joel Bruneau
• March 24, 1999 - Harvey King
• March 17, 1999 - Larry St. Louis
• March 10, 1999 - Robert Lucas and David Cushman
• March 05, 1999 - Thomas Courchene
• February 17, 1999 - Richard Watuwa
• February 8, 1999 - Joel Bruneau
• February 5, 1999 - Zhao Yang
• February 1, 1999 - Andrew Eckert
• January 28, 1999 - Dr. Jiankang Zhang
• January 27, 1999 - Job Opportunities at Industry Canada

1998

• December 2, 1998 - John McCallum, Chief Economist and Senior VP, Royal Bank of Canada
• November 25, 1998 - Professor Cristina Echevarria
• October 28, 1998 - M.Kaminski and H. Lau, Bank of Canada
• October 19, 1998 - Dr. Deirdre McCloskey
• August 19, 1998 - Professor Asha Sadanand
• August 12, 1998 - Professor Hajime Kubota
• April 15, 1998 - Professor Cristina Echevarria
• April 8, 1998 - Professor David Hanly
• March 25, 1998 - Professor Kien C. Tran
• March 18, 1998 - Professor Chris Nicol
• March 11, 1998 - Dr. Abha Bhargava
• March 2, 1998 - Professor Hafiz Akhand
• February 4, 1998 - Dr. Sylvia Ostry
• January 28, 1998 - Professor Peter C. Dooley