Economics Internal Speaker Series
Please contact Wendy Wu(wwu@wlu.ca), Ext. 2925 and David Johnson (djohnson@wlu.ca), Ext. 2540, regarding 2012-2013 internal seminars.
Economics Internal Speaker Series
- Winter 2013
- Fall 2012
- Winter 2012
- Fall 2011
- Winter 2011
- Fall 2010
- Winter 2010
- Fall 2009
- Fall 2008
- Fall 2007
- Winter 2007
- Fall 2006
- Fall 2005
- Winter 2006
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. February to April 2013: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., P1019 (Peters Bldg.)
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| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic |
| March 13, 2013 |
Logan McLeod |
Longitudinal Relationship Between Physical Activity and Health |
| March 20, 2013 |
Yao Tang |
The Effects of Exchange Rates on Manufacturing Industries in Canada |
| March 27, 2013 |
Elda Giardetti |
LearnSmart (Lunch will be provided by McGraw-Hill - RSVP will be requested closer to the date. |
| April 3, 2013 |
David Onyett-Jeffries |
"Life as Business Economist at RBC" |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. February to April 2012: SBE2260 (Schlegel Bldg.)
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| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic |
| Feb. 29, 2012 |
Mary Kelly |
Student Evaluations of Teaching Effectiveness: Considerations for Ontario Universities |
| Mar. 7, 2012 CANCELLED |
Tammy Schirle |
Age-Adjusted Measures of Earnings Inequality in the U.S., 1980-2010 |
| Mar. 14, 2012 |
Trevor Tombe |
Internal Trace and Aggregate Productivity: Evidence from Canada and China |
| Mar. 21, 2012 |
Justin Smith |
What Makes Principals Effective in Raising Student Achievement? Very Incomplete Evidence from North Carolina |
| Mar. 28, 2012 |
Zilin Wang |
From Mandatory to Voluntary: The Story of the Long-Form Census in Canada |
| Apr. 4, 2012 |
TBA |
Book Club - This Time is Different by Reinhart and Rogoff |
| April TBA |
Peter Sinclair |
End of Term Lunch |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. September to December 2011: Room 2C16 (Arts Bldg.)
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. September to December 2011: Room 2C16 (Arts Bldg.)
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| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic |
| Mar. 2, 2011 |
Top Hat Monocle |
Teaching Software |
| Mar. 16, 2011 |
Wing Chan |
Time Varying Jump Risk Premium in Stock Market Return |
| Mar. 23, 2011 |
Janette MacDonald |
Economic and Financial Impacts of Municipal Economic Development Initiatives: Kitchener's Economic Development Investment Fund |
| Mar. 30, 2011 |
Jean Eid |
Shipping the good horse out. Evidence from Australian Auction Houses |
| Apr. 6, 2011 |
Ke Pang |
Vertical Trade and North American Monetary Union -- From Trade to Currency Integration |
| April TBA |
Peter Sinclair |
End of Term Lunch |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 - 12:30 |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic |
| Sept. 16, 2009 |
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Kick-off Pizza Lunch |
| Sept. 30, 2009 |
David Johnson |
Research: "Taking a gap-year: evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey" |
| Oct. 7, 2009 |
Steffen Ziss |
DAP Meeting |
| Oct. 21, 2009 |
Donna Kubica and Cindy Schmidt from the Health and Safety Office | Ergonomic Set-up of Work Station |
| Oct. 28, 2009 |
Ke Pang |
Research: TBA |
| Nov. 4, 2009 |
Julie Mallory |
Non-Research |
| Nov. 11, 2009 |
Ken Jackson |
Research: TBA |
| Nov, 18, 2009 |
Hideki Ariizumi |
Research |
| Nov. 25, 2009 |
Steffen Ziss |
Non-Research |
| Dec. 2, 2009 |
Jean Eid |
Research |
| Dec. TBA | Peter Sinclair | End of Term Lunch |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 - 12:30 |
| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic |
| Sept. 17, 2008 |
Susan Johnson Ken Jackson |
Kick-off Pizza Lunch |
| Sept. 24, 2008 |
David Johnson |
Two Approaches to Measuring School Quality in British Columbia |
| Oct. 1, 2008 |
Terry Levesque |
Department Outlook |
| Oct. 8, 2008 |
Sue Horton |
Copenhagen Consensus |
| Oct. 15, 2008 |
Maurice Kugler |
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| Oct. 22, 2008 |
Bob Jefferson |
Writing and Peer-Review |
| Oct. 29, 2008 |
Ken Jackson |
Adaptive Institutions: Globalization and the Evolution of Social Capital |
| Nov. 5, 2008 |
Bill Morrison |
Commanding Heights |
| Nov. 12, 2008 |
Bill Morrison |
"What does a business strategy look like? Using product and organizational architecutre to compare business models in the 'low cost' airline sector" |
| Nov. 19, 2008 |
Susan Johnson |
Teaching Microeconomics using Experiments: Experience at UCSB |
| Nov. 26, 2008 |
Wendy Wu |
"Options-Based Pay with Overvalued Equity" |
| Dec. 2008 |
Peter Sinclair |
End of Term Lunch |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 - 12:30 Location: P2067 (Peters Bldg.) |
| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic |
| Sept. 12, 2007 |
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Pizza Lunch |
| Sept. 19, 2007 |
Mark Baetz |
WLU's integrity policy and the work of the Integrity Committee |
| Sept. 26, 2007 |
Jurek Konieczny |
Temporal Distribution of Price Changes: Staggering in the Large and Synchronization in the Small (co-authored with Emmanuel Dhyne) |
| Oct. 3, 2007 |
Trent Tucker |
Incorporating Lego to teach concepts and generate data |
| Oct. 10, 2007 Paul Martin Centre |
David DiBattista Brock University (sponsored jointly by Economics and Office of Educational Development) |
Constructing multiple choice questions for tests and examinations |
| Oct. 17, 2007 |
John Baldwin Statistics Canada |
Canadian industry and international implications |
| Oct. 24, 2007 |
Paul Davock Dept. of Psychology |
Service learning at WLU |
| Nov. 7, 2007 |
Max Blouw President, WLU |
"Fireside Chat" |
| Nov. 14, 2007 |
Azim Essaji |
"The Political Economy of Technical Regulations" |
| Nov. 21, 2007 |
Jeanette McDonald Office of Educational Development |
Developing grading rubrics |
| Nov. 28, 2007 |
Randy Wigle |
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| Dec. 5, 2007 |
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End of Term Lunch |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS - 11:30 - 12:30 |
| Date/Location | Speaker | Topic |
| Feb. 28, 2007 |
Dan Yungblut Alumnus |
"Life After Laurier" |
| Mar. 7, 2007 |
Bill Marr & Steffen Ziss |
Debriefing and discussion of two teaching innovations: Clickers and Writing Tutors |
| Mar. 14, 2007 |
Tammy Schirle | "Earnings Losses of Displaced Older Workers" |
| Mar. 21, 2007 |
Peter Shawn Taylor Editor-at-Large, McLean's Magazine |
"From Journals to Journalists: Bridging the Gap between Academic Research and the Popular Press" |
| Mar. 28, 2007 |
Pierre Siklos | "Revisiting the Coyne Affair: A Singular Event that Changed the Course of Canadian Monetary History" |
| Apr. 4, 2007 | End of Term Lunch | |
| Apr. 11, 2007 |
Wendy Wu | TBA |
| Apr. 18, 2007 |
Professor Paul Maxim Associate VP: Research |
"Fireside Chat" |
| Apr. 25, 2007 |
Azim Essaji & Susan Horton |
"Salaries of Senior University Administrators in Ontario, 1996-2005" |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS* – 11:30 to 12:20 |
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| Date | Presenter | Topic | Room |
| Sept. 20 | Various | Pizza Lunch - come and learn about events scheduled in the department this term | SBE2260 |
| Sept. 27 | Jennifer Gray | "Economics in the Real World" | SBE2250 |
| Oct. 4 | Jeanette McDonald, Director, Educational Development | "Practical suggestions on how to get useful feedback on courses that you teach" | SBE2250 |
| Oct. 11 | Bill | Pilot Project - Writing Tutors in Economics 381 | SBE2250 |
| Oct. 18 | Azim | "Cross-State Judicial Quality Heterogeneity and Production Patterns" | SBE2250 |
| Oct. 25 | Øyvind Eitrheim | Flexible Inflation Targeting and Financial Stability: Is it Enought to Stabilise Inflation and Output? | SBE2250 |
| Nov. 1 | Maria | "On Acquiring Information Through Networks" (joint work with Ilias Kotsireas) | SBE2250 |
| Nov. 8 | Hideki | "Determinants of Assistive Device Usages in Low Vision Rehabilitation" | SBE2250 |
| Nov. 15 | Christine | "Student Loans and University Enrolments" | SBE2250 |
| Nov. 22 |
Dr. Dale Fogle, Director Counselling Services |
"It's my office but you can cry if you want to ..." Advice on how to respond appropriately to students | SBE2250 |
| Nov. 29 |
Ginny Dybenko Dean, SBE |
"Fireside Chat" | SBE2250 |
| Dec. 6 |
Peter (g.o.) |
End of Term Lunch |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS – 11:30 to 12:20 |
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| Date | Presenter | Topic | Room |
| September 21 | Pizza Lunch | P2027 | |
| September 28 | Susan | What is SSRN? Can it be helpful to your research and/teaching? | SBE2260 |
| October 5 | APLIA representative | APLIA Demonstration |
SBE2260 |
| October 12 | Fabio Rumler National Bank of Austria |
Estimates of the Open Economy New Keynesian Phillips Curve for Euro Area Countries | TBA |
| October 19 | Maria | On the Ranking of Bilateral Bargaining Opponents (with Ross Cressman) | P2027 |
| October 26 | Fran Manson | Accessible Learning | P2027 |
| November 2 | Sue Horton | “Fireside Chat” | P2027 |
| November 9 | Wendy | Do entrepreneurs work harder when they borrow more? | P2027 |
| November 16 | Azim | Technical Regulations and Specialization in International Trade | P2027 |
| November 23 | Tracy | Using eGrade Plus as an online teaching tool in Ec270 | SBE2260 |
| November 30 | David | Monetary Policy Rules in Real Time | P2027 |
| December 7 | Peter (g.o.) | End-of-Term Lunch | TBA |
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WEDNESDAY LUNCH MEETINGS – 11:30 to 12:20 |
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| Date | Presenter | Topic | Room |
| March 1 | Jurek | Regular Adjustment: Theory and Evidence | SBE2260 |
| March 8 | Bob Rosehart | "Fireside Chat" (and Pizza) | SBE2260 |
| March 15 | Andrew Storey (MABE alumnus) |
Optimal Direct Marketing Campaign Design: A Practical Example of Applied Economics* | SBE2260 |
| March 22 | Randy | Provincial Burden of Climate Change Policy | SBE2260 |
| March 29 | Will McNally | Clicker Technology | SBE2260 |
| April 5 | Peter (g.o.) | End of Term Lunch | TBA |
| April 12 | Tracy | Equalization: Moving Forward Under the New Framework | SBE2260 |
| April 19 | David | Technical Teaching: The good, the bad and the ugly | SBE2260 |
| April 26 | Susan | The Effect of Anti-Temporary Replacement Worker Legislation on Strike Length and Incidence (co-author Paul Duffy - MABE 2005 grad) | SBE1230 |
