Canadian Economics Association - Annual Conference 2011

Preliminary Conference Program

16:30-18:30 Thursday, June 2, 2011 LocationT.B.A.

CEA Executive Council Meeting 1 / Réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE 1

Chair Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (McGill University)

08:00-08:30 Friday, June 3, 2011 LocationT.B.A.

Coffee, Tea, Juices, Fruit, Pastries / Café, thé, jus, fruits, pâtisseries


PEF 1: Debt Wall? Trends in Canadian Household Debt -- Co-Sponsored with theCanadian Association for Business Economics (CABE) / PEF 1: Les limites del'endettement? Tendances de l'endettement des ménages canadiensOrganizer Yalnizyan, Armine (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)

Chair Barnett, Russell (Parliamentary Budget Office)

Papers Faruqui, Umar (Bank of Canada):Micro and macro data on household debt in Canada: twosides of the storyYalnizyan, Armine (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives):The Distribution of Household Debt

Desnoyers, Yanick (National Bank):Will record households indebtedness derail the businesscycle?Burleton, Derek (TD Bank Group):Assessing Financial Vulnerability Across Canadian Regions


CNEH 1: Importing and Exporting Human Capital / RCHE 1: Importation et exportationde capital humainOrganizer Keay, Ian (Queen's University)

Chair Jacks, David (Simon Fraser University)

Papers Massey, Catherine (University of Colorado at Boulder):The Effect of Immigration Quotas on Immigrant SkillCompositionMaxwell-Stewart, Hamish (University of Tasmania):Morbidity and Mortality on Convict Voyages to 19th CenturyAustralia

Lewis, Joshua (University of Toronto):Electrification and the household: Evidence from the U.S.

Discussants Bean, Jessica (Denison); Cranfield, John (University of Guelph); Lewis,Frank D. (Queen's University)


Short Presentations in International Macroeconomics / Présentations courtes enmacroéconomie internationale

Chair Razo-Garcoa, Raul (Carleton University)

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Papers Karimi, Mohammad (University of Ottawa):Currency Crises: Fundamentals or Contagion? A DurationAnalysis Approach

Ng, Eric (Industry Canada):Investment and Exchange Rate Movements: the Role ofInvestment-Price ChannelWatuwa, Richard (Cape Breton University):Housing Consumption and the Forward Premium in EmergingCurrency Markets: An Empirical Analysis

Abdel Razek, Noha (University of Alberta):The Role of Oil Prices and Government Debt as Determinantsof Movements in the US Dollar in a Dynamic Framework

Razanamparany, Mirana (Université de Créteil):Determinants of business cycle synchronisation in the EuroZone


Educational Attainment / Niveau d'instruction

Chair Deri Armstrong, Catherine (University of Ottawa)Papers Deri Armstrong, Catherine (University of Ottawa):

Virginity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from theNLSCY

Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University):Understanding the Determinants of Persistence andAcademic Success in University: An Exploration of Data fromFour Ontario UniversitiesWarburton, Bill (University of British Columbia):The Impact of Full Day Kindergarten

Discussants Liu, Xingfei (Concordia University); Grenier, Gilles (University of Ottawa);Smith, Jeffrey A (University of Michigan)


State of the Art Lecture / Conférence-État des connaissancesOrganizers Allen, Jason (Bank of Canada)

Chapman, James (Bank of Canada)

Chair Allen, Jason (Bank of Canada)Speaker Klemperer, Paul (Oxford University)

Topic New Developments in Practical Auction Design


Labour: Aging and Retirement / Travail: Vieillissement et retraite

Chair Spencer, Byron G (McMaster University)

Papers Zhang, Qi (University of Ottawa):A Population Aging Analysis for Canada Using the NationalTransfer Accounts ApproachLaRochelle-Côté, Sébastien (Statistics Canada):Income Replacement Rates Among Canadian Seniors: TheEffects of Widowhood and Divorce

Rainville, Bruno (Human Resources and SKillsDevelopment):Older workers labour market transitions: a micro-econometric model

Discussants Fougere, Maxime (Government of Canada); Vincent, Carole (Socialresearch and Demonstration Corporation); Finnie, Ross (University ofOttawa)


Labour: Unemployment Dynamics / Travail: Dynamique du chômage

Papers Ochsen, Carsten (University of Applied Labour Studies):Relative Cohort Size and Unemployment in the United States


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Hahm, Sang-moon (KDI School of Public Policy):Unemployment Insurance and Severance Payments withTime Dependency

Kind, Michael (Ruhr Graduate School in Economics):Short and Long Term Second-Degree Scarring

Discussants Mayer, Katarina (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies); Henson, Harold E(Employment Insurance); Stark, Alan (unaffiliated)


Bank of Canada Session on Fiscal Policy / Séance de la Banque du Canada sur lapolitique budgétaireOrganizer Zubairy, Sarah (Bank of Canada)

Chair Zubairy, Sarah (Bank of Canada)

Papers Bi, Huixin (Bank of Canada):Stabilization versus Sustainability: Macroeconomic TradeoffsKormilitsina, Anna (Southern Methodist University):In Search of a Realistic Model of the Government SpendingShock

Lynch, Emily (Duke University):Heterogeneous Consumers and Fiscal Policy Shocks


Fiscal Issues / Sujets Fiscaux

Papers Darku, Alexander Bilson (University of Lethbridge):Fiscal equalization transfers and provincial income disparitiesin Canada: an econometric reassessment

Tapp, Stephen (Parliamentary Budget Office):Canadian Experiences with Fiscal Consolidations and FiscalRulesZhang, Ivy (The City of Calgary):A Case of Fiscal Imbalance: the Calgary Experience

Discussants Kessler, Anke (Simon Fraser University)


IRPP Panel 1: The Canadian Productivity Conundrum / Panel IRPP 1: L'énigme de laproductivité canadienne

Organizer Leonard, Jeremy (Institute for Research on Public Policy)Panelists Rao, Someshwar (Industry Canada)

Ryan, Annette (Industry Canada)

Gagné, Robert (HEC Montréal)


Industrial Organization 1: Industry Studies I / Organisation industrielle 1: Étudesindustrielles I

Chair Thiele, Veikko (Queen's University)Papers Suzuki, Junichi (University of Toronto):

Outsourcing and Market Thickness: Case of the U.S. CreditUnions

Dubrovinsky, Mati (University of Winnipeg):The Organization of Insurance Market: Mutuals vs. StockInsurers

Perez Saiz, Hector (Bank of Canada):Building New Plants or Entering by Acquisition? Estimation ofan Entry Model for the U.S. Cement Industry

Discussants Fox, Jeremy (University of Michigan); Peter, Jeffrey (University of Ottawa)



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Topics in Macroeconomic Theory / Sujets en théorie macroéconomique

Chair Dalkir, Mehmet (University of New Brunswick)Papers Arbex, Marcelo (University of Windsor):

Optimal Taxation and Social Networks

Miyake, Atsushi (Simon Fraser University):Education System, Education Investment and EndogenousFertility

Eckwert, Bernhard (Bielefeld University):Cheap Money and Risk Taking: Opacity versus UnderlyingRisk


Economic Growth and Regional Convergence / Croissance économique et convergencerégionale

Chair Shute, Larry (Industry Canada)Papers Hamit-Haggar, Mahamat (unaffiliated):

Growth convergence dynamics in Canada

Voyvoda, Ebru (Middle East Technical University):Public Policy and Growth in Canada: An Applied EndogenousGrowth Model with Human and Knowledge CapitalAccumulationYang, Yibai (University of Sydney):Cooperative R&D, Distance to Frontier, and GrowthConvergence

Tang, Jianmin (Industry Canada):Are Small Producers Driving the Canada-U.S. ProductivityGap? Recent Evidence from Manufacturing


CDESG Panel: Is there a Post-Washington Consensus? / Panel CDESG: Y a-t-il unconsensus post-Washington ?

Sponsor International Development Research Centre/Le Centre de recherches pourle developpement international

Organizer Grimard, Franque (McGill University)Panelists Bourguignon, François (Paris School of Economics)

Grimard, Franque (McGill University)


Health Economics 1: Policy and Impacts / Économie de la santé 1: La politique et desimpacts

Chair Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University)

Papers Guliani, Harminder (University of Manitoba):Determinants of Prenatal Care Use: Evidence FromThirty-Two Low-Income Countries Across Asia, Sub-SaharanAfrica and Latin AmericaJamal, Taha (McMaster University):The Effect of Vioxx on Labor Supply and Disability

Nguyen, Van Hai (University of Toronto):Have tobacco reduction policies been exhausted?

Sedigh, Golnaz (University of Ottawa):Is the impact of economic factors on sleep underestimated insleep models by including insomniacs?

Discussants Rosenblum, Daniel (Dalhousie University); Irvine, Ian (ConcordiaUniversity); Ward, Courtney (Dalhousie University); Yuksel, Mutlu(Dalhousie University)


Exports, Productivity, and Spillovers / Exportations, productivité et retombéeséconomiques


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Chair Viju, Crina (Carleton University)

Papers Rodrigue, Joel (Vanderbilt University):Credit Constraints, Trade Liberalization and ProductivityGrowthBlit, Joel (George Washington University):International development Through Multinationals: ForeignR&D Units, Knowledge Diffusion, and Indigenous Innovation

Hericourt, Jerome (University of Lille 1):Sales at home and export dynamics

Discussants Peluffo Geronazzo, Silvia Adriana (Universidad de la Republica); Rodrigue,Joel (Vanderbilt University); Hiller, Sanne (Aarhus University)


Empirical Studies of Firm Behaviour / Études empiriques du comportement desentreprises

Papers Mathieu, Claude (Université Paris Est Créteil):Do Sunk Costs Matter in Exiting? An Empirical Investigationbased on French FirmsStoyanov, Andrey (York University):Productivity Spillovers Across Firms through Worker Mobility

Courty, Pascal (University of Victoria):Sales, Quantity Surcharge, and Consumer Inattention


CMSG 1: Technology and Innovation / GCEM 1: Technologie et innovation

Chair Johri, Alok (McMaster University)

Papers Bento, Pedro (University of Toronto):Competition as a Discovery Procedure: Schumpeter MeetsHayek in a Model of InnovationPoschke, Markus (McGill University):Growth through Experimentation

Johri, Alok (McMaster University):News, intermediation efficiency and expectations drivenboom-bust cycles


CEBERG 1: Individual Judgement, Identity and Physiology / CEBERG 1: Jugementindividuel, identité et physiologie

Organizers Buckley, Neil J. (York University)Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University)

Chair Buckley, Neil J. (York University)

Papers Anglin, Paul M (University of Guelph):A Question of Individual Judgment

Powell, Owen (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid):Eye-tracking the market: Subject Focus in ExperimentalBubble MarketsSong, Fei (Ryerson University):How Competitive are Professional Women? A Tale of IdentityConflict

Webb, Ryan (Queen's University):Does Neuroeconomics Have A Role In Explaining Choice?

Discussants Alger, Ingela (Carleton University); Buckley, Neil J. (York University);Chen, Zhuoqiong (Peking University); Khoroshilov, Yuri (University ofOttawa)


CESG 1: Financial Econometrics I / SCEE 1: Économétrie financière I

Chair Luger, Richard (Georgia State University)


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Papers Liu, Pujun (University of Western Ontario):GARCH-Jump Models with Regime-Switching ConditionalVolatility and Jump Intensity

Luger, Richard (Georgia State University):Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for GARCH-based RiskMeasure ForecastsNtantamis, Christos (Aarhus University, CREATES):The BDS Test as a Goodness-of-fit Measure in RegimeSwitching Models

Discussants Diez de los Rios, Antonio (Bank of Canada); Gungor, Sermin (Bank ofCanada); Nguyen, Chi M. (Indiana University)


CPEG 1: Optimal Taxation and Redistribution / CPEG 1: Taxation optimale etredistribution

Papers Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University):The Effects of Population Aging on Optimal RedistributiveTaxes in an Overlapping Generations Model

Perrault, Louis (Queen's University):Optimal Redistributive Age-Dependent Taxation and HumanCapitalBarnett, Richard (Drexel University):Redistributive Policy and the Joneses


CREE Session 1: Energy Economics / CREE 1: Économie de l'énergieChair Sahi, Ram K. (Carleton University)

Papers Sahi, Ram K. (Carleton University):Investment in Electrical Infrastructures for India: Challengesand Opportunities

Brennan, Timothy (University of Maryland BaltimoreCounty):Energy Efficiency Policy: Surveying the PuzzlesMatsueda, Norimichi (Kwansei Gakuin University):An Economic Analysis of the Packaging Waste RecoveryNotes System in the UK


Coffee Break / Pause café


PEF 2: Financial Literacy: Where are We and Where Should We be Going / PEF 2:Littératie financière: Où en sommes-nous et où devrions-nous aller ?

Organizer Pigeon, Marc Andre J (Credit Union Central of Canada)Chair Stanford, James (Canadian Auto Workers)

Papers Woolley, Frances (Carleton University):Gender differences in financial literacy

Gordon, Ted (Task Force on Financial Literacy):--Ney, Kimberley (Alterna Savings Credit Union):--

Robson, Jennifer (Carleton University):How financially literate are we?: Initial results from theCanadian Survey of Financial Capability


CNEH 2: Globalization / RCHE 2: Mondialisation

Organizer Keay, Ian (Queen's University)


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Chair Dupré, Ruth (HEC Montréal)

Papers Keay, Ian (Queen's University):Transport Costs, Trade Policy and Canadian IndustrialDevelopmentBetran, Concha (Universitat de Valencia):Comparing Past and Present Wage Inequality in TwoGlobalisation Periods

Jacks, David (Simon Fraser University):Defying Gravity: The Re-Orientation of Canadian Trade in theInterwar Period

Discussants Cherniwchan, Jevan (University of Calgary); McCalla, Douglas (Universityof Guelph); Dippel, Christian (University of Toronto)


School Quality / Qualité scolaire

Chair Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University)Papers Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude (Dalhousie University):

The Long-Term Direct and External Effects of ReducingSchool Quality: Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany

Dhuey, Elizabeth A (University of Toronto):How Important Are School Principals in the Production ofStudent Achievement?Kiss, David (Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg):The Impact of Peer Ability and Heterogeneity on StudentAchievement: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Discussants Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University); Warburton, Bill (University ofBritish Columbia); Milla, Joniada (University of Guelph)


CEA/CDESG Invited Lecture / ACE/CDESG Conférence invitée

Sponsor International Development Research Centre/Le Centre de recherches pourle developpement international

Organizer Grimard, Franque (McGill University)Speaker Bourguignon, François (Paris School of Economics)


Labour: Family and Childhood Development / Travail: Familles et développement del'enfanceChair Neill, Christine (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Papers Fletcher, Erin (University of Colorado Boulder):Subjective Match Quality and Maternal Investments

Chen, Kelly (Dalhousie University):School Entry Age, Identity Formation and SubjectiveWell-Being of Canadian ChildrenSchnitzlein, Daniel D. (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg):How important is the family? Evidence from siblingcorrelations in permanent earnings in the US, Germany andDenmark


Labour: Job Losses and Layoffs / Travail: Pertes d'emploi et licenciementChair Rybczynski, Kathleen (University of Waterloo)

Papers Qiu, Hanqing (Statistics Canada):How did the risk and cost of job loss evolve since the late1970s in Canada?

Chan, Ping Ching Winnie (Statistics Canada):Workers laid-off during the last three employmentdownturns


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Bonikowska, Aneta (Statistics Canada):Did high-seniority workers experience sustained earningslosses and loss of pension coverage in recent years?Evidence from Canada

Discussants Dostie, Benoit (HEC Montréal); Feir, Donna Leanne (University of BritishColumbia); Rainville, Bruno (Human Resources and SKills Development)


Bank of Canada Session on Financial Stability Issues / Banque du Canada - Questionstouchant la stabilité financière

Organizer Côté, Denise (Bank of Canada)Chair Côté, Denise (Bank of Canada)

Papers Bordeleau, Etienne (University of Toronto):The Impact of Liquidity on Bank Profitability

Gauthier, Celine (Bank of Canada):Understanding systemic risk: the trade-off between capital,lisquid asset holdings and short-term fundingLi, Fuchun (Bank of Canda):Measuring Systemic Importance of Financial Institutions: AnExtreme Value Theory Approach

Discussants Tkacz, Greg (Saint Francis Xavier University); Garratt, Rod (University ofCalifornia); Guidara, Alaa (Laval University)


IRPP Panel 2: Improving Labour Market Outcomes for Older Displaced Workers / IRPPPanel 2

Organizer Leonard, Jeremy (Institute for Research on Public Policy)

Chair Leonard, Jeremy (Institute for Research on Public Policy)Panelists Gray, David (University of Ottawa)

Voyer, Jean-Pierre (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)Jackson, Andrew (Canadian Labour Congress)


Industrial Organization 2: Economics of Innovation / Organisation industrielle 2:Économie de l'innovationChair Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta)

Papers Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia):Private Agreements for Coordinating Patent Rights: The Caseof Patent Pools

Thiele, Veikko (Queen's University):Slave to Your Employer or to Your Financier? WageStructures When Employees Have Entrepreneurship OptionsPeter, Jeffrey (University of Ottawa):Imperfect Competition and Entry Deterrence in VentureCapital Markets

Discussants Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta); Stacey, Derek (Queen'sUniversity); Petrunia, Robert (Lakehead University)


International Finance Puzzles

Papers Rouillard, Jean-François (Queen's University):The Quantity Anomaly in the Presence of Financial Shocks

Tsangarides, Charalambos (International Monetary Fund):Demand for International Reserves: Revisiting the EvidenceWada, Tatsuma (Wayne State University):Trend and Cycles in a Two-Country Model



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Health Economics 2 - Cycles and Behaviour / Économie de la santé 2 - Cycles etcomportements

Chair Stewart, Jennifer (Carleton University)Papers Pierard, Emmanuelle (University of Waterloo):

Business cycles and mortality

Maclean, Catherine (Cornell University):The impact of graduating in a recession on physical health:Evidence from panel data

Montanera, Daniel (University of Western Ontario):The Hidden Evidence of Defensive Medicine

Discussants Brochu, Pierre (University of Ottawa); Mcleod, Logan (University ofAlberta); Wing, Coady (Northwestern University)


CD Howe and Health Economics 3 - Costs and Financing / CD Howe et Économie de lasanté 3: Coûts et financementOrganizer Busby, Colin (C.D. Howe Institute)

Chair Blomqvist, Ake (Carleton University)Papers Di Matteo, Livio (Lakehead University):

The Sustainability of Canadian Provincial Government HealthSpending: An Expenditure Category Approach

Echevin, Damien (Université de Sherbrooke):Physician Payment Mechanisms, Hospital Length of Stay andRisk of Readmission: a Natural Experiment

Irvine, Ian (Concordia University):Tobacco Taxation and the Illegal Sector

Discussants Bergevin, Philippe (C.D. Howe Institute); Sweetman, Arthur (McMasterUniversity); DeCicca, Philip (McMaster University)


Trade Liberalization and Trade Blocs / Libre-échange et communautés économiquesChair Wolf, Bernard M (York University)

Papers Boileau, David (Foreign Affairs and International TradeCanada):Air Services Liberlization and Canadian Trade

Melatos, Mark (University of Sydney):Flexibility in Trade Bloc DesignDisdier, Anne-Celia (INRA):North-South Standards Harmonization and InternationalTrade

Discussants Hazledine, Tim (University of Auckland); Ker, Alan (University of Guelph);Li, Na (University of Guelph)


HRSDC Session on Saving for Retirement / RHDCC - Épargner pour la retraite

Organizer Poole, Christopher (HRSDC)

Papers Grey, Alex (Government of Canada):Savings versus Pensions: A Discussion of RisksVincent, Carole (Social research and DemonstrationCorporation):Understanding Gender Differences in Retirement SavingDecisions: Evidence from the Canadian Financial CapabilitySurvey

Palameta, Boris (Social Research and DemonstrationCorporation):Using experimentation to assess simplified enrolmentmodels for retirement savings plans thorugh



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Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity Session on Management / Institute forCompetitiveness & Prosperity - Gestion

Organizer Milway, James (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity)Chair Drummond, Don (TD Bank Financial Group)

Panelists Milway, James (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity)

Ryan, Annette (Industry Canada)Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)


CEA/CIFAR Session: Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being: MacroeconomicApplications / ACE/ICRA - Interactions sociales, identité et bien-être: ApplicationsmacroéconomiquesOrganizer Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia)

Chair Fortin, Pierre (Université du Québec à Montréal)Papers Akerlof, George (University of California):

All That Glitters

Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia):New measures of the costs of unemployment: Evidence fromthe subjective well-being of 2.3 million Americans


CMSG 2: Macroeconomics of Education Policy / GCEM 2: Macroéconomie des politiqueséducativesChair Castro, Rui (Université de Montréal)

Papers You, Hye Mi (University at Buffalo / SUNY):Wage Volatility and Changing Patterns of Labor SupplyHerrington, Christopher (Arizona State University):Cross-Country Differences in Public Education and IncomeDistributions

Castro, Rui (Université de Montréal):Public Policy and College Attainment


CEBERG 2: Environmental and Resource Market Regulation / CEBERG 2: Régulations dumarché des ressources et de l'environnement


Chair Mentzakis, Emmanouil (University of East Anglia)Papers Buckley, Neil J. (York University):

Production Capacity and Abatement Technology Strategies inAlternative Emissions Markets

Schott, Stephan (Carleton University):How Does Communication and Output Sharing AffectIntergroup Competition, Intragroup Conflict and SocialEfficiency?

Spraggon, John (Lakehead University):Price Controls and Banking in Emissions Trading: AnExperimental Evaluation.

Discussants Fehr, Dietmar (WZB); Mentzakis, Emmanouil (University of East Anglia);Petersen, Luba (University of California Santa Cruz)


CESG 2 Forecasting / SCEE 2 PrévisionChair Stengos, Thanasis (University of Guelph)

Papers Chaker, Selma (Université De Montréal):Toward Zero Noise : On volatility estimation and forecastingSaunders, Charles (Carleton University):Forecast Evaluation with Persistent Data: Simulation-BasedInference


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Wu, Jing (University of Western Ontario):Can Threshold Model Generate Better Volatility Forecasts?

Discussants Chaker, Selma (Université De Montréal); Saunders, Charles (CarletonUniversity); Wu, Jing (University of Western Ontario)


CPEG 2: Topics in Corporate Taxation / CPEG 2: Sujets en Taxes corporatives

Papers Sarkar, Sudipto (McMaster University):Sales Tax, Corporate Tax, Capital Structure Decisions andConsumer WelfareRuiz, Fernando (Royal Military Academy):Corporate taxation and the impact of governance, politicaland economic factors

Goyette, Jonathan (Université de Sherbrooke):Optimal Tax Threshold in the Presence of Evasion andCorruption


CREE Session 2: Energy Economics / CREE 2: Économie de l'énergieChair Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia)

Papers Dachis, Benjamin (C.D. Howe Institute):The Capitalization of Alberta's Oil and Gas Royalty Change inBonus Bid Auction ValuesGamtessa, Samuel (University of Alberta):Price-Induced Energy Efficiency Improvements in CanadianManufacturing

Winter, Jennifer (University of Calgary):Buying Anonymity: An Investigation of Petroleum andNatural Gas Lease Auctions


CWEN Luncheon / Dîner CWEN

Chair Hunt, Jennifer (McGill University)

Speaker Blank, Rebecca M. (United States Department of Commerce)Topic The Well-Being of Women in America


PEF 3 : Philosophy of Money and Finance / PEF 3: Philosophie de l'argent et de la financeOrganizer Smithin, John (York University)

Chair Falvo, Nick (Carleton University)

Papers Smithin, John (York University):Requirements for a Philosophy of Money and FinanceTcherneva, Pavlina (Franklin and Marshall College):Ontological Commitments of Chartalist, Metallist, Austrianand Sociological Theories of Money

Mendoza España, Alberto D'Ansi (York University):Money and Collective Intentionality: The Application ofSearle's Social Ontology to MoneyKim, Jongchul (York University):Ontology of Early-Modern Money


CNEH 3: Invited Lecture in Memory of Mary MacKinnon / RCHE 3: Conférence invitée enmémoire de Mary MacKinnon

Organizer Keay, Ian (Queen's University)Chair Minns, Chris (London School of Economics)


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Papers Boyer, George (Cornell University):Work for their Prime, and Workhouse for their Age: ARegional Analysis of Elderly Pauperism in Victorian Britain


CDESG: Public Economics / CDESG: Économie publiquePapers Dissou, Yazid (University of Ottawa):

Public Infrastructure and Economic Growth: A DynamicGeneral Equilibrium Analysis with Heterogeneous Agents

Ary Tanimoune, Nasser (University of Ottawa):Cohérence des policy-mix et efficacité des politiquesbudgétaires dans la Communauté Économique des États del'Afrique l'OuestWong, Sara (Polytechnic University):Short-term Macroeconomic and Distributional Impacts of theGlobal Economic Crisis on the Ecuadorian Economy


Postsecondary Education / Éducation postsecondaire

Organizer Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University)Chair Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University)

Papers Milla, Joniada (University of Guelph):The implication of peer and parental influences on Universityattendance: A gender comparisonBenjamin, Dwayne (University of Toronto):Do RESPs increase Household Saving?

Kucera, Miroslav (Concordia University):Explaining Ethnic and Cohort Differences in Schooling andWages: Evidence From Two Cohorts of the NationalLongitudinal Survey of Youth

Discussants Dooley, Martin D (McMaster University); Frenette, Marc (Social Researchand Demonstration Corporation); Green, David (University of BritishColumbia)


State of the Art Lecture / Conférence-État des connaissances

Chair Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University)Speaker Gruber, Jonathan (MIT)

Topic Health Care Reform in the United States: What Happened and WhatHappens Next


Labour: Businesses and the Labour Market I / Main-d'oeuvre: Les entreprises et lemarché du travail I

Chair Morissette, Rene (Statistics Canada)

Papers Joulfaian, David (US Department of Treasury):The Transition to Self Employment: The Role of Taxes andTrade ShocksBrencic, Vera (University of Alberta):Employers' hiring practices and exporting

Webber, Douglas (Cornell University):The Impact of Firm Market Power on the Wage Distribution


Labour: Labour Markets in Developing Countries / Travail: Marché du travail dans lespays en voie de développement

Chair Aragon-Sanchez, Fernando (Simon Fraser University)


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Papers Galdo, Jose (Carleton University):Wiring Public Labor-Market Intermediation: Evidence from aRandomized Social Experiment in Peru

Galvao, Antonio (University of Iowa):Heterogeneity in the Returns to Education and InformalActivitiesPeluffo Geronazzo, Silvia Adriana (Universidad de laRepublica):The Effects of International Linkages on Productivity and theDemand for Skilled Labour: A Firm Level Analysis forUruguay

Discussants Blit, Joel (George Washington University)


Topics in Development Economics / Des sujets en l'economie de development

Papers Chowdhury, Muhammad Murshed (University of Manitoba):Revisiting Aid Effectiveness in South Asia

Elbadawy, Asmaa (Population Council):Migration Aspirations among Young People in Egypt: WhoDesires to Migrate and Why?Zhao, Jun (University of Manitoba):Globalization and Convergence in Latin America

Discussants Akbar, Mohammad (Simon Fraser University)


Inefficient Contracts and Markets / Contrats inefficaces et marchés

Chair Cule, Monika (University of Regina)

Papers Welling, Linda A. (University of Victoria):Efficiency of Bargaining Models with Renegotiation: The Roleof Transferable Utility across PeriodsBose, Pinaki (University of Manitoba):Coercion, Obnoxious Tasks, and Economic Efficiency

Lavoie, Louise (Université du Québec à Montréal):Longevity Risk, Lifestyle and Adverse Selection


The Impact of Education on Earnings / Impact de l'éducation sur le salaire

Chair Livernois, John R (University of Guelph)Papers Grave, Barbara (Rwi):

Earnings differentials by field of study - The case of GermanUniversity graduates

Grenier, Gilles (University of Ottawa):Earnings Differentials by Field of Study and OccupationalRelatedness for Post-Secondary Education in Canada, 2006

Sharaf, Mesbah (Concordia University):The incidence of over-education and its impact on earningsof recent immigrants to Canada: Evidence from thelongitudinal survey of immigrants to Canada.

Discussants Mueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge); Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude(Dalhousie University); Sharaf, Mesbah (Concordia University)


Industry Canada and Statistics Canada Session I: Firm Dynamics and Productivity /Industrie Canada et Statistique Canada - Dynamiques d'entreprises et productivitéChair Amano, Isabelle (Statistics Canada)

Papers Yan, Beiling (Statistics Canada):Accounting for Slower Productivity Growth in the CanadianManufacturing Sector after 2000: Evidence from Micro Data


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Chan, Kelvin Ka Yin (Industry Canada):Industry Mix, Plant Turnover and Productivity Growth: ACase Study of the Transportation Equipment ManufacturingIndustry

Acharya, Ram (Industry Canada):Product Churning: Its Role in Output and ProductivityChanges in Canada

Discussants Rosell, Carlos (University of Toronto); Tomlin, Ben (Bank of Canada);Ueberfeldt, Alexander (Bank of Canada)


Industrial Organization 3: Empirical Methods in Industrial Organization / Organisationindustrielle 3: Méthodes empiriques en organisation industrielleChair Suzuki, Junichi (University of Toronto)

Papers Xu, Pai (University of Hong Kong):Reputation Status and Selling Strategy: A RegressionDiscontinuity Design Approach

Fox, Jeremy (University of Michigan):Credit Cards and Identification of Selection Models inIndustrial OrganizationSbai, Erwann (Toulouse School of Economics):Estimation and Comparison Procedure for Electricity SpotMarket Auctions

Discussants Perez Saiz, Hector (Bank of Canada); Byrne, David (The University ofMelbourne); Magesan, Arvind (University of Calgary)


Asset Pricing / Détermination du prix des actifs

Chair Dionne, Georges (HEC Montréal)

Papers Coen, Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)):Asset Pricing with Skewed Returns: Another Look atIdiosyncratic CoskewnessDionne, Georges (HEC Montréal):A Theoretical Extension of the Consumption-based CAPMModel

Okou, Cedric (HEC Montréal):Horizon Effect In The Term Structure Of Long-Run RiskReturn Trade-Offs

Discussants Okou, Cedric (HEC Montréal); Kalnina, Ilze (Université de Montréal)


CIRANO-PHELPS 1: Competition Policy / CIRANO-PHELPS 1: Politiques de concurrencePapers Church, Jeff (University of Calgary):

Asymmetries, Simulation and the Assessment of InputForeclosure in Vertical Mergers

Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University):Buyer Power and Downstream Competition

Winter, Ralph (University of British Columbia):Collusion on Exclusion

Discussants Hazledine, Tim (University of Auckland); Corts, Kenneth (University ofToronto)


CEA/CWEN Session: Obtaining a SSHRC Grant in Economics / ACE/RFE - Obtenir unebourse CRSH en économieOrganizer Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University)

Chair Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University)

Panelists Simard, François (SSHRC)Alexopoulos, Michelle (University of Toronto)


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Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University)

Gordon, Stephen (Université Laval)


Labour: Wages and Income Distribution / Travail: Salaire et distribution du revenu

Papers Annabi, Nabil (HRSDC):Foreign Competition and Income Distribution in Canada: ADynamic Microsimulation CGE Model AnalysisMichaelsen, Maren M. (Ruhr University Bochum):The Hidden Increase in Wage Inequality: Skill-biased andAbility-biased Technological Change

Shang, Ying (Queen's University):Modeling Income Processes across the Income Distribution -An Indirect Inference Approach


CEA/CIFAR Session: Boys' CrisisChair Eaton, Curtis (University of Calgary)

Papers Oreopoulos, Philip (University of Toronto):Gender Interactions in the Classroom and Their Effects onSchool PerformancePhipps, Shelley A (Dalhousie University):Why Can't You Sit Still? Hyperactivity and SchoolingOutcomes for Young Canadian Boys and Girls?

Fortin, Nicole M. (University of British Columbia):Gender Disparities in Educational Achievement


CETC 1

Organizer Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)

Chair Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)Papers Damiano, Ettore (University of Toronto):

Sincere Voting in Large Elections

Li, Wei (University of British Columbia):MisinformationEhlers, Lars (Université de Montréal):Allocation via Deferred-Acceptance under ResponsivePriorities


PBO Fiscal Challenges Panel / DPB Panel - Défis fiscaux

Organizer Tapp, Stephen (Parliamentary Budget Office)Chair Ragan, Christopher (McGill University)

Panelists Page, Kevin (Parliamentary Budget Office)Drummond, Don (TD Bank Financial Group)

Stanford, James (Canadian Auto Workers)

Robidoux, Benoit (Finance Canada)


SEDAP 1 - Population Aging: Is Later Retirement Part of the Solution? / SEDAP 1 -Vieillissement de la population: La retraite tardive fait-elle partie de la solution ?

Organizer Spencer, Byron G (McMaster University)Chair Horner, Keith (unaffiliated)

Papers Fougere, Maxime (Government of Canada):Taxes, Pension and the Retirement Decision of OlderCanadians


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Hicks, Peter (unaffiliated):The surprisingly large, and surprisingly unrecognized, policyimplications of changing retirement durations

Spencer, Byron G (McMaster University):Age of Pension Eligibility, Gains in Life Expectancy, andSocial Policy


Bank of Canada Lecture / Conférence de la Banque du Canada

Sponsor Bank of Canada/Banque du CanadaChair Schembri, Larry (Bank of Canada)

Speaker Shi, Shouyong (University of Toronto)

Topic Assets, liquidity and business cycles


CEA/Statistics Canada Session: Measuring Progress in Poverty Reduction: The Role ofNational Low-income Lines / Séance ACE/Statistique Canada - Mesure des avancéesdans la réduction de la pauvreté : Le rôle des seuils nationaux de faibles revenus

Organizer Murphy, Brian (Statistics Canada)Chair Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University)

Panelists Blank, Rebecca M. (United States Department of Commerce)

Corak, Miles (University of Ottawa)Zhang, Xuelin (Statistics Canada)

Murphy, Brian (Statistics Canada)Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa)


CMSG 3: Risk and Inequality / GCEM 3: Risque et inégalitéChair Kaymak, Baris (Université de Montréal)

Papers Donovan, Kevin (Arizona State University):Risk, Farm Ownership, and International ProductivityDifferences

Cozzi, Marco (Queen's University):Risk Aversion Heterogeneity and Wealth InequalityKaymak, Baris (Université de Montréal):On the Optimality of Income Redistribution


World Financial Markets / Marchés financiers mondiauxPapers Frey, Rainer (Deutsche Bundesbank):

The Discontinuous Integration of Western Europe'sHeterogeneous Market for Corporate Control from 1995 to2007

Garratt, Rod (University of California):Liquidity Provision and Free-Riding in CHAPS

Wan, Chi (Carleton University):Corporate Globalization and Bank Lending

Discussants Rumler, Fabio (Austrian Central Bank (OeNB))


CEBERG 3: Communication and Coordination / CEBERG 3: Communication etcoordinationOrganizers Buckley, Neil J. (York University)

Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University)

Chair Schott, Stephan (Carleton University)


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Papers Fehr, Dietmar (WZB):Why should we communicate? Evidence from a CoordinationExperiment

Kneeland, Terri (University of British Columbia):Global Games under Limited Depth of ReasoningMoir, Robert (University of New Brunswick Saint John):Spinning Works: Strategy Framing in the One-ShotPrisoner's Dilemma Game

Discussants Danese, Giuseppe (Simon Fraser University); Lin, Hong (Hannah) (PekingUniversity); Schott, Stephan (Carleton University)


CESG 3: The Bootstrap

Chair Mackinnon, James G (Queen's University)

Papers Davidson, Russell (McGill University):A Parametric Bootstrap for Heavy Tailed DistributionsRichard, Patrick (Universite de Sherbrooke):Kernel smoothing P values of simulation-based tests

Tabri, Rami (McGill University):Asymptotic and Bootstrap Tests for Stochastic Dominancevia the Method of Maximum Likelihood

Discussants Dovonon, Prosper (Concordia University); Mackinnon, James G (Queen'sUniversity); Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario)


CPEG 3: Government Organization / CPEG 3: Organisation Gouvernementale

Organizers Dodds, Stefan A. (Carleton University)Tremblay, Jean-François (University of Ottawa)

Papers Hartwick, John M (Queen's University):Government Goods and Services as Largely Intermediate

Farvaque, Etienne (Université de Lille 1):The Grand Experiment of Communism: Discovering theTrade-off between Equality and EfficiencyCairns, Robert D (McGill University):The Fundamental Problem of Economic Accounting


CREE 3: Empirical Environmental Economics / CREE 3 : Économie de l'environnementempiriquePapers Antweiler, Werner (University of British Columbia):

An Analysis of British Columbia's SCRAP-IT Program:Participation, Transportation Choice and Emissions Savings

Mallory, Julie (University of Toronto):Estimating the Impact of Recession on the Credibility ofGreen Legislative Threat

Mesbah, Morteza (Carleton University):Estimation of nitrogen oxides marginal abatement costcurves for coal-fired power plants in the United States




PEF 4: The European Debt and Currency Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Implicationsfor North America. / PEF 4: La dette européenne et la crise monétaire: Causes,conséquences et implications pour l'Amérique du nordOrganizer Stanford, James (Canadian Auto Workers)

Chair Stanford, James (Canadian Auto Workers)


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Panelists Schmidt, Ingo (Athabasca University)

Seccareccia, Mario (University of Ottawa)Hall, Peter (Export Development Canada)


CNEH 4: Invited Lecture in Memory of Alan G. Green / RCHE 4: Conférence invitée enmémoire d'Alan G. GreenOrganizer Keay, Ian (Queen's University)

Chair Lewis, Frank D. (Queen's University)

Papers Guinnane, Timothy (Yale University):The Historical Fertility Transition: A Guide for Economists


Economic Statistics and Measurement / Statistiques économiques et mesures

Chair Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia)Papers Tebrake, James (Statistics Canada):

Preview of the comprehensive (historical) revision of theCanadian System of National Accounts

Baldwin, Andy (Statistics Canada):A Better Inflation Indicator: A CPI with a Net PurchaseApproach to Owned Accommodation, 2005-2010

Kayembe, Lidia (University of Ottawa):Comparative assessment of performance and progress(1990-2008) of health systems using MillenniumDevelopment Goals

Discussants Nakamura, Alice (Alberta University); Mirza, Bilal (United NationsUniversity-MERIT)


State of the Art Lecture / Conférence-État des connaissancesSpeaker Smith, Jeffrey A (University of Michigan)

Topic Putting the Evidence in Evidence-Based Policy


Labour: Gender issues

Papers Feir, Donna Leanne (University of British Columbia):Men, Marriage and Employment: Does Marriage Matter ForBusiness Cycles?

Harris, Benjamin Cerf (Simon Fraser University):Does the gender gap explain the sexual orientation wagegap?Connolly Pray, Marie (Université du Québec à Montréal):The Gender Wage Gap among Recent PostsecondaryGraduates


Labour: Businesses and the Labour Market II / Travail: Entreprises et marché du travailIIChair Brencic, Vera (University of Alberta)

Papers Laporte, Christine (Statistics Canada):Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Earnings Premium toApprenticeship Completion in Canada

Dostie, Benoit (HEC Montréal):Labour reallocation, turnover and productivityDinlersoz, Emin (US Census Bureau):Wage Dynamics along the Life-Cycle of Manufacturing Plants


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Discussants Milla, Joniada (University of Guelph); Stoyanov, Andrey (York University);Shang, Ying (Queen's University)


Empirical Studies of Housing / Études empiriques sur le logementPapers Farnham, Martin (University of Victoria):

Housing Wealth and Marital Stability

Tomlin, Ben (Bank of Canada):House Prices, Consumption and the Role of Household DebtRoy, Saktinil (Athabasca University):How Well do Real Estate Bubbles Predict Banking Crises?


CDESG: Consequences of Foreign Investment

Papers Manga, Pranlal (University of Ottawa):The Innovation Gap betwen countries and technolgy diffusionfrom foreign affilites.Haider, Azad (Saint Mary's University):Factors Responsible for Jobless Growth in a DevelopingCountry: Empirical Evidence From Pakistan

Aragon-Sanchez, Fernando (Simon Fraser University):Natural Resources and Local Economic Development:Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine


Industry Canada and Statistics Canada Session II: Firm Survival and Growth Evidencefrom Canadian Microdata / Industrie Canada et Statistique Canada session II - Surviedes entreprises et preuve de croissance par microdonnées canadiennes

Chair Ryan, Annette (Industry Canada)Papers Dixon, Jay (Industrie Canada):

Who Creates Canadian Jobs? Employment Dynamics ofSmall, Large, Young and Mature Firms in Canada

Leung, D (Statistics Canada):Firm Level Investment and Financial Constraints: Does OneSize Fit All?

Petrunia, Robert (Lakehead University):Post-Entry Struggle for Life and Pre-Exit Shadow of Deathfrom a Financial Perspective

Discussants Zheng, Isabel (Bank of Canada); Chen, Zhiqi (Carleton University); Story,Rod (Carleton University)


Industrial Organization 4: Regulation / Organisation industrielle 4: RégulationsChair Cyrenne, Philippe (University of Winnipeg)

Papers Arya, Pyare (Saint Mary's University):Gasoline Price Regulation Issues and Decisions of the NovaScotia Utilities and Review Board

Bloemhof, Barb (McMaster University):Assessing the Degree of Competitiveness in the OntarioResidential Retail Natural Gas Market: Post-DeregulationPrice EvidenceCloutier, Mike (Queen's University):Leniency Programs and Quality of Information

Discussants Mann, Janelle (Queen's University); Winter, Jennifer (University ofCalgary); Da Graça, Tarcisio (University of Ottawa)


Bank of Canada Session on Commodity Prices / Banque du Canada- Prix des matièrespremières


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Organizer Vasishtha, Garima (Bank of Canada)

Chair Vasishtha, Garima (Bank of Canada)Papers Lombardi, Marco (European Central Bank):

Destabilizing speculation in the oil market

Baumeister, Christiane (Bank of Canada):Sources of the Volatility Puzzle in the Crude Oil Market

Gervais, Oliver (Bank of Canada):The Role of Financial Speculation in Driving the Price ofCrude Oil

Discussants Stevens, Jason (Cape Breton University); Jacks, David (Simon FraserUniversity); Cairns, Robert D (McGill University)


Bank of Canada Session: Term Structure Models / Banque du Canada - Modèles destructure à termeOrganizer Rivadeneyra, Francisco (Bank of Canada)

Chair Rivadeneyra, Francisco (Bank of Canada)Papers Fontaine, Jean-Sebastien (Banque du Canada):

Discrete Choice Term Structure Models: Theory AndApplications

Diez de los Rios, Antonio (Bank of Canada):A Multi-Country Term Structure Model with Unspanned Risks

Rivadeneyra, Francisco (Bank of Canada):The Macroeconomic Determinants of the Term Structure ofSupranational Yields

Discussants Luger, Richard (Georgia State University)


CIRANO-PHELPS 2: Competition Policy Panel / CIRANO-PHELPS 2: Panel sur lespolitiques de concurrenceChair Church, Jeff (University of Calgary)

Panelists Sanderson, Margaret (University of Toronto)

McFetridge, Donald G. (Carleton University)Ware, Roger (Queen's University)


Trade Agreements / Accords de libre-échangeChair Boileau, David (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)

Papers Viju, Crina (Carleton University):How integrated are EU agricultural markets?Yotov, Yoto (Drexel University):Terms of Trade and Global Efficiency Effects of Free TradeAgreements, 1990-2002

Li, Na (University of Guelph):Political Economy of Endogenously Incomplete ContractingTrade Agreements

Discussants Graff, Michael (ETH Zurich and Jacobs University Bremen); Hakobyan,Shushanik (University of Virginia); Melatos, Mark (University of Sydney)


Health Economics 4 - Costs and Financing / Économie de la santé 4 - Coûts etfinancement

Chair Hurley, Jerry (McMaster University)Papers Gaudette, Étienne (Université du Québec à Montréal):

Public Policies, Health Care Demand and BudgetaryEquilibrium in a Public-Financed System: A DynamicStochastic Analysis


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Ariste, Ruolz (Canadian Institute for Health Information):Assessing the Impact of Some Health Care Cost Drivers inCanada During the Last Decade

Blomqvist, Ake (Carleton University):Health Insurance and Distributional Equity: Government andMarkets in China

Discussants Blomqvist, Ake (Carleton University); Di Matteo, Livio (LakeheadUniversity)


CETC Young Researchers Session / CETC - Jeunes rechercheursChair Han, Seungjin (McMaster University)

Papers Boucher, Vincent (Université de Montréal):Structural Homophily

Wang, Tao (Queen's University):Dynamic Equilibrium BunchingAgbo, Maxime (Université de Montréal):Young Researchers and Senior Researchers: Who should beGranted?

Sen Choudhury, Eesha (McGill University):Optimal Patent Length For Pharmaceutical Products: ANorth-South Model


SRDC Session: Financing and Supporting PSE Access - Lessons from Existing Evidenceand New Field Experiments / SRSA - Financer et supporter l'accès aux étudespostsecondaires

Organizer Ford, Reuben (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)

Chair Voyer, Jean-Pierre (Social Research and Demonstration Corporation)Papers Oreopoulos, Philip (University of Toronto):

Nudging Grade 12 Students to Higher Education: A FieldExperiment

Hui, Shek-wai (Social Research and DemonstrationCorporation):The Relationship between Funding, Learning Objectives andChoice of Instructional Programs and Courses for AdultLearningFord, Reuben (Social Research and DemonstrationCorporation):The Impact of an Early Promise of Non-Refundable Aid onPost-secondary Attendance Among Low-income Youth:Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment


SEDAP 2: Panel: Towards Pension Reform in Canada: What Are the Options? / SEDAP 2 -Panel: Vers une réforme des pensions au Canada: Quelles sont les options ?

Organizer Spencer, Byron G (McMaster University)Chair Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa)

Papers Moore, Kevin (Statistics Canada):Using Statistics Canada's LifePaths Microsimulation Model toExplore the Impact of Increased Future Saving on theConsumption Replacement Rates of Future RetireesHorner, Keith (unaffiliated):Assessment of Pension Reform Options

Ambachtsheer, Keith (Director, Rotman ICPM):A Post-Election Pension Reform Prognosis


Canadian Economics Association Invited Lecture / Association canadienne d'économique- Conférence invitée


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Speaker Rudin, Jeremy (Department of Finance)

Topic The Global Financial Crisis: A Canadian Perspective


CMSG 4: Labour Search 1 / GCEM 4: Recherche d'emploi 1

Chair Lkhagvasuren, Damba (Concordia University)Papers Wolthoff, Ronald (University of Toronto):

It's About Time: Implications of Discreteness in anEquilibrium Job Search Model

Lubik, Thomas (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond):The Shifting and Twisting Beveridge Curve: An AggregatePerspective

Lkhagvasuren, Damba (Concordia University):The Cyclicality of Search Intensity in a Competitive SearchModel


CDESG: Experiments / CDESG: Expérimentations

Papers Chemin, Matthieu (McGill University):Do peer effects mitigate social dilemmas? Evidence from afield experimentKsoll, Christopher (University of Oxford):Can Technology Improve Learning? Evidence from a FieldExperiment in Niger

Valdivia, Martin (GRADE):General training or technical assistance? A field experimentto learn what works on business training in Peru


CEBERG 4: Trust and Reciprocity / CEBERG 4: Confiance et réciprocité


Chair Song, Fei (Ryerson University)Papers Cadsby, Bram (University of Guelph):

Promise-Keeping, Social Relationship and Anonymity: AnExperimental Investigation

Childs, Jason (University of Regina):Lying in a simple sender-receiver game: Gains vs. lossesLin, Hong (Hannah) (Peking University):Separating Gratitude from Guilt in the Laboratory

Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University):The Impact of Empowerment on Trust and Reciprocity

Discussants Matthews, Peter (Middlebury College); Ong, David (Peking University);Smith, Alexander (University of Calgary); Song, Fei (Ryerson University)


CESG 4: Quantile and Nonparametric Regression / SCEE 4: Quantiles et régressionsnon-paramétriques

Chair Tabri, Rami (McGill University)Papers Ponomareva, Maria (University of Western Ontario):

Quantile Regression for Panel Data Models with Fixed Effectsand Small T: Identification and Estimation

Wang, Yun (University of California, Riverside):Nonparametric Regression Estimation with GeneralParametric Error Covariance: A More Efficient Two-stepEstimator

Wang, Yini (Queen's University):Inference in quantile cointegrating regressions withstructural changes


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Discussants Ponomareva, Maria (University of Western Ontario); Richard, Patrick(Universite de Sherbrooke); Wang, Yini (Queen's University)


CPEG 4: Taxation and Growth / CPEG 4: Taxation et croissanceOrganizers Dodds, Stefan A. (Carleton University)

Tremblay, Jean-François (University of Ottawa)

Papers Ferede, Ergete (Grant MacEwan University):The Long-run Effects of Federal Grants in a Growing StateEconomyAlamgir-Arif, Rizwana (University of Ottawa):Childcare, Taxes and Endogenous Growth

Kim, Jin Woong (University of Ottawa):Equalization payments and competition for capital flows in afiscal federalism


CREE Session 4: Short Presentation Session on Resource Economics / Présentationscourtes en économie des ressources naturellesChair Schott, Stephan (Carleton University)

Papers Galiana, Isabel Marie (McGill University):A Hotelling Approach to Climate PolicyLin, James (University of Alberta):An Electricity Market Model with Sustainable Fossil Fuels

Oloufade, Djoulassi (University of Ottawa):State Capacity and the Enforcement of Property Rights in theNatural Resource Sector

Atewamba, Calvin (Université de Montréal):Pricing of Durable Exhaustible Resources Under StochasticInvestment OpportunitiesAlmansoour, Abdullah (University of Waterloo):The Impact of Stochastic Convenience Yield and StochasticExtraction Cost on the Value of an Exhaustible Resource: Thecase of the Alberta Oil Sands


Innis Lecture / Conférence InnisChair Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (McGill University)

Speaker Baker, Michael (University of Toronto)Topic Universal Early Childhood Interventions: What is the Evidence Base?

08:00-08:30 Saturday, June 4, 2011 LocationT.B.A.



PEF 5: Dissecting the fiscal issues facing Canada / PEF 5: Analyse des problèmes fiscauxauxquels fait face le CanadaOrganizer MacLean, Brian K. (Laurentian University)

Panelists Newman, Keith (Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union ofCanada)Russell, Ellen (unaffiliated)

Brooks, Neil (York University)

Jackson, Andrew (Canadian Labour Congress)


CNEH 5: The Development of Institutions / RCHE 5: Le développement des institutions


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Organizer Keay, Ian (Queen's University)

Chair Hamilton, Gillian C. (University of Toronto)Papers Dippel, Christian (University of Toronto):

Elite Persistence Under De Jure Institutional Change

Moore, Lyndon (Université de Montréal):The Economic Benefit of Political Connections in LateVictorian Britain

Coe, Patrick J. (Carleton University):The Argumentation of Economic Historians

Discussants Drelichman, Mauricio (University of British Columbia); Carlos, Ann(University of Colorado at Boulder); Di Matteo, Livio (Lakehead University)


CLEA I: Tax Law and Economics / Droit fiscal et économieOrganizer Alarie, Benjamin (University of Toronto)

Papers Satterthwaite, Emily (University of Toronto):Elective Provisions in Tax LawAlarie, Benjamin (University of Toronto):Adapting to Tax Complexity

Curry, Philip (University of Waterloo):Optimal Government Responses to Tax Planning


CDESG: Entrepreneurship / EntreprenariatPapers Nguimkeu, Pierre Evariste (Simon Fraser University):

An Estimated Model of Informal Entrepreneurship UnderFinancial Constraints

Marcoul, Philippe (University of Alberta):The Emergence of Collective Action in Contract FarmingCouppey-Soubeyran, Jézabel (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne):The relationship between trade credit, bank credit andfinancial structure: from firm-level non-linearities to financialdevelopment heterogeneity. A study on MENA firm-level data


Where's Prudence? How to Design a Resilient Macroprudential Supervisory Framework /Où est la prudence ? Comment concevoir un cadre réglementaire macroprudentielrésilientOrganizer Bergevin, Philippe (C.D. Howe Institute)

Panelists Le Pan, Nicholas (Chairman, Canadian Public Accountability Board andformer Superintendent of Financial Institutions)

Longworth, David (Carleton University)Ragan, Christopher (McGill University)


Teaching of Economics 1: Session in memory of Peter Kennedy / Enseignementséconomiques 1: Session en mémoire de Peter KennedyChair Scarth, William (McMaster University)

Papers Self, James (Indiana University):Who does Collaborative Learning Help? The PedagogicalEfficacy of Student Learning

Cottrell, Marilyn (Brock University):Perfect in an Imperfect World: The Efficient MarketO'Shaughnessy, Bridget (McMaster University):Fostering Creativity in Undergraduate Economics

Discussants Brett, Craig (Mount Allison University)


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Spatial EconomicsPapers Lloyd-Ellis, Huw (Queen's University):

Search and the Dynamics of House Prices and Construction

Lindsey, Charles Robin (University of British Columbia):Cost Recovery From Congestion Tolls With Long-RunUncertainty

Yu, Chia-Ming (Washington University):Locational Signaling and AgglomerationStacey, Derek (Queen's University):Housing Prices, Time on the Market, and the Role of RealEstate Agents


Bank of Canada Session: Theory of Money and Payments I / Banque du Canada - Théoriede la monnaie et des paiements IOrganizer Shao, Enchuan (Bank of Canada)

Chair Dong, Mei (Simon Fraser University)Papers Sun, Hongfei (Amy) (Queen's University):

Equilibrium Counterfeiting and Monetary Policy

Dong, Mei (Simon Fraser University):On the Societal Benefit of Credit Card as a Means of Payment


CDESG: South Asia / CDESG: Asie du sudPapers Jayaraman, Rajshri (European School of Management and

Technology):The Impact of School Lunches on Primary School Enrollment:Evidence from India's Midday Meal Scheme

Rosenblum, Daniel (Dalhousie University):Economic Incentives for Sex-Selective Abortion in IndiaDauphin, Anyck (Université du Québec en Outaousais):Child Poverty and Intra-Household Allocation in Bangladesh

Pivovarova, Margarita (University of Toronto):Caste, Gender and School Enrollment: Evidence from theNepalese Living Standard Survey


Industrial Organization 5: Implications of Imperfect Competition / Organisationindustrielle 5: Implications de la compétition imparfaite

Chair Atallah, Gamal (University of Ottawa)

Papers Basso, Leonardo (Universidad de Chile):Passenger Versus Movement Based Charges on TransportInfrastructureRay Chaudhuri, Amrita (University of Winnipeg):Monopolization through acquisitions in multimarketoligopolies

Roland, Michel (Université Laval):Mixed Enterprises and International Competition

Discussants Higashida, Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University); Roland, Michel(Université Laval); Barham, Victoria (University of Ottawa)


2x2 Working Group Session 1 / Groupe de travail 2x2 Session 1

Organizers Robinson, David (Laurentian University)Goforth, David (Laurentian University)

Chair Goforth, David (Laurentian University)


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Papers Robinson, David (Laurentian University):Teaching Economics by Teaching 2x2 Game Theory

Berg, Kimmo (Aalto University School of Science):Computing equilibria in discounted 2x2 supergamesKilgour, Marc (Wilfrid Laurier University):How Democracy Resolves Conflict in Difficult Games

Hamburger, Henry (George Mason University):2x2 Graph Games


Short Presentation Session: Immigration / Présentations courtes en immigration

Papers Teng, Jiayuan (University of Guelph):Social networks and Migration Decision: Evidence fromCHIPS and Repeated Cross-sectional Data

Zhou, Nan (Concordia University):Training New Immigrants: Evidence from CanadaZibrowius, Michael (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg):Convergence or divergence? Immigrant wage assimilationpatterns in Germany


Monetary and Fiscal Policy / Politiques monétaires et fiscalesPapers Dalkir, Mehmet (University of New Brunswick):

Inflation versus Price Control from the Stochastic ControlPerspective

Liu, Xuan (East Carolina University):Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Svensson Timing

Talukdar, Bidyut Kumar (Saint Mary's University):Organizational Learning and Optimal Fiscal and MonetaryPolicy


CIRANO-PHELPS 3: Intellectual Property / CIRANO-PHELPS 3: Propriété intellectuelle

Papers Chipty, Tasneem (Analysis Group, Inc.):Economics of Music Copyright Valuation: Theory and PracticeLanginier, Corinne (University of Alberta):Monetary and Implicit Incentives of Patent Examiners

Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal):The Economics of Copyright Valuation: The Case of Music forCommercial Radio Stations

Discussants Solomon, Raphael (Copyright Board of Canada); Agrawal, Ajay (Universityof Toronto); Katz, Ariel (University of Toronto)


Health Economics 5 - Primary Care / Économie de la santé 5 - Soins de santé primaires

Chair Sarma, Sisira K (The University of Western Ontario)Papers Buhr, Karen (University of Maine):

The Relationship between Job Satisfaction, Workplace Stress,and Unhealthy Lifestyle Choices among Canadian Nurses

McDonald, Ted (University of New Brunswick):Immigration Policy and Working as a Physician: Evidence forCanada and the United StatesWang, Chao (Sara) (McMaster University):Physician Labour Supply in Canada: a Household Perspective

Discussants Guliani, Harminder (University of Manitoba); Jesmin, Shammima(University of Western Ontario); Belley, Philippe (Kansas State University)



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Bilateral Trade Relationships / Relations commerciales bilatérales

Chair Ker, Alan (University of Guelph)Papers Nitsch, Volker (Technische Universität Darmstadt):

Wearing Corset, Losing Shape: The Euro's Effect on TradeImbalances

Cyrus, Teresa (Dalhousie University):Cultural Proximity and Bilateral Trade

Discussants Disdier, Anne-Celia (INRA); Lassmann, Andrea (ETH zurich)


CSLS 1 : New Insights into Productivity Growth in Canada / CSLS 1: Nouvel aperçu de lacroissance de la productivité au Canada

Chair Nakamura, Alice (Alberta University)Papers Almon, Michael-John (Industry Canada):

Industry Structure Change and Economic Growth: ACanada-U.S. Comparison

De Avillez, Ricardo (Centre for the Study of LivingStandards):The Paradoxical Nature of Productivity Growth in theCanadian Agriculture SectorRoss, Christopher (University of Ottawa):A Detailed Analysis of the Productivity Performance of theCanadian Food Processing Sector

Discussants Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia); Harris, Richard (SimonFraser University)


CETC 4Chair Kirkegaard, Rene (University of Guelph)

Papers Horan, Sean (Boston University):Sequential Search and Choice from ListsHan, Seungjin (McMaster University):Non-Committed Procurement under Intricate Uncertainty

Kirkegaard, Rene (University of Guelph):Ranking Asymmetric Auctions using the Dispersive Order


CIGI 1: Managing Complexities: Global Economic Interdependencies and PolicyCooperation / CIGI 1: Gérer les complications : Interdépendances économiques globaleset politiques de coopération

Panelists Jenkins, Paul (Carleton University)

Curtis, John (International Trade Canada)Siklos, Pierre L (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Kruger, Mark (Canadian Embassy in China)

Perrault, Jean-François (Finance Canada)


Factor Analysis 1 / Analyse factorielle 1

Organizer Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université de Montréal)Chair Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université de Montréal)

Papers Douch, Mohamed (Royal Military College):Equity Premium Puzzle in a Data-Rich EnvironmentDoko Tchatoka, Firmin Sabro (University of Tasmania):Subset hypotheses testing and instrument exclusion in thelinear IV regression

Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université de Montréal):Common Sources of Parameter Instability in MacroeconomicModels: A Factor-TVP Approach


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International Macroeconomics: Exchange Rate Regimes / Macroéconomie internationale:Régimes de taux de changeChair Arghyrou, Michael Georgiou (Cardiff University)

Papers Ghosh, Atish (International Monetary Fund):Words vs Deeds: What Really Matters?

Pang, Ke (Wilfrid Laurier University):Vertical Trade and North American Monetary Union: FromTrade to Currency IntegrationSchembri, Larry (Bank of Canada):A Brave New International Monetary System

Discussants Santor, Eric Benjamin (Bank of Canada); Cao, Shutao (Bank of Canada);Beltran, Daniel (Federal Reserve Board)


Empirical Topics in Research and Development / Sujets empiriques en recherche etdéveloppement

Papers Luintel, Kul (Cardiff University):Basic, Applied and Experimental Knowledge andProductivity: Further EvidenceSchmidt, Tobias (Deutsche Bundesbank Central Office):An Information Economics Perspective on Main BankRelationships and Firm R&D

Jung, Owen (Industry Canada):Evidence of Heterogeneous Financing Conditions amongCanadian Small and Medium-Sized Firms Investing in R&D


CMSG 5A: Monetary Policy / GCEM 5A: Politiques monétairesChair Shukayev, Malik (Bank of Canada)

Papers Dai, Tiantian (Queen's University):Input Inventories, Business Cycle and Optimal MonetaryPolicyKryvtsov, Oleksiy (Bank of Canada):The Dynamics of Consumer Price Distribution and MonetaryNon-neutrality

Shukayev, Malik (Bank of Canada):Financial Intermediation, Risk Taking and Monetary Policy


CMSG 5B: Development Economics / GCEM 5B: Économie du développement

Chair Pallage, Stéphane (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Papers Alessandrini, Diana (University of Guelph):The Business Cycle Human Capital Accumulation Nexus andits Effect on GrowthQian, Zhenjie (Tsinghua University):Why Labor Income Share Is So Low in China?

Pallage, Stéphane (Université du Québec à Montréal):Famines, food aid, and aggregate trouble


CEBERG 5: All Pay Auctions, Trading Strategies and Money Illusion / CEBERG 5:L'enchère à offres payantes, stratégies de trading et l'illusion de l'argent


Chair Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University)


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Papers Chen, Zhuoqiong (Peking University):Pre-empting Inefficient Contests with Gender Signaling

Khoroshilov, Yuri (University of Ottawa):Momentum Trading Strategy and Investment Horizon: AnExperimental StudyMatthews, Peter (Middlebury College):An Introduction To "Bucket Auctions" For Charity

Petersen, Luba (University of California Santa Cruz):The Role of Money Illusion, Focal Points and Heuristics inNominal Price Adjustment

Discussants Mestelman, Stuart (McMaster University); Morrison, William (WilfridLaurier University); Powell, Owen (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)


CESG 5: Short Presentation Session / SCEE 5: Présentations courtes

Chair Alexeev, Vitali (University of Tasmania)Papers Gao, Rui (Queen's University):

Quasi-Realized Volatility: MCMC Estimation of IntegratedVolatility with Daily Fluctuation Limits

Hounyo, Koomla Ulrich (Université de Montréal):Bootstapping pre-averaging realized volatility under marketmicrostructure noiseIsmael Yacoub, Mourifie (Université de Montréal):revealed euclidean preferences

Shang, Hua (Concordia University):Finite-Sample Properties of Alternative Tests on Beta-PricingModels in the Cases of Large, Small and Zero Betas

Zhang, Hui Jun (McGill University):Commodity price - exchange rate causality in daily andintra-day data


CPEG 5: Political Economy I / CPEG 5: Économie politique I


Papers Pandey, Manish (University of Winnipeg):Examining the Efficiency Hypothesis: Does increase inopenness cause government revenues to decline?

Voia, Marcel-Cristian (Carleton University):Do Canadian business cycle peaks predict Federal electioncalls?

Koka, Katerina (Brock University):Voting for Health: the Effect of Changing Demographics onthe Choice of Capital and Labour Taxes


CREE Session 5: Short Presentation Session on Environmental Economics /Présentations courtes en économie environnementale

Chair Barrington-Leigh, Christopher (University of British Columbia)Papers Morgan, Dylan (University of Ottawa):

When Environmental Subsidies Backfire: The Case of BlackLiquor and the Alternative Fuel Mixture Tax Credit

Filippiadis, Eleftherios (Concordia University):Using the allocation of emission permits for Strategic Tradepurposes

Xiang, Di (University of Manitoba):Econ-labeling with Knowledgeable and Naive ConsumersKhalaf, Lynda (Carleton University):The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Tipping Points andUncertainty


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Boskovic, Branko (University of Toronto):Environmental Regulation, Air Quality and Free-Riding:Evidence from the U.S. Clean Air Act




PEF 6: Canadian Provincial Budgeting Priorities and Risks / PEF 6: Priorités budgétairesdes provinces canadiennes et les risques

Organizer MacLean, Brian K. (Laurentian University)Chair Stanford, James (Canadian Auto Workers)

Panelists Baragar, Fletcher (University of Manitoba)

McCracken, Michael C (Informetricia Limited)Myatt, Anthony (University of New Brunswick)

Ivanova, Iglika (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)


CNEH 6: War, Prohibition and Keynes / RCHE 6: Guerres, interdictions et Keynes

Organizer Keay, Ian (Queen's University)Chair Tassonyi, Almos T. (Ryerson University)

Papers Cranfield, John (University of Guelph):Stayers and Leavers, Diggers and Canucks: The 1914-1918War in Comparative Perspective

Dighe, Ranjit (State University of New York at Oswego):Business Week, the Great Depression and the Coming ofKeynesianism to AmericaDupré, Ruth (HEC Montréal):The People's Will: Referendums and Alcohol Prohibition inInternational Perspective

Discussants Massey, Catherine (University of Colorado at Boulder); Wilson, Stuart J.(University of Regina); Eli, Shari (University of Berkeley)


CLEA II: Law and Economics / Droit et économie

Organizer Alarie, Benjamin (University of Toronto)

Papers Green, Andrew (University of Toronto):The Power of the Chief Justice: Choosing Panels on theSupreme Court of CanadaCaines, Ian (University of Toronto):Circular Priorities Revisited

Summerfield, Fraser (University of Guelph):The Opportunity Cost of Violent Crime in Canada:Understanding Supply Trends After Capital Punishment


Health Economics 7 - Methodology / Économie de la santé 7 - Méthodologie

Chair Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa)

Papers Makdissi, Paul (University of Ottawa):A Fuzzy Approach to the Measurement of Leakages in HealthSystems in North AmericaLi, Xianghong (York University):Assessing the Ability Of Matching To Address Attrition BiasIn Health Data Using The Rand Health Experiment

Hurley, Jerry (McMaster University):Existence and Magnitued of Health Care Externalities:Evidence from a Choice Experiment


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Discussants Packalen, Mikko (University of Waterloo); Plesca, Miana (University ofGuelph); Smith, Alexander (University of Calgary)


Canadian Public Policy Lecture / Analyse de Politiques - ConférenceSponsor Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques

Speaker Forget, Evelyn L. (University of Manitoba)Topic Town With No Poverty: the health effects of the MINCOME guaranteed

annual income experiment


Labour: Immigrants and labour market decisions / Travail: Immigrants et décisions detravail

Papers Coulombe, Serge (University of Ottawa):Quality of Human Capital and Economic Development: ananalysis of immigrants' earnings in CanadaNadeau, Serge (University of Ottawa):English as the Lingua Franca and the Economic Value ofOther Languages: the Case of the Language of Work ofImmigrants and Non-immigrants in the Montreal LabourMarket

Lu, Yuqian (Statistics Canada):Self-choice or out of necessity: Do immigrants and theirchildren choose self-employment for the same reasons?


Labour: Atlantic Canada : Investment and Immigration / Travail: Les provinces del'Atlantique: Investissement et immigration

Papers Haghiri, Morteza (Mount Allison University):The Role of Intraregional Investment in the EconomicDevelopment of the Humber River Basin in Newfoundlandand LabradorChaundy, David (Atlantic Provinces Economic Council):Atlantic Canada's Changing Competitiveness forInternational Investment

Akbari, Syed Ather H (Saint Mary's University):Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in Atlantic CanadaCompared with the Rest of Canada

Rankaduwa, Wimal (University of Prince Edward Island):Immigration Inflow and Economic Growth in AtlanticCanada: An Empirical Investigation

Discussants Grady, Patrick (unaffiliated); Walsh, Keith (McMaster University)


Teaching of Economics 2: Session in memory of Peter Kennedy / Enseignementséconomiques 2: Session en mémoire de Peter KennedyChair Woolley, Frances (Carleton University)

Papers Colonescu, Constantin (Grant MacEwan University):Is the undergraduate curriculum relevant? The case ofexchange rate determination

O'Gorman, Melanie (University of Winnipeg):Experiential Learning and Microfinance MechanismsRaynauld, Jacques (HEC Montréal):Students Misconceptions in Economics: autopsy of a taxincidence question

Discussants Livernois, John R (University of Guelph)



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Bayesian Methods for Forecasting and Applied Macroeconomics / Méthodes baysiennespour la prévision de la macroéconomie appliquée

Organizer Sekhposyan, Tatevik (Bank of Canada)Chair Sekhposyan, Tatevik (Bank of Canada)

Papers Herbst, Edward (University of Pennsylvania):Evaluating Predictions of Comovements of DSGE Models

Maih, Junior (Norges Bank):Estimating DSGE Models with Observed Real-TimeExpectation DataMatthes, Christian (Universitat Pompeu Fabra):Time Variation in the Dynamics and Comovement of LatinAmerican Economies

Discussants Baumeister, Christiane (Bank of Canada)


CDESG: Evaluation of Social Policies in Latin America / CDESG: Évaluation des politiquessociales en amérique latine

Papers Gondim Teixeira, Clarissa (International Policy Center forInclusive Growth/UNDP):Externality and Behavioural Change Effects of anon-randomized CCT programme - Heterogeneous impact onthe Demand for Health and EducationFerrando, Mery (Universidad de la República):School Attendance, Child Labor and Cash Transfers. AnImpact Evaluation of PANES

Alzua, Maria Laura (CEDLAS -Universidad Nacional de LaPlata):Educational Reform and Labor Market Outcomes: The Case ofArgentina's Ley Federal de Educación


CDESG: Household / CDESG: Les ménagesPapers Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University):

Intra-Household Inequality, Poverty Measurement and theHunger of Old Women

Bobonis, Gustavo (University of Toronto):Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Role of PrivateInformation and Spousal ControlDiallo, Saikou Amadou (University of Ottawa):The Threat of Domestic Violence and Women Empowerment:The Case of West Africa


2x2 Working Group Session 2 / Groupe de travail 2x2 Session 2Organizers Robinson, David (Laurentian University)

Goforth, David (Laurentian University)Chair Robinson, David (Laurentian University)

Papers Hopkins, Brian (Saint Peter's College):Between Neighboring Strict Ordinal GamesSimpson, John (University of Alberta):Overcoming the (near) Fetishization of a Small Group of 2x2Games

Bruns, Bryan (Independent Scholar):Switching Games: Visualizing the Adjacent Possible in theTopology of Two-person Two-strategy Games


Stock Market Returns / Rendements des marchés boursiers

Chair Lo, Ingrid (Ka Man) (Bank of Canada)


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Papers Bond, Amanda (Ryerson University):Canadian Stock Returns and the Macroeconomy

Boucher, Christophe (QCG):Expected Returns Across Time ScalesZaman, Ashraf (St Mary'S University):Political Information the Cross-Section of Returns

Discussants Zaman, Ashraf (St Mary'S University); Gungor, Sermin (Bank of Canada);Bond, Amanda (Ryerson University)


Health Economics 6 - Primary Care / Économie de la santé 6 - Soins de santé primaires

Chair Powell, Lisa (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Papers Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University):The determinants of the migration decisions of immigrantand non-immigrant physicians in CanadaWing, Coady (Northwestern University):Occupational Deregulation and The Price of Health Servicesin the United States

Jesmin, Shammima (University of Western Ontario):Team-based Primary Health Care (PHC) Practice and PatientPerceptions of Health Care Outcomes: A Propensity ScoreMatching (PSM) Analysis using data from the 2007-2008Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care(CSCPHC)

Discussants Sarma, Sisira K (The University of Western Ontario); Stewart, Jennifer(Carleton University); Wang, Chao (Sara) (McMaster University)


CETC 2

Chair Shneyerov, Artyom (Concordia University)Papers Ivanov, Maxim (McMaster University):

Dynamic Informational Control

Shneyerov, Artyom (Concordia University):Search brokers


Immigration, Language, and Natural Disasters / Immigration, langage et désastresnaturels

Chair Yotov, Yoto (Drexel University)Papers Hiller, Sanne (Aarhus University):

Immigration and the Product Margins of International Trade

Lassmann, Andrea (ETH zurich):The Causal Impact of Common Language on InternationalTrade: Evidence from a Spatial Regression DiscontinuityDesign.

Groeschl, Jasmin (Ifo Institut for Economic Research at LMUMunich):Natural Disasters and the Effect of Trade on Income: An IVApproach

Discussants Qirjo, Dhimitri (The University of British Columbia); Klasing, Mariko J(Carleton University); Cyrus, Teresa (Dalhousie University)


CEA/CSLS 2 : What Explains the Growing Canada-US Productivity Gap ? / ACE/CSLS 2:Qu'est-ce qui explique la croissance de l'écart de productivité entre le Canada et lesÉtats-Unis ?Organizer Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)

Chair Sharpe, Andrew (Centre for The Study of Living Standards)

Panelists Tomlin, Ben (Bank of Canada)


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Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada)

Milway, James (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity)Shute, Larry (Industry Canada)


CIGI 2: Imbalances and Monetary Volatility / CIGI 2: Déséquilibres et volatilitémonétairePapers Essid, Badye Omar (HEC Montréal):

Do Short Selling Restrictions Destabilize Stock Markets?Lessons from Taiwan

Jing, Wang (University of Western Ontario):Global Measures of Imbalances and Instability Before andAfter the 2008 Financial

Agarwal, Manmohan (CIGI):Impact of US Monetary Policy on Emerging Economies


Factor Analysis 2 / Analyse factorielle 2

Organizer Stevanovic, Dalibor (Université de Montréal)Papers Luciani, Matteo (Université libre de Bruxelles):

Modeling Vast Panels of Volatilities with Long-MemoryDynamic Factor Models

Bouaddi, Mohammed (HEC-Montreal):Portfolio Selection in a Data-Rich Environment

Bruneau, Gabriel (Université de Montréal):Interest rate expectations and economic fluctuations


International Macroeconomics: Capital Flows and Controls / Macroéconomieinternationale: Flux de capitaux et contrôles

Chair Santor, Eric Benjamin (Bank of Canada)Papers Qureshi, Mahvash (International Monetary Fund):

Sea, Swell, or Killer Waves? An Empirical Analysis of CapitalFlows

Riera-Crichton, Daniel (Bates College):International Gross Capital Flows: A New Measure andApplication to a Global Panel of External Financial CrisesStanley, Leonardo (Cedes):Capital controls, development and institutions: Latin Americaand Asia compared

Discussants Pasricha, Gurnain (Bank of Canada); Kano, Takashi (University of Tokyo);Razo-Garcoa, Raul (Carleton University)


The Great Recession / La grande récessionPapers Diewert, W. Erwin (University of British Columbia):

The Measurement of Banking Services in the System ofNational Accounts

Nakamura, Emi (Columbia Business School, Uris 820):Crises and Recoveries in an Empirical Model of ConsumptionDisastersNakamura, Alice (Alberta University):Regulatory versus Information Failure Perspectives on theGreat Recession

Morck, Randall K. (University of Alberta):Monetary and Fiscal Stimuli, Ownership Structure, andChina's Housing Market

10:30-12:00 Saturday, June 4, 2011 Location


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The Industry Canada Lecture / Conférence État des connaissancesSponsor Industry Canada/Industrie Canada

Organizers Ross, Thomas W. (University of British Columbia)Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal)

Chair Boyer, Marcel (Université de Montréal)Speaker Rey, Patrick (Université Toulouse I)

Topic Access Pricing and Competition in Telecommunications


CMSG 6A: Money and Banking / GCEM 6A: Monnaie et banques

Chair Waknis, Parag J (University of Connecticut)Papers Ho, Wai-Ming (York University):

Liquidity Constraints and the Friedman Rule in a Small OpenEconomy with Overlapping Generations

Pancrazi, Roberto (Toulouse School of Economics):Overlooking the Great Moderation: Consequences for theMonetary Policy

Waknis, Parag J (University of Connecticut):Endogenous Monetary Policy: A Leviathan Central Bank in aLagos-Wright Economy


CMSG 6B: Wages over the Business Cycle / GCEM 6B: Salaires et cycles économiques

Chair Tavares, Brian (University of Toronto)Papers Bellou, Andriana (Université de Montréal):

Wages, Implicit Contracts and the Business Cycle: Evidencefrom a European Panel

Snell, Andy (Edinburgh):Minu, Startu and all that:- Pitfalls in estimating thesensitivity of a worker's wage to aggregate unemployment

Tavares, Brian (University of Toronto):Involuntary Part-Time Employment and Wages in theBusiness Cycle


CEBERG 6: Risk Preferences and Choice over Time / CEBERG 6: Aversion au risque et leschoix dans le temps


Chair Anglin, Paul M (University of Guelph)

Papers Mentzakis, Emmanouil (University of East Anglia):An investigation of individual preferences: consistencyacross incentives and stability over time

Morrison, William (Wilfrid Laurier University):Loss aversion, default bias and intertemporal choiceTerry, Eric (Ryerson University):Risk preferences and the presentation of uncertainty

Discussants Anglin, Paul M (University of Guelph); Freeman, David (University ofBritish Columbia); Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario)


CESG 6: Econometric Theory / SCEE 6: Théorie économétrique

Chair Davidson, Russell (McGill University)Papers Dovonon, Prosper (Concordia University):

Long Run Canonical Correlations: Estimation and Inference

Mackinnon, James G (Queen's University):Confidence Sets Based on Inverting Anderson-Rubin Tests


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Stewart, Kenneth G (University of Victoria):The optimal construction of instruments in nonlinearregression: Implications for GMM inference

Discussants Alexeev, Vitali (University of Tasmania); Davidson, Russell (McGillUniversity); Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University)


CPEG 6: Political Economy II / CPEG 6: Économie Politique II


Papers Winer, Stanley (Carleton University):Explaining Variation in the Competitiveness of U.S. SenateElections, 1922-2004

Joanis, Marcelin (Université de Sherbrooke):Campaign spending limits and electoral competition in afloating two-party system

Rekkas, Marie (Simon Fraser University):Disentangling Party and Individual Incumbency Effects


CREE Session 6: Resource and Environmental Economics Theory / CREE 6: Ressourceset théorie économique environnementale

Chair Baksi, Soham (University of Winnipeg)Papers Bazhanov, Andrei (Queen's University):

Genuine investment and resource policy in imperfecteconomy

Baksi, Soham (University of Winnipeg):Multiple Pollutants and the Benefits of Cleaner TechnologyAdoption

Moreno-Cruz, Juan (University of Calgary):Long-term environmental problems and strategic inter-generational transfers


Purvis Luncheon / Déjeuner-conférence Purvis

Chair Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (McGill University)Speaker Fehr, Ernst (University of Zurich)

Topic The Lure of Authority - Motivation and Incentive Effects of Power


Immigration in Canada? A Panel Discussion on Future Directions / Panel sur lesdirections futures de l'immigration au Canada

Sponsor Research Group on the Economics of Immigration(RGEI), University ofOttawa

Organizer Nadeau, Serge (University of Ottawa)Chair Paquet, Gilles (University of Ottawa)

Panelists Beach, Charles M. (Queen's University)Mackay, Diana (The Conference Board of Canada)

Paquet, Gilles (University of Ottawa)


CEA/CWEN- Inside and Outside of the Ivory Tower: Building Blocks for Success in AllStages of Your Career / ACE/RFE - Pierre angulaire pour le succès dans toutes les phasesde votre carrièreOrganizer Payne, Abigail (McMaster University)

Chair Cuff, Katherine L (McMaster University)


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Papers Devlin, Rose Anne (University of Ottawa):Getting that First Job -- Beyond the C.V. and the Thesis

Kozicki, Sharon (Bank of Canada):Outside of Academia -- A Fulfilling Career Outside of theIvory TowerDeri Armstrong, Catherine (University of Ottawa):Getting Over that Tenure Hurdle -- What I Wish I knew EarlyOn

Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia):Beyond Tenure -- Success as a Senior Academic

Panelists Devlin, Rose Anne (University of Ottawa)Gallini, Nancy (University of British Columbia)

Deri Armstrong, Catherine (University of Ottawa)Kozicki, Sharon (Bank of Canada)


Reconsidering Keynes in a Time of Crisis: Keynes' General Theory After 75 Years- InMemory of Gilles Dostaler / Keynes en temps de crise: La théorie générale de Keynesaprès 75 ans - À la mémoire de Gilles DostalerOrganizer Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University)

Papers Lipsey, Richard G. (Simon Fraser University):macro economics and the unique equilibrium fixation: howthe expectations-augmented phillips curve derailedkeynesian economics

Dimand, Robert W. (Brock University):The Keynesian Revolution After Seventy-Five YearsSpotton Visano, Brenda (York University):Reconsidering Keynes in a Time of Financial Crisis

Chorney, Harold (Concordia University Montreal):Rediscovering Keynes: After the Crash


CNEH 7: Managing Money During the Early Twentieth Century

Chair Moore, Lyndon (Université de Montréal)

Papers Horsewood, Nicholas (University of Birmingham):UK Demand for money in the Great Depression: Did cheapmoney result in inflation?Davies, Ryan (Babson College):Pink Pills for Pale People: A Snapshot of Entrepreneurship,Patent Medicine, and Finance in 1905

Beaulieu, Eugene C. (University of Calgary):The Magnitude and Cost of Canadian Protectionsim:1870-1910

Discussants Redish, Angela (University of British Columbia); Fletcher, Erin (Universityof Colorado Boulder); Lew, Byron J (Trent University)


Macroeconomics and Finance

Papers Li, Kai (Duke University):Toward a Quantitative General Equilibrium Asset PricingModel with Intangible CapitalSchaller, Huntley (Carleton University):The Economic Effect of Sentiment

Vafa, Shervan (York University):Financial Intermediation and Capital Mobility

Discussants Priyo, Asad Karim Khan (University of Toronto); Yepez, Carlos (BrandeisUniversity)



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State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances

Speaker Olewiler, Nancy (Simon Fraser University)Topic What has Environmental Economics ever done for the World: From Theory

into Practice


Labour: Job PolarizationPapers Carr, Jeff (Human Resources and Skills Development

Canada):What is the incidence of occupation-education mismatch inCanada and what are its consequences?

Cortes, Guido Matias (University of British Columbia):Where Have the Middle-Skill Workers Gone? A Study ofPolarization Using Panel Data

Mercenier, Jean (U. Pantheon-Assas (Paris2)):Routinization-Biased Technical Change, Globalization andLabor Market Polarization: Does Theory Fit the Facts?

Discussants Michaelsen, Maren M. (Ruhr University Bochum); Miyake, Atsushi (SimonFraser University)


Labour: Determinants of Labour Market OutcomesPapers Belley, Philippe (Kansas State University):

Understanding Wage Growth: Estimating and TestingLearning-by-Doing

Heinicke, Katrin (University of Magdeburg):Who You Are Is What You Get - The Role of Personality forOccupational Choice and Wages

Dan, Ioana (University of Toronto):A Model of Occupational Choice with Displacement RiskCrucini, Mario (Vanderbilt University):Incentives and Effects of Publication Lags on Life CycleResearch Productivity in Economics

Discussants Zibrowius, Michael (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg); Bessey, Donata(Seoul National University); Hahm, Sang-moon (KDI School of PublicPolicy)


CDESG: Conflict/Crisis / Crises et conflits

Papers Laszlo, Sonia (McGill University):Civil Conflict and the political economy of delivering healthservices in PeruTiberti, Luca (Université Laval):The impact of the food and financial crises on U5MR inSub-Saharan Africa

Nunn, Nathan (Harvard University):Aiding Conflict: The Unintended Consequences of US FoodAid on Civil War


IDRM, RMC: Spending on Defence and SecurityOrganizer Berkok, Ugurhan (Royal Military College)

Papers Berkok, Ugurhan (Royal Military College):Interagency coordination or agency expansionZubairy, Sarah (Bank of Canada):Who Benefits from Increased Government Spending? AState-Level Analysis

Solomon, Binyam (Department of National Defence):Forecasting Future Defence Budgets

Discussants Rowlands, Dane (Carleton University); Deschenes, Andre (unaffiliated)


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CDESG: Child Labour / Travail des enfantsPapers Koissy-Kpein, Sandrine Aïda (CEPS/INSTEAD):

Child Labor, Schooling and Household Wealth in AfricanRural Area: Luxury axiom vs. Wealth paradox

Dammert, Ana (Carleton University):Misclassification Error in Child Labor: The Role of SurveyDesign and Type of Respondent

Dessy, Sylvain (Université Laval):Are there Gains from International Cooperation against ChildTrafficking?


Industrial Organization 6: Market Power: Empirical Explorations

Chair Atallah, Gamal (University of Ottawa)Papers Byrne, David (The University of Melbourne):

Consolidation and Price Discrimination in the CableTelevision Industry

Hazledine, Tim (University of Auckland):Merger policy and the merger paradox in price discriminatingoligopoly: the case of Canadian airline competitionNimubona, Alain-Désiré (University of Waterloo):Evaluating the Effects of Market Power on Gasoline Prices:Panel Data Evidence from Canadian Cities

Discussants Suzuki, Junichi (University of Toronto); Nimubona, Alain-Désiré(University of Waterloo); Arya, Pyare (Saint Mary's University)


Labour: Empirical Studies of Fertility and Child Welfare / Travail: Études empiriques surla fertilité et le bien-être des enfantsPapers McIntosh, James (Concordia University):

Reproductive Behaviour in Canada: Corrections and NewProcedures

Azimi, Ebrahim (Simon Fraser University):Female Labor Force Participation in Iran; Evidence fromExogenous Variation in the Number of Children


Human Capital, Social Capital, Intangible Capital and Economic Growth

Chair Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada)Papers Kumar, Alok (University of Victoria):

Education, Health, and Cross-Country ProductivityDifferences

Klasing, Mariko J (Carleton University):Cultural Traits, Collective Values and the Roots of PoliticalInstitution

Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada):Intangible Capital and Productivity Growth in Canada

Discussants Gu, Wulong (Statistics Canada); Saavedra, Luz (University of St.Thomas); Tang, Jianmin (Industry Canada)


HRSDC Session: Literacy and Essential Skills Gaps in the Canadian WorkforceOrganizer Frank, Natalie (HRSDC)

Papers Murray, T. Scott (DataAngel Policy Research):Understanding literacy markets in Canada: A SegmentationAnalysis


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Frank, Natalie (HRSDC):Understanding Aboriginal Literacy Markets in Canada: ASegmentation Analysis

David, Gyarmati (Social Research and DemonstrationCorporation (SRDC)):Literacy and Essential Skills in the Workplace: APan-Canadian Demonstration project


Determinants of the Productivity and Direction of Scientific Research

Organizer Macgarvie, Megan Jill (Boston University)Papers Hicks, Justin (University of California Merced):

Spending Wisely? How Resources Affect KnowledgeProduction in Universities

Macgarvie, Megan Jill (Boston University):How Important is U.S. Location for Research in Science?

Packalen, Mikko (University of Waterloo):Opportunities and Benefits as Determinants of the Directionof Scientific Research


Health Economics 8 - Pharmaceuticals

Chair Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo)Papers Magesan, Arvind (University of Calgary):

Peer Effects in Policymaking: Evidence From CanadianProvincial Formulary Listings

Ward, Courtney (Dalhousie University):The long-term economic effects of school immunizationmandates: does prenatal exposure to state schoolimmunization policy impact health and well-being in laterlife?

Ren, Zhe (Dalhousie University):A two-dimension oligopolistic product differentiation modelfor Canadian prescription drug market

Discussants Curtis, Lori (University of Waterloo); Jamal, Taha (McMaster University);Mcleod, Logan (University of Alberta)


International Trade: ChinaChair Rodrigue, Joel (Vanderbilt University)

Papers Gu, Jiajia (Kings University College at the University ofWestern Ontario):Vertical Intra-Industry Trade: An Empirical Study of China'sMotor Vehicle IndustryAdekunle, Bamidele (University of Guelph):Illusion or Reality: Understanding the Trade Flow betweenChina and Sub-Saharan AfricaXu, Kai (University of Western Ontario):Barriers to Labor Mobility and International Trade: The Caseof China

Discussants Su, Li (University of Oklahoma); Barattieri, Alessandro (Université duQuébec à Montréal); Stoyanov, Andrey (York University)


CSLS 3 : Selected Papers from the Ian Stewart Festschrift New Directions for IntelligentGovernment in Canada

Chair Gorbet, Fred (unaffiliated)Papers Sheikh, Munir (Queen's University):

Good Data and Intelligent Government


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Helliwell, John F. (University of British Columbia):How Can Subjective Well-being be Improved?

Fortin, Pierre (Université du Québec à Montréal):Income Support in the Canadian Federation


CETC 3

Chair Peters, Michael (University of British Columbia)Papers Goertz, Johanna (University of Guelph):

A Condorcet Jury Theorem with More Than Two Choices

Halberstam, Yosh (University of Toronto):Trial and Error in the Courts: Information Aggregation andFree Riding in Hierarchical Institutions


International Macroeconomics: International Financial CrisesChair Qureshi, Mahvash (International Monetary Fund)

Papers Arghyrou, Michael Georgiou (Cardiff University):The EMU Sovereign-Debt Crisis: Fundamentals, Expectationsand ContagionPasricha, Gurnain (Bank of Canada):Determinants of Financial Stress and Recovery during theGreat Recession

Razo-Garcoa, Raul (Carleton University):Speculative Attacks Under Strategic Uncertainty

Discussants Maier, Philipp (Bank of Canada); Smith, Gregor (Queen's University);Schembri, Larry (Bank of Canada)


Microstructure and Liquidity

Chair Coen, Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM))Papers Lo, Ingrid Ka Man (Bank of Canada / Chinese University of

Hong Kong):Belief Dispersion and Order Submission Strategies in theForeign Exchange Market

Gungor, Sermin (Bank of Canada):Time-Variation in Liquidity and Portfolio ReturnsMorin, Lealand (Queen's University):Liquidity Effects on Return and Volume Co-movement whenTraders Behave Strategically

Malinova, Katya (University of Toronto):Subsidizing Liquidity: The Impact of Make/Take Fees onMarket Quality

Discussants Malinova, Katya (University of Toronto); Li, Bo (Queen's University); Coen,Alain (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)); Lo, Ingrid (Ka Man)(Bank of Canada)


State of the Art Lecture / Conférence État des connaissances

Chair Khalaf, Lynda (Carleton University)Speaker Lewbel, Arthur (Boston College)

Topic Binary Choice Models With Endogenous Regressors


CMSG 7: Multi-sector Macroeconomics / GCEM 7: Macroéconomie multisectorielleChair MacGee, Jim (University of Western Ontario)


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Papers Sevcik, Pavel (Université du Québec à Montréal):Size and Productivity of Single-segment and DiversifiedFirms: Evidence from Canadian Manufacturing

Khan, Hashmat (Carleton University):Investment Shocks in a Multi-Sector ModelMacGee, Jim (University of Western Ontario):Re-Examining the Role of Sticky Wages in the U.S. GreatDepression: A Multi-sector Approach


Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis SessionChair Stengos, Thanasis (University of Guelph)

Papers Engineer, Merwan (University of Victoria):Maximizing Human Development

Melino, Angelo (University of Toronto):Estimating sibling interaction effects in long run wagesPlesca, Miana (University of Guelph):Women's Higher Returns to Post-Secondary Education:Increased Productivity or Longer Hours Worked?

Pinar, Mehmet (University of Guelph):Construction of World Governance Indicators: Revisiting theInstitutions Hypothesis


CEBERG 7: Behavioural Economics


Chair Childs, Jason (University of Regina)Papers Alger, Ingela (Carleton University):

Evolutionary Stability, Cooperation and Hamilton's Rule

Freeman, David (University of British Columbia):A recursive non-expected utility model of the isolation effectSonntag, Axel (Vienna University of Economics andBusiness):Choosing the choice rule - An economic metaheuristic toaccount for strategy selection behavior

Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario):Subjective probability in economics and insurance

Discussants Childs, Jason (University of Regina); Kneeland, Terri (University of BritishColumbia); Terry, Eric (Ryerson University); Webb, Ryan (Queen'sUniversity)


HEQCO - Higher Education Session / COQES - Séance sur l'enseignement supérieur

Organizer Norrie, Ken (McMaster University)Papers Norrie, Ken (McMaster University):

Using NSSE Data to Examine Instructional Quality inEconomics

Livernois, John R (University of Guelph):Making Large Classes Small(er): Assessing the Effectivenessof a Hybrid Teaching Technology

Park, Sean (Simon Fraser University):Towards an Integrated Undergraduate EconomicsCurriculum: Education for Competence and Capability


CPEG 7: Political Economy III

Papers Hickey, Ross (University of British Columbia - Okanagan):The effects of lobbying regulations on the market forlobbying services


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Yilmaz, Fatih (University of Calgary):Contract Stability and Private Infrastructure Investments

Duran-Vigneron, Pascale (University of Exeter BusinessSchool):Assemble to resemble? A study of fiscal disparities amongFrench municipalities


CREE Session 7: Resource and Environmental Economics Theory

Chair Anyangah, Joshua (unaffiliated)Papers Marrouch, Walid (Lebanese American University):

International environmental agreements in the presence ofadaptation

Taherkhani, Farnaz (McGill University):Sustaining Asymmetric International EnvironmentalAgreements


CWEN Corner Cafe / RFE Petit café du coin




Economics of FrictionsPapers Jiang, Janet Hua (University of Manitoba):

Information, Prices and Ex-ante Investment

Chiu, Jonathan (Bank of Canada):Innovation and Growth with Financial (and other) FrictionsLi, Li (University of Toronto):Welfare effects of Increasing Borrowing Limit in the Presenceof Self Control Problem


CEA/EPRI/MESA Invited Panel on Post-Secondary EducationOrganizer Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa)

Panelists Bradshaw, James (Globe and Mail)

Norrie, Ken (McMaster University)Hopkins, Mark (Government of Canada)


Labour: ExperimentsPapers de Raaf, Shawn (Social Research and Demonstration

Corporation):Preliminary Results from a Social Experiment that ProvidedOnline Labour Market Information to Post-SecondaryEducation Graduates in British Columbia

Webb, Matt (Queen's University):How Targeted is Targeted Tax Relief? Evidence from theEmployment Insurance Youth Hires Program

Thomsen, Stephan (University of Magdeburg):Should Welfare Administration be Centralized orDecentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment

Discussants Naqvi, Zareen (British Columbia Institute of Technology)



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Labour: Low Incomes and Minimum Wage

Papers Luong, May (McMaster University):The financial situation of employed low-income familiesPacheco, Gail (Auckland University of Technology):Making the minimum wage binding: What is the impact onemployment effects?

Rybczynski, Kathleen (University of Waterloo):Employment Effects of Minimum Wage on Women andImmigrants

Discussants Lu, Yuqian (Statistics Canada); Summerfield, Fraser (University ofGuelph)


CDESG: Caste/Gender

Papers Wang, Shun (University of British Columbia):The Long-Term Consequences of Family Class Origins inUrban ChinaSolati, Fariba (University of Manitoba):Women and Work

Bazillier, Remi (Université d'Orléans):Gender Discrimination and Emigration : Push Factor versusScreening Process Hypothesis


Economics of Religion and Culture

Papers Dilmaghani, Maryam (Saint Mary's University):Religious Displays and the Cohesion of Religious Groups

Ferrero, Mario (University of Western Ontario):From Jesus to Christianity: The EconomicsGeorges, Patrick (University of Ottawa):An Econometric Analysis of Classical Music Manuscripts

Discussants Ferrero, Mario (University of Western Ontario); Dilmaghani, Maryam(Saint Mary's University); Chipty, Tasneem (Analysis Group, Inc.)


Topics in Auctions and Voting

Chair Welling, Linda A. (University of Victoria)Papers Brown, Natalya (Nipissing University):

Uncertainty, Alienation, Polarization and Voter Turnout

Dalkir, Elif (University of New Brunswick):Reaction of responsive equilibrium to changes in preferences

Wang, Xiaoting (Acadia University):Asymmetric Job Auctions

Discussants Kirkegaard, Rene (University of Guelph)


CDESG: MicrofinancePapers Agier, Isabelle (Ecole d'Economie de Paris):

Microfinance and Gender: Is There a Glass Ceiling in LoanSize?

Acclassato, Denis (Université d'Abomey-Calavi):Efficacité des institutions de microfinance dans l'UEMOA :analyse des expériences au Bénin

Zrill, Lanny (University of British Columbia):Present Bias and High Interest Borrowing: Evidence fromMicrofinanceMessomo Elle, Serge (University of Buea):Quel modèle de financement durable des microentrepreneursau Cameroun par les EMF ?


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Industrial Organization 7: Theoretical Industrial OrganizationChair Roland, Michel (Université Laval)

Papers DaGraça, Tarcisio Barroso (Competition Bureau / IndustryCanada):Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) Can Reduce EconomicEfficiency Even Absent Collusion And Foreclosure

Higashida, Keisaku (Kwansei Gakuin University):Misleading Advertising of the Horizontally DifferentiatedProductsXu, Heng (Carleton University):Discount or Distance? Duopoly and Spatial Competition

Discussants Atallah, Gamal (University of Ottawa); Xu, Heng (Carleton University);Chaudhuri, Sarbajit (unaffiliated)


Central Bank Policy

Papers Chahrour, Ryan (Columbia University):Transparency and Limited AttentionTurdaliev, Nurlan (University of Windsor):Central Bank Transparency: Does It Matter?

Mahmoudi, Babak (Queen's University):Liquidity Effects of Quantitative Easing


New Trends in Measuring InequalityOrganizers Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario)

Greselin, Francesca (Università di Milano Bicocca)

Chair Zitikis, Ricardas (University of Western Ontario)Papers Pasquazzi, Leo (University of Milano-Bicocca):

The new inequality measure: statistical inference andCanadian cross-regional income survey data

Zenga, Michele (University of Milano-Bicocca):Decompositions of the new inequality and uniformitymeasures by income sources

Greselin, Francesca (Università di Milano Bicocca):Geographical differences in income inequality: a comparisonbetween Canada and ItalyPorro, Francesco (Università di Milano Bicocca):A new inequality measure: its definition, properties andapplications to income data


Bangladesh Young Economists (BYE): Development Issues in BangladeshOrganizer Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University)

Chair Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University)

Papers Hussain, Ghulam (University of Dhaka):Employment effects of Microcredit Revisited: Evidence UsingHousehold Panel Data from BangladeshShonchoy, Abu (Institute for Developing Economies):Seasonal Migration and Micro-credit in the Lean Period:Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh

Nargis, Nigar (University of Waterloo):The Impact of Taxation on Cigarette and Bidi Consumption inBangladesh: Evidence from the International Tobacco Control(ITC) Bangladesh SurveyDas, Anupam (Mount Royal University):Short Run Relationships between Remittances and GDP inBangladesh


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Discussants Das, Anupam (Mount Royal University); Nargis, Nigar (University ofWaterloo); Shonchoy, Abu (Institute for Developing Economies); Hussain,Ghulam (University of Dhaka)


Health Economics 9 - ObesityChair McDonald, Ted (University of New Brunswick)

Papers Stewart, Jennifer (Carleton University):Understanding the Relationship between Parental WorkSchedules and Obesity in ChildrenSarma, Sisira K (The University of Western Ontario):Does it Matter the Way Obesity is Measured in Social ScienceLiterature? Some New Findings from Canada

Powell, Lisa (University of Illinois at Chicago):Soda Taxes and Adolescent Weight Outcomes

Discussants Ariste, Ruolz (Canadian Institute for Health Information); McDonald, Ted(University of New Brunswick); Maclean, Catherine (Cornell University)


Risk in the Banking Industry

Papers Mirza, Afrasiab (Queen's University):Dynamic Prudential RegulationLi, Bo (Queen's University):Assets Liquidation and Refinancing under the InterbankMarket versus the Shadow Banking System

Guidara, Alaa (Laval University):The Impact of Capital Regulations and Acquisitions ofInvestment Dealers and Brokerage Firms on Non-InterestIncome, Risk and Capital of Canadian Banks

Discussants Tchana Tchana, Fulbert (Ministere des Finances du Québec); Huang,Helen (University of Waterloo); Bordeleau, Etienne (University of Toronto)


Aggregate Shocks with Frictions

Papers Pollak, Andreas (University of Saskatchewan):Optimal Unemployment Insurance and the Business CycleZhang, Yahong (Bank of Canada):Credit frictions, labour market search and optimal interestrate rules

Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas (Carnegie Mellon University):Propagation in a Model of Good, Labor and Financial MarketFrictions


Housing and the Financial Crisis

Papers Huang, Haifang (University of Alberta):From Housing Bust to Credit Crunch: Evidence from SmallBusinesses Loans

Yepez, Carlos (Brandeis University):Financial Intermediation and Collateral Constraints inBusiness CyclesChristensen, Ian (Bank of Canada):Countercyclical loan-to-value ratios and monetary policy


International Trade: The Current AccountPapers Barattieri, Alessandro (Université du Québec à Montréal):

Comparative Advantage, Service Trade, and GlobalImbalances


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Graff, Michael (ETH Zurich and Jacobs University Bremen):Does Demographic Change Affect the Current Account? AReconsideration

Yu, Xiaoyu (University of Western Ontario):Do Fast Growing Countries Run Current Account Surplus?

Discussants Nitsch, Volker (Technische Universität Darmstadt); Jacks, David (SimonFraser University)


Canadian Economics Association Invited LectureSponsor Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques

Speaker Drummond, Don (TD Bank Financial Group)

Topic Productivity


CMSG 8: Economics of Growth / GCEM 8: Économie de la croissance

Chair Ranasinghe, Ashantha (University of Toronto)Papers Dusha, Elton (University of Toronto):

Intermediated Corruption with Reputation

Gunn, Christopher (McMaster University):From growth to cycles through beliefs

Ranasinghe, Ashantha (University of Toronto):Extortion, Protection and Entrepreneurship


CEBERG 8: Social Comparison and Contributions to the Public Good / Altruisme etcomparaison sociale


Chair Cadsby, Bram (University of Guelph)

Papers Danese, Giuseppe (Simon Fraser University):Idiosyncratic heterogeneity in network-formation gamesFehr, Ernst (University of Zurich):Social Comparison in the Workplace: Evidence from aRandomized Field Experiment

Ong, David (Peking University):Pro Bono Work and Honor in Expert Fields

Smith, Alexander (University of Calgary):Estimating the Causal Effect of Beliefs on Contributions inRepeated Public Good Games

Discussants Cadsby, Bram (University of Guelph); Moir, Robert (University of NewBrunswick Saint John); Sonntag, Axel (Vienna University of Economicsand Business); Spraggon, John (Lakehead University)


CESG 7: CopulasChair Ning, Cathy (Qiao) (Ryerson University)

Papers Huang, Wanling (McGill University):A new, exact, distribution-function-based goodness-of-fittest for copulas

Medovikov, Ivan (University of Western Ontario):Non-Parametric Copula-Based Test For IndependenceNing, Cathy (Qiao) (Ryerson University):Modeling Asymmetric Volatility Clusters Using Copulas andHigh Frequency Data

Discussants Huang, Wanling (McGill University); Medovikov, Ivan (University ofWestern Ontario); Ning, Cathy (Qiao) (Ryerson University)


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CPEG 8: Impacts of Tax PolicyPapers de Lamirande, Patrick (Cape Breton University):

The impact of the Nova Scotia Capped Assessment Programon Equity and Fairness

Kryvoruchko, Iryna (McMaster University):The Effects of the Russian Flat Tax Reform on UnofficialEmployment

Liu, Hu Ju (Statistics Canada):Life-cycle Optimal Saving and Adequacy of HouseholdSavings in CanadaYang, Wei (McMaster University):Are contributions of time and money substitutes orcomplements?


CREE Session 8: Resource and Environmental Economics TheoryChair Insley, Margaret (University of Waterloo)

Papers Insley, Margaret (University of Waterloo):On the timing of non-renewable resource extraction withenvironmental consequencesTatoutchoup, Francis Didier (Université de Montréal):Optimal Forestry Contracts with Interdependent Values

Mayer, Katarina (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies):An Equilibrium Conflict Model of Land Use without OwnershipRights


State of the Art Lecture / État des connaissancesSpeaker Acemoglu, Daron (MIT)

Topic Beliefs and Institutions


Presidential Address / Discours présidentiel

Chair Veall, Michael (McMaster University)Speaker Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (McGill University)

08:00-08:30 Sunday, June 5, 2011 LocationT.B.A.



The Stand-up Economist: Yoram Bauman / Yoram Bauman, l'humoriste économiste


Financial Economics / Économie financière

Chair Huang, Helen (University of Waterloo)Papers Shen, Yue (Queen's University):

Contagion of Fire Sale on Security-Trader Network

Sayili, Koray (Queen's University):Gold Related Investments' Hedging: Are They More Like Goldor Stock Indices?Muriu, Peter (University of Birmingham):Microfinance Profitability: Does the financing structurematter?


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Zhu, Hui (University of Calgary):The New Game on Competitive Earnings News andPost-earnings-announcement Drift

Discussants Gradojevic, Nikola (Lakehead University); O'Gorman, Melanie (Universityof Winnipeg); Sayili, Koray (Queen's University)


European Monetary Policy

Chair Lombardi, Marco (European Central Bank)Papers Sekhposyan, Tatevik (Bank of Canada):

Taylor Rule and the Country Specific Stabilization Effects ofthe Euro Area Monetary Policy

Monticini, Andrea (Catholic University):The Impact of ECB and FED announcements on the EuroInterest Rates

Kouassi, Tchudjane (Université de Limoges):Deposit Insurance, Moral hazard and Market discipline:Evidence from Central and Eastern European Banks

Discussants Bruneau, Gabriel (Université de Montréal)


Explaining International Differences in Economic Growth / Comprendre les différencesinternationales en croissance économiqueChair Mohamed, Ghada (ECO-ENA)

Papers Priyo, Asad Karim Khan (University of Toronto):Sector-Specific Capital, Labor Market Distortions and Cross-Country Income Differences: A Two-Sector GeneralEquilibrium Approach

Mohamed, Ghada (ECO-ENA):Population growth and transitional dynamics of Egypt Basicgrowth theories with perfect capital mobilityHuang, Zongye (McGill University):Industrialization, Structural Transformation in an OpenEconomy

Discussants Wong, Sara (Polytechnic University); Mohamed, Ghada (ECO-ENA)


MESA-EPRI 1: Barriers to Post-secondary Education and Interventions / Obstacles àl'éducation postsecondaire et interventions

Papers Frenette, Marc (Social Research and DemonstrationCorporation):Does Advanced Academic Study Help Middle-Achieving HighSchool Students? Evidence from a Randomized FieldExperimentChilds, Stephen (University of Ottawa):It's Not Who You Are, but How You're Doing: a NewApproach to Identifying Students at Risk of Dropping Out ofPSEMueller, Richard (University of Lethbridge):High School Student Characteristics, Barriers and Access toPost-Secondary Education in Canada: Evidence from theYITS


CIPO Session on the Administration of Intellectual Property Rights / CIPO: Gestion desdroits de propriété intellectuelleOrganizer Nikzad, Rashid (Canadian Intellectual Property Office)

Papers Nikzad, Rashid (Canadian Intellectual Property Office):The Economic Impact of Joining the Madrid Protocol


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Collette, Elias (Carleton University):An empirical investigation into the use of extensions of timein the trade-mark opposition process

Neville, Marc (Canadian Intellectual Property Office):SME Report: Findings from the Identification of SMEs inPatent Administrative Data


HRSDC Session: Employment Equity / Séance RHDCC: Equité en emploi

Organizer Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - LabourProgram)

Chair Bibi, Sami (Université Laval)

Papers Bibi, Sami (Université Laval):Estimating the Underutilization Cost of Aboriginal Peoplesand Visible Minorities' Skills in Canada: Evidence fromCensus Data

Chatti, Rim (HRSDC):A General equilibrium assessment of the economic costs ofunderutilization of Aboriginal Peoples and Visible Minorities'Skills in CanadaJavdani Haji, Mohsen (Simon Fraser University):Glass Ceilings or Glass Doors? The Role of Firms inMale-Female Wage Disparity in Canada


Topics in the Economics of Education and Labour / Des Sujets en l'Economie del'Education et du TravailChair Luong, May (McMaster University)

Papers Haeck, Catherine (University of Leuven):Increased paid maternity leave and children's developmentmeasured at age five. An empirical analysis.

Chen, Ding (Xi'an Jiao Tong University):Why We Should Keep One Eye on Neighbors --An EmpiricalStudy of Chinese Regional Unemployment RateCano Urbina, Javier (University of Western Ontario):Understanding the role of the informal sector in the earlycareer of low-educated workers


Bank of Canada Session: Theory of Money and Payments IIOrganizer Shao, Enchuan (Bank of Canada)

Chair Irrcher, Tobias Simon (Bank of Canada)Papers Irrcher, Tobias Simon (Bank of Canada):

Retail Payment Innovations and Cash Demand

Tkacz, Greg (Saint Francis Xavier University):Cheques and Balances: Nowcasting Spending and InflationUsing Payments System Data

Arango, Carlos (Bank of Canada):Will that be Cash, Debit, or Credit? How Canadians Pay


CSLS 4 : New Measures of Well-being for Canada

Chair Osberg, Lars (Dalhousie University)Papers Hazell, Elspeth (Centre for the Study of Living Standards):

Estimates of the Human Development Index for theCanadian Provinces, 2000-2010

Messinger, Hans (Statistics Canada):An Overview of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing

Johnson, Erik (Centre for the Study of Living Standards):An Analysis of the Inequality of Happiness in Canada


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Discussants McCracken, Michael C (Informetricia Limited); Barrington-Leigh,Christopher (University of British Columbia)


Topics in International Economics / Sujets en économie internationalePapers Qirjo, Dhimitri (The University of British Columbia):

Love of Variety and Immigration

Syropoulos, Constantinos (Drexel University):Trade and Insecure ResourcesSaavedra, Luz (University of St. Thomas):Cross Country Spillovers in the Creation of Social Trust


Short Presentations in Macroeconomics and Finance / Présentations courtes enmacroéconomie et finance

Papers Cai, Wenbiao (University of Iowa):Scale and Productivity: A Two-Sector PerspectiveKöberl, Eva (ETH Zurich):Capacity Utilisation, Constraints and Price Adjustmentsunder the Microscope

Some, Modeste (Université de Montréal):A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Term Structure ofInterest RatesZhao, Yan (Concordia University):The volatility of consumption and output with increasingindustralization


International Trade and Investment / Commerce international et investissementPapers Hakobyan, Shushanik (University of Virginia):

Export Competitiveness of Developing Countries and USTrade Policy

Rutzer, Christian (University of Basel):Country Risk, Productivity Dynamics and InternationalCommerce

Su, Li (University of Oklahoma):Total Factor Productivity, Foreign Direct Investment, andEntry Barriers in Chinese Automobile Industry

Discussants Adekunle, Bamidele (University of Guelph); Wang, Shengzu (InternationalMonetary Fund); Xie, Yiqing (University of Colorado at Boulder)


Inflation and Monetary Policy I / Inflation et politique monétaire IPapers Kia, Amir (Utah Valley University):

Developing a Market-Based Monetary Policy TransparencyIndex: Evidence from United States

Taheri, Javid (Saint Mary's University):Why Deflation is So Rare in Post-WWII Era? The Real Debtresistance Hypothesis

Kichian, Maral (Bank of Canada):Real-Time and Forward-Looking Estimates of the CanadianEquilibrium Real Rate


Health Economics 10 - Smoking / Économie de la santé 10 - Consommation de tabac

Organizer DeCicca, Philip (McMaster University)Chair DeCicca, Philip (McMaster University)


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Papers Li, Cong (McMaster University):Do higher cigarette taxes lead smokers to lose (self) control?

Warman, Casey (Queen's University):Effects of Minimum Legal Drinking and Smoking Ages inCanadaLiu, Feng (Canadian Institute for Health Information):Excise tax avoidance

Discussants Warman, Casey (Queen's University); Pierard, Emmanuelle (University ofWaterloo); Lewis, Joshua (University of Toronto)


CDESG: Health / Santé

Papers Nikolov, Plamen V (Harvard University):Does AIDS Treatment Stimulate Negative BehavioralResponse? A Field Experiment in South Africa.

McKitrick, Ross (University of Guelph):Household size threshold effects on malaria prevalence andprobability of eradicationAgurto, Marcos (University of British Columbia):Improved Stove Adoption, Firewood Consumption andHousewives' Health: Evidence from the Peruvian Andes


Topics in Applied Microeconomics and Microeconometrics / Sujets en microéconomie etmicroéconométrie appliquéesPapers Dong, Yingying (California State Universtiy, Fullerton):

Jumpy or kinky? Regression discontinuity without theDiscontinuity

Ge, Houtian (University of Saskatchewan):Grain Handling on the Prairies - Optimal Strategies forPreventing Wheat Handling Risks


International Macroeconomics: International Capital Markets

Chair Tsangarides, Charalambos (International Monetary Fund)

Papers Alexeev, Vitali (University of Tasmania):A Mean-Variance Global Approach to Investing and HomeCountry Bias: 1988-2010.Beltran, Daniel (Federal Reserve Board):Foreign Official Holdings of U.S. Treasuries and U.S. InterestRates: A Lens on the `Savings Glut'

Mukherjee, Sanchita (University of California, Santa Cruz):The effects of capital market openness on exchange ratepass-through and welfare in an inflation targeting small openeconomy

Discussants Arghyrou, Michael Georgiou (Cardiff University); Vasishtha, Garima (Bankof Canada); Dong, Wei (Bank of Canada)


CDESG: Economic Growth

Papers Tombe, Trevor (University of Toronto):The Missing Food Problem: How Low Agricultural ImportsContributes to International Income DifferencesAurangzeb, Zeb (University of Guelph):Assessing the Impact of Natural Disasters on EconomicGrowth with an Application of Threshold RegressionApproach

Samy, Yiagadeesen (Carleton University):The Kuznets Hypothesis Revisited: De-Industrialization,Growth and Inequality in Brazil


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CMSG 9: Monetary Policy Shocks / GCEM 9: Chocs monétairesChair Peneva, Ekaterina (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Papers Ruge-Murcia, Francisco J. (Université de Montréal):Dissents

Francis, Neville R. (University of North Carolina):The Low-Frequency Impact of Daily Monetary Policy ShocksPeneva, Ekaterina (Board of Governors of the FederalReserve System):Timing and Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks across Sectors


CESG 8: Portfolio SelectionChair Chu, Ba Manh (Carleton University)

Papers Chu, Ba Manh (Carleton University):Large Deviations Estimation of the Windfall and ShortfallProbabilities for Optimal Diversified PortfoliosJia, Zhibo (University of Western Ontario):A Numerical Analysis of the Properties of Optimal Portfoliounder Inequality Constraints

Noumon, Neree (Université de Montréal):Optimal Portfolio Selection using Regularization

Discussants Chu, Ba Manh (Carleton University); Jia, Zhibo (University of WesternOntario); Noumon, Neree (Université de Montréal)


CREE Session 9: Issues in Applied Environmental and Resource Economics / Questionsen économie environnementale et des ressources appliquée

Chair Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment canada)Papers Moghadam, Arian (Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania):

Impact analysis of the most common water disinfectionpractices in the Canadian drinking water systems

Ghosh, Madanmohan (Environment canada):Why Does the Cost of GHG Emission Abatements DifferAcross Countries? An Illustration for Canada and the US

Mirza, Bilal (United Nations University-MERIT):Energy Poverty or Energy Prosperity: Vice-Versa EffectMeasurement of Household Income and Energy Poverty




PEF 7: Measuring the Credit Union Difference: The Economic Consequences of CreditUnionsOrganizer Pigeon, Marc Andre J (Credit Union Central of Canada)

Papers Hammond Ketilson, Lou (University of Saskatchewan):Measuring the impact of credit unions on wealth building incommunitiesPigeon, Marc Andre J (Credit Union Central of Canada):Weathering the Storm: Canadian Credit Union PerformanceBefore, During and After the GFC

Kalmi, Panu (Aalto University School of Economics):Organizational Structure and Performance in EuropeanBanks: A Reassessment

Smith, David (Pepperdine University):The Resiliency of Credit Unions During Economic Crises


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CDESG: Human Capital / Capital humainPapers Lehrer, Kim (University of Oxford):

Learning by Doing: Skills and Jobs in Urban Ghana

Estevan, Fernanda (University of Ottawa):Conditional cash transfers and education quality

Xue, Dong (University of Western Ontario):Education and Off-farm Activities in Rural China


Innovation and Economic Growth / Innovation et croissance économique

Papers Cai, Jie (University of New South Wales):Knowledge Linkages and Multi-sector Firm InnovationsMilionis, Petros (University of Groningen):Innovation-Based Growth & Long-Run EconomicDevelopment

Li, Xiaofeng (University of Guelph):Productivity Analysis Using Statistics Canada's KLEMS datato Estimate Dynamic Factor Demand Equations


MESA-EPRI Session: Issues in Access to Post-Secondary Education

Papers Sweetman, Arthur (McMaster University):STEM Students: Access to and Persistence throughPost-Secondary Education

Finnie, Ross (University of Ottawa):Participation in Post-Secondary Education: Towards a NewBehaviouralist ModelLiu, Xingfei (Concordia University):Educational Attainment of Second-generation Immigrants: AComparison between U.S. and Canada


Canadian Economics Association Invited LectureSponsor Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques

Speaker Mintz, Jack (University of Calgary)Topic The GST After Twenty Years


Labour: Immigration and Labour Market Decisions II / Économie du travail: Immigrationet marché du travail II

Papers Grady, Patrick (unaffiliated):The Poor Performance of Recent Immigrants in the LabourMarket and Immigration PolicyYuksel, Mutlu (Dalhousie University):Age at Migration, Adult Height and Socioeconomic Outcomes

Aydede, Yigit (Saint Mary's University):Effects of Immigration on Inter-Regional Population Flows inCanada: An Economic Approach


HRSDC Session: Employment and Labour Productivity in Canada

Organizer Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - LabourProgram)

Chair Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - LabourProgram)


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Papers Tu, Jiong (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada- Labour Program):The Impact of Business Climate on Employment EquityOutcomes

Reza, Sadat (HRSDC):Labour Management Relations Practices and LabourProductivity in CanadaLai, Tat-kei (University of Toronto):The Impact of Competition on Training Provision: Evidencefrom Canada


Information in Financial MarketsPapers Huang, Helen (University of Waterloo):

Private Inside Information and Two-Stage Market Making: ASimple Model

Tchana Tchana, Fulbert (Ministere des Finances du Québec):The Implications of VaR and Short-Sell Restrictions on thePortfolio Manager Performance

Gradojevic, Nikola (Lakehead University):Reducing uncertainty in technical trading with fuzzy logic:'Fuzzy technical indicators'

Discussants Mirza, Afrasiab (Queen's University); Essid, Badye Omar (HEC Montréal);Morin, Lealand (Queen's University); Khoroshilovi, Yuri (University ofOttawa)


CDESG: Political Economy III / IndePapers Amegashie, J. Atsu (University of Guelph):

Cultures of Silence: Customers' Reports and Corruption

Jackson, Ken (Wilfrid Laurier University):Fiscal Federalism and the Role of Local Diversity

Paul, Sohini (National Council of Applied EconomicResearch):Impact of political reservation on women empowerment:Evidence from fertility choice by women from Indian villages


Industrial Organization 8: Industry Studies 2 / Organisation industrielle 8: Étudesindustrielles 2

Papers Shangari, Varun (University of Ottawa):Broadband Growth and its Determinants in OECD CountriesSidthidet, Taweewan (McGill University):Competition and Mergers in Banking under Credit Risk

Mann, Janelle (Queen's University):Do Wholesale and Retail Gasoline Prices RespondAsymmetrically to the Price of Crude Oil? - The NorthAmerican Experience


Topics in Applied Macroeconometrics / Sujets macroéconomie appliquée

Papers Emara, Noha (Barnard College, Columbia University):Bayesian Estimation of the Welfare Effects of InflationVolatility And Institutions in a Monetary Small OpenEconomy

Luitel, Hari Sharan (Algoma University College):Temporal Aggregation and Unit Root Property: AnExamination of US State Tax Revenue DataOwyang, Michael (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis):An Endogenous Clustered Factor Approach to InternationalBusiness Cycles


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International Business CyclesPapers Mohsin, Mohammed (The University of Tennessee):

Durable Goods, Interest Rates and Small Open EconomyBusiness Cycles

Rhee, Jay Hyuk Jae (University of Windsor):Optimal Monetary policy in a Small Open Economy withStaggered Wage and Price Contracts

Discussants Liu, Xuan (East Carolina University)


Money and Finance

Papers Islam, Kazi (Carleton University):Power of an explicit deposit insurance scheme's authorityand a banking crisisJamali, Ibrahim (American University of Beirut):The Response of Stock Market Volatility to Monetary PolicyShocks

Rumler, Fabio (Austrian Central Bank (OeNB)):The Impact of Macroeconomic and Economic PolicyDevelopments on Bank Profitability


Health Economics 11 - Equity / Économie de la santé: Questions d'équité

Chair Worswick, Christopher (Carleton University)

Papers Wolfson, Michael (University of Ottawa):A Two Dimensional Income-Mortality Gradient, Is HealthMade or Bought?Apouey, Benedicte (University of South Florida):The Age-Profile in the Relationship Between Family Incomeand Child Health: Evidence From the UK

Barrington-Leigh, Christopher (University of BritishColumbia):Economic inequality and subjective well-being

Discussants Stewart, Jennifer (Carleton University); Woolley, Frances (CarletonUniversity); Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude (Dalhousie University)


International Trade: Foreign Direct InvestmentPapers Jeong, Yujin (HEC Montréal):

Does Foreign Investment Carry Baggage from Home?

Xie, Yiqing (University of Colorado at Boulder):Exporting, Licensing, FDI and Productivity Choice: Evidencefrom Chilean Data

Wang, Shengzu (International Monetary Fund):Strategic FDI Policies and Cross-border Mergers

Discussants Hericourt, Jerome (University of Lille 1); Basso, Leonardo (Universidad deChile); Su, Li (University of Oklahoma)


Short Presentations in Public EconomicsPapers Yuan, Jia (University of Macau):

Examining the Substitution Effect between Canadian LotteryTickets: A Multidimensional Regression DiscontinuityApproach

Neymotin, Florence (Kansas State University):Community Matters: How the Volunteering of Others AffectsOne's Likelihood of Engaging in Volunteer Work


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Kalamov, Zarko Yordanov (Otto-von-Guericke UniversityMagdeburg):Tax Competition, Risk Sharing and Financing Decisions ofFirms

Bessey, Donata (Seoul National University):Love Actually? Dissecting the Marriage-HappinessRelationship


International Pricing Behaviour: Distance and Pass Through Effects

Papers Cao, Shutao (Bank of Canada):Price Adjustment and Exchange Rate Pass-through: Insightsfrom Producer Price micro dataKano, Takashi (University of Tokyo):Exaggerated Death of Distance: Revisiting Distance Effectson Regional Price Dispersions

Smith, Gregor (Queen's University):How Wide Was the Ocean? U.S. and Swedish CommodityPrice Dispersion from 1732 to 1860


Economic Growth and the Environment / La puissance économique et l'environmentPapers Sadeghzadeh, Javad (York University):

Environmental Policy, Industry Productivity, and Competition

Doda, Lider Baran (University of Toronto):Macroeconomics of Climate Change with Endogenous EnergyEfficiecnyCherniwchan, Jevan (University of Calgary):Economic Growth, Industrialization and the Environment


CMSG 10: Technology Shocks / Chocs technologiquesChair Bocola, Luigi (University of Pennsylvania)

Papers Vukotic, Marija (Banque de France):A Sectoral Approach to News Shocks

Bocola, Luigi (University of Pennsylvania):Identifying Technology Shocks in Models with HeterogeneousInputsJanko, Zuzana (San Francisco State University):Energy Shocks and the Business Cycles in a Small OpenEconomy: A Case for Canada


Inflation and Monetary Policy II / Inflation et politique monétaire IIPapers Cateau, Gino (Bank of Canada):

Financial imbalances, learning, and credibility of the inflationtarget

Jain, Monica (Queen's University):Conservatism in Inflation Forecasts

Sarker, Subrata (Bank of Canada):Limited Asset Market Participation and Optimal MonetaryPolicy in a Small Open Economy


CESG 9: Financial Econometrics II / Économétrie financière II

Chair Kalnina, Ilze (Université de Montréal)Papers Kalnina, Ilze (Université de Montréal):

High Frequency Data and Time Variation in Betas


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Nguyen, Chi M. (Indiana University):Time-changed residual based specification tests for assetpricing models in continous time

Stevens, Jason (Cape Breton University):Testing futures market efficiency with a time-varying price ofuncertainty: an application to crude oil

Discussants Kalnina, Ilze (Université de Montréal); Nguyen, Chi M. (IndianaUniversity); Stevens, Jason (Cape Breton University)


Macroeconomics and Health / Macroéconomie et santéPapers Dunbar, Geoff (Simon Fraser University):

Parents, The Pill and Property or, The Rise of theTwo-Working-Parent Family

Phelan, Gregory (Yale University):Labor Allocation and Productivity: Consequences of the 2010Health Insurance Reform

Zhao, Kai (University of Western Ontario):Social Security and the Rise in Health Spending: AMacroeconomic Analysis


CREE Session 10: Trade and the Environment / Commerce et environnement

Chair Siddiqui, Muhammad Shahid (Environment Canada)Papers Messinger, Hans (Statistics Canada):

The Impact of Imports on the Carbon Footprint of CanadianConsumers

Siddiqui, Muhammad Shahid (Environment Canada):Embedded Emission in International Trade: RegionalDimensions

Song, Yang (University of Calgary):To share or not to share information: an economiccomparison of oil exploration policies between Canada andUS


CEA Annual General Meeting / Assemblée générale annuelle de l'ACE

Chair Veall, Michael (McMaster University)


CEA Executive Council Meeting 2 / Réunion du conseil exécutif de l'ACE 2

Chair Veall, Michael (McMaster University)

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